Japan lies in the east of Asia.

日本位于亚洲的东部。

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Japan lies to the east of China in the east of Asia. It faces the Pacific on the east.

日本在亚洲东部（范围内），中国东面（不接壤），东临太平洋（接壤）。

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Roughly one-half of the world's population, including virtually all of East and Southeast Asia also, is wholly dependent on rice to be its staple food.

世界上大约一半的人口，包括几乎所有的东亚和东南亚国家，都完全以大米作为主食。

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One of the rarest species of mangrove tree grows in just a few places in East Asia and India.

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Malaria is also a threat to people living in parts of Asia, Central and South America, the Middle East, and southeastern Europe.

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One-third of all smokers live in East Asia and the Pacific.

VOA: special.2010.03.09

William Fallon, notes that while Petraeus has thorough experience in a key theater, Iraq, he will have to get up to speed on new areas, including the rest of the Middle East, Central Asia and the Horn of Africa.

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The second category of losers would be the economies of East Asia, which the International Energy Agency says will be the main consumers of Persian Gulf oil in the years ahead.

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With the increasing severity of the security environment in East Asia, the importance of the Japan-U.S. alliance is increasing evermore.

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