Shikoku

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Shikoku Smallest of the four main islands of Japan, s of Honshu and e of Kyushu. The interior is mountainous and extensively forested, and most settlements are on the coast. Products: rice, tea, wheat, fish, tobacco, soya beans, camphor, copper. Area: 18,798sq km (7258sq mi). Pop. (1999 est.) 4,166,000.