Japan (日本)

Official name: Japan
Also known as: 日本国 (Japanese), Nihon-koku or Nippon-koku

Regions and Prefectures of Japan
Capital: Tokyo (東京都)
Total Area: 377,930 km² (145,920 mi²) (62nd)
Approximate population: 123,590,000 (11th) - (2025 est.)
Location: Western North Pacific, off Eastern Asia coast
Languages: Japanese, Ainu
Religions: Shintoist, Buddhist, Christian
Currency: Japanese yen (¥) (JPY)
Time zone: UTC+09:00 (JST)
Calling code: (+81)
Organizations: United Nations, Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Maritime boundaries: Pacific Ocean, Sea of Japan
Coastline: 29,751 km (18,486 mi)
Borders countries: None.

Regions of Japan

Japan is formally divided into eight regions, from northeast (Hokkaidō) to southwest (Ryukyu Islands):
Hokkaido, Tohoku, Kanto, Chubu, Kinki/Kansai, Chugoku, Shikoku, Kyushu (incl. Okinawa).

Administrative divisions 47 prefectures:

  •  Hokkaidō: 1Hokkaido
  •  Tōhoku: 2. Aomori 3Iwate 4Miyagi 5. Akita 6. Yamagata 7. Fukushima
  •  Kantō: 8. Ibaraki 9. Tochigi 10. Gunma 11. Saitama 12. Chiba 13. Tōkyō 14. Kanagawa
  •  Chūbu: 15. Niigata 16. Toyama 17. Ishikawa 18. Fukui 19. Yamanashi 20. Nagano 21. Gifu 22. Shizuoka 23. Aichi
  •  Kansai: 24. Mie 25. Shiga 26. Kyōto 27. Ōsaka 28. Hyōgo 29. Nara 30. Wakayama
  •  Chūgoku: 31. Tottori 32. Shimane 33. Okayama 34. Hiroshima 35. Yamaguchi
  •  Shikoku: 36. Tokushima 37. Kagawa 38. Ehime 39. Kōchi
  •  Kyūshū und Okinawa: 40. Fukuoka 41. Saga 42. Nagasaki 43. Kumamoto 44. Ōita 45. Miyazaki 46. Kagoshima 47. Okinawa

Natural resources: Marine life and mineral resources in the territorial waters. Small deposits of coal, oil, iron, and minerals on land.