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Available in 55 languages" > <label id="p-lang-btn-label" for="p-lang-btn-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--action-progressive mw-portlet-lang-heading-55" aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-language-progressive mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-language-progressive"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">55 languages</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B7%D9%82_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%86" title="مناطق اليابان – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="مناطق اليابان" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0_%E0%A6%85%E0%A6%9E%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9A%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%82%E0%A6%B9%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0_%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BE" title="জাপানের অঞ্চলসমূহের তালিকা – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="জাপানের অঞ্চলসমূহের তালিকা" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ji%CC%8Dt-p%C3%BAn_%C3%AA_t%C4%93-l%C3%AD_khu-he%CC%8Dk" title="Ji̍t-pún ê tē-lí khu-he̍k – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Ji̍t-pún ê tē-lí khu-he̍k" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D1%8D%D0%B3%D1%96%D1%91%D0%BD%D1%8B_%D0%AF%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%96%D1%96" title="Рэгіёны Японіі – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Рэгіёны Японіі" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%B5%D0%B3%D0%B8%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B8_%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%AF%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%8F" title="Региони на Япония – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Региони на Япония" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rannvroio%C3%B9_Japan" title="Rannvroioù Japan – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Rannvroioù Japan" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regions_del_Jap%C3%B3" title="Regions del Japó – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Regions del Japó" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regiony_v_Japonsku" title="Regiony v Japonsku – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Regiony v Japonsku" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japans_regioner" title="Japans regioner – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Japans regioner" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regionen_Japans" title="Regionen Japans – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Regionen Japans" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anexo:Regiones_de_Jap%C3%B3n" title="Anexo:Regiones de Japón – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Anexo:Regiones de Japón" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanaj_regionoj" title="Japanaj regionoj – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Japanaj regionoj" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%AA_%D9%85%D9%86%D8%B7%D9%82%D9%87%E2%80%8C%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C_%DA%98%D8%A7%D9%BE%D9%86" title="فهرست منطقه‌های ژاپن – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="فهرست منطقه‌های ژاپن" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%A9gions_du_Japon" title="Régions du Japon – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Régions du Japon" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%A9igi%C3%BAn_na_Seap%C3%A1ine" title="Réigiún na Seapáine – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Réigiún na Seapáine" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rexi%C3%B3ns_do_Xap%C3%B3n" title="Rexións do Xapón – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Rexións do Xapón" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%9D%BC%EB%B3%B8%EC%9D%98_%EC%A7%80%EB%B0%A9" title="일본의 지방 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="일본의 지방" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%83%D5%A1%D5%BA%D5%B8%D5%B6%D5%AB%D5%A1%D5%B5%D5%AB_%D5%B4%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%A6%D5%A5%D6%80%D5%AB_%D6%81%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%AF" title="Ճապոնիայի մարզերի ցանկ – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Ճապոնիայի մարզերի ցանկ" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8_%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%87_%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B7%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0" title="जापान के क्षेत्र – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="जापान के क्षेत्र" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanske_regije" title="Japanske regije – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Japanske regije" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ilo mw-list-item"><a href="https://ilo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Listaan_dagiti_rehion_ti_Hapon" title="Listaan dagiti rehion ti Hapon – Iloko" lang="ilo" hreflang="ilo" data-title="Listaan dagiti rehion ti Hapon" data-language-autonym="Ilokano" data-language-local-name="Iloko" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ilokano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daftar_region_di_Jepang" title="Daftar region di Jepang – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Daftar region di Jepang" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regioni_del_Giappone" title="Regioni del Giappone – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Regioni del Giappone" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%97%D7%91%D7%9C%D7%99_%D7%99%D7%A4%D7%9F" title="חבלי יפן – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="חבלי יפן" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regiones_Iaponiae" title="Regiones Iaponiae – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Regiones Iaponiae" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jap%C4%81nas_re%C4%A3ioni" title="Japānas reģioni – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Japānas reģioni" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japonijos_regionai" title="Japonijos regionai – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Japonijos regionai" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jap%C3%A1n_r%C3%A9gi%C3%B3i" title="Japán régiói – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Japán régiói" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%B5%D0%B3%D0%B8%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B8_%D0%B2%D0%BE_%D0%88%D0%B0%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B0" title="Региони во Јапонија – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Региони во Јапонија" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-my mw-list-item"><a href="https://my.