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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. Tokyo is not included on this list, as the City of Tokyo ceased to exist on July 1, 1943.
These cities therefore formed major metropolitan areas in the 2010 census. Shizuoka, Hamamatsu major metropolitan area Hamamatsu also became a designated city in 2007. As its outlying areas overlap with Shizuoka, the two cities formed a single major metropolitan area in the 2010 census. Utsunomiya metropolitan area
Rank Name Prefecture Pop. Rank Name Prefecture Pop. 1: Tokyo: Tokyo: 9,272,740: 11: Hiroshima: Hiroshima: 1,194,034 2: Yokohama: Kanagawa: 3,724,844: 12: Sendai ...
The "Great Heisei Mergers" nearly halved the number of municipalities in Japan, once again increasing the size of some cities significantly and creating new towns and cities. Despite a mounting population loss in rural areas and some smaller cities, Japan's major cities continue to grow. Source date is from the 2010 Census.
Rank City Country Region Population Area (km²) Density (km²) Sources of Pop. / Area Image 1 Tokyo–Yokohama [2]: Japan East Asia 35,200,000 7,835 4,100 C / B
The following list sorts all cities (including towns and villages) in the Japanese metropolis of Tokyo with a population of more than 5,000 according to the 2020 Census. As of October 1, 2020, 31 places fulfill this criterion and are listed here.
Tokyo, Japan's capital, existed as a city until 1943, but is now legally classified as a special type of prefecture called a metropolis (都, to). [3] The 23 special wards of Tokyo, which constitute the core of the Tokyo metropolitan area, each have an administrative status analogous to that of cities. Tokyo also has several other incorporated ...
This is a list of the largest cities in Asia ranked according to population within their city ... Population City proper Metropolitan area ... Japan: 13,513,734 [18]