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cities A city is a human settlement of a substantial size. The term "city" has different meanings around the world and in some places the settlement can be very small. Even where the term is limited to larger settlements, there is no universally agree ...
in
Japan Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea ...
sorted by
prefecture A prefecture (from the Latin word, "''praefectura"'') is an administrative jurisdiction traditionally governed by an appointed prefect. This can be a regional or local government subdivision in various countries, or a subdivision in certain inter ...
and within prefecture by founding date. The list is also sortable by population, area, density and foundation date. Most large
cities A city is a human settlement of a substantial size. The term "city" has different meanings around the world and in some places the settlement can be very small. Even where the term is limited to larger settlements, there is no universally agree ...
in
Japan Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea ...
are cities designated by government ordinance. Some regionally important cities are designated as core cities.
Tokyo Tokyo, officially the Tokyo Metropolis, is the capital of Japan, capital and List of cities in Japan, most populous city in Japan. With a population of over 14 million in the city proper in 2023, it is List of largest cities, one of the most ...
is ''not'' included on this list, as the City of Tokyo ceased to exist on July 1, 1943. Tokyo now exists as a special metropolis prefecture (都 ''to''), with
23 special wards The of Tokyo are a special form of municipalities in Japan under the 1947 Local Autonomy Law. They are city-level wards: primary subdivisions of a prefecture with municipal autonomy largely comparable to other forms of municipalities. With a l ...
(with the same status of city) making up the former boundaries of the former city in the eastern half of the prefecture.


Cities


Dissolved cities


Source data

* The area figures are according t
Geographical Survey Institute of Japan
as of 2007-10-01. * The source websites of each prefectures' populations are according to :ja:Template:自治体人口/doc.


See also

* Japanese cities by population (1889) *
Municipalities of Japan Japan has three levels of governments: national, prefectural, and municipal. The nation is divided into 47 prefectures. Each prefecture consists of numerous municipalities, with 1,719 in total as of January 2014. There are four types of municip ...
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List of city nicknames in Japan Cities by prefecture Aichi Prefecture, Aichi * Takahama, Aichi, Takahama ** City of Kawara (roof tiles) * Toyota, Aichi, Toyota, Nagoya, Aichi, Nagoya ** Castle Town of Toyota * Yatomi, Aichi, Yatomi ** City of Goldfish Akita Prefecture, Akita ...
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List of metropolitan areas in Japan by population This is a list of 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 ...
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List of towns in Japan A town (町; ''chō'' or ''machi'') is a Local government, local administrative unit in Japan. It is a local public body along with Prefectures of Japan, prefecture (''ken'' or other equivalents), Cities of Japan, city (''shi''), and Villages of ...
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List of villages in Japan A is a Local government, local administrative unit in Japan.Japan’s Local Go ...


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