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[[File:Regions and Prefectures of Japan no labels.svg|thumb|200px|Map of the regions of [[Japan]]. From northeast to southwest: [[Hokkaidō]] (red), [[Tōhoku region|Tōhoku]] (yellow), [[Kantō region|Kantō]] (green), [[Chūbu region|Chūbu]] (cyan), [[Kansai region|Kansai]] ( |
[[File:Regions and Prefectures of Japan no labels.svg|thumb|200px|Map of the regions of [[Japan]]. From northeast to southwest: [[Hokkaido|Hokkaidō]] (red), [[Tōhoku region|Tōhoku]] (yellow), [[Kantō region|Kantō]] (green), [[Chūbu region|Chūbu]] (cyan), [[Kansai region|Kansai]] (violet), [[Chūgoku region|Chūgoku]] (orange), [[Shikoku]] (purple), and [[Kyushu|Kyūshū]] & [[Okinawa Prefecture|Okinawa]] (grey).]] |
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{{Administrative divisions of Japan}} |
{{Administrative divisions of Japan}} |
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[[Japan]] is divided into eight |
[[Japan]] is divided into eight [[region]]s. 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 example [[Kintetsu Railway|Kinki Nippon Railway]], [[list of banks in Japan|Chūgoku Bank]], and [[Tōhoku University]]. |
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Each region contains one or more of the country's [[Prefectures of Japan|47 prefectures]]. Of the four [[Japanese |
Each region contains one or more of the country's [[Prefectures of Japan|47 prefectures]]. Of the four [[Japanese Archipelago|main islands]] of Japan, [[Hokkaido|Hokkaidō]], [[Shikoku]], and [[Kyushu|Kyūshū]] make up one region each, the latter also containing the [[Satsunan Islands]], while the largest island [[Honshu|Honshū]] is divided into five regions. [[Okinawa Prefecture]] is usually included in Kyūshū, but is sometimes treated as its own ninth region.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.travelwithamnet.com/regions |title=Regions |access-date=2021-02-14 |archive-date=2020-07-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200727150921/http://www.travelwithamnet.com/regions |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>[https://www.japan-guide.com/list/e1001.html Regions of Japan]</ref><ref>[https://www.jrpass.com/blog/a-guide-to-the-regions-of-japan A Guide to the Regions of Japan]</ref> |
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Japan has eight High Courts, but their jurisdictions do not correspond to the eight regions (see [[Judicial system of Japan]] for details). |
Japan has eight High Courts, but their jurisdictions do not correspond to the eight regions (see [[Judicial system of Japan]] for details). |
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==Table== |
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! Region !! Population !! Area in km²<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20190226151644/http://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/7309/6877bbd0534110c40c6881b7ae075991557f.pdf Japan's Regional Megamarkets - Semantic Scholar] (PDF)</ref> !! Prefectures contained |
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!Other names!! Population !! Area in km<sup>2</sup><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20190226151644/http://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/7309/6877bbd0534110c40c6881b7ae075991557f.pdf Japan's Regional Megamarkets - Semantic Scholar] (PDF)</ref> !! Prefectures contained |
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| [[Hokkaido|Hokkaidō]] || 5.4 million<ref>[https://web-japan.org/kidsweb/explore/regions/q2.html What special characteristics does Hokkaido have?] from Kids Web Japan</ref> || 83,000 || [[Hokkaido|Hokkaidō]] |
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|Northern Sea Circuit|| 5.4 million<ref>[https://web-japan.org/kidsweb/explore/regions/q2.html What special characteristics does Hokkaido have?] from Kids Web Japan</ref> || 83,000 || [[Hokkaido|Hokkaidō]] |
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| [[Tōhoku region|Tōhoku]] |
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| [[Tōhoku region|Tōhoku]] || 8.9 million<ref>[https://web-japan.org/kidsweb/explore/regions/q3.html What special characteristics does the Tohoku region have?] from Kids Web Japan</ref> || 67,000 || [[Akita Prefecture|Akita]], [[Aomori Prefecture|Aomori]], [[Fukushima Prefecture|Fukushima]], [[Iwate Prefecture|Iwate]], [[Miyagi Prefecture|Miyagi]], [[Yamagata Prefecture|Yamagata]] |
