This is a list of metropolitan areas (都市圏, toshiken) in Japan by population as defined by the Statistics Bureau of Japan (SBJ) and the Center for Spatial Information Service of the University of Tokyo. The region containing most of the people in Japan between Tokyo and Fukuoka is often called the Taiheiyō Belt.
The Statistics Bureau of Japan (SBJ) defines a metropolitan area as one or more central cities and its associated outlying municipalities. To qualify as an outlying municipality, the municipality must have at least 1.5% of its resident population aged 15 and above commuting to school or work into one of the central cities. To qualify as a central city, a city must either be a designated city of any population or a non-designated city with a city proper population of at least 500,000. Metropolitan areas of designated cities are defined as "major metropolitan areas" (大都市圏) while those of non-designated cities are simply "metropolitan areas" (都市圏). If multiple central cities are close enough such that their outlying cities overlap, they are combined and a single metropolitan area is defined rather than independently.
2015 Population Censusedit
The metropolitan areas written in bold are the 11 major metropolitan areas of Japan.
The following changes to metropolitan area definitions were made in the 2010 Census report.[3]
New central cities in Kantō and Keihanshin major metropolitan areas
Sagamihara in the Kantō MMA and Sakai in the Keihanshin MMA have become designated cities in 2010 and 2006 respectively. These cities are already well within their MMAs and should not greatly alter their formation.
Niigata and Okayama major metropolitan areas
Niigata became a designated city in 2007 and Okayama became a designated city in 2009. 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
Utsunomiya qualified as a central city for the 2010 census, resulting from mergers with neighboring municipalities and subsequent population growth.
2005 Population Censusedit
The metropolitan areas written in bold are the 8 major metropolitan areas of Japan.
Urban Employment Area is another definition of metropolitan areas, defined by the Center for Spatial Information Service, the University of Tokyo.
2015edit
The Center for Spatial Information Service, the University of Tokyo has defined 100 metropolitan employment areas (MEAs) and 122 micropolitan employment areas (McEAs) for Japan.[5]
^Statistics Bureau of Japan, 2005 Census Final Data
^"Urban Employment Area (UEA) Code Table". Center for Spatial Information Science, the University of Tokyo. Retrieved 2017-12-15.
^"地域経済の将来動向分析に関する調査研究" [Survey on the future trend analysis of the regional economy] (in Japanese). Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan. Retrieved 2017-04-15.
^"Metropolitan Employment Area (MEA) Data". Center for Spatial Information Science, the University of Tokyo. Retrieved 2017-04-15.
External linksedit
Population Census of Japan
Metropolitan Employment Area Map
February 16, 2024