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%80%82%E1%80%BB%E1%80%95%E1%80%94%E1%80%BA%E1%80%94%E1%80%AD%E1%80%AF%E1%80%84%E1%80%BA%E1%80%84%E1%80%B6%E1%81%8F_%E1%80%92%E1%80%B1%E1%80%9E%E1%80%99%E1%80%BB%E1%80%AC%E1%80%B8" title="ဂျပန်နိုင်ငံ၏ ဒေသများ – Burmese" lang="my" hreflang="my" data-title="ဂျပန်နိုင်ငံ၏ ဒေသများ" data-language-autonym="မြန်မာဘာသာ" data-language-local-name="Burmese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>မြန်မာဘာသာ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regio%27s_van_Japan" title="Regio's van Japan – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Regio's van Japan" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%97%A5%E6%9C%AC%E3%81%AE%E5%9C%B0%E5%9F%9F" title="日本の地域 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="日本の地域" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japans_regioner" title="Japans regioner – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Japans regioner" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanske_regionar" title="Japanske regionar – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Japanske regionar" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-or mw-list-item"><a href="https://or.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AC%9C%E0%AC%BE%E0%AC%AA%E0%AC%BE%E0%AC%A8%E0%AC%B0_%E0%AC%85%E0%AC%9E%E0%AD%8D%E0%AC%9A%E0%AC%B3_%E0%AC%B8%E0%AC%AE%E0%AD%82%E0%AC%B9%E0%AC%B0_%E0%AC%B8%E0%AD%82%E0%AC%9A%E0%AD%80" title="ଜାପାନର ଅଞ୍ଚଳ ସମୂହର ସୂଚୀ – Odia" lang="or" hreflang="or" data-title="ଜାପାନର ଅଞ୍ଚଳ ସମୂହର ସୂଚୀ" data-language-autonym="ଓଡ଼ିଆ" data-language-local-name="Odia" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ଓଡ଼ିଆ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regiony_Japonii" title="Regiony Japonii – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Regiony Japonii" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lista_de_regi%C3%B5es_do_Jap%C3%A3o" title="Lista de regiões do Japão – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Lista de regiões do Japão" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regiuni_din_Japonia" title="Regiuni din Japonia – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Regiuni din Japonia" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%B5%D0%B3%D0%B8%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%8B_%D0%AF%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B8" title="Регионы Японии – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Регионы Японии" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-si mw-list-item"><a href="https://si.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B6%A2%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%8F%E0%B6%B1%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%9A_%E0%B6%9A%E0%B6%BD%E0%B7%8F%E0%B6%B4_%E0%B6%BD%E0%B7%90%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%92%E0%B7%83%E0%B7%8A%E0%B6%AD%E0%B7%94%E0%B7%80" title="ජපානයේ කලාප ලැයිස්තුව – Sinhala" lang="si" hreflang="si" data-title="ජපානයේ කලාප ලැයිස්තුව" data-language-autonym="සිංහල" data-language-local-name="Sinhala" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>සිංහල</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple 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href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th> <th>Prefectures contained </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Hokkaido" title="Hokkaido">Hokkaidō</a></td> <td>5.4 million<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>83,000</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hokkaido" title="Hokkaido">Hokkaidō</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/T%C5%8Dhoku_region" title="Tōhoku region">Tōhoku</a></td> <td>8.9 million<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>67,000</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Akita_Prefecture" title="Akita Prefecture">Akita</a>, <a href="/wiki/Aomori_Prefecture" title="Aomori Prefecture">Aomori</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fukushima_Prefecture" title="Fukushima Prefecture">Fukushima</a>, <a href="/wiki/Iwate_Prefecture" title="Iwate Prefecture">Iwate</a>, <a href="/wiki/Miyagi_Prefecture" title="Miyagi Prefecture">Miyagi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Yamagata_Prefecture" title="Yamagata Prefecture">Yamagata</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Kant%C5%8D_region" title="Kantō region">Kantō</a></td> <td>43.3 million<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>32,000</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chiba_Prefecture" title="Chiba Prefecture">Chiba</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gunma_Prefecture" title="Gunma Prefecture">Gunma</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ibaraki_Prefecture" title="Ibaraki Prefecture">Ibaraki</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kanagawa_Prefecture" title="Kanagawa Prefecture">Kanagawa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Saitama_Prefecture" title="Saitama Prefecture">Saitama</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tochigi_Prefecture" title="Tochigi Prefecture">Tochigi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tokyo" title="Tokyo">Tōkyō</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ch%C5%ABbu_region" title="Chūbu region">Chūbu</a></td> <td>21.4 million<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>67,000</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Aichi_Prefecture" title="Aichi Prefecture">Aichi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fukui_Prefecture" title="Fukui Prefecture">Fukui</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gifu_Prefecture" title="Gifu Prefecture">Gifu</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ishikawa_Prefecture" title="Ishikawa Prefecture">Ishikawa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nagano_Prefecture" title="Nagano Prefecture">Nagano</a>,<br /> <a href="/wiki/Niigata_Prefecture" title="Niigata Prefecture">Niigata</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shizuoka_Prefecture" title="Shizuoka Prefecture">Shizuoka</a>, <a href="/wiki/Toyama_Prefecture" title="Toyama Prefecture">Toyama</a>, <a href="/wiki/Yamanashi_Prefecture" title="Yamanashi Prefecture">Yamanashi</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Kansai_region" title="Kansai region">Kansai</a> (also known as Kinki)</td> <td>22.5 million<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>33,000</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hy%C5%8Dgo_Prefecture" title="Hyōgo Prefecture">Hyōgo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kyoto_Prefecture" title="Kyoto