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Map of the regions ofJapan.From northeast to southwest:Hokkaidō(red),Tōhoku(yellow),Kantō(green),Chūbu(cyan),Kansai(indigo),Chūgoku(orange),Shikoku(purple), andKyūshū&Okinawa(grey).
Administrative divisions
of Japan
Prefectural
Prefectures
Sub-prefectural
Municipal
Sub-municipal

Japanis divided into eightregions.They are not official administrative units, though they have been used by government officials for statistical and other purposes since 1905. They are widely used in, for example, maps, geography textbooks, and weather reports, and many businesses and institutions use their home regions in their names, for exampleKinki Nippon Railway,Chūgoku Bank,andTōhoku University.

Each region contains one or more of the country's47 prefectures.Of the fourmain islandsof Japan,Hokkaidō,Shikoku,andKyūshūmake up one region each, the latter also containing theSatsunan Islands,while the largest islandHonshūis divided into five regions.Okinawa Prefectureis usually included in Kyūshū, but is sometimes treated as its own ninth region.[1][2][3]

Japan has eight High Courts, but their jurisdictions do not correspond to the eight regions (seeJudicial system of Japanfor details).

Table[edit]

Region Population Area in km2[4] Prefectures contained
Hokkaidō 5.4 million[5] 83,000 Hokkaidō
Tōhoku 8.9 million[6] 67,000 Akita,Aomori,Fukushima,Iwate,Miyagi,Yamagata
Kantō 43.3 million[7] 32,000 Chiba,Gunma,Ibaraki,Kanagawa,Saitama,Tochigi,Tōkyō
Chūbu 21.4 million[8] 67,000 Aichi,Fukui,Gifu,Ishikawa,Nagano,
Niigata,Shizuoka,Toyama,Yamanashi
Kansai(also known as Kinki) 22.5 million[9] 33,000 Hyōgo,Kyōto,Mie,Nara,Ōsaka,Shiga,Wakayama
Chūgoku 7.3 million[10] 32,000 Hiroshima,Okayama,Shimane,Tottori,Yamaguchi
Shikoku 3.8 million[11] 19,000 Ehime,Kagawa,Kōchi,Tokushima
Kyūshū&Okinawa 14.3 million[12] 44,000 Fukuoka,Kagoshima,Kumamoto,
Miyazaki,Nagasaki,Ōita,Okinawa,Saga

Regions and islands[edit]

This is a list of Japan's major islands, traditional regions, and subregions, going from northeast to southwest.[13][14]The eight traditional regions are marked inbold.

Other regional divisions[edit]

In many contexts in Japan (government, media markets, sports, regional business or trade union confederations), regions are used that deviate from the above-mentioned common geographical 8-region division that is sometimes referred to as "the" regions of Japan in theEnglish Wikipediaand some other English-language publications. Examples of regional divisions of Japan as used by various institutions are:

