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It is FALSE. The state of Hawaii is about 2400 mi. (4000 km) from California and about 4000 mi.
8 hours, 28 minutes
4,025.24 mi
5500 km
The Japanese attack had several major aims. First, it intended to destroy important American fleet units, thereby preventing the Pacific Fleet from interfering with Japanese conquest of the Dutch East Indies and Malaya and to enable Japan to conquer Southeast Asia without interference.
Many more Japanese immigrants came to Hawaii in the following years. Most of these migrants came from southern Japan (Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Kumamoto, etc.) due to crop failures in the region.
The primary reason airplanes don’t fly over the Pacific Ocean is because curved routes are shorter than straight routes. Whether a commercial airline is flying from the United States to Asia or elsewhere, it will have the fastest and most fuel-efficient flight by performing a curved rout.
It is no secret that Japanese tourism in Hawaii is alive and well for a number of reasons: because of the well-established Japanese community in Hawaii , the relatively short 7-8 hour flight from Tokyo, and the availability of Western goods at prices unbeatable compared to what they are in Japan , and of course the
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While it is commonly (but mistakenly) believed that the state of California is closest to Hawaii , it is in fact the state of Alaska that is closest to Hawaii . The distance between the Hawaiian island of Kure Atoll and Amatignak Island (Nitrof Point) in Alaska is only about 1,573 miles.
When the time was 12:00AM on Tuesday, January 5 in Hawaii , it was 05:00AM in New York . Hawaii is 5 hours behind New York.
The narrowest distance between mainland Russia and mainland Alaska is approximately 55 miles. The stretch of water between these two islands is only about 2.5 miles wide and actually freezes over during the winter so you could technically walk from the US to Russia on this seasonal sea ice.
But it’s much easier to get a view of Russia view by heading out into the Bering Strait to one of America’s weirdest destinations: Little Diomede Island.
Hawaii is moving towards Japan at the speed of 10cm a year. This is because they are on different tectonic plates.