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Parent topics
- Japan [r]: East Asian country of about 3,000 islands; world's second-largest economy; population about 127,000,000. [e]
Subtopics
Regions
- Tōhoku [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Kantō [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Chūbu [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Kansai [r]: (関西地方 Kansai-chihoo), region of Japan also known as Kinki (近畿地方 Kinki-chihoo) on Honshu island, divided into seven prefectures and including the cities of Kyoto and Osaka; population about 22,500,000. [e]
- Chugoku [r]: (中国地方 Chuugoku-chihoo), westerly region of Japan also known as Sanin-Sanyo (山陰山陽地方 Sanin-Sanyoo-chihoo) on Honshu island, divided into five prefectures and including the cities of Hiroshima and Okayama; population about 7,600,000. [e]
Prefectures
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- Aichi prefecture [r]: (愛知県 Aichi-ken) area of Japan located in the Chubu region of Honshu island; population about 7,310,000. [e]
- Akita prefecture [r]: (秋田県 Akita-ken) area of Japan located in the northern Tohoku region of Honshu island; population about 1,130,000. [e]
- Aomori prefecture [r]: (青森県 Aomori-ken) area of Japan located in the northern Tohoku region of Honshu island; population about 1,400,000. [e]
- Chiba prefecture [r]: (千葉県 Chiba-ken) area of Japan located in the Kanto region of Honshu island; population about 6,100,000. [e]
- Fukui prefecture [r]: (福井県 Fukui-ken) area of Japan located in the Chubu region of Honshu island; population about 819,000. [e]
- Fukushima prefecture [r]: (福島県 Fukushima-ken) area of Japan located in the northern Tohoku region of Honshu island; population about 2,000,000. [e]
- Gifu prefecture [r]: (岐阜県 Gifu-ken) area of Japan located in the Chubu region of Honshu island; population about 2,110,000. [e]
- Gunma prefecture [r]: (群馬県 Gunma-ken) area of Japan located in the Kanto region of Honshu island; population about 2,020,000. [e]
- Hiroshima prefecture [r]: (広島県 Hiroshima-ken) area of Japan located in the Chugoku region of Honshu island, whose capital was struck by the world's first atomic bomb attack in 1945; population about 2,800,000. [e]
- Hyogo prefecture [r]: (兵庫県 Hyoogo-ken) area of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu island; population about 5,600,000. [e]
- Ibaraki prefecture [r]: (茨城県 Ibaraki-ken) area of Japan located in the Kanto region of Honshu island; population about 3,000,000. [e]
- Ishikawa prefecture [r]: (石川県 Ishikawa-ken) area of Japan located in the Chubu region of Honshu island; population about 1,175,000. [e]
- Iwate prefecture [r]: (岩手県 Iwate-ken) area of Japan located in the northern Tohoku region of Honshu island; population about 1,350,000. [e]
- Kanagawa prefecture [r]: (神奈川県 Kanagawa-ken) area of Japan located in the Kanto region of Honshu island; population about 8,850,000. [e]
- Kyoto prefecture [r]: (京都府 Kyooto-fu) area of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu island; population about 2,700,000. [e]
- Mie prefecture [r]: (三重県 Mie-ken) area of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu island; population about 2,000,000. [e]
- Miyagi prefecture [r]: (宮城県 Miyagi-ken) area of Japan located in the northern Tohoku region of Honshu island; population about 2,350,000. [e]
- Nagano prefecture [r]: (長野県 Nagano-ken) area of Japan located in the Chubu region of Honshu island; population about 2,200,000. [e]
- Nara prefecture [r]: (奈良県 Nara-ken) area of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu island; population about 1,500,000. [e]
- Niigata prefecture [r]: (新潟県 Niigata-ken) area of Japan located in the Chubu region of Honshu island; population about 2,420,000. [e]
- Okayama prefecture [r]: (岡山県 Okayama-ken) area of Japan located in the Chugoku region of Honshu island; population about 1,900,000. [e]
- Osaka prefecture [r]: (大阪府 Oosaka-fu) area of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu island; population about 9,000,000. [e]
- Saitama prefecture [r]: (埼玉県 Saitama-ken) area of Japan located in the Kanto region of Honshu island; population about 7,100,000. [e]
- Shiga prefecture [r]: (滋賀県 Shiga-ken) area of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu island; population about 1,500,000. [e]
- Shimane prefecture [r]: (島根県 Shimane-ken) area of Japan located in the Chugoku region of Honshu island; population about 720,000. [e]
- Shizuoka prefecture [r]: (静岡県 Shizuoka-ken) area of Japan located in the Chubu region of Honshu island; population about 3,800,000. [e]
- Tochigi prefecture [r]: (栃木県 Tochigi-ken) Area of Japan located in the Kanto region of Honshu island; population about 2,020,000. [e]
- Tokyo prefecture [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Tottori prefecture [r]: (鳥取県 Tottori-ken) least-populated administrative area of Japan, located in the Chugoku region of Honshu island; population about 600,000. [e]
- Toyama prefecture [r]: (富山県 Toyama-ken) area of Japan located in the Chubu region of Honshu island; population about 1,110,000. [e]
- Wakayama prefecture [r]: (和歌山県 Wakayama-ken) area of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu island; population about 1,100,000. [e]
- Yamagata prefecture [r]: (山形県 Yamagata-ken) area of Japan located in the northern Tohoku region of Honshu island; population about 1,200,000. [e]
- Yamaguchi prefecture [r]: (山口県 Yamaguchi-ken) area of Japan located in the Chugoku region of Honshu island; population about 1,450,000. [e]
- Yamanashi prefecture [r]: (山梨県 Yamanashi-ken) area of Japan located in the Chubu region of Honshu island; population about 880,000. [e]
Other related topics
- Hokkaido [r]: (北海道 Hokkaidoo) second-largest and northernmost of the main islands of Japan, including the cities of Sapporo, Hakodate and Asahikawa; population about 5,500,000. [e]
- Kyushu [r]: (九州 Kyuushuu) third-largest and westernmost of the main islands of Japan, divided into seven regions and including the cities of Fukuoka, Nagasaki, Kumamoto and Kagoshima; population about 13,000,000. [e]
- Shikoku [r]: (四国) smallest and least populated of the four main islands of Japan, divided into four prefectures and including the cities of Takamatsu, Matsuyama, Tokushima and Uwajima; population about 4,000,000. [e]
- Ryukyu Islands [r]: (南西諸島 Nansei Shotoo 'Southwest Islands') subtropical Japanese island chain in the East China Sea, east of Taiwan; divided between Okinawa and Kagoshima prefectures and home to the Ryukyuan languages and people. [e]