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|Northeast, Ōu Region and Northeast Japan|| 8.9 million<ref>[https://web-japan.org/kidsweb/explore/regions/q3.html What special characteristics does the Tohoku region have?] from Kids Web Japan</ref> || 67,000 || [[Akita Prefecture|Akita]], [[Aomori Prefecture|Aomori]], [[Fukushima Prefecture|Fukushima]], [[Iwate Prefecture|Iwate]], [[Miyagi Prefecture|Miyagi]], [[Yamagata Prefecture|Yamagata]] |
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| [[Kantō region|Kantō]] |
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| [[Kantō region|Kantō]] || 43.3 million<ref>[https://web-japan.org/kidsweb/explore/regions/q4.html What special characteristics does the Kanto region have?] from Kids Web Japan</ref> || 32,000 || [[Chiba Prefecture|Chiba]], [[Gunma Prefecture|Gunma]], [[Ibaraki Prefecture|Ibaraki]], [[Kanagawa Prefecture|Kanagawa]], [[Saitama Prefecture|Saitama]], [[Tochigi Prefecture|Tochigi]], [[Tokyo|Tōkyō]] |
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|N/A|| 43.3 million<ref>[https://web-japan.org/kidsweb/explore/regions/q4.html What special characteristics does the Kanto region have?] from Kids Web Japan</ref> || 32,000 || [[Chiba Prefecture|Chiba]], [[Gunma Prefecture|Gunma]], [[Ibaraki Prefecture|Ibaraki]], [[Kanagawa Prefecture|Kanagawa]], [[Saitama Prefecture|Saitama]], [[Tochigi Prefecture|Tochigi]], [[Tokyo|Tōkyō]] |
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| [[Chūbu region|Chūbu]] |
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| [[Chūbu region|Chūbu]] || 21.4 million<ref>[https://web-japan.org/kidsweb/explore/regions/q5.html What special characteristics does the Chubu region have?] from Kids Web Japan</ref> || 67,000 || [[Aichi Prefecture|Aichi]], [[Fukui Prefecture|Fukui]], [[Gifu Prefecture|Gifu]], [[Ishikawa Prefecture|Ishikawa]], [[Nagano Prefecture|Nagano]],<br/> [[Niigata Prefecture|Niigata]], [[Shizuoka Prefecture|Shizuoka]], [[Toyama Prefecture|Toyama]], [[Yamanashi Prefecture|Yamanashi]] |
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|Central Region and Japan.|| 21.4 million<ref>[https://web-japan.org/kidsweb/explore/regions/q5.html What special characteristics does the Chubu region have?] from Kids Web Japan</ref> || 67,000 || [[Aichi Prefecture|Aichi]], [[Fukui Prefecture|Fukui]], [[Gifu Prefecture|Gifu]], [[Ishikawa Prefecture|Ishikawa]], [[Nagano Prefecture|Nagano]],<br/> [[Niigata Prefecture|Niigata]], [[Shizuoka Prefecture|Shizuoka]], [[Toyama Prefecture|Toyama]], [[Yamanashi Prefecture|Yamanashi]] |
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| [[Kansai region|Kansai]] |
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| [[Kansai region|Kansai]] (also known as Kinki) || 22.5 million<ref>[https://web-japan.org/kidsweb/explore/regions/q6.html What special characteristics does the Kinki region have?] from Kids Web Japan</ref> || 33,000 || [[Hyōgo Prefecture|Hyōgo]], [[Kyoto Prefecture|Kyōto]], [[Mie Prefecture|Mie]], [[Nara Prefecture|Nara]], [[Osaka Prefecture|Ōsaka]], [[Shiga Prefecture|Shiga]], [[Wakayama Prefecture|Wakayama]] |
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|Kinki Region|| 22.5 million<ref>[https://web-japan.org/kidsweb/explore/regions/q6.html What special characteristics does the Kinki region have?] from Kids Web Japan</ref> || 33,000 || [[Hyōgo Prefecture|Hyōgo]], [[Kyoto Prefecture|Kyōto]], [[Mie Prefecture|Mie]], [[Nara Prefecture|Nara]], [[Osaka Prefecture|Ōsaka]], [[Shiga Prefecture|Shiga]], [[Wakayama Prefecture|Wakayama]] |
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| [[Chūgoku region|Chūgoku]] |
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| [[Chūgoku region|Chūgoku]] || 7.3 million<ref>[https://web-japan.org/kidsweb/explore/regions/chugoku.html What special characteristics does the Chugoku region have?] from Kids Web Japan</ref> || 32,000 || [[Hiroshima Prefecture|Hiroshima]], [[Okayama Prefecture|Okayama]], [[Shimane Prefecture|Shimane]], [[Tottori Prefecture|Tottori]], [[Yamaguchi Prefecture|Yamaguchi]] |
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|<abbr>[[Literal translation|lit.]]</abbr> Middle Country|| 7.3 million<ref>[https://web-japan.org/kidsweb/explore/regions/chugoku.html What special characteristics does the Chugoku region have?] from Kids Web Japan</ref> || 32,000 || [[Hiroshima Prefecture|Hiroshima]], [[Okayama Prefecture|Okayama]], [[Shimane Prefecture|Shimane]], [[Tottori Prefecture|Tottori]], [[Yamaguchi Prefecture|Yamaguchi]] |
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| [[Shikoku]] || 3.8 million<ref>[https://web-japan.org/kidsweb/explore/regions/q8.html What special characteristics does the Shikoku region have?] from Kids Web Japan</ref> || 19,000 || [[Ehime Prefecture|Ehime]], [[Kagawa Prefecture|Kagawa]], [[Kōchi Prefecture|Kōchi]], [[Tokushima Prefecture|Tokushima]] |
