Japan

Administrative units

ken / to / fu (prefecture/city)	capital	area (sq.km.)	population 2000-10-01 census	population 2005-10-01 census
source: Statistics Bureau, Management and Coordination Agency, Japan. note: 2005 numbers are preliminary results. note: figures for prefectures exclude areas which spread over prefectures and whose boundaries are uncertain. Area numbers are uncertain for many subdivisions, due to the many changes in the last years.
Hokkaido	Sapporo	83,453.04	5,683,062	5,627,424
Aomori -ken	Aomori	9,606.33	1,475,728	1,436,628
Iwate -ken	Morioka	15,278.40	1,416,180	1,385,037
Miyagi -ken	Sendai	7,285.07	2,365,320	2,359,991
Akita -ken	Akita	11,612.11	1,189,279	1,145,471
Yamagata -ken	Yamagata	9,323.34	1,244,147	1,216,116
Fukushima -ken	Fukushima	13,782.48	2,126,935	2,091,223
Ibaraki -ken	Mito	6,095.58	2,985,676	2,975,023
Tochigi -ken	Utsonomiya	6,408.28	2,004,817	2,016,452
Gumma -ken	Maebashi	6,363.16	2,024,852	2,024,044
Saitama -ken	Urawa	3,797.30	6,938,006	7,053,689
Chiba -ken	Chiba	5,156.19	5,926,285	6,056,159
Tokyo -to	Tokyo	2,196.90	12,064,143	12,570,904
Kanagawa -ken	Yokohama	2,415.41	8,489,932	8,790,900
Niigata -ken	Niigata	12,582.37	2,475,733	2,431,396
Toyama -ken	Toyama	4,247.22	1,120,851	1,111,602
Ishikawa -ken	Kanazawa	4,185.22	1,180,977	1,173,994
Fukui -ken	Fukui	4,188.75	828,944	821,589
Yamanashi -ken	Kofu	4,465.37	888,172	884,531
Nagano -ken	Nagano	13,585.22	2,213,128	2,196,012
Gifu -ken	Gifu	10,598.18	2,109,740	2,107,293
Shizuoka -ken	Shizuoka	7,779.46	3,767,393	3,792,457
Aichi -ken	Nagoya	5,155.84	7,043,300	7,254,432
Mie -ken	Tsu	5,776.40	1,857,339	1,867,166
Shiga -ken	Otsu	4,017.36	1,342,832	1,380,343
Kyoto -fu	Kyoto	4,612.94	2,644,391	2,647,523
Osaka -fu	Osaka	1,892.86	8,805,081	8,817,010
Hyogo -ken	Kobe	8,392.03	5,550,574	5,590,381
Nara -ken	Nara	3,691.09	1,442,795	1,421,367
Wakayama -ken	Wakayama	4,725.55	1,069,912	1,036,061
Tottori -ken	Tottori	3,507.17	613,289	606,947
Shimane -ken	Matsue	6,707.29	761,503	742,135
Okayama -ken	Okayama	7,112.13	1,950,828	1,957,056
Hiroshima -ken	Hiroshima	8,476.95	2,878,915	2,876,762
Yamaguchi -ken	Yamaguchi	6,110.45	1,527,964	1,492,575
Tokushima -ken	Tokushima	4,145.10	824,108	809,974
Kagawa -ken	Takamatsu	1,875.88	1,022,890	1,012,261
Ehime -ken	Matsuyama	5,676.22	1,493,092	1,467,824
Kochi -ken	Kochi	7,104.66	813,949	796,211
Fukuoka -ken	Fukuoka	4,971.01	5,015,699	5,049,126
Saga -ken	Saga	2,439.23	876,654	866,402
Nagasaki -ken	Nagasaki	4,092.44	1,516,523	1,478,630
Kumamoto -ken	Kumamoto	7,403.68	1,859,344	1,842,140
Oita -ken	Oita	6,337.97	1,221,140	1,209,587
Miyazaki -ken	Miyazaki	7,734.40	1,170,007	1,152,993
Kagoshima -ken	Kagoshima	9,186.71	1,786,194	1,753,144
Okinawa -ken	Naha	2,271.30	1,318,220	1,360,830
total		377,822.04	126,925,843	127,756,815