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This is a list of metropolitan areas 都市圏 toshiken in Japan by population as defined by the Statistics Bureau of Japan SBJ and the Center for Spatial Information Service of the University of Tokyo The region containing most of the people in Japan between Tokyo and Fukuoka is often called the Taiheiyō Belt Kantō Major Metropolitan AreaKeihanshin MMA Contents 1 Population Census 1 1 2015 Population Census 1 2 2010 Population Census 1 3 2005 Population Census 2 Urban Employment Area 2 1 2015 2 2 2010 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksPopulation Census editThe Statistics Bureau of Japan SBJ defines a metropolitan area as one or more central cities and its associated outlying municipalities To qualify as an outlying municipality the municipality must have at least 1 5 of its resident population aged 15 and above commuting to school or work into one of the central cities To qualify as a central city a city must either be a designated city of any population or a non designated city with a city proper population of at least 500 000 Metropolitan areas of designated cities are defined as major metropolitan areas 大都市圏 while those of non designated cities are simply metropolitan areas 都市圏 If multiple central cities are close enough such that their outlying cities overlap they are combined and a single metropolitan area is defined rather than independently 2015 Population Census edit The metropolitan areas written in bold are the 11 major metropolitan areas of Japan 2015 MMA Major Metropolitan Area MA Metropolitan Area Source Statistics Bureau of Japan 1 Rank Area Prefecture Central City Area Population01 Kantō MMA Tokyo Kanagawa Prefecture Saitama Prefecture Chiba Prefecture Ibaraki Prefecture Tochigi Prefecture Gunma Prefecture Yamanashi Prefecture 23 special wards area Yokohama Sagamihara Kawasaki Chiba Saitama 37 273 86602 Keihanshin MMA Osaka Prefecture Kyoto Prefecture Hyōgo Prefecture Nara Prefecture Shiga Prefecture Wakayama Prefecture Osaka Sakai Kobe Kyoto 19 302 74603 Chukyō MMA Aichi Prefecture Gifu Prefecture Mie Prefecture Nagoya 9 363 22104 Fukuoka Kitakyushu MMA Fukuoka Prefecture Fukuoka Kitakyushu 5 538 14205 Shizuoka Hamamatsu MMA Shizuoka Prefecture Shizuoka Hamamatsu 2 842 15106 Sapporo MMA Ishikari Subprefecture in Hokkaidō Sapporo 2 636 25407 Sendai MMA Miyagi Prefecture Sendai 2 256 96408 Hiroshima MMA Hiroshima Prefecture Hiroshima 2 096 74509 Utsunomiya MA Tochigi Prefecture Utsunomiya 1 655 67310 Okayama MMA Okayama Prefecture Okayama 1 639 41411 Kumamoto MMA Kumamoto Prefecture Kumamoto 1 492 97512 Niigata MMA Niigata Prefecture Niigata 1 395 61213 Kagoshima MA Kagoshima Prefecture Kagoshima 1 126 63914 Matsuyama MA Ehime Prefecture Matsuyama 706 8832010 Population Census edit The metropolitan areas written in bold are the 11 major metropolitan areas of Japan 2010 MMA Major Metropolitan Area MA Metropolitan Area Source Statistics Bureau of Japan 2 Rank Area Prefecture Central City Area Population01 Kantō MMA Tokyo Kanagawa Prefecture Saitama Prefecture Chiba Prefecture Ibaraki Prefecture Tochigi Prefecture Gunma Prefecture Yamanashi Prefecture 23 special wards area Yokohama Sagamihara Kawasaki Chiba Saitama 36 923 19302 Keihanshin MMA Osaka Prefecture Kyoto Prefecture Hyōgo Prefecture Nara Prefecture Shiga Prefecture Wakayama Prefecture Osaka Sakai Kobe Kyoto 19 341 97603 Chukyō MMA Aichi Prefecture Gifu Prefecture Mie Prefecture Nagoya 9 107 41404 Fukuoka Kitakyushu MMA Fukuoka Prefecture Fukuoka Kitakyushu 5 515 42705 Shizuoka Hamamatsu MMA Shizuoka Prefecture Shizuoka Hamamatsu 2 741 02806 Sapporo MMA Ishikari Subprefecture in Hokkaidō Sapporo 2 584 88007 Sendai MMA Miyagi Prefecture Sendai 2 169 75708 Hiroshima