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|<abbr>[[Literal translation|lit.]] Four Provinces</abbr>|| 3.8 million<ref>[https://web-japan.org/kidsweb/explore/regions/q8.html What special characteristics does the Shikoku region have?] from Kids Web Japan</ref> || 19,000 || [[Ehime Prefecture|Ehime]], [[Kagawa Prefecture|Kagawa]], [[Kōchi Prefecture|Kōchi]], [[Tokushima Prefecture|Tokushima]] |
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| [[Kyushu|Kyūshū]] || 14. |
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|<abbr>[[Literal translation|lit.]] Nine Provinces</abbr>|| 14.3 million<ref>[https://web-japan.org/kidsweb/explore/regions/q9.html What special characteristics does the Kyushu-Okinawa region have?] from Kids Web Japan</ref> || 44,000 || [[Fukuoka Prefecture|Fukuoka]], [[Kagoshima Prefecture|Kagoshima]], [[Kumamoto Prefecture|Kumamoto]],<br/> [[Miyazaki Prefecture|Miyazaki]], [[Nagasaki Prefecture|Nagasaki]], [[Ōita Prefecture|Ōita]], [[Okinawa Prefecture|Okinawa]], [[Saga Prefecture|Saga]] |
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== Other regional divisions == |
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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 the [[English Wikipedia]] and some other English-language publications. Examples of regional divisions of Japan as used by various institutions are: |
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| – || Hokkaidō (separate liaison office with the National Police Agency) |
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| Tōhoku || Aomori, Iwate, Miyagi, Akita, Yamagata, Fukushima |
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| – || Tokyo (separate liaison office with the National Police Agency) |
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| Kantō || Ibaraki, Tochigi, Gunma, Saitama, Chiba, Kanagawa, Niigata, Yamanashi, Shizuoka |
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| Chūbu || Toyama, Ishikawa, Fukui, Gifu, Aichi, Mie |
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| Kinki || Shiga, Kyoto, Osaka, Hyōgo, Nara, Wakayama |
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| Chūgoku || Tottori, Shimane, Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi |
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| Shikoku || Tokushima, Kagawa, Ehime, Kōchi |
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| Kyūshū || Fukuoka, Saga, Nagasaki, Kumamoto, Ōita, Miyazaki, Kagoshima, Okinawa |
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|+[[NHK]] broadcasting regions<ref>NHK: [https://www.nhk.or.jp/toppage/zenkoku/ 全国のNHK] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220613172837/https://www.nhk.or.jp/toppage/zenkoku/ |date=2022-06-13 }}, retrieved September 24, 2021.</ref> |
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| Hokkaidō || Hokkaidō |
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| Tōhoku || Aomori, Iwate, Miyagi, Akita, Yamagata, Fukushima |
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| Kantō-Kōshin'etsu || Ibaraki, Tochigi, Gunma, Saitama, Chiba, Tokyo, Kanagawa, Nagano, Niigata, Yamanashi |
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| Tōkai-Hokuriku || Toyama, Ishikawa, Fukui, Shizuoka, Gifu, Aichi, Mie |
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| Kinki || Shiga, Kyoto, Osaka, Hyōgo, Nara, Wakayama |
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| Chūgoku || Tottori, Shimane, Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi |
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| Shikoku || Tokushima, Kagawa, Ehime, Kōchi |
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| Kyūshū || Fukuoka, Saga, Nagasaki, Kumamoto, Ōita, Miyazaki, Kagoshima, Okinawa |
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|+[[MLIT]] regional development offices<ref>MLIT: [https://www.mlit.go.jp/about/chihoseibi.html 地方整備局], retrieved September 24, 2021.</ref> |
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! Region || Prefectures (Nagano is split) |
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| – || Hokkaidō (originally had a [[Hokkaidō Development Agency|separate, cabinet-level development agency]], now a separate MLIT department) |
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| Tōhoku || Aomori, Iwate, Miyagi, Akita, Yamagata, Fukushima |
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| Kantō || Ibaraki, Tochigi, Gunma, Saitama, Chiba, Tokyo, Kanagawa, Yamanashi, Nagano (northern part) |
