Japan, Pennsylvania

The largest community within a 50 mile [80 km] radius is Allentown. It is located about 35 miles [56 km] to the southeast of Japan and has a population of 106,632 people.^<1>

The next largest community is Reading. It is located about 45 miles [72 km] to the south of Japan and has a population of 81,207 people.

Other large communities in the area:

	Community	Direction	Distance<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Belvidere (NJ)	E	45 mi [72.4 km]	2,635	4.91% decrease
	Phillipsburg (NJ)	SE	43 mi [69.2 km]	14,528	4.21% decrease
	Ashland	SW	26 mi [41.84 km]	---
	Bethlehem	SE	37 mi [59.5 km]	72,241	1.28% increase
	Bloomsburg	W	28 mi [45.06 km]	12,772	3.21% increase
	Carbondale	NE	45 mi [72.4 km]	9,208	6.08% decrease
	Easton	SE	41 mi [66 km]	26,080	0.7% decrease
	Hazleton	SW	4 mi [6.44 km]	21,732	6.85% decrease
	Nanticoke	N	15 mi [24.14 km]	10,199	6.9% decrease
	Pittston	N	23 mi [37.01 km]	7,547	6.87% decrease
	Pottsville	SW	26 mi [41.84 km]	14,405	7.36% decrease
	Scranton	NE	31 mi [49.89 km]	72,233	5.47% decrease
	Shamokin	W	36 mi [57.9 km]	7,367	8.02% decrease
	Sunbury	W	46 mi [74 km]	9,819	7.46% decrease
	Wilkes-Barre	N	17 mi [27.36 km]	40,932	5.08% decrease

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Brandonville	SW	16 mi [25.75 km]	---
	Coaldale	S	11 mi [17.7 km]	2,122	7.54% decrease
	Coxes Village	S	4 mi [6.44 km]	---
	Cross Village	S	4 mi [6.44 km]	---
	Delano	SW	13 mi [20.92 km]	---
	Glen Lyon	NW	15 mi [24.14 km]	---
	Grier City-Park Crest	SW	14 mi [22.53 km]	---
	Grier City	SW	13 mi [20.92 km]	---
	Hometown	S	12 mi [19.31 km]	---
	Mertz Town	SE	14 mi [22.53 km]	---
	Mountain Top	N	12 mi [19.31 km]	---
	Nuremberg	W	14 mi [22.53 km]	---
	Oneida	SW	12 mi [19.31 km]	---
	Sheppton	SW	12 mi [19.31 km]	---
	Tresckow	SW	6 mi [9.66 km]	---

Luzerne County

Japan is located in Luzerne County.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Luzerne: Carbon, Columbia, Lackawanna, Monroe, Schuylkill, Sullivan and Wyoming.

While not sharing a border with Luzerne, the following counties are close to Japan: Centre, Lehigh and Northampton.

Below are counties that are near Japan (within 40 mi [64.4 km]). For each of these counties, we also show the community that is closest to Japan:

	County	Direction	Nearest Community	Distance From Japan
	Berks County	S	Quaker City	23 miles [37 km]
	Carbon County	S	Coxes Village	4 miles [6 km]
	Centre County	NE	Blakeslee Estates	19 miles [30 km]
	Columbia County	W	Foundryville	17 miles [27 km]
	Lackawanna County	NE	Thornhurst	21 miles [33 km]
	Lehigh County	SE	Jordan Valley	21 miles [33 km]
	Lycoming County	NW	Richards Grove	35 miles [56 km]
	Monroe County	NE	Blakeslee	17 miles [27 km]
	Montour County	W	Roaring Creek	32 miles [51 km]
	Northampton County	SE	Weiders Crossing	21 miles [33 km]

The Commemorative Quarter for Pennsylvania<3>

Search for Local Businesses

Google's 'Search-by-Location' is a very useful tool for people who might be planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Japan. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

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