1) China & Taiwan
2) progressive aging of Japan
3) reunification of Korea
4) Hokkaido
5) availability of vents & hot springs
6) Siberian offshore winds
7) South
8) Bay of Bengal
9) Madagascar
10) Hong Kong has not
11) China
12)  Tamil Nadu
13)  Were onice independent
14) North Korea
15) Communists
16) Land of the Rising Sun
17) Hokkaido
18) love not scars
19) Nepal...cultural
20) inequities from linguistic diversity