Main cities

name	population 2000-10-01 census	population 2005-10-01 census
Tokyo	8,134,688	8,483,050
Yokohama	3,426,651	3,579,133
Osaka	2,598,774	2,628,776
Nagoya	2,171,557	2,215,031
Sapporo	1,822,368	1,880,875
Kobe	1,493,398	1,525,389
Kyoto	1,474,471	1,474,764
Fukuoka	1,341,470	1,400,621
Kawasaki	1,249,905	1,327,009
Saitama	1,133,300	1,176,269
Hiroshima	1,134,134	1,154,595
Sendai	1,008,130	1,024,947
Kitakyushu	1,011,471	993,483
Chiba	887,164	924,353
Sakai	829,636	831,111
Hamamatsu	786,306	804,067
Niigata	779,483	785,067
Shizuoka	706,513	700,879
Okayama	652,679	674,605
Kumamoto	662,012	669,541
Sagamihara	605,519	628,638
Kagoshima	601,693	604,387
Funabashi	550,074	569,829
Hachioji	536,046	560,048
Matsuyama	508,266	514,944
Higashiosaka	515,094	513,744
Himeji	478,309	482,307
Kawaguchi	460,027	479,986
Matsudo	464,841	472,504
Kurashiki	460,869	469,372
Ichikawa	448,642	466,408
Nishinomiya	438,105	465,338
Amagasaki	466,187	462,484
Oita	454,424	462,322
Utsunomiya	443,808	457,557
Kanazawa	456,438	454,607
Nagasaki	457,486	442,624
Yokosuka	428,645	426,162
Toyama	420,804	421,156
Fukuyama	416,547	418,437
Toyota	395,224	412,131
Machida	377,536	404,798
Hirakata	402,563	404,004
Gifu	402,751	399,921
Fujisawa	379,185	395,997
Toyonaka	391,726	386,633
Kashiwa	373,778	381,016
Nagano	378,932	378,495
Wakayama	386,551	375,718
Toyohashi	364,856	372,471
Ichinomiya	362,726	371,446
Nara	374,944	370,106
Asahikawa	359,536	354,988
Okazaki	336,583	354,707
Iwaki	360,138	354,403
Suita	347,929	353,853
Takatsuki	357,438	351,803
Koriyama	334,824	338,830
Takamatsu	336,505	337,895
Tokorozawa	330,100	336,081
Kawagoe	330,766	333,765
Kochi	333,621	333,407
Akita	336,646	333,047
Maebashi	320,465	318,653
Koshigaya	308,416	315,782
Naha	301,032	312,308
Aomori	318,732	311,492
Miyazaki	305,898	310,092
Kurume	304,884	306,439
Yokkaichi	302,102	303,851
Otsu	288,240	301,664
Kasugai	287,623	295,795
Hakodate	305,311	294,212
Akashi	293,117	291,033
Fukushima	291,121	290,867
Shimonoseki	301,097	290,693
Morioka	288,843	287,186
Ichihara	278,218	280,241
Yao	274,777	273,474
Ibaraki	260,648	267,976
Tokushima	268,218	267,845
Kakogawa	266,170	267,103
Mito	261,562	262,532
Hiratsuka	254,633	259,017
Yamagata	255,369	255,959
Fukui	252,274	252,224
Kure	259,224	251,009
Sasebo	251,232	248,104
Fuchu	226,769	245,626
Takasaki	239,904	245,023
Hachinohe	248,608	244,678
Neyagawa	250,806	241,825
Kasukabe	240,815	238,499
Fuji	234,187	236,493
Nagaoka	237,718	236,355
Soka	225,018	236,268
Chigasaki	220,809	228,430
Matsumoto	229,033	227,579
Atsugi	217,369	222,349
Yamato	212,761	221,218
Ageo	212,947	220,223
Takarazuka	213,037	219,853
Chofu	204,759	216,146
Ota	210,022	213,300
Joetsu	211,870	208,083
Numazu	211,559	208,001
Saga	208,783	206,973
Isesaki	194,393	202,442
Tottori	200,744	201,727
Kishiwada	200,104	200,984
Tsukuba	191,814	200,546
Hitachi	206,589	199,203
Odawara	200,173	198,722
Matsue	199,289	196,603
Kofu	196,154	194,245
Suzuka	186,151	193,112
Itami	192,159	192,248
Yamaguchi	188,693	191,682
Kumagaya	192,527	191,109
Nishitokyo	180,885	189,749
Uji	189,112	189,589
Higashihiroshima	175,346	184,423
Kodaira	178,623	183,792
Kushiro	191,739	181,515
Yachiyo	168,848	180,731
Ube	182,031	178,952
Izumi	172,974	177,837
Mitaka	171,612	177,031
