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The consists of the Japanese
Keihin Industrial Zone
– '' Britannica Concise Encyclopedia'' {{Authority control Kantō region
The consists of the Japanese cities
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Tokyo
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, Kawasaki, and Yokohama
is the List of cities in Japan, second-largest city in Japan by population as well as by area, and the country's most populous Municipalities of Japan, municipality. It is the capital and most populous city in Kanagawa Prefecture, with a popu ...
. The term is mostly used to describe these cities as one industrial region.
''Keihin'' is derived from the second character of Tōkyō, , which can be read ''kyō'' or ''kei'', and the second character of Yokohama, , which can be read ''hin'' or ''hama''.
The Keihin region is part of the larger Kantō region
The is a geography, geographical region of Honshu, the largest island of Japan. In a common definition, the region includes the Greater Tokyo Area and encompasses seven prefectures of Japan, prefectures: Chiba Prefecture, Chiba, Gunma Prefe ...
.
See also
*Keihanshin
is a metropolitan region in the Kansai region of Japan encompassing the metropolitan areas of the cities of Kyoto in Kyoto Prefecture, Osaka in Osaka Prefecture and Kobe in Hyōgo Prefecture. The entire region has a population () of 19,302,746 ov ...
* Keihin Electric Express Railway
* Keihin-Tōhoku Railway Line
* Keihin Ferry Boat
*List of regions of Japan
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*Japan
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External links
Keihin Industrial Zone
– '' Britannica Concise Encyclopedia'' {{Authority control Kantō region