Prefecture">Kyōto</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mie_Prefecture" title="Mie Prefecture">Mie</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nara_Prefecture" title="Nara Prefecture">Nara</a>, <a href="/wiki/Osaka_Prefecture" title="Osaka Prefecture">Ōsaka</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shiga_Prefecture" title="Shiga Prefecture">Shiga</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wakayama_Prefecture" title="Wakayama Prefecture">Wakayama</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ch%C5%ABgoku_region" title="Chūgoku region">Chūgoku</a></td> <td>7.3 million<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>32,000</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hiroshima_Prefecture" title="Hiroshima Prefecture">Hiroshima</a>, <a href="/wiki/Okayama_Prefecture" title="Okayama Prefecture">Okayama</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shimane_Prefecture" title="Shimane Prefecture">Shimane</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tottori_Prefecture" title="Tottori Prefecture">Tottori</a>, <a href="/wiki/Yamaguchi_Prefecture" title="Yamaguchi Prefecture">Yamaguchi</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Shikoku" title="Shikoku">Shikoku</a></td> <td>3.8 million<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>19,000</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ehime_Prefecture" title="Ehime Prefecture">Ehime</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kagawa_Prefecture" title="Kagawa Prefecture">Kagawa</a>, <a href="/wiki/K%C5%8Dchi_Prefecture" title="Kōchi Prefecture">Kōchi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tokushima_Prefecture" title="Tokushima Prefecture">Tokushima</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Kyushu" title="Kyushu">Kyūshū</a> & <a href="/wiki/Okinawa_Prefecture" title="Okinawa Prefecture">Okinawa</a></td> <td>14.3 million<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>44,000</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Fukuoka_Prefecture" title="Fukuoka Prefecture">Fukuoka</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kagoshima_Prefecture" title="Kagoshima Prefecture">Kagoshima</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kumamoto_Prefecture" title="Kumamoto Prefecture">Kumamoto</a>,<br /> <a href="/wiki/Miyazaki_Prefecture" title="Miyazaki Prefecture">Miyazaki</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nagasaki_Prefecture" title="Nagasaki Prefecture">Nagasaki</a>, <a href="/wiki/%C5%8Cita_Prefecture" title="Ōita Prefecture">Ōita</a>, <a href="/wiki/Okinawa_Prefecture" title="Okinawa Prefecture">Okinawa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Saga_Prefecture" title="Saga Prefecture">Saga</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="JupiterRegions_and_islands">JupiterRegions and islands</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_regions_of_Japan&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: JupiterRegions and islands"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>This is a list of Japan's major islands, traditional regions, and subregions, going from northeast to southwest.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The eight traditional regions are marked in <b>bold</b>. </p> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Hokkaido" title="Hokkaido">Hokkaidō</a></b> (the island and its archipelago)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Honshu" title="Honshu">Honshū</a> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/T%C5%8Dhoku_region" title="Tōhoku region">Tōhoku region</a></b> (northern part)</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Kant%C5%8D_region" title="Kantō region">Kantō region</a></b> (eastern part) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nanp%C5%8D_Islands" title="Nanpō Islands">Nanpō Islands</a> (part of <a href="/wiki/Tokyo_Metropolis" class="mw-redirect" title="Tokyo Metropolis">Tokyo Metropolis</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Ch%C5%ABbu_region" title="Chūbu region">Chūbu region</a></b> (central part) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hokuriku_region" title="Hokuriku region">Hokuriku region</a> (northwestern Chūbu)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/K%C5%8Dshin%27etsu_region" title="Kōshin'etsu region">Kōshin'etsu region</a> (northeastern Chūbu)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/T%C5%8Dkai_region" title="Tōkai region">Tōkai region</a> (southern Chūbu)</li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Kansai_region" title="Kansai region">Kansai (or Kinki) region</a></b> (south-central part)</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Ch%C5%ABgoku_region" title="Chūgoku region">Chūgoku region</a></b> (western part) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/San%27in_region" title="San'in region">San'in region</a> (northern Chūgoku)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/San%27y%C5%8D_region" title="San'yō region">San'yō region</a> (southern Chūgoku)</li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Shikoku" title="Shikoku">Shikoku</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Kyushu" title="Kyushu">Kyūshū</a></b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Kyushu" title="Northern Kyushu">Northern Kyūshū</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southern_Kyushu" title="Southern Kyushu">Southern Kyūshū</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ryukyu_Islands" title="Ryukyu Islands">Ryukyu Islands</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Satsunan_Islands" title="Satsunan Islands">Satsunan Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Okinawa_Prefecture" title="Okinawa Prefecture">Okinawa</a></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Other_regional_divisions">Other regional divisions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_regions_of_Japan&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Other regional divisions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>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 <a href="/wiki/English_Wikipedia" title="English Wikipedia">English Wikipedia</a> and some other English-language publications. Examples of regional divisions of Japan as used by various institutions are: </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <caption><a href="/wiki/National_Police_Agency_(Japan)" title="National Police Agency (Japan)">National Police Agency</a> regional supervisory offices<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Region</th> <th>Prefectures </th></tr> <tr> <td>–</td> <td>Hokkaidō (separate liaison office with the National Police Agency) </td></tr> <tr> <td>Tōhoku</td> <td>Aomori, Iwate, Miyagi, Akita, Yamagata, Fukushima </td></tr> <tr> <td>–</td> <td>Tokyo (separate liaison office with the National Police Agency) </td></tr> <tr> <td>Kantō</td> <td>Ibaraki, Tochigi, Gunma, Saitama, Chiba, Kanagawa, Niigata, Nagano, Yamanashi, Shizuoka </td></tr> <tr> <td>Chūbu</td> <td>Toyama, Ishikawa, Fukui, Gifu, Aichi, Mie </td></tr> <tr> <td>Kinki</td> <td>Shiga, Kyoto, Osaka, Hyōgo, Nara, Wakayama </td></tr> <tr> <td>Chūgoku</td> <td>Tottori, Shimane, Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi </td></tr> <tr> <td>Shikoku</td> <td>Tokushima, Kagawa, Ehime, Kōchi </td></tr> <tr> <td>Kyūshū</td> <td>Fukuoka, Saga, Nagasaki, Kumamoto, Ōita, Miyazaki, Kagoshima, Okinawa </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable"> <caption><a href="/wiki/NHK" title="NHK">NHK</a> broadcasting regions<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Region</th> <th>Prefectures </th></tr> <tr> <td>Hokkaidō</td> <td>Hokkaidō </td></tr> <tr> <td>Tōhoku</td> <td>Aomori, Iwate, Miyagi, Akita, Yamagata, Fukushima </td></tr> <tr> <td>Kantō-Kōshin'etsu</td> <td>Ibaraki, Tochigi, Gunma, Saitama, Chiba, Tokyo, Kanagawa, Nagano, Niigata, Yamanashi </td></tr> <tr> <td>Tōkai-Hokuriku</td> <td>Toyama, Ishikawa, Fukui, Shizuoka, Gifu, Aichi, Mie </td></tr> <tr> <td>Kinki</td> <td>Shiga, Kyoto, Osaka, Hyōgo, Nara, Wakayama </td></tr> <tr> <td>Chūgoku</td> <td>Tottori, Shimane, Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi </td></tr> <tr> <td>Shikoku</td> <td>Tokushima, Kagawa, Ehime, Kōchi </td></tr> <tr> <td>Kyūshū</td> <td>Fukuoka, Saga, Nagasaki, Kumamoto, Ōita, Miyazaki, Kagoshima, Okinawa </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable"> <caption><a href="/wiki/MLIT" class="mw-redirect" title="MLIT">MLIT</a> regional development offices<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Region</th> <th>Prefectures (Nagano is split) </th></tr> <tr> <td>–</td> <td>Hokkaidō (originally had a <a href="/wiki/Hokkaid%C5%8D_Development_Agency" class="mw-redirect" title="Hokkaidō Development Agency">separate, cabinet-level development agency</a>, now a separate MLIT department) </td></tr> <tr> <td>Tōhoku</td> <td>Aomori, Iwate, Miyagi, Akita, Yamagata, Fukushima </td></tr> <tr> <td>Kantō</td> <td>Ibaraki, Tochigi, Gunma, Saitama, Chiba, Tokyo, Kanagawa, Yamanashi, Nagano (northern part) </td></tr> <tr> <td>Hokuriku</td> <td>Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa </td></tr> <tr> <td>Chūbu</td> <td>Nagano (southern part), Gifu, Shizuoka, Aichi, Mie </td></tr> <tr> <td>Kinki</td> <td>Shiga, Kyoto, Osaka, Hyōgo, Nara, Wakayama, Fukui </td></tr> <tr> <td>Chūgoku</td> <td>Tottori, Shimane, Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi </td></tr> <tr> <td>Shikoku</td> <td>Tokushima, Kagawa, Ehime, Kōchi </td></tr> <tr> <td>Kyūshū</td> <td>Fukuoka, Saga, Nagasaki, Kumamoto, Ōita, Miyazaki, Kagoshima </td></tr> <tr> <td>–</td> <td>Okinawa (originally had a <a href="/w/index.php?title=Okinawa_Development_Agency&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Okinawa Development Agency (page does not exist)">separate, cabinet-level development agency</a>, now a department in the <a href="/wiki/Cabinet_Office_(Japan)" title="Cabinet Office (Japan)">Cabinet Office</a>) </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable"> <caption><a href="/wiki/Japan_Meteorological_Agency" title="Japan Meteorological Agency">JMA</a> weather forecast regions<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Region</th> <th>Prefectures </th></tr> <tr> <td>Hokkaidō</td> <td>Hokkaidō </td></tr> <tr> <td>Tōhoku</td> <td>Aomori, Iwate, Miyagi, Akita, Yamagata, Fukushima </td></tr> <tr> <td>Kantō-Kōshin</td> <td>Ibaraki, Tochigi, Gunma, Saitama, Chiba, Tokyo, Kanagawa, Yamanashi, Nagano </td></tr> <tr> <td>Hokuriku</td> <td>Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa, Fukui </td></tr> <tr> <td>Tōkai</td> <td>Gifu, Shizuoka, Aichi, Mie </td></tr> <tr> <td>Kinki</td> <td>Shiga, Kyoto, Osaka, Hyōgo, Nara, Wakayama </td></tr> <tr> <td>Chūgoku</td> <td>Tottori, Shimane, Okayama, Hiroshima </td></tr> <tr> <td>Shikoku</td> <td>Tokushima, Kagawa, Ehime, Kōchi </td></tr> <tr> <td>Northern Kyūshū</td> <td>Yamaguchi, Fukuoka, Saga, Nagasaki, Kumamoto, Ōita </td></tr> <tr> <td>Southern Kyūshū-Amami</td> <td>Miyazaki, Kagoshima </td></tr> <tr> <td>Okinawa</td> <td>Okinawa </td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Japanese_House_of_Representatives_Proportional_Representation_Blocks.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Japanese_House_of_Representatives_Proportional_Representation_Blocks.svg/220px-Japanese_House_of_Representatives_Proportional_Representation_Blocks.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="251" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Japanese_House_of_Representatives_Proportional_Representation_Blocks.svg/330px-Japanese_House_of_Representatives_Proportional_Representation_Blocks.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Japanese_House_of_Representatives_Proportional_Representation_Blocks.svg/440px-Japanese_House_of_Representatives_Proportional_Representation_Blocks.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1400" data-file-height="1600" /></a><figcaption>Regional proportional representation constituencies for the lower house of the Japanese parliament</figcaption></figure> <table class="wikitable"> <caption><a href="/wiki/List_of_districts_of_the_House_of_Representatives_of_Japan" title="List of districts of the House of Representatives of Japan">Proportional constituencies ("blocks") for elections to the House of Representatives</a> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Constituency</th> <th>Prefectures </th></tr> <tr> <td>Hokkaidō</td> <td>Hokkaidō </td></tr> <tr> <td>Tōhoku</td> <td>Aomori, Iwate, Miyagi, Akita, Yamagata, Fukushima </td></tr> <tr> <td>Northern Kantō</td> <td>Ibaraki, Tochigi, Gunma, Saitama </td></tr> <tr> <td>Tokyo</td> <td>Tokyo </td></tr> <tr> <td>Southern Kantō</td> <td>Chiba, Kanagawa, Yamanashi </td></tr> <tr> <td>Hokuriku-Shin'etsu</td> <td>Niigata, Nagano, Toyama, Ishikawa, Fukui </td></tr> <tr> <td>Tōkai</td> <td>Gifu, Shizuoka, Aichi, Mie </td></tr> <tr> <td>Kinki</td> <td>Shiga, Kyoto, Osaka, Hyōgo, Nara, Wakayama </td></tr> <tr> <td>Chūgoku</td> <td>Tottori, Shimane, Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi </td></tr> <tr> <td>Shikoku</td> <td>Tokushima, Kagawa, Ehime, Kōchi </td></tr> <tr> <td>Kyūshū</td> <td>Fukuoka, Saga, Nagasaki, Kumamoto, Ōita, Miyazaki, Kagoshima, Okinawa </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable"> <caption><a href="/wiki/High_Court" class="mw-redirect" title="High Court">High Court</a> jurisdictions </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>High court</th> <th>Prefectures </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sapporo_High_Court&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sapporo High Court (page does not exist)">Sapporo</a></td> <td>Hokkaidō </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sendai_High_Court&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sendai High Court (page does not exist)">Sendai</a></td> <td>Aomori, Iwate, Miyagi, Akita, Yamagata, Fukushima </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Tokyo_High_Court" title="Tokyo High Court">Tokyo</a></td> <td>Tokyo, Ibaraki, Tochigi, Gunma, Saitama, Chiba, Kanagawa, Niigata, Yamanashi, Nagano, Shizuoka </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nagoya_High_Court&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Nagoya High Court (page does not exist)">Nagoya</a></td> <td>Aichi, Mie, Gifu, Ishikawa, Fukui, Toyama </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Osaka_High_Court&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Osaka High Court (page does not exist)">Osaka</a></td> <td>Shiga, Kyoto, Osaka, Hyōgo, Nara, Wakayama </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hiroshima_High_Court&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hiroshima High Court (page does not exist)">Hiroshima</a></td> <td>Tottori, Shimane, Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Takamatsu_High_Court&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Takamatsu High Court (page does not exist)">Takamatsu</a></td> <td>Tokushima, Kagawa, Ehime, Kōchi </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fukuoka_High_Court&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Fukuoka High Court (page does not exist)">Fukuoka</a></td> <td>Fukuoka, Saga, Nagasaki, Kumamoto, Ōita, Miyazaki, Kagoshima, Okinawa </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable"> <caption>Regional qualifiers for the "spring Kōshien"<br />(<a href="/wiki/Japanese_High_School_Baseball_Invitational_Tournament" title="Japanese High School Baseball Invitational Tournament">Japanese High School Baseball Invitational Tournament</a>) </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Region</th> <th>Prefectures </th></tr> <tr> <td>Hokkaidō</td> <td>Hokkaidō </td></tr> <tr> <td>Tōhoku</td> <td>Aomori, Iwate, Miyagi, Akita, Yamagata, Fukushima </td></tr> <tr> <td>Kantō</td> <td>Ibaraki, Tochigi, Gunma, Saitama, Chiba, Kanagawa, Yamanashi </td></tr> <tr> <td>Tokyo</td> <td>Tokyo </td></tr> <tr> <td>Tōkai</td> <td>Gifu, Shizuoka, Aichi, Mie </td></tr> <tr> <td>Hoku-Shin'etsu</td> <td>Niigata, Nagano, Toyama, Ishikawa, Fukui </td></tr> <tr> <td>Kinki</td> <td>Shiga, Kyoto, Osaka, Hyōgo, Nara, Wakayama </td></tr> <tr> <td>Chūgoku</td> <td>Tottori, Shimane, Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi </td></tr> <tr> <td>Shikoku</td> <td>Tokushima, Kagawa, Ehime, Kōchi </td></tr> <tr> <td>Kyūshū</td> <td>Fukuoka, Saga, Nagasaki, Kumamoto, Ōita, Miyazaki, Kagoshima, Okinawa </td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Japanese_football_regions_colored.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Japanese_football_regions_colored.png/220px-Japanese_football_regions_colored.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Japanese_football_regions_colored.png/330px-Japanese_football_regions_colored.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Japanese_football_regions_colored.png/440px-Japanese_football_regions_colored.png 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="2000" /></a><figcaption>Football regions of Japan</figcaption></figure> <table class="wikitable"> <caption><a href="/wiki/Japanese_Regional_Leagues" title="Japanese Regional Leagues">Regional football/soccer leagues</a> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Region</th> <th>Prefectures </th></tr> <tr> <td>Hokkaidō</td> <td>Hokkaidō </td></tr> <tr> <td>Tōhoku</td> <td>North: Aomori, Iwate, Akita<br />South: Miyagi, Yamagata, Fukushima </td></tr> <tr> <td>Kantō</td> <td>Ibaraki, Tochigi, Gunma, Saitama, Chiba, Tokyo, Kanagawa, Yamanashi </td></tr> <tr> <td>Tōkai</td> <td>Gifu, Shizuoka, Aichi, Mie </td></tr> <tr> <td>Hoku-Shin'etsu</td> <td>Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa, Fukui, Nagano </td></tr> <tr> <td>Kansai</td> <td>Shiga, Kyoto, Osaka, Hyōgo, Nara, Wakayama </td></tr> <tr> <td>Chūgoku</td> <td>Tottori, Shimane, Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi </td></tr> <tr> <td>Shikoku</td> <td>Tokushima, Kagawa, Ehime, Kōchi </td></tr> <tr> <td>Kyūshū</td> <td>Fukuoka, Saga, Nagasaki, Kumamoto, Ōita, Miyazaki, Kagoshima, Okinawa </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable"> <caption>Regions used in the <a href="/wiki/Bank_of_Japan" title="Bank of Japan">Bank of Japan</a> regional economical report ("Sakura report")<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Region</th> <th>Prefectures </th></tr> <tr> <td>Hokkaidō</td> <td>Hokkaidō </td></tr> <tr> <td>Tōhoku</td> <td>Aomori, Iwate, Miyagi, Akita, Yamagata, Fukushima </td></tr> <tr> <td>Hokuriku</td> <td>Toyama, Ishikawa, Fukui </td></tr> <tr> <td>Kantō-Kōshin'etsu</td> <td>Ibaraki, Tochigi, Gunma, Saitama, Chiba, Tokyo, Kanagawa, Niigata, Yamanashi, Nagano </td></tr> <tr> <td>Tōkai</td> <td>Gifu, Shizuoka, Aichi, Mie </td></tr> <tr> <td>Kinki</td> <td>Shiga, Kyoto, Osaka, Hyōgo, Nara, Wakayama </td></tr> <tr> <td>Chūgoku</td> <td>Tottori, Shimane, Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi </td></tr> <tr> <td>Shikoku</td> <td>Tokushima, Kagawa, Ehime, Kōchi </td></tr> <tr> <td>Kyūshū-Okinawa</td> <td>Fukuoka, Saga, Nagasaki, Kumamoto, Ōita, Miyazaki, Kagoshima, Okinawa </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_regions_of_Japan&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ecoregions_of_Japan" class="mw-redirect" title="Ecoregions of Japan">Ecoregions of Japan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geography_of_Japan" 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of regions of Bhutan (page does not exist)">Bhutan</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_regions_of_Brunei&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of regions of Brunei (page does not exist)">Brunei</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_regions_of_Cambodia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of regions of Cambodia (page does not exist)">Cambodia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_regions_of_China" title="List of regions of China">China</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_regions_of_Cyprus&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of regions of Cyprus (page does not exist)">Cyprus</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_regions_of_East_Timor&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of regions of East Timor (page