Hino	167,942	176,490
Tachikawa	164,709	174,287
Imabari	180,627	173,985
Hirosaki	177,086	173,227
Tomakomai	172,086	172,755
Sakura	170,934	171,231
Kamakura	167,583	171,122
Iwata	166,002	170,913
Obihiro	173,030	170,586
Anjo	158,824	170,237
Matsusaka	164,504	168,976
Hadano	168,142	168,317
Takaoka	172,184	167,690
Ishinomaki	174,778	167,327
Tsu	163,246	165,417
Oyama	155,198	160,142
Ashikaga	163,140	159,752
Narashino	154,036	158,750
Sayama	161,460	158,096
Kawanishi	153,762	157,656
Urayasu	132,984	155,287
Hitachinaka	151,673	153,624
Niiza	149,511	153,305
Nagareyama	150,527	152,653
Shunan	157,383	152,372
Noda	151,197	151,229
Ogaki	150,246	151,029
Yonago	147,837	149,575
Iruma	147,909	148,576
Moriguchi	152,298	147,479
Komaki	143,122	147,191
Izumo	146,960	146,224
Tama	145,862	145,887
Koga	146,452	145,268
Higashimurayama	142,290	144,917
Kakamigahara	141,765	144,174
Isahaya	144,299	144,040
Tsuruoka	147,546	142,381
Ome	141,394	142,333
Otaru	150,687	142,165
Kariya	132,054	142,112
Kuwana	134,856	138,959
Musashino	135,746	137,464
Inazawa	136,938	136,959
Yatsushiro	140,655	136,885
Tsuchiura	134,702	135,057
Miyakonojo	131,922	133,076
Seto	131,650	131,916
Kadoma	135,648	131,674
Abiko	127,733	131,198
Omuta	138,629	131,089
Fujieda	128,494	129,256
Karatsu	131,446	128,567
Misato	131,047	128,261
Zama	125,694	128,182
Kiryu	134,298	128,035
Matsubara	132,562	127,268
Minoh	124,898	127,132
Beppu	126,523	126,961
Daito	128,917	126,478
Okinawa	119,686	125,869
Ichinoseki	130,373	125,818
Ebetsu	123,877	125,589
Kashihara	125,005	124,739
Asaka	119,712	124,298
Niihama	125,814	123,952
Sano	125,671	123,914
Tondabayashi	126,558	123,800
Ebina	117,519	123,708
Ueda	125,368	123,678
Aizuwakamatsu	125,805	122,261
Kisarazu	122,768	122,208
Fujinomiya	120,222	121,780
Nobeoka	124,761	121,637
Kusatsu	115,455	121,161
Toyokawa	117,327	120,974
Yaizu	118,248	120,111
Konosu	120,271	119,588
Habikino	119,246	118,686
Kakegawa	114,328	117,856
Kokubunji	111,404	117,663
Kawachinagano	121,008	117,243
Hofu	117,724	116,816
Toda	108,039	116,645
Handa	110,837	115,834
Higashikurume	113,302	115,286
Nasushiobara	110,828	115,031
Onomichi	117,407	114,494
Koganei	111,825	114,114
Ikoma	112,830	113,724
Sanda	111,737	113,576
Uruma	109,992	113,574
Saijo	114,548	113,369
Chikusei	116,120	112,589
Mishima	110,519	112,251
Toride	115,993	111,329
Kitami	112,040	110,594
Tsuyama	111,499	110,565
Akishima	106,532	110,140
Marugame	108,356	110,080
Hikone	107,860	109,777
Hakusan	106,977	109,448
Komatsu	108,622	109,074
Iida	110,589	108,628
Kasuga	105,219	108,394
Urasoe	102,734	106,047
Fujimi	103,247	104,752
Sanjo	107,662	104,748
Shibata	106,016	104,633
Tokai	99,921	104,340
Nishio	100,805	104,323
Mihara	106,229	104,197
Tajimi	104,135	103,818
Yokote	109,004	103,654
Fukaya	103,534	103,510
Iwakuni	105,762	103,495
Kamagaya	102,573	102,822
Satsumasendai	105,464	102,370
Fujimino	100,118	101,962
Ikeda	101,516	101,643
Narita	95,704	100,726
Iga	101,527	100,619
Isehara	99,544	100,573
Saku	100,016	100,457
source: Statistics Bureau, Management and Coordination Agency, Japan. note: 2005 figures are preliminary results from the census. note: For the latin characters the Hepburn romanization system has been used.

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