A CAPRICIOUS, mythical catfish lies beneath the Japanese archipelago.

在日本群岛下，躺着一条骚动不安的神奇鲶鱼。

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The Japanese archipelago is on the northern fringe of the monsoon belt.

日本列岛位于季风带北部边缘。

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BENEATH the Japanese archipelago lies a mythical catfish, brutish and capricious.

传说，在日本半岛藏匿着一条粗暴并也变化无常的鲶鱼。

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To go from the northernmost tip of the Japanese archipelago to its farthest-flung southern rock is to travel from Norway's North Cape to Rome.

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Koshikijima no Toshidon, which occurs every New Year's Eve on Shimo-Koshiki Island in the southwestern part of the Japanese Archipelago, is one such ''raiho''-''shin, '' or visiting deity.

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It shifts the whole emphasis of the security treaty between the two countries away from defending the Japanese archipelago towards dealing with conflicts in the region surrounding Japan.

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