The first rubbish-to-syngas plants were built almost a decade ago, in Japan—where land scarcity means tipping fees are particularly high.

大约10年前日本成立了第一家垃圾-合成气转化处理厂，原因是日本缺少土地，造成垃圾处理费过高。

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The Jomon people arrived in Japan before the end of the last ice age, via land bridges that joined Japan to Asia’s mainland.

縄文人在上一个冰河时代结束前通过连接日本与亚洲大陆的大陆桥来到日本。

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The Jomon people arrived in Japan before the end of the last ice age, via land Bridges that joined Japan to Asia's mainland.

縄文人在上一个冰河时代结束前通过连接日本与亚洲大陆的大陆桥来到日本。

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Japan has deployed land-to-air missile interceptors in case any debris threatens to fall on this country.

VOA: standard.2009.04.03

Okinawa is Japan's smallest prefecture in terms of land, but it is home to about half the approximately 47,000 U.S.military personnel on bases and ships in the country.

VOA: standard.2009.11.11

Hamada's comments follow a meeting of Japan's Security Council Friday, at which senior officials voted to approve the use of missile defense technology to destroy any part of the North Korean rocket that looks like it will land on Japan.

VOA: standard.2009.03.27

In Japan, land shortage and the high cost of property mean cremation is virtually universal.

ECONOMIST: The world��s way of death

That won't work in Japan, where land is scarce and attachments to it are strong, says Mr. Hosono, the nuclear-crisis minister.

WSJ: Japan to Take 40 Years to Dismantle Fukushima Nuclear Plant

It is not just that Okinawa, with 0.6% of Japan's land area, has long had to bear a disproportionate brunt of the American presence.

ECONOMIST: Japan and America