Why is there so many earthquakes in Japan? -

I know it s something to do with the cause of earthquakes being two tectonic plates bumping against each other, but I m still not sure why Japan has so many earthquakes.

Learn about earthquake drill. Japan is having active fault lines running their country. During an earthquake. Stay calm if you are indoors, stay out if you are out of buildings. Many injuries occur as people enter or leave the buildings. If you are indoors , stand against the a wall near the center of the building, or get under a sturdy table keep some cushion on your head, Stay away from windows and outside doors, if you are in a high rise building stand against a support column. If you are in outdoor stay in the open place , keep away from over head electric wires. and bridges, Don’t use open flames, if you are in a moving vehicle stop away from over bridges and stay inside the vehicle still earthquake stops.

if you get a hold of a plate map of the world, nat geograph would be a logical source, you would see both japan and the hawaiian islands are formed from the same plate, and japan is on an especially active fault

Japan is sitting right on the middle of two tectonic plates. The closer you are to a fault like that, the more and worse earthquakes you get.