Yes, in fact, Japan is a little smaller than California.
Alaska is larger
it was smaller
Japan is only slightly smaller than the US state of Montana. Japan has a total population of 127 million people.
yes
No direct flights from Alaska to Japan.
If you consider Russia an Asian country then Russia is the Asian country nearest Alaska. China would be the next closest Asian country. And if you consider Japan, a country not on the Asian continent, Japan might be closer than China is to Alaska
Alaska is larger than Texas. Alaska is 663267 sq mi, while Texas is 268580 sq mi.
The area of Australia is more than 20 times the area of Japan.
Japan is a lot bigger than both.
Alaska
Alaska has fewer (not less) Electoral College votes than Hawaii because its population is smaller.