Japan is divided into eight regions. They are not official administrative units, though they have been used by government officials for statistical and other purposes since 1905. They are widely used in, for example, maps, geography textbooks, and weather reports, and many businesses and institutions use their home regions in their names, for example Kinki Nippon Railway, Chūgoku Bank, and Tōhoku University.
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.
In many contexts in Japan (government, media markets, sports, regional business or trade union confederations), regions are used that deviate from the above-mentioned common geographical 8-region division that is sometimes referred to as "the" regions of Japan in the English Wikipedia and some other English-language publications. Examples of regional divisions of Japan as used by various institutions are:
^JMA: 天気予報等で用いる用語>地域名, retrieved September 24, 2021.
^BoJ: 地域経済報告 ── さくらレポート ── （２０２１年７月）, the definition of regions is in the table of contents before p. 1 (Summary in English translation, the definition of regions is in the appendix), retrieved September 24, 2021.
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Japan is divided into eight regions They are not official administrative units though they have been used by government officials for statistical and other purposes since 1905 They are widely used in for example maps geography textbooks and weather reports and many businesses and institutions use their home regions in their names for example Kinki Nippon Railway Chugoku Bank and Tōhoku University Map of the regions of Japan From northeast to southwest Hokkaidō red Tōhoku yellow Kantō green Chubu cyan Kansai violet Chugoku orange Shikoku purple and Kyushu amp Okinawa grey Each region contains one or more of the country s 47 prefectures Of the four main islands of Japan Hokkaidō Shikoku and Kyushu make up one region each the latter also containing the Satsunan Islands while the largest island Honshu is divided into five regions Okinawa Prefecture is usually included in Kyushu but is sometimes treated as its own ninth region 1 2 3 Japan has eight High Courts but their jurisdictions do not correspond to the eight regions see Judicial system of Japan for details Contents 1 Table 2 Regions and islands 3 Other regional divisions 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksTable editRegion Population Area in km2 4 Prefectures containedHokkaidō 5 4 million 5 83 000 HokkaidōTōhoku 8 9 million 6 67 000 Akita Aomori Fukushima Iwate Miyagi YamagataKantō 43 3 million 7 32 000 Chiba Gunma Ibaraki Kanagawa Saitama Tochigi TōkyōChubu 21 4 million 8 67 000 Aichi Fukui Gifu Ishikawa Nagano Niigata Shizuoka Toyama YamanashiKansai also known as Kinki 22 5 million 9 33 000 Hyōgo Kyōto Mie Nara Ōsaka Shiga WakayamaChugoku 7 3 million 10 32 000 Hiroshima Okayama Shimane Tottori YamaguchiShikoku 3 8 million 11 19 000 Ehime Kagawa Kōchi TokushimaKyushu amp Okinawa 14 3 million 12 44 000 Fukuoka Kagoshima Kumamoto Miyazaki Nagasaki Ōita Okinawa SagaRegions and islands editThis 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 Honshu Tōhoku region northern part Kantō region eastern part Nanpō Islands part of Tokyo Metropolis Chubu region central part Hokuriku region northwestern Chubu Kōshin etsu region northeastern Chubu Tōkai region southern Chubu Kansai or Kinki region south central part Chugoku region western part San in region northern Chugoku San yō region southern Chugoku