MMA Hiroshima Prefecture Hiroshima 2 099 51409 Utsunomiya MA Tochigi Prefecture Utsunomiya 1 886 89810 Okayama MMA Okayama Prefecture Okayama 1 647 89211 Kumamoto MMA Kumamoto Prefecture Kumamoto 1 476 43512 Niigata MMA Niigata Prefecture Niigata 1 421 69413 Kagoshima MA Kagoshima Prefecture Kagoshima 1 152 74814 Matsuyama MA Ehime Prefecture Matsuyama 717 687Changes from 2005 censusThe following changes to metropolitan area definitions were made in the 2010 Census report 3 New central cities in Kantō and Keihanshin major metropolitan areas Sagamihara in the Kantō MMA and Sakai in the Keihanshin MMA have become designated cities in 2010 and 2006 respectively These cities are already well within their MMAs and should not greatly alter their formation Niigata and Okayama major metropolitan areas Niigata became a designated city in 2007 and Okayama became a designated city in 2009 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 Utsunomiya qualified as a central city for the 2010 census resulting from mergers with neighboring municipalities and subsequent population growth 2005 Population Census edit The metropolitan areas written in bold are the 8 major metropolitan areas of Japan October 1 2005 MMA Major Metropolitan Area MA Metropolitan Area Source Statistics Bureau of Japan 4 Rank Area Prefecture Central City Area Population01 Kantō MMA Tokyo Kanagawa Prefecture Saitama Prefecture Chiba Prefecture Ibaraki Prefecture Tochigi Prefecture Gunma Prefecture Yamanashi Prefecture 23 special wards area Yokohama Kawasaki Chiba Saitama 35 682 46002 Keihanshin MMA Osaka Prefecture Kyoto Prefecture Hyōgo Prefecture Nara Prefecture Shiga Prefecture Wakayama Prefecture Osaka Kobe Kyoto 18 768 39503 Chukyō MMA Aichi Prefecture Gifu Prefecture Mie Prefecture Nagoya 8 923 44504 Fukuoka Kitakyushu MMA Fukuoka Prefecture Fukuoka Kitakyushu 5 590 37805 Sapporo MMA Ishikari Subprefecture in Hokkaidō Sapporo 2 606 21406 Sendai MMA Miyagi Prefecture Sendai 2 289 65607 Hiroshima MMA Hiroshima Prefecture Hiroshima 2 064 53608 Okayama MMA Okayama Prefecture Okayama 1 646 75709 Kumamoto MA Kumamoto Prefecture Kumamoto 1 462 40910 Niigata MMA Niigata Prefecture Niigata 1 442 95811 Shizuoka MMA Shizuoka Prefecture Shizuoka 1 427 10712 Hamamatsu MA Shizuoka Prefecture Hamamatsu 1 304 54813 Kagoshima MA Kagoshima Prefecture Kagoshima 1 132 10614 Matsuyama MA Ehime Prefecture Matsuyama 724 048 nbsp Japan s MEAs in Taiheiyo Belt nbsp Tokyo MEA nbsp Kobe MEA Osaka MEA Kyoto MEA Nagoya MEAUrban Employment Area editMain article Urban Employment Area Urban Employment Area is another definition of metropolitan areas defined by the Center for Spatial Information Service the University of Tokyo 2015 edit The Center for Spatial Information Service the University of Tokyo has defined 100 metropolitan employment areas MEAs and 122 micropolitan employment areas McEAs for Japan 5 Rank Metropolitan area Prefecture Central city Population1 Tokyo MEA Wikidata Ibaraki Saitama Chiba Tokyo Kanagawa Yamanashi Special wards of Tokyo Saitama Chiba Tachikawa Musashino Yokohama Kawasaki Atsugi 35 303 7782 Osaka MEA Wikidata Kyoto Osaka Hyogo Nara Wakayama Osaka Sakai Kadoma Higashiōsaka 12 078 8203 Nagoya MEA Wikidata Gifu Aichi Mie Nagoya Handa Kariya Anjō Komaki Tōkai 6 871 6324 Kyoto MEA Wikidata Shiga Kyoto Kyoto Kusatsu 2 801 0445 Fukuoka MEA Wikidata Fukuoka Fukuoka 