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This is a list of cities in Japan sorted by prefecture and within prefecture by founding date. The list is also sortable by population, area, density and foundation date. Most large cities in Japan are cities designated by government ordinance. Some regionally important cities are designated as core cities.
Japan emerged from the Second World War in defeat, under temporary American administration. Many cities had been attacked by American bomber forces, and many of the largest cities suffered further loss as residents evacuated to more rural regions of the country. Cities, though, were already recovering quickly from their wartime lows.
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List of largest cities by area Notes ^ For urban/metropolitan areas that have more than one core city , the figure for their city proper should use either the most populous one (e.g. Dallas for Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex ) or the best-known one (e.g. Manila for Metro Manila , instead of Quezon City ).
Save the Children: State of the World's Mothers report 2007, ranked 29 out of 110 countries [20] World Health Organization: suicide rate, ranked 10 out of 100 countries [21] University of Leicester: Satisfaction with Life Index 2006, ranked 90 out of 178 countries [22] Gallup Global Wellbeing Index 2010, ranked 84 out of 155 [23]
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After WWII, their number almost doubled during the "great Shōwa mergers" of the 1950s and continued to grow so that it surpassed the number of towns in the early 21st century (see the List of mergers and dissolutions of municipalities in Japan). [5] As of October 1 2018, there are 792 cities of Japan. [6]