Shikoku Kyushu Northern Kyushu Southern Kyushu Ryukyu Islands Satsunan Islands OkinawaOther regional divisions editIn many contexts in Japan government media markets sports regional business or trade union confederations regions are used that deviate from the above mentioned common geographical 8 region division that is sometimes referred to as the regions of Japan in the English Wikipedia and some other English language publications Examples of regional divisions of Japan as used by various institutions are National Police Agency regional supervisory offices 15 Region Prefectures Hokkaidō separate liaison office with the National Police Agency Tōhoku Aomori Iwate Miyagi Akita Yamagata Fukushima Tokyo separate liaison office with the National Police Agency Kantō Ibaraki Tochigi Gunma Saitama Chiba Kanagawa Niigata Yamanashi ShizuokaChubu Toyama Ishikawa Fukui Gifu Aichi MieKinki Shiga Kyoto Osaka Hyōgo Nara WakayamaChugoku Tottori Shimane Okayama Hiroshima YamaguchiShikoku Tokushima Kagawa Ehime KōchiKyushu Fukuoka Saga Nagasaki Kumamoto Ōita Miyazaki Kagoshima OkinawaNHK broadcasting regions 16 Region PrefecturesHokkaidō HokkaidōTōhoku Aomori Iwate Miyagi Akita Yamagata FukushimaKantō Kōshin etsu Ibaraki Tochigi Gunma Saitama Chiba Tokyo Kanagawa Nagano Niigata YamanashiTōkai Hokuriku Toyama Ishikawa Fukui Shizuoka Gifu Aichi MieKinki Shiga Kyoto Osaka Hyōgo Nara WakayamaChugoku Tottori Shimane Okayama Hiroshima YamaguchiShikoku Tokushima Kagawa Ehime KōchiKyushu Fukuoka Saga Nagasaki Kumamoto Ōita Miyazaki Kagoshima OkinawaMLIT regional development offices 17 Region Prefectures Nagano is split Hokkaidō originally had a separate cabinet level development agency now a separate MLIT department Tōhoku Aomori Iwate Miyagi Akita Yamagata FukushimaKantō Ibaraki Tochigi Gunma Saitama Chiba Tokyo Kanagawa Yamanashi Nagano northern part Hokuriku Niigata Toyama IshikawaChubu Nagano southern part Gifu Shizuoka Aichi MieKinki Shiga Kyoto Osaka Hyōgo Nara Wakayama FukuiChugoku Tottori Shimane Okayama Hiroshima YamaguchiShikoku Tokushima Kagawa Ehime KōchiKyushu Fukuoka Saga Nagasaki Kumamoto Ōita Miyazaki Kagoshima Okinawa originally had a separate cabinet level development agency now a department in the Cabinet Office JMA weather forecast regions 18 Region PrefecturesHokkaidō HokkaidōTōhoku Aomori Iwate Miyagi Akita Yamagata FukushimaKantō Kōshin Ibaraki Tochigi Gunma Saitama Chiba Tokyo Kanagawa Yamanashi NaganoHokuriku Niigata Toyama Ishikawa FukuiTōkai Gifu Shizuoka Aichi MieKinki Shiga Kyoto Osaka Hyōgo Nara WakayamaChugoku Tottori Shimane Okayama HiroshimaShikoku Tokushima Kagawa Ehime KōchiNorthern Kyushu Yamaguchi Fukuoka Saga Nagasaki Kumamoto ŌitaSouthern Kyushu Amami Miyazaki KagoshimaOkinawa Okinawa nbsp Regional proportional representation constituencies for the lower house of the Japanese parliamentProportional constituencies blocks for elections to the House of Representatives Constituency PrefecturesHokkaidō HokkaidōTōhoku Aomori Iwate Miyagi Akita Yamagata FukushimaNorthern Kantō Ibaraki Tochigi Gunma SaitamaTokyo TokyoSouthern Kantō Chiba Kanagawa YamanashiHokuriku Shin etsu Niigata Nagano Toyama Ishikawa FukuiTōkai Gifu Shizuoka Aichi MieKinki Shiga Kyoto Osaka Hyōgo Nara WakayamaChugoku Tottori Shimane Okayama Hiroshima YamaguchiShikoku Tokushima Kagawa Ehime KōchiKyushu Fukuoka Saga Nagasaki Kumamoto Ōita Miyazaki Kagoshima OkinawaHigh Court jurisdictions High court PrefecturesSapporo HokkaidōSendai Aomori Iwate Miyagi Akita