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Japan  is divided into eight regions  . They are not official administrative units, though they have been used by government officials for statistical and other purposes since 1905. They are widely used in, for example, maps, geography textbooks, and weather reports, and many businesses and institutions use their home regions in their names, for example Kinki Nippon Railway , Chūgoku Bank , and Tōhoku University .
Each region contains one or more of the country's 47 prefectures . Of the four main islands  of Japan,  Hokkaidō , Shikoku , and Kyūshū  make up one region each, the latter also containing the Ryukyu Islands , while the largest island Honshū  is divided into five regions. Okinawa Prefecture  is usually included in Kyūshū, but is sometimes treated as its own ninth region.[1] [2] [3]  
Japan has eight High Courts, but their jurisdictions do not correspond to the eight regions (see Judicial system of Japan  for details).
 
  جدول  
المنطقة 
التعداد 
المساحة (كم²)[4]  
Prefectures contained
  
هوكايدو  
5.4 million[5]  
83,000 
Hokkaidō 
 
توهكو  
8.9 million[6]  
67,000 
Akita , Aomori , Fukushima , Iwate , Miyagi , Yamagata 
 
كانتو  
43.3 million[7]  
32,000 
Chiba , Gunma , Ibaraki , Kanagawa , Saitama , Tochigi , Tōkyō 
 
تشوبو  
21.4 million[8]  
67,000 
Aichi , Fukui , Gifu , Ishikawa , Nagano ,  Niigata , Shizuoka , Toyama , Yamanashi 
 
كانساي  (also known as Kinki) 
22.5 million[9]  
33,000 
Hyōgo , Kyōto , Mie , Nara , أوساكا ، Shiga , Wakayama 
 
چوگوكو  
7.3 million[10]  
32,000 
هيروشيما ، Okayama , Shimane , Tottori , Yamaguchi 
 
شيكوكو  
3.8 million[11]  
19,000 
Ehime , Kagawa , Kōchi , Tokushima 
 
كيوشو  & Okinawa  
14 million[12]  
44,000 
Fukuoka , Kagoshima , Kumamoto ,  Miyazaki , Nagasaki , Ōita , Okinawa , Saga 
 
  المناطق والجزر  
This is a list of Japan's major islands, traditional regions, and subregions, going from northeast to southwest.[13] [14]   The eight traditional regions are marked in bold .
  تقسيمات إقليمية أخرى  
In many contexts in Japan (government, media markets, sports, regional business or trade union confederations), regions are used that deviate from the above-mentioned common geographical 8-region division that is sometimes referred to as "the" regions of Japan in the English Wikipedia  and some other English-language publications. Examples of regional divisions of Japan as used by various institutions are:
National Police Agency  regional supervisory offices[15]  
 
المنطقة 
المحافظات
  
– 
Hokkaidō (separate liaison office with the National Police Agency)
  
Tōhoku 
Aomori, Iwate, Miyagi, Akita, Yamagata, Fukushima
  
– 
Tokyo (separate liaison office with the National Police Agency)
  
Kantō 
Ibaraki, Tochigi, Gunma, Saitama, Chiba, Kanagawa, Niigata, Yamanashi, Shizuoka
  
Chūbu 
Toyama, Ishikawa, Fukui, Gifu, Aichi, Mie
  
Kinki 
Shiga, Kyoto, Osaka, Hyōgo, Nara, Wakayama
  
Chūgoku 
Tottori, Shimane, Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi
  
Shikoku 
Tokushima, Kagawa, Ehime, Kōchi
  
Kyūshū 
Fukuoka, Saga, Nagasaki, Kumamoto, Ōita, Miyazaki, Kagoshima, Okinawa
  
NHK  broadcasting regions[16]  
 
المنطقة 
المحافظات
  
Hokkaidō 
Hokkaidō
  
Tōhoku 
Aomori, Iwate, Miyagi, Akita, Yamagata, Fukushima
  
Kantō-Kōshin'etsu 
Ibaraki, Tochigi, Gunma, Saitama, Chiba, Tokyo, Kanagawa, Niigata, Yamanashi
  
Tōkai-Hokuriku 
Toyama, Ishikawa, Fukui, Shizuoka, Gifu, Aichi, Mie
  
Kinki 
Shiga, Kyoto, Osaka, Hyōgo, Nara, Wakayama
  
Chūgoku 
Tottori, Shimane, Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi
  
Shikoku 
Tokushima, Kagawa, Ehime, Kōchi
  
Kyūshū 
Fukuoka, Saga, Nagasaki, Kumamoto, Ōita, Miyazaki, Kagoshima, Okinawa
  
MLIT  regional development offices[17]  
 
