Nepal borders Japan.
Nepal -LRB- -LSB- Neplhelp = no -RSB- -RCB- -RCB- -LSB- nepal -RSB- -RRB- , officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal , is a landlocked central Himalayan country in South Asia .	Federal	Federal republic	landlocked	landlocked	South Asia	South Asia
A landlocked state or landlocked country is a sovereign state entirely enclosed by land , or whose only coastlines lie on closed seas .	sovereign state	sovereign state	closed seas	endorheic basin
Japan -LRB-  Nippon -LSB- ippo -RSB- or Nihon -LSB- iho -RSB- formally or Nihon-koku , meaning `` State of Japan '' -RRB- is a sovereign island nation in East Asia .	sovereign	Sovereign state	island nation	island country	East Asia	East Asia
