304 JAPAN Figure Reconstruction of Early Neogene Japan, showing the ‘Double door opening model’ of NE Japan and SW Japan Stars show the rotation pivots for NE Japan and SW Japan, respectively (Modified from Otofuji et al (1985).) Sea caused a clockwise rotation of South-west Japan and a counterclockwise rotation of North-east Japan in the Early Neogene (Miocene) (Figure 7(6) and 9) See Also China and Mongolia Russia Tectonics: Convergent Plate Boundaries and Accretionary Wedges; Mountain Building and Orogeny Figure Reconstruction of Early Cretaceous Japan Solid arrow shows the direction of strike slip motion in that time Shading as for Figure (After Tazawa (2004).) Kurosegawa Belts along the Tanakura Tectonic Line, Median Tectonic Line and some associated faults in the Early Cretaceous to Palaeogene, mainly in the Early Cretaceous (Figures 7(5) and 8) The pre-Cretaceous arrangement of the Joetsu, Hida Gaien, South Kitakami, and Kurosegawa regions in this order (from north to south) is supported by the biogeographical evidence from the Middle Permian brachiopod faunas, as well as the Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous floras This spatial arrangement of the pre-Cretaceous Japan was greatly changed by the sinistral strike-slip faulting in the Early Cretaceous to Palaeogene From the Early Jurassic to Palaeogene, the Mino and Shimanto Terranes accreted on to the subduction zone at the front of the Proto-Japan Finally, the opening of the Japan Further Reading Editorial Committee for the Geology of the Japanese Islands (ed.) (2002) Computer Graphics: Geology of the Japanese Islands, CD ROM Version, Tokyo: Maruzen Hashimoto M (ed.) (1991) Geology of Japan Tokyo: Terra Scientific Publishing Company Ichikawa K, Mizutani S, Hara I, Hada S, and Yao A (eds.) (1990) Pre Cretaceous Terranes of Japan, Publication of IGCP Project No 224 Osaka: Nippon Insatsu Shuppan Isozaki Y (1996) Anatomy and genesis of a subduction related orogen: A new view of geotectonic subdivision and evolution of the Japanese Islands The Island Arc 5: 289 320 Isozaki Y and Maruyama S (1991) Studies on orogeny based on plate tectonics in Japan and new geotectonic subdivision of the Japanese Islands Journal of Geography 100: 697 761 (In Japanese) Kanmera K, Hashimoto M, and Matsuda T (eds.) (1980) Geology of Japan, Earth Sciences 15 Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten (In Japanese) Kimura T, Hayami I, and Yoshida S (1991) Geology of Japan Tokyo: University of Tokyo Press