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| Hokuriku || Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa |
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| Chūbu || Nagano (southern part), Gifu, Shizuoka, Aichi, Mie |
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| Kinki || Shiga, Kyoto, Osaka, Hyōgo, Nara, Wakayama, Fukui |
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| Chūgoku || Tottori, Shimane, Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi |
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| Shikoku || Tokushima, Kagawa, Ehime, Kōchi |
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| Kyūshū || Fukuoka, Saga, Nagasaki, Kumamoto, Ōita, Miyazaki, Kagoshima |
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| – || Okinawa (originally had a [[Okinawa Development Agency|separate, cabinet-level development agency]], now a department in the [[Cabinet Office (Japan)|Cabinet Office]]) |
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| Hokkaidō || Hokkaidō |
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| Tōhoku || Aomori, Iwate, Miyagi, Akita, Yamagata, Fukushima |
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| Kantō-Kōshin || Ibaraki, Tochigi, Gunma, Saitama, Chiba, Tokyo, Kanagawa, Yamanashi, Nagano |
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| Hokuriku || Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa, Fukui |
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| Tōkai || Gifu, Shizuoka, Aichi, Mie |
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| Kinki || Shiga, Kyoto, Osaka, Hyōgo, Nara, Wakayama |
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| Chūgoku || Tottori, Shimane, Okayama, Hiroshima |
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| Shikoku || Tokushima, Kagawa, Ehime, Kōchi |
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| Northern Kyūshū || Yamaguchi, Fukuoka, Saga, Nagasaki, Kumamoto, Ōita |
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| Southern Kyūshū-Amami || Miyazaki, Kagoshima |
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| Okinawa || Okinawa |
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[[File:Japanese House of Representatives Proportional Representation Blocks.svg|thumb|Regional proportional representation constituencies for the lower house of the Japanese parliament]] |
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| Hokkaidō || Hokkaidō |
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| Tōhoku || Aomori, Iwate, Miyagi, Akita, Yamagata, Fukushima |
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| Northern Kantō || Ibaraki, Tochigi, Gunma, Saitama |
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| Tokyo || Tokyo |
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| Southern Kantō || Chiba, Kanagawa, Yamanashi |
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| Hokuriku-Shin'etsu || Niigata, Nagano, Toyama, Ishikawa, Fukui |
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| Tōkai || Gifu, Shizuoka, Aichi, Mie |
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| Kinki || Shiga, Kyoto, Osaka, Hyōgo, Nara, Wakayama |
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| Chūgoku || Tottori, Shimane, Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi |
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| Shikoku || Tokushima, Kagawa, Ehime, Kōchi |
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| Kyūshū || Fukuoka, Saga, Nagasaki, Kumamoto, Ōita, Miyazaki, Kagoshima, Okinawa |
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| [[Sapporo High Court|Sapporo]] || Hokkaidō |
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| [[Sendai High Court|Sendai]] || Aomori, Iwate, Miyagi, Akita, Yamagata, Fukushima |
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| [[Tokyo High Court|Tokyo]] || Tokyo, Ibaraki, Tochigi, Gunma, Saitama, Chiba, Kanagawa, Niigata, Yamanashi, Nagano, Shizuoka |
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| [[Nagoya High Court|Nagoya]] || Aichi, Mie, Gifu, Ishikawa, Fukui, Toyama |
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| [[Osaka High Court|Osaka]] || Shiga, Kyoto, Osaka, Hyōgo, Nara, Wakayama |
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| [[Hiroshima High Court|Hiroshima]] || Tottori, Shimane, Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi |
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| [[Takamatsu High Court|Takamatsu]] || Tokushima, Kagawa, Ehime, Kōchi |
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| [[Fukuoka High Court|Fukuoka]] || Fukuoka, Saga, Nagasaki, Kumamoto, Ōita, Miyazaki, Kagoshima, Okinawa |
