Cities of Japan
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A city (市 shi?) is a local administrative unit in Japan. Japan no longer officially has the traditional Federal system, and its 47 prefectures, and prefectural and municipal assembly members are popularly elected for The prefectures of Japan are the country's 47 sub-national Jurisdictions one "metropolis" (都 to) Tokyo; one " circuit Certain Prefectures of Japan are now or once were divided into subprefectures. A, also known as a or, is a Japanese city that has a population greater than 500000 and has been designated as such by an order of the Cabinet of Japan under Article The was most recently used as an administrative unit in Japan between 1878 and 1921 and is roughly equivalent to the County of the United States, ranking at the level below There are three basic types of municipalities in Japan: cities, towns and villages. A is a class of Japanese city created by the first clause of Article 252 Section 22 of the Local Autonomy Law of Japan. of Japan are cities with populations of at least 200000 and are delegated a subset of the functions delegated to core cities. The are 23 municipalities that together make up the core and the most populous part of Tokyo, Japan. List of wards Chiba Chūō-ku Chiba Hanamigawa-ku Chiba Inage-ku Chiba A town (町 chō or machi) is a local administrative unit in Japan. A is a local administrative unit in Japan. It is a local public body along with,, and. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. Cities are ranked on the same level as towns (町 machi?) and villages (村 mura?), with the difference that they are not a component of districts (郡 gun?). A town (町 chō or machi) is a local administrative unit in Japan. A is a local administrative unit in Japan. It is a local public body along with,, and. The was most recently used as an administrative unit in Japan between 1878 and 1921 and is roughly equivalent to the County of the United States, ranking at the level below Like other contemporary administrative units, they are defined by the Local Autonomy Law of 1947. The Local Autonomy Law (地方自治法 Chihō-jichi-hō) of Japan was passed as Law No
City status
Generally, a village or town can be promoted to a city when its population increases above fifty thousand, and a city can (but need not) be demoted to a town or village when its population decreases below fifty thousand. The least-populated city, Utashinai, Hokkaido, has a population of merely six thousand, while a town in the same prefecture, Otofuke, Hokkaido, has nearly forty thousand. is a city located in Sorachi Subprefecture, Hokkaidō, Japan. is a town located in Katō District, Tokachi, Hokkaidō, Japan. Larger cities of at least 200,000 inhabitants can achieve one of three special statuses: special city, core city, or “designated” city. of Japan are cities with populations of at least 200000 and are delegated a subset of the functions delegated to core cities. A is a class of Japanese city created by the first clause of Article 252 Section 22 of the Local Autonomy Law of Japan. A, also known as a or, is a Japanese city that has a population greater than 500000 and has been designated as such by an order of the Cabinet of Japan under Article
Under the Act on Special Provisions concerning Merger of Municipalities (市町村の合併の特例等に関する法律? Act No. 59 of 2004), the standard of 50,000 inhabitants for the city status has been eased to 30,000 if such population is gained as a result of a merger of towns and/or villages, in order to facilitate such mergers to reduce administrative costs. are actions taken either within one municipality or between multiple municipalities after making a consensus agreement to do so Many municipalities gained city status under this eased standard. On the other hand, the municipalities recently gained the city status purely as a result of increase of population without expansion of area are limited to those listed in List of former towns or villages gained city status alone. The following municipalities in Japan gained city status alone
Status of Tokyo
Most people outside Japan think of Tokyo, Japan’s capital, as a city, but under Japanese law it is a special subregional administrative unit called a to (都?) that has prefectural authority (and is therefore counted as one of the country’s 47 prefectures). officially, is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan and located on the eastern side of the main island Honshū. The prefectures of Japan are the country's 47 sub-national Jurisdictions one "metropolis" (都 to) Tokyo; one " circuit Its official name is Tokyo Metropolis (and that of its government, Tokyo Metropolitan Government), and it has incorporated cities within its jurisdiction.
Lists
See List of cities in Japan and List of Japanese cities by population for complete lists. This is a list of cities in Japan, by prefecture and within prefecture by founding date (but can be sorted within prefecture by name population area or population Japan has many major cities. Many of these cities are crowded into a relatively small area of land along the Pacific coast of Honshū, between
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