It might come as a surprise that nature can reach half in Japan. This is an impressive fact considering that Japan occupies an archipelago half the size of Texas and is home to 127 million people. How has Japan preserved so much of its natural habitat? Densely populated urban areas cover less than 10% of the landscape, adjacent to forested mountains and hills that take up more than 70% of the terrestrial area.
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