does not exist)">East Timor (Timor-Leste)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_regions_of_Egypt&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of regions of Egypt (page does not exist)">Egypt</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_regions_of_Georgia_(country)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of regions of Georgia (country) (page does not exist)">Georgia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_regions_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="List of regions of India">India</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_regions_of_Indonesia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of regions of Indonesia (page does not exist)">Indonesia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_regions_of_Iran" class="mw-redirect" title="List of regions of Iran">Iran</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_regions_of_Iraq&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of regions of Iraq (page does not exist)">Iraq</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_regions_of_Israel&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of regions of Israel (page does not exist)">Israel</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Japan</a></li> <li><a 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title="List of regions of Saudi Arabia (page does not exist)">Saudi Arabia</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_regions_of_Singapore&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of regions of Singapore (page does not exist)">Singapore</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_regions_of_Sri_Lanka&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of regions of Sri Lanka (page does not exist)">Sri Lanka</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_regions_of_Syria&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of regions of Syria (page does not exist)">Syria</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_regions_of_Tajikistan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of regions of Tajikistan (page does not exist)">Tajikistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_regions_of_Thailand" class="mw-redirect" title="List of regions of Thailand">Thailand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_regions_of_Turkey" class="mw-redirect" title="List of regions of 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style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;">Overviews</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Lists <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_era_name" title="Japanese era name">Eras</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_clans" title="Japanese clans">Clans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_shoguns" title="List of shoguns">Shoguns</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_wars_involving_Japan" title="List of wars involving Japan">Wars</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economic_history_of_Japan" title="Economic history of Japan">Economic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_education_in_Japan" title="History of education in Japan">Education</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Japanese_foreign_relations" title="History of Japanese foreign relations">Foreign relations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_history_of_Japan" title="Military history of Japan">Military</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Naval_history_of_Japan" title="Naval history of Japan">Naval</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Imperial_Japanese_Army" title="Imperial Japanese Army">Imperial Army</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Imperial_Japanese_Navy" title="Imperial Japanese Navy">Imperial Navy</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;">Ancient</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_Paleolithic" title="Japanese Paleolithic">Paleolithic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/J%C5%8Dmon_period" title="Jōmon period">Jōmon period</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yayoi_period" title="Yayoi period">Yayoi period</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kofun_period" title="Kofun period">Kofun period</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asuka_period" title="Asuka period">Asuka period</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Taih%C5%8D_Code" title="Taihō Code">Taihō Code</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asuka_Kiyomihara_Code" title="Asuka Kiyomihara Code">Asuka Kiyomihara Code</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hakuh%C5%8D_period" title="Hakuhō period">Hakuhō period</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taika_Reform" title="Taika Reform">Taika Reform</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Monmu_period" title="Monmu period">Monmu period</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nara_period" title="Nara period">Nara period</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heian_period" title="Heian period">Heian period</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;">Post-Classical</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Genpei_War" title="Genpei War">Genpei War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kamakura_period" title="Kamakura period">Kamakura period</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kamakura_shogunate" title="Kamakura shogunate">Kamakura shogunate</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mongol_invasions_of_Japan" title="Mongol invasions of Japan">Mongol invasions of Japan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Genk%C5%8D_War" title="Genkō War">Genkō War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kenmu_Restoration" title="Kenmu Restoration">Kenmu Restoration</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muromachi_period" title="Muromachi period">Muromachi period</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ashikaga_shogunate" title="Ashikaga shogunate">Ashikaga shogunate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nanboku-ch%C5%8D_period" title="Nanboku-chō period">Nanboku-chō period</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C5%8Cnin_War" title="Ōnin War">Ōnin War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sengoku_period" title="Sengoku period">Sengoku period</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Azuchi%E2%80%93Momoyama_period" title="Azuchi–Momoyama period">Azuchi–Momoyama period</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Council_of_Five_Elders" title="Council of Five Elders">Council of Five Elders</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_invasions_of_Korea_(1592%E2%80%931598)" title="Japanese