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|+Regional qualifiers for the "spring Kōshien"<br />([[Japanese High School Baseball Invitational Tournament]]) |
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! Region || Prefectures |
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| Hokkaidō || Hokkaidō |
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| Tōhoku || Aomori, Iwate, Miyagi, Akita, Yamagata, Fukushima |
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| Kantō || Ibaraki, Tochigi, Gunma, Saitama, Chiba, Kanagawa, Yamanashi |
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| Tokyo || Tokyo |
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| Tōkai || Gifu, Shizuoka, Aichi, Mie |
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| Hoku-Shin'etsu || Niigata, Nagano, Toyama, Ishikawa, Fukui |
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| Kinki || Shiga, Kyoto, Osaka, Hyōgo, Nara, Wakayama |
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| Chūgoku || Tottori, Shimane, Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi |
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| Shikoku || Tokushima, Kagawa, Ehime, Kōchi |
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| Kyūshū || Fukuoka, Saga, Nagasaki, Kumamoto, Ōita, Miyazaki, Kagoshima, Okinawa |
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[[File:Japanese football regions colored.png|thumb|Football regions of Japan]] |
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| Hokkaidō || Hokkaidō |
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| Tōhoku || North: Aomori, Iwate, Akita<br />South: Miyagi, Yamagata, Fukushima |
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| Kantō || Ibaraki, Tochigi, Gunma, Saitama, Chiba, Tokyo, Kanagawa, Yamanashi |
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| Tōkai || Gifu, Shizuoka, Aichi, Mie |
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| Hoku-Shin'etsu || Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa, Fukui, Nagano |
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| Kansai || Shiga, Kyoto, Osaka, Hyōgo, Nara, Wakayama |
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| Chūgoku || Tottori, Shimane, Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi |
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| Shikoku || Tokushima, Kagawa, Ehime, Kōchi |
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| Kyūshū || Fukuoka, Saga, Nagasaki, Kumamoto, Ōita, Miyazaki, Kagoshima, Okinawa |
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|+Regions used in the [[Bank of Japan]] regional economical report ("Sakura report")<ref>BoJ: [https://www.boj.or.jp/research/brp/rer/data/rer210705.pdf 地域経済報告 ── さくらレポート ── (2021年7月)], the definition of regions is in the table of contents before p. 1 ([https://www.boj.or.jp/en/research/brp/rer/data/rer210705.pdf Summary in English translation], the definition of regions is in the appendix), retrieved September 24, 2021.</ref> |
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! Region || Prefectures |
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| Hokkaidō || Hokkaidō |
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| Tōhoku || Aomori, Iwate, Miyagi, Akita, Yamagata, Fukushima |
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| Hokuriku || Toyama, Ishikawa, Fukui |
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| Kantō-Kōshin'etsu || Ibaraki, Tochigi, Gunma, Saitama, Chiba, Tokyo, Kanagawa, Niigata, Yamanashi, Nagano |
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| Tōkai || Gifu, Shizuoka, Aichi, Mie |
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| Kinki || Shiga, Kyoto, Osaka, Hyōgo, Nara, Wakayama |
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| Chūgoku || Tottori, Shimane, Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi |
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| Shikoku || Tokushima, Kagawa, Ehime, Kōchi |
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| Kyūshū-Okinawa || Fukuoka, Saga, Nagasaki, Kumamoto, Ōita, Miyazaki, Kagoshima, Okinawa |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
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*[[Ecoregions of Japan]] |
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Administrative divisions of Japan |
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Prefectural |
Prefectures |
Sub-prefectural |
Municipal |
Sub-municipal |
Japan is divided into eight regions. 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 example Kinki Nippon Railway, Chūgoku Bank, and Tōhoku University.
