List of metropolitan areas in Japan explained

This is a list of in Japan by population as defined by the Statistics Bureau of Japan (SBJ) and the Center for Spatial Information Service of the University of Tokyo. The region containing most of the people in Japan between Tokyo and Fukuoka is often called the Taiheiyō Belt.

Population Census

The Statistics Bureau of Japan (SBJ) defines a metropolitan area as one or more central cities and its associated outlying municipalities. To qualify as an outlying municipality, the municipality must have at least 1.5% of its resident population aged 15 and above commuting to school or work into one of the central cities. To qualify as a central city, a city must either be a designated city of any population or a non-designated city with a city proper population of at least 500,000. Metropolitan areas of designated cities are defined as "major metropolitan areas" (大都市圏) while those of non-designated cities are simply "metropolitan areas" (都市圏). If multiple central cities are close enough such that their outlying cities overlap, they are combined and a single metropolitan area is defined rather than independently.

2015 Population Census

The metropolitan areas written in bold are the 11 major metropolitan areas of Japan.

RankAreaPrefectureCentral CityArea Population
01Kantō MMATokyo, Kanagawa Prefecture, Saitama Prefecture, Chiba Prefecture, Ibaraki Prefecture, Tochigi Prefecture, Gunma Prefecture, Yamanashi Prefecture23 special wards area, Yokohama, Sagamihara, Kawasaki, Chiba, Saitama37,273,866
02Keihanshin MMAOsaka Prefecture, Kyoto Prefecture, Hyōgo Prefecture, Nara Prefecture, Shiga Prefecture, Wakayama PrefectureOsaka, Sakai, Kobe, Kyoto19,302,746
03Chūkyō MMAAichi Prefecture, Gifu Prefecture, Mie PrefectureNagoya9,363,221
04Fukuoka-Kitakyushu MMAFukuoka PrefectureFukuoka, Kitakyushu5,538,142
05Shizuoka-Hamamatsu MMAShizuoka PrefectureShizuoka, Hamamatsu2,842,151
06Sapporo MMAIshikari Subprefecture in HokkaidōSapporo2,636,254
07Sendai MMAMiyagi PrefectureSendai2,256,964
08Hiroshima MMAHiroshima PrefectureHiroshima2,096,745
09Utsunomiya MATochigi PrefectureUtsunomiya1,655,673
10Okayama MMAOkayama PrefectureOkayama1,639,414
11Kumamoto MMAKumamoto PrefectureKumamoto1,492,975
12Niigata MMANiigata PrefectureNiigata1,395,612
13Kagoshima MAKagoshima PrefectureKagoshima1,126,639
14Matsuyama MAEhime PrefectureMatsuyama706,883

2010 