invasions of Korea (1592–1598)">Japanese invasions of Korea (1592–1598)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;">Early Modern</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Edo_period" title="Edo period">Edo period</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tokugawa_shogunate" title="Tokugawa shogunate">Tokugawa shogunate</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bakumatsu" title="Bakumatsu">Bakumatsu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Empire_of_Japan" title="Empire of Japan">Empire of Japan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meiji_era" title="Meiji era">Meiji era</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Meiji_Constitution" title="Meiji Constitution">Imperial Constitution (1890–1947)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Government_of_Meiji_Japan" title="Government of Meiji Japan">Government</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meiji_oligarchy" title="Meiji oligarchy">Meiji oligarchy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meiji_Restoration" title="Meiji Restoration">Meiji Restoration</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abolition_of_the_han_system" title="Abolition of the han system">Abolition of the han system</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boshin_War" title="Boshin War">Boshin War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Satsuma_Rebellion" title="Satsuma Rebellion">Satsuma Rebellion</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kazoku" title="Kazoku">Kazoku</a> (noble)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Sino-Japanese_War" title="First Sino-Japanese War">First Sino-Japanese War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russo-Japanese_War" title="Russo-Japanese War">Russo-Japanese War</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;">Late Modern</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Taish%C5%8D_era" title="Taishō era">Taishō era</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Japan_during_World_War_I" title="Japan during World War I">Japan during World War I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1923_Great_Kant%C5%8D_earthquake" title="1923 Great Kantō earthquake">1923 Great Kantō earthquake</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sh%C5%8Dwa_era" title="Shōwa era">Shōwa era</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Japan_during_World_War_II" title="Japan during World War II">Japan during World War II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mukden_Incident" class="mw-redirect" title="Mukden Incident">Mukden Incident</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Sino-Japanese_War" title="Second Sino-Japanese War">Second Sino-Japanese War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pacific_War" title="Pacific War">Pacific War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Occupation_of_Japan" title="Occupation of Japan">Occupation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Postwar_Japan" title="Postwar Japan">Postwar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_economic_miracle" title="Japanese economic miracle">Economic miracle</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heisei_era" title="Heisei era">Heisei era</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Great_Hanshin_earthquake" title="Great Hanshin earthquake">Great Hanshin earthquake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_T%C5%8Dhoku_earthquake_and_tsunami" title="2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami">2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;">Contemporary</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Reiwa_era" title="Reiwa era">Reiwa era</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2019_Japanese_imperial_transition" title="2019 Japanese imperial transition">2019 imperial transition</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Japan" title="COVID-19 pandemic in Japan">COVID-19 pandemic</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Geography_of_Japan" title="Geography of Japan">Geography</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_addressing_system" title="Japanese addressing system">Addresses</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_archipelago" title="Japanese archipelago">Archipelago</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cities_of_Japan" title="Cities of Japan">Cities</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Districts_of_Japan" title="Districts of Japan">Districts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_earthquakes_in_Japan" title="List of earthquakes in Japan">Earthquakes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Environmental_issues_in_Japan" title="Environmental issues in Japan">Environment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_extreme_points_of_Japan" title="List of extreme points of Japan">Extreme points</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_islands_of_Japan" title="List of islands of Japan">Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_lakes_of_Japan" title="List of lakes of Japan">Lakes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prefectures_of_Japan" title="Prefectures of Japan">Prefectures</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Regions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_rivers_of_Japan" title="List of rivers of Japan">Rivers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_towns_in_Japan" title="List of towns in Japan">Towns</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_villages_in_Japan" title="List of villages in Japan">Villages</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_World_Heritage_Sites_in_Japan" title="List of World Heritage Sites in Japan">World Heritage Sites</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_Japan" title="Politics of Japan">Politics</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_Japan" title="Constitution of Japan">Constitution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elections_in_Japan" title="Elections in Japan">Elections</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emperor_of_Japan" title="Emperor of Japan">Emperor</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_emperors_of_Japan" title="List of emperors of Japan">list</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Imperial_House_of_Japan" title="Imperial House of Japan">Imperial House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_Japan" title="Foreign relations of Japan">Foreign relations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Human_rights_in_Japan" title="Human rights in Japan">Human rights</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_in_Japan" title="LGBTQ rights in Japan">LGBTQ</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Judicial_system_of_Japan" title="Judicial system of Japan">Judiciary</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_Japan" title="Supreme Court of Japan">Supreme Court</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Law_of_Japan" title="Law of Japan">Law</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Law_enforcement_in_Japan" title="Law enforcement in Japan">Law enforcement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Diet" title="National Diet">National Diet</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/House_of_Representatives_(Japan)" title="House of Representatives (Japan)">House of Representatives</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/House_of_Councillors" title="House of Councillors">House of Councillors</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_members_of_the_Diet_of_Japan" title="List of members of the Diet of Japan">List of members</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_political_parties_in_Japan" title="List of political parties in Japan">Political parties</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japan_Self-Defense_Forces" title="Japan Self-Defense Forces">Self-Defense Forces</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Japan_Ground_Self-Defense_Force" title="Japan Ground Self-Defense Force">Ground</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japan_Maritime_Self-Defense_Force" title="Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force">Maritime</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japan_Air_Self-Defense_Force" title="Japan Air Self-Defense Force">Air</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Government_of_Japan" title="Government of Japan">Government</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cabinet_of_Japan" title="Cabinet of Japan">Cabinet</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Japanese_cabinets" title="List of Japanese cabinets">list</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monetary_and_fiscal_policy_of_Japan" title="Monetary and fiscal policy of Japan">Fiscal policy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Foreign_policy_of_Japan" title="Foreign policy of Japan">Foreign policy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministries_of_Japan" title="Ministries of Japan">Ministries</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Japan" title="Prime Minister of Japan">Prime Minister</a> <ul><li><a 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region">Shin'etsu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/T%C5%8Dkai_region" title="Tōkai region">Tōkai</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kansai_region" title="Kansai region">Kansai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ch%C5%ABgoku_region" title="Chūgoku region">Chūgoku</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/San%27in_region" title="San'in region">San'in</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/San%27y%C5%8D_region" title="San'yō region">San'yō</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shikoku" title="Shikoku">Shikoku</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ky%C5%ABsh%C5%AB" class="mw-redirect" title="Kyūshū">Kyūshū</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Kyushu" title="Northern Kyushu">Northern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southern_Kyushu" title="Southern Kyushu">Southern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Okinawa_Prefecture" title="Okinawa Prefecture">Okinawa</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="2" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a 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style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;border-right: 4px solid #FF8585"><a href="/wiki/Hokkaid%C5%8D" class="mw-redirect" title="Hokkaidō">Hokkaidō</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hokkaido" title="Hokkaido">Hokkaido</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;border-right: 4px solid #FFFB91"><a href="/wiki/T%C5%8Dhoku_region" title="Tōhoku region">Tōhoku</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aomori_Prefecture" title="Aomori Prefecture">Aomori</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iwate_Prefecture" title="Iwate Prefecture">Iwate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Miyagi_Prefecture" title="Miyagi Prefecture">Miyagi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Akita_Prefecture" title="Akita 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href="/wiki/Kanagawa_Prefecture" title="Kanagawa Prefecture">Kanagawa</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;border-right: 4px solid #8BFFE8"><a href="/wiki/Ch%C5%ABbu_region" title="Chūbu region">Chūbu</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Niigata_Prefecture" title="Niigata Prefecture">Niigata</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Toyama_Prefecture" title="Toyama Prefecture">Toyama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ishikawa_Prefecture" title="Ishikawa Prefecture">Ishikawa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fukui_Prefecture" title="Fukui Prefecture">Fukui</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yamanashi_Prefecture" title="Yamanashi Prefecture">Yamanashi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nagano_Prefecture" title="Nagano Prefecture">Nagano</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gifu_Prefecture" title="Gifu Prefecture">Gifu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shizuoka_Prefecture" title="Shizuoka Prefecture">Shizuoka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aichi_Prefecture" title="Aichi Prefecture">Aichi</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;border-right: 4px solid #7272FF"><a href="/wiki/Kansai_region" title="Kansai region">Kansai</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mie_Prefecture" title="Mie Prefecture">Mie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shiga_Prefecture" title="Shiga Prefecture">Shiga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kyoto_Prefecture" title="Kyoto Prefecture">Kyoto</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Osaka_Prefecture" title="Osaka Prefecture">Osaka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hy%C5%8Dgo_Prefecture" title="Hyōgo Prefecture">Hyōgo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nara_Prefecture" title="Nara Prefecture">Nara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wakayama_Prefecture" title="Wakayama Prefecture">Wakayama</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th 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