Yamagata FukushimaTokyo Tokyo Ibaraki Tochigi Gunma Saitama Chiba Kanagawa Niigata Yamanashi Nagano ShizuokaNagoya Aichi Mie Gifu Ishikawa Fukui ToyamaOsaka Shiga Kyoto Osaka Hyōgo Nara WakayamaHiroshima Tottori Shimane Okayama Hiroshima YamaguchiTakamatsu Tokushima Kagawa Ehime KōchiFukuoka Fukuoka Saga Nagasaki Kumamoto Ōita Miyazaki Kagoshima OkinawaRegional qualifiers for the spring Kōshien Japanese High School Baseball Invitational Tournament Region PrefecturesHokkaidō HokkaidōTōhoku Aomori Iwate Miyagi Akita Yamagata FukushimaKantō Ibaraki Tochigi Gunma Saitama Chiba Kanagawa YamanashiTokyo TokyoTōkai Gifu Shizuoka Aichi MieHoku Shin etsu Niigata Nagano Toyama Ishikawa FukuiKinki Shiga Kyoto Osaka Hyōgo Nara WakayamaChugoku Tottori Shimane Okayama Hiroshima YamaguchiShikoku Tokushima Kagawa Ehime KōchiKyushu Fukuoka Saga Nagasaki Kumamoto Ōita Miyazaki Kagoshima Okinawa nbsp Football regions of JapanRegional football soccer leagues Region PrefecturesHokkaidō HokkaidōTōhoku North Aomori Iwate AkitaSouth Miyagi Yamagata FukushimaKantō Ibaraki Tochigi Gunma Saitama Chiba Tokyo Kanagawa YamanashiTōkai Gifu Shizuoka Aichi MieHoku Shin etsu Niigata Toyama Ishikawa Fukui NaganoKansai Shiga Kyoto Osaka Hyōgo Nara WakayamaChugoku Tottori Shimane Okayama Hiroshima YamaguchiShikoku Tokushima Kagawa Ehime KōchiKyushu Fukuoka Saga Nagasaki Kumamoto Ōita Miyazaki Kagoshima OkinawaRegions used in the Bank of Japan regional economical report Sakura report 19 Region PrefecturesHokkaidō HokkaidōTōhoku Aomori Iwate Miyagi Akita Yamagata FukushimaHokuriku Toyama Ishikawa FukuiKantō Kōshin etsu Ibaraki Tochigi Gunma Saitama Chiba Tokyo Kanagawa Niigata Yamanashi NaganoTōkai Gifu Shizuoka Aichi MieKinki Shiga Kyoto Osaka Hyōgo Nara WakayamaChugoku Tottori Shimane Okayama Hiroshima YamaguchiShikoku Tokushima Kagawa Ehime KōchiKyushu Okinawa Fukuoka Saga Nagasaki Kumamoto Ōita Miyazaki Kagoshima OkinawaSee also editEcoregions of Japan Geography of Japan Prefectures of JapanReferences edit Regions Archived from the original on 2020 07 27 Retrieved 2021 02 14 Regions of Japan A Guide to the Regions of Japan Japan s Regional Megamarkets Semantic Scholar PDF What special characteristics does Hokkaido have from Kids Web Japan What special characteristics does the Tohoku region have from Kids Web Japan What special characteristics does the Kanto region have from Kids Web Japan What special characteristics does the Chubu region have from Kids Web Japan What special characteristics does the Kinki region have from Kids Web Japan What special characteristics does the Chugoku region have from Kids Web Japan What special characteristics does the Shikoku region have from Kids Web Japan What special characteristics does the Kyushu Okinawa region have from Kids Web Japan Regions of Japan on japan guide com Regions of Japan on web japan org NPA 管区警察局の活動 retrieved September 24 2021 NHK 全国のNHK Archived 2022 06 13 at the Wayback Machine retrieved September 24 2021 MLIT 地方整備局 retrieved September 24 2021 JMA 天気予報等で用いる用語 gt 地域名 retrieved September 24 2021 BoJ 地域経済報告 さくらレポート ２０２１年７月 the definition of regions is in the table of contents before p 1 Summary in English translation the definition of regions is in the appendix retrieved September 24 2021 External links edit nbsp Media related to Regions of Japan at Wikimedia Commons Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title List of regions of Japan amp oldid 1183237532, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