المنطقة 
المحافظات (Nagano is split)
  
– 
Hokkaidō (had originally a separate, cabinet-level development agency , now a separate MLIT department)
  
Tōhoku 
Aomori, Iwate, Miyagi, Akita, Yamagata, Fukushima
  
Kantō 
Ibaraki, Tochigi, Gunma, Saitama, Chiba, Tokyo, Kanagawa, Yamanashi, Northern Nagano
  
Hokuriku 
Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa
  
Chūbu 
Soutern Nagano, Gifu, Shizuoka, Aichi, Mie
  
Kinki 
Shiga, Kyoto, Osaka, Hyōgo, Nara, Wakayama, Fukui
  
Chūgoku 
Tottori, Shimane, Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi
  
Shikoku 
Tokushima, Kagawa, Ehime, Kōchi
  
Kyūshū 
Fukuoka, Saga, Nagasaki, Kumamoto, Ōita, Miyazaki, Kagoshima
  
– 
Okinawa (had originally a separate, cabinet-level development agency , now a department in the Cabinet Office )
  
JMA  weather forecast regions[18]  
 
المنطقة 
المحافظات
  
Hokkaidō 
Hokkaidō
  
Tōhoku 
Aomori, Iwate, Miyagi, Akita, Yamagata, Fukushima
  
Kantō-Kōshin 
Ibaraki, Tochigi, Gunma, Saitama, Chiba, Tokyo, Kanagawa, Yamanashi, Nagano
  
Hokuriku 
Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa, Fukui
  
Tōkai 
Gifu, Shizuoka, Aichi, Mie
  
Kinki 
Shiga, Kyoto, Osaka, Hyōgo, Nara, Wakayama
  
Chūgoku 
Tottori, Shimane, Okayama, Hiroshima
  
Shikoku 
Tokushima, Kagawa, Ehime, Kōchi
  
Northern Kyūshū 
Yamaguchi, Fukuoka, Saga, Nagasaki, Kumamoto, Ōita
  
Southern Kyūshū-Amami 
Miyazaki, Kagoshima
  
Okinawa 
Okinawa
  
   Regional proportional representation constituencies for the lower house of the Japanese parliament
 
Proportional constituencies ("blocks") for elections to the House of Representatives 
 
Constituency 
Prefectures
  
Hokkaidō 
Hokkaidō
  
Tōhoku 
Aomori, Iwate, Miyagi, Akita, Yamagata, Fukushima
  
Northern Kantō 
Ibaraki, Tochigi, Gunma, Saitama
  
طوكيو 
طوكيو
  
Southern Kantō 
Chiba, Kanagawa, Yamanashi
  
Hokuriku-Shin'etsu 
Niigata, Nagano, Toyama, Ishikawa, Fukui
  
Tōkai 
Gifu, Shizuoka, Aichi, Mie
  
Kinki 
Shiga, Kyoto, Osaka, Hyōgo, Nara, Wakayama
  
Chūgoku 
Tottori, Shimane, Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi
  
Shikoku 
Tokushima, Kagawa, Ehime, Kōchi
  
Kyūshū 
Fukuoka, Saga, Nagasaki, Kumamoto, Ōita, Miyazaki, Kagoshima, Okinawa
  
دوائر الحكمة العليا 
 
المحكمة العليا 
المحافظات
  
Sapporo  
Hokkaidō
  
Sendai  
Aomori, Iwate, Miyagi, Akita, Yamagata, Fukushima
  
Tokyo  
Tokyo, Ibaraki, Tochigi, Gunma, Saitama, Chiba, Kanagawa, Niigata, Yamanashi, Nagano, Shizuoka
  
Nagoya  
Aichi, Mie, Gifu, Ishikawa, Fukui, Toyama
  
Osaka  
Shiga, Kyoto, Osaka, Hyōgo, Nara, Wakayama
  
Hiroshima  
Tottori, Shimane, Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi
  
Takamatsu  
Tokushima, Kagawa, Ehime, Kōchi
  
Fukuoka  
Fukuoka, Saga, Nagasaki, Kumamoto, Ōita, Miyazaki, Kagoshima, Okinawa
  
Regional qualifiers for the "spring Kōshien" (Japanese High School Baseball Invitational Tournament )
 
