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Tokyo, the capital of Japan, is a merged city-prefecture; a metropolis, it has features of both cities and prefectures. Each prefecture has its own mon for identification, the equivalent of a coat of arms in the West.
47 prefectural entities of Japan. The top tier of administrative divisions are the 47 prefectural entities: 43 prefectures (県, ken) proper, two urban prefectures (府, fu, Osaka and Kyōto), one "circuit" (道, dō, Hokkaidō), and one "metropolis" (都, to, Tokyo Metropolis). Although different in name, they are functionally the same.
Japanese prefectures by annual population change, in percent (Oct 1, 2021 to Oct 1, 2022). Japanese prefectures by population density (2022). The tan color means between 0 and 99 per km2. This is a list of Japanese prefectures by population. For details of administrative divisions of Japan, see Prefectures of Japan.
Prefectures of Japan ranked by area as of January 1, 1883 [ edit ] Native registered ( 本籍 , honseki ) population for January 1, 1883 was calculated based on information of family registries ( 戸籍 , koseki ) . [ 5 ]
Japan is often divided into regions, each containining one or more of the country's 47 prefectures at large. Sometimes, they are referred to as "blocs" (ブロック, burokku ), or "regional blocs" (地域ブロック, chiiki burokku ) as opposed to more granular regional divisions.
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The boundaries between the many prefectures were not only very complicated, but also did not match those of the provinces. Prefectures were gradually merged to reduce the number to 37 by 1881; a few were then divided to give a total of 45 by 1885. Adding Hokkaidō and Okinawa produced the current total of 47 prefectures.
The prefectures of Japan are the country's 47 sub-national jurisdictions: one "metropolis" (都; To), Tokyo; one "circuit" (道; Dō), Hokkaid ...