The most populated cities in Japan


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	___ The most populated cities in Japan keywords: most populated cities of Japan, largest cities of Japan, city proper, urban agglomeration
	Big In Japan List of cities in Japan with the most inhabitants for the latest available year ( reference year 2000). The Links will lead you to the official city page.

	Cities ranked by city proper¹ population
	City Name	Inhabitants	Prefecture
	Tokyo*	8 130 408	Tokyo Prefecture
	Yokohama	3 426 506	Kanagawa Prefecture
	Osaka	2 598 589	Osaka Prefecture
	Nagoya	2 171 378	Aichi Prefecture
	Sapporo	1 822 300	Hokkaido Prefecture
	Kobe	1 493 595	Hyogo Prefecture
	Kyoto	1 467 705	Kyoto Prefecture
	Fukuoka	1 341 489	Fukuoka Prefecture
	Kawasaki	1 249 851	Kanagawa Prefecture
	Hiroshima	1 126 282	Hiroshima Prefecture
	Kitakyūshū**	1 011 491	Fukuoka Prefecture
	Sendai	1 008 024	Miyagi Prefecture
	Chiba	887 163	Chiba Prefecture
	Data for city proper refer to 23 wards (ku) of the old city. The urban agglomeration figures refer to Tokyo-to (Tokyo Prefecture), comprising the 23 wards plus 14 urban counties (shi), 18 towns (machi) and 8 villages (mura). The 'Tokyo Metropolitan Area' (pop. 12,059,237) *Including Kokura, Moji, Tobata, Wakamatsu and Yahata (Yawata). ¹ City proper is defined as a locality with legally fixed boundaries and an administratively recognized urban status that is usually characterized by some form of local government. Data source: United Nations Statistics Division - Citydata, December 2002
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