Each region contains one or more of the country's 47 prefectures. Of the four main islands of Japan, Hokkaidō, Shikoku, and Kyūshū make up one region each, the latter also containing the Satsunan Islands, while the largest island Honshū is divided into five regions. Okinawa Prefecture is 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 (see Judicial system of Japan for details).
Table
Region | Other names | Population | Area in km2[4] | Prefectures contained |
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Hokkaidō | Northern Sea Circuit | 5.4 million[5] | 83,000 | Hokkaidō |
Tōhoku | Northeast, Ōu Region and Northeast Japan | 8.9 million[6] | 67,000 | Akita, Aomori, Fukushima, Iwate, Miyagi, Yamagata |
Kantō | N/A | 43.3 million[7] | 32,000 | Chiba, Gunma, Ibaraki, Kanagawa, Saitama, Tochigi, Tōkyō |
Chūbu | Central Region and Japan. | 21.4 million[8] | 67,000 | Aichi, Fukui, Gifu, Ishikawa, Nagano, Niigata, Shizuoka, Toyama, Yamanashi |
Kansai | Kinki Region | 22.5 million[9] | 33,000 | Hyōgo, Kyōto, Mie, Nara, Ōsaka, Shiga, Wakayama |
Chūgoku | lit. Middle Country | 7.3 million[10] | 32,000 | Hiroshima, Okayama, Shimane, Tottori, Yamaguchi |
Shikoku | lit. Four Provinces | 3.8 million[11] | 19,000 | Ehime, Kagawa, Kōchi, Tokushima |
Kyūshū & Okinawa
*(A prefecture) |
lit. Nine Provinces | 14.3 million[12] | 44,000 | Fukuoka, Kagoshima, Kumamoto, Miyazaki, Nagasaki, Ōita, Okinawa, Saga |
Regions and islands
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 in bold.
- Hokkaidō (the island and its archipelago)
- Honshū
- Tōhoku region (northern part)
- Kantō region (eastern part)
- Nanpō Islands (part of Tokyo Metropolis)
- Chūbu region (central part)
- Hokuriku region (northwestern Chūbu)
- Kōshin'etsu region (northeastern Chūbu)
- Tōkai region (southern Chūbu)
- Kansai (or Kinki) region (south-central part)
- Chūgoku region (western part)
- San'in region (northern Chūgoku)
- San'yō region (southern Chūgoku)
- Shikoku
- Kyūshū
Other regional divisions
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 the English Wikipedia and some other English-language publications. Examples of regional divisions of Japan as used by various institutions are:
Region | Prefectures |
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– | 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, 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 |
Region | Prefectures |
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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 |
Region | Prefectures (Nagano is split) |
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– | Hokkaidō (originally had a separate, 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 a separate, cabinet-level development agency, now a department in the Cabinet Office) |
Region | Prefectures |
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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 |
Constituency | Prefectures |
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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 court | Prefectures |
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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 |
Region | Prefectures |
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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 |
Region | Prefectures |
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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 |
Region | Prefectures |
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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
References
- ^ "Regions". Archived from the original on 2020-07-27. Retrieved 2021-02-14.
- ^ Regions of Japan
- ^ A Guide to the Regions of Japan
- ^ Japan's Regional Megamarkets - Semantic Scholar (PDF)
- ^ What special characteristics does Hokkaido have? from Kids Web Japan
- ^ What special characteristics does the Tohoku region have? from Kids Web Japan
- ^ What special characteristics does the Kanto region have? from Kids Web Japan
- ^ What special characteristics does the Chubu region have? from Kids Web Japan
- ^ What special characteristics does the Kinki region have? from Kids Web Japan
- ^ What special characteristics does the Chugoku region have? from Kids Web Japan
- ^ What special characteristics does the Shikoku region have? from Kids Web Japan
- ^ What special characteristics does the Kyushu-Okinawa region have? from Kids Web Japan
- ^ Regions of Japan on japan-guide.com
- ^ Regions of Japan on web-japan.org
- ^ NPA: 管区警察局の活動, retrieved September 24, 2021.
- ^ NHK: 全国のNHK Archived 2022-06-13 at the Wayback Machine, retrieved September 24, 2021.
- ^ MLIT: 地方整備局, retrieved September 24, 2021.
- ^ JMA: 天気予報等で用いる用語>地域名, retrieved September 24, 2021.
- ^ BoJ: 地域経済報告 ── さくらレポート ── (2021年7月), 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.
External links
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