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{{r|East Asia}} | |||
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===Regions=== | |||
Japan consists of four large islands and thousands of smaller ones. While the sparsely-populated northern island of Hokkaido is its own prefecture (see [[Japan/Related Articles#Prefectures|below]]), others are split into smaller political and cultural regions. | |||
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====Hokkaido==== | |||
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====Kyushu==== | |||
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====Shikoku==== | |||
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===Prefectures=== | |||
Administrative divisions or 'prefectures' of Japan are known as ''todōfuken'' (都道府県) in Japanese. Typically ''-ken'' (県) added to a place name indicates that it is a prefecture. Other regions are identified using ''-to'' (都 'metropolis', for Tokyo), ''-fu'' (府 'metropolitan prefecture', for Kyoto and Osaka) or ''-dō'' (道 'administrative region', used only in Hokkaido). | |||
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{{r|Aichi prefecture}} | |||
{{r|Akita prefecture}} | |||
{{r|Aomori prefecture}} | |||
{{r|Chiba prefecture}} | |||
{{r|Ehime prefecture}} | |||
{{r|Fukui prefecture}} | |||
{{r|Fukuoka prefecture}} | |||
{{r|Fukushima prefecture}} | |||
{{r|Gifu prefecture}} | |||
{{r|Gunma prefecture}} | |||
{{r|Hiroshima prefecture}} | |||
{{r|Hokkaido}} | |||
{{r|Hyogo prefecture}} | |||
{{r|Ibaraki prefecture}} | |||
{{r|Ishikawa prefecture}} | |||
{{r|Iwate prefecture}} | |||
{{r|Kagawa prefecture}} | |||
{{r|Kagoshima prefecture}} | |||
{{r|Kanagawa prefecture}} | |||
{{r|Kochi prefecture}} | |||
{{r|Kumamoto prefecture}} | |||
{{r|Kyoto prefecture}} | |||
{{r|Mie prefecture}} | |||
{{r|Miyagi prefecture}} | |||
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{{r|Miyazaki prefecture}} | |||
{{r|Nagano prefecture}} | |||
{{r|Nagasaki prefecture}} | |||
{{r|Nara prefecture}} | |||
{{r|Niigata prefecture}} | |||
{{r|Oita prefecture}} | |||
{{r|Okayama prefecture}} | |||
{{r|Okinawa prefecture}} | |||
{{r|Osaka prefecture}} | |||
{{r|Saga prefecture}} | |||
{{r|Saitama prefecture}} | |||
{{r|Shiga prefecture}} | |||
{{r|Shimane prefecture}} | |||
{{r|Shizuoka prefecture}} | |||
{{r|Tochigi prefecture}} | |||
{{r|Tokushima prefecture}} | |||
{{r|Tokyo prefecture}} | |||
{{r|Tottori prefecture}} | |||
{{r|Toyama prefecture}} | |||
{{r|Wakayama prefecture}} | |||
{{r|Yamagata prefecture}} | |||
{{r|Yamaguchi prefecture}} | |||
{{r|Yamanashi prefecture}} | |||
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==Other related topics== | |||
*[[Culture of Japan]] | *[[Culture of Japan]] | ||
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{{r|Japanese English}} | |||
*[[Life expectancy#Japan|Life expectancy - Japan]] | *[[Life expectancy#Japan|Life expectancy - Japan]] | ||
Revision as of 04:42, 17 March 2008
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Parent topics
- East Asia [r]: Region comprising China, Japan, North Korea, South Korea and Taiwan; also defined in cultural terms, with these nations historically or at present sharing writing systems, philosophical modes of thought, and other relationships (population about 1,600,000,000). [e]
Subtopics
Regions
Japan consists of four large islands and thousands of smaller ones. While the sparsely-populated northern island of Hokkaido is its own prefecture (see below), others are split into smaller political and cultural regions.
Honshu
- Honshu [r]: (本州 Honshuu) largest of the islands of Japan, divided into five regions and including the cities of Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka and Hiroshima; population about 103,000,000. [e]
Hokkaido
- 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
- 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]
- 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]
Shikoku
- 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]
Prefectures
Administrative divisions or 'prefectures' of Japan are known as todōfuken (都道府県) in Japanese. Typically -ken (県) added to a place name indicates that it is a prefecture. Other regions are identified using -to (都 'metropolis', for Tokyo), -fu (府 'metropolitan prefecture', for Kyoto and Osaka) or -dō (道 'administrative region', used only in Hokkaido).