المنطقة 
المحافظات
  
Hokkaidō 
Hokkaidō
  
Tōhoku 
Aomori, Iwate, Miyagi, Akita, Yamagata, Fukushima
  
Kantō 
Ibaraki, Tochigi, Gunma, Saitama, Chiba, Kanagawa, Yamanashi
  
Tokyo 
Tokyo
  
Tōkai 
Gifu, Shizuoka, Aichi, Mie
  
Hoku-Shin'etsu 
Niigata, Nagano, Toyama, Ishikawa, Fukui
  
Kinki 
Shiga, Kyoto, Osaka, Hyōgo, Nara, Wakayama
  
Chūgoku 
Tottori, Shimane, Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi
  
Shikoku 
Tokushima, Kagawa, Ehime, Kōchi
  
Kyūshū 
Fukuoka, Saga, Nagasaki, Kumamoto, Ōita, Miyazaki, Kagoshima, Okinawa
  
   Football regions of Japan
 
Regional football/soccer leagues 
 
المنطقة 
المحافظات
  
Hokkaidō 
Hokkaidō
  
Tōhoku 
North: Aomori, Iwate, Akita South: Miyagi, Yamagata, Fukushima
  
Kantō 
Ibaraki, Tochigi, Gunma, Saitama, Chiba, Tokyo, Kanagawa, Yamanashi
  
Tōkai 
Gifu, Shizuoka, Aichi, Mie
  
Hoku-Shin'etsu 
Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa, Fukui, Nagano
  
Kansai 
Shiga, Kyoto, Osaka, Hyōgo, Nara, Wakayama
  
Chūgoku 
Tottori, Shimane, Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi
  
Shikoku 
Tokushima, Kagawa, Ehime, Kōchi
  
Kyūshū 
Fukuoka, Saga, Nagasaki, Kumamoto, Ōita, Miyazaki, Kagoshima, Okinawa
  
Regions used in the Bank of Japan  regional economical report ("Sakura report")[19]  
 
المنطقة 
المحافظات
  
Hokkaidō 
Hokkaidō
  
Tōhoku 
Aomori, Iwate, Miyagi, Akita, Yamagata, Fukushima
  
Hokuriku 
Toyama, Ishikawa, Fukui
  
Kantō-Kōshin'etsu 
Ibaraki, Tochigi, Gunma, Saitama, Chiba, Tokyo, Kanagawa, Niigata, Yamanashi, Nagano
  
Tōkai 
Gifu, Shizuoka, Aichi, Mie
  
Kinki 
Shiga, Kyoto, Osaka, Hyōgo, Nara, Wakayama
  
Chūgoku 
Tottori, Shimane, Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi
  
Shikoku 
Tokushima, Kagawa, Ehime, Kōchi
  
Kyūshū-Okinawa 
Fukuoka, Saga, Nagasaki, Kumamoto, Ōita, Miyazaki, Kagoshima, Okinawa
  
  انظر أيضاً  
  المراجع  
^   Regions  
 
^   Regions of Japan  
 
^   A Guide to the Regions of Japan  
 
^   Japan's Regional Megamarkets - Semantic Scholar  (PDF) 
 
^   What special characteristics does Hokkaido have?  from Kids Web Japan 
 
^   What special characteristics does the Tohoku region have?  from Kids Web Japan 
 
^   What special characteristics does the Kanto region have?  from Kids Web Japan 
 
^   What special characteristics does the Chubu region have?  from Kids Web Japan 
 
^   What special characteristics does the Kinki region have?  from Kids Web Japan 
 
^   What special characteristics does the Chugoku region have?  from Kids Web Japan 
 
^   What special characteristics does the Shikoku region have?  from Kids Web Japan 
 
^   What special characteristics does the Kyushu-Okinawa region have?  from Kids Web Japan 
 
^   Regions of Japan on japan-guide.com  
 
^   Regions of Japan on web-japan.org  
 
^   NPA: 管区警察局の活動 , retrieved September 24, 2021. 
 
^   NHK: 全国のNHK , retrieved September 24, 2021. 
 
^   MLIT: 地方整備局 , retrieved September 24, 2021. 
 
^   JMA: 天気予報等で用いる用語>地域名 , retrieved September 24, 2021. 
 
^   BoJ: 地域経済報告 ── さくらレポート ── (2021年7月) , the definition of regions is in the table of contents before p. 1 (Summary in English translation , the definition of regions is in the appendix), retrieved September 24, 2021. 
 
  
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