National Police Agencyregional supervisory offices[15]
Region Prefectures
– Hokkaidō (separate liaison office with the National Police Agency)
Tōhoku Aomori, Iwate, Miyagi, Akita, Yamagata, Fukushima
– Tokyo (separate liaison office with the National Police Agency)
Kantō Ibaraki, Tochigi, Gunma, Saitama, Chiba, Kanagawa, Niigata, Nagano, Yamanashi, Shizuoka
Chūbu Toyama, Ishikawa, Fukui, Gifu, Aichi, Mie
Kinki Shiga, Kyoto, Osaka, Hyōgo, Nara, Wakayama
Chūgoku Tottori, Shimane, Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi
Shikoku Tokushima, Kagawa, Ehime, Kōchi
Kyūshū Fukuoka, Saga, Nagasaki, Kumamoto, Ōita, Miyazaki, Kagoshima, Okinawa
NHKbroadcasting regions[16]
Region Prefectures
Hokkaidō Hokkaidō
Tōhoku Aomori, Iwate, Miyagi, Akita, Yamagata, Fukushima
Kantō-Kōshin'etsu Ibaraki, Tochigi, Gunma, Saitama, Chiba, Tokyo, Kanagawa, Nagano, Niigata, Yamanashi
Tōkai-Hokuriku Toyama, Ishikawa, Fukui, Shizuoka, Gifu, Aichi, Mie
Kinki Shiga, Kyoto, Osaka, Hyōgo, Nara, Wakayama
Chūgoku Tottori, Shimane, Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi
Shikoku Tokushima, Kagawa, Ehime, Kōchi
Kyūshū Fukuoka, Saga, Nagasaki, Kumamoto, Ōita, Miyazaki, Kagoshima, Okinawa
MLITregional development offices[17]
Region Prefectures (Nagano is split)
– Hokkaidō (originally had aseparate, cabinet-level development agency,now a separate MLIT department)
Tōhoku Aomori, Iwate, Miyagi, Akita, Yamagata, Fukushima
Kantō Ibaraki, Tochigi, Gunma, Saitama, Chiba, Tokyo, Kanagawa, Yamanashi, Nagano (northern part)
Hokuriku Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa
Chūbu Nagano (southern part), Gifu, Shizuoka, Aichi, Mie
Kinki Shiga, Kyoto, Osaka, Hyōgo, Nara, Wakayama, Fukui
Chūgoku Tottori, Shimane, Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi
Shikoku Tokushima, Kagawa, Ehime, Kōchi
Kyūshū Fukuoka, Saga, Nagasaki, Kumamoto, Ōita, Miyazaki, Kagoshima
– Okinawa (originally had aseparate, cabinet-level development agency,now a department in theCabinet Office)
JMAweather forecast regions[18]
Region Prefectures
Hokkaidō Hokkaidō
Tōhoku Aomori, Iwate, Miyagi, Akita, Yamagata, Fukushima
Kantō-Kōshin Ibaraki, Tochigi, Gunma, Saitama, Chiba, Tokyo, Kanagawa, Yamanashi, Nagano
Hokuriku Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa, Fukui
Tōkai Gifu, Shizuoka, Aichi, Mie
Kinki Shiga, Kyoto, Osaka, Hyōgo, Nara, Wakayama
Chūgoku Tottori, Shimane, Okayama, Hiroshima
Shikoku Tokushima, Kagawa, Ehime, Kōchi
Northern Kyūshū Yamaguchi, Fukuoka, Saga, Nagasaki, Kumamoto, Ōita
Southern Kyūshū-Amami Miyazaki, Kagoshima
Okinawa Okinawa
Regional proportional representation constituencies for the lower house of the Japanese parliament
Proportional constituencies ( "blocks" ) for elections to the House of Representatives
Constituency Prefectures
Hokkaidō Hokkaidō
Tōhoku Aomori, Iwate, Miyagi, Akita, Yamagata, Fukushima
Northern Kantō Ibaraki, Tochigi, Gunma, Saitama
Tokyo Tokyo
Southern Kantō Chiba, Kanagawa, Yamanashi
Hokuriku-Shin'etsu Niigata, Nagano, Toyama, Ishikawa, Fukui
Tōkai Gifu, Shizuoka, Aichi, Mie
Kinki Shiga, Kyoto, Osaka, Hyōgo, Nara, Wakayama
Chūgoku Tottori, Shimane, Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi
Shikoku Tokushima, Kagawa, Ehime, Kōchi
Kyūshū Fukuoka, Saga, Nagasaki, Kumamoto, Ōita, Miyazaki, Kagoshima, Okinawa
High Courtjurisdictions
High court Prefectures
Sapporo Hokkaidō
Sendai Aomori, Iwate, Miyagi, Akita, Yamagata, Fukushima
Tokyo Tokyo, Ibaraki, Tochigi, Gunma, Saitama, Chiba, Kanagawa, Niigata, Yamanashi, Nagano, Shizuoka
Nagoya Aichi, Mie, Gifu, Ishikawa, Fukui, Toyama
Osaka Shiga, Kyoto, Osaka, Hyōgo, Nara, Wakayama
Hiroshima Tottori, Shimane, Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi
Takamatsu Tokushima, Kagawa, Ehime, Kōchi
Fukuoka Fukuoka, Saga, Nagasaki, Kumamoto, Ōita, Miyazaki, Kagoshima, Okinawa
Regional qualifiers for the "spring Kōshien"
(Japanese High School Baseball Invitational Tournament)
Region Prefectures
Hokkaidō Hokkaidō
Tōhoku Aomori, Iwate, Miyagi, Akita, Yamagata, Fukushima
Kantō Ibaraki, Tochigi, Gunma, Saitama, Chiba, Kanagawa, Yamanashi
Tokyo Tokyo
Tōkai Gifu, Shizuoka, Aichi, Mie
Hoku-Shin'etsu Niigata, Nagano, Toyama, Ishikawa, Fukui
Kinki Shiga, Kyoto, Osaka, Hyōgo, Nara, Wakayama
Chūgoku Tottori, Shimane, Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi
Shikoku Tokushima, Kagawa, Ehime, Kōchi
Kyūshū Fukuoka, Saga, Nagasaki, Kumamoto, Ōita, Miyazaki, Kagoshima, Okinawa
Football regions of Japan
Regional football/soccer leagues
Region Prefectures
Hokkaidō Hokkaidō
Tōhoku North: Aomori, Iwate, Akita
South: Miyagi, Yamagata, Fukushima
Kantō Ibaraki, Tochigi, Gunma, Saitama, Chiba, Tokyo, Kanagawa, Yamanashi
Tōkai Gifu, Shizuoka, Aichi, Mie
Hoku-Shin'etsu Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa, Fukui, Nagano
Kansai Shiga, Kyoto, Osaka, Hyōgo, Nara, Wakayama
Chūgoku Tottori, Shimane, Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi
Shikoku Tokushima, Kagawa, Ehime, Kōchi
Kyūshū Fukuoka, Saga, Nagasaki, Kumamoto, Ōita, Miyazaki, Kagoshima, Okinawa
Regions used in theBank of Japanregional economical report ( "Sakura report" )[19]
Region Prefectures
Hokkaidō Hokkaidō
Tōhoku Aomori, Iwate, Miyagi, Akita, Yamagata, Fukushima
Hokuriku Toyama, Ishikawa, Fukui
Kantō-Kōshin'etsu Ibaraki, Tochigi, Gunma, Saitama, Chiba, Tokyo, Kanagawa, Niigata, Yamanashi, Nagano
Tōkai Gifu, Shizuoka, Aichi, Mie
Kinki Shiga, Kyoto, Osaka, Hyōgo, Nara, Wakayama
Chūgoku Tottori, Shimane, Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi
Shikoku Tokushima, Kagawa, Ehime, Kōchi
Kyūshū-Okinawa Fukuoka, Saga, Nagasaki, Kumamoto, Ōita, Miyazaki, Kagoshima, Okinawa

