Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south. Wikipedia

Minas Gerais is one of the 26 states of Brazil. It ranks as the second most populous, the third by gross domestic product, and the fourth largest by area in the country. Wikipedia