2 565 5016 Kobe MEA Wikidata Hyōgo Kobe 2 419 9737 Sapporo MEA Wikidata Ishikari and Shiribeshi Subprefecture in Hokkaido Sapporo Otaru 2 362 9148 Sendai MEA Wikidata Miyagi Sendai 1 612 4999 Okayama MEA Wikidata Okayama Okayama 1 526 50310 Hiroshima MEA Wikidata Hiroshima Hiroshima 1 431 634 2010 edit The Japanese Ministry of Economy Trade and Industry defined 233 areas for the UEAs of Japan MEA Metropolitan Employment Area Source Ministry of Economy Trade and Industry of Japan 6 Center for Spatial Information Science the University of Tokyo 7 2010 Standards Metropolitan area Prefecture Central city Area km2 GDP bn JPY Population2010 2005 1995 1980 1965Tokyo MEA Ibaraki Saitama Chiba Tokyo Kanagawa Yamanashi Special wards of Tokyo Saitama Chiba Tachikawa Musashino Yokohama Kawasaki Atsugi 10 404 157 820 34 834 167 33 652 998 31 707 138 27 853 640 20 156 066Osaka MEA Kyoto Osaka Hyōgo Nara Wakayama Osaka Sakai Higashiōsaka Kadoma Moriguchi 4 291 45 362 12 273 041 12 208 161 12 039 181 11 365 385 8 721 257Nagoya MEA Gifu Aichi Mie Nagoya Komaki 2 792 22 497 5 490 453 5 385 383 5 151 367 4 713 287 3 708 670Kyoto MEA Shiga Kyoto Kyoto 2 836 10 117 2 679 094 2 653 421 2 582 733 2 395 626 1 897 517Fukuoka MEA Fukuoka Fukuoka 1 283 8 922 2 495 552 2 409 904 2 196 463 1 768 587 1 165 151Kobe MEA Hyōgo Kobe 1 245 8 427 2 431 076 2 417 914 2 309 076 2 130 237 1 697 644Sapporo MEA Ishikari Subprefecture Shiribeshi Subprefecture in Hokkaido Sapporo Otaru 3 205 7 438 2 341 599 2 325 653 2 198 255 1 798 624 1 151 946Sendai MEA Miyagi Sendai 2 077 5 414 1 574 942 1 549 746 1 466 989 1 202 186 850 828Okayama MEA Okayama Okayama 2 710 5 539 1 532 146 1 523 286 1 486 785 1 391 802 1 112 534Maebashi MEA Gunma Maebashi Takasaki Isesaki 2 653 5 252 1 453 528 1 459 895 1 439 840 1 327 539 1 142 579Hiroshima MEA Hiroshima Hiroshima 1 811 5 414 1 411 848 1 395 530 1 358 060 1 197 465 838 010Kitakyushu MEA Fukuoka Kitakyushu 1 222 4 889 1 370 169 1 392 145 1 429 463 1 459 479 1 397 618Hamamatsu MEA Shizuoka Hamamatsu 2 051 4 763 1 133 879 1 139 189 1 086 360 972 356 818 902Utsunomiya MEA Tochigi Utsunomiya 3 851 4 454 1 120 057 1 121 696 1 093 966 973 728 817 786Kumamoto MEA Kumamoto Kumamoto 1 604 3 490 1 102 398 1 089 366 1 053 231 924 422 795 803Niigata MEA Niigata Niigata 2 138 3 805 1 071 152 1 082 159 1 073 394 1 002 106 875 150Shizuoka MEA Shizuoka Shizuoka 1 677 4 024 1 001 597 1 008 368 1 016 145 966 153 808 584See also editMetropolitan Area List of cities in Japan List of metropolitan areas by populationReferences edit Statistics Bureau of Japan 2015 Census Final Data Statistics Bureau of Japan 2010 Census Final Data Statistics Bureau of Japan Statistics Bureau of Japan 2005 Census Final Data Urban Employment Area UEA Code Table Center for Spatial Information Science the University of Tokyo Retrieved 2017 12 15 地域経済の将来動向分析に関する調査研究 Survey on the future trend analysis of the regional economy in Japanese Ministry of Economy Trade and Industry of Japan Retrieved 2017 04 15 Metropolitan Employment Area MEA Data Center for Spatial Information Science the University of Tokyo Retrieved 2017 04 15 External links editPopulation Census of Japan Metropolitan Employment Area Map Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title List of metropolitan areas in Japan amp oldid 1128726058, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
