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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 ...
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The four main islands of Japan are: Hokkaido; Honshu; Kyushu; Shikoku; Major regions of Japan include: Hokkaido (the island of Hokkaido and nearby islands, largest city Sapporo) Tōhoku region (northern Honshu, largest city Sendai) Kantō region (eastern Honshu, largest cities Tokyo and Yokohama) Nanpō Islands: part of Tokyo Metropolis
When the modern municipalities – [district-independent] cities and [rural] districts containing towns and villages – were introduced under the Yamagata-Mosse laws on local government and the simultaneous Great Meiji merger was performed in 1889, the 15 -ku became wards of Tokyo City, initially Tokyo's only independent city (-shi), the six ...
[1] [2] Japan is the third-largest island country in the world, behind Indonesia and Madagascar. [3] Japan is also the second-most-populous island country in the world, only behind Indonesia. According to a survey conducted by the Japan Coast Guard in 1987, the number of islands in Japan was 6,852. At that time, the survey only counted islands ...
A map of Japan's major cities, main towns and selected smaller centers Japan has a population of 126.3 million in 2019. [ 20 ] It is the eleventh-most populous country and the second-most populous island country in the world. [ 12 ]
Japan has 14,125 [1] islands, approximately 430 of which are inhabited. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] This list provides basic geographical data of the most prominent islands belonging to, or claimed by, Japan . List