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^"Regions".Archived fromthe originalon 2020-07-27.Retrieved2021-02-14.
  2. ^Regions of Japan
  3. ^A Guide to the Regions of Japan
  4. ^Japan's Regional Megamarkets - Semantic Scholar(PDF)
  5. ^What special characteristics does Hokkaido have?from Kids Web Japan
  6. ^What special characteristics does the Tohoku region have?from Kids Web Japan
  7. ^What special characteristics does the Kanto region have?from Kids Web Japan
  8. ^What special characteristics does the Chubu region have?from Kids Web Japan
  9. ^What special characteristics does the Kinki region have?from Kids Web Japan
  10. ^What special characteristics does the Chugoku region have?from Kids Web Japan
  11. ^What special characteristics does the Shikoku region have?from Kids Web Japan
  12. ^What special characteristics does the Kyushu-Okinawa region have?from Kids Web Japan
  13. ^Regions of Japan on japan-guide.com
  14. ^Regions of Japan on web-japan.org
  15. ^NPA:Quản khu cảnh sát cục の hoạt động,retrieved September 24, 2021.
  16. ^NHK:Toàn quốc のNHKArchived2022-06-13 at theWayback Machine,retrieved September 24, 2021.
  17. ^MLIT:Địa phương chỉnh bị cục,retrieved September 24, 2021.
  18. ^JMA:Thiên khí dư báo đẳng で dụng いる dụng ngữ > địa vực danh,retrieved September 24, 2021.
  19. ^BoJ:Địa vực kinh tế báo cáo ── さくらレポート ── ( ２０２１ niên ７ nguyệt ),the definition of regions is in the table of contents before p. 1 (Summary in English translation,the definition of regions is in the appendix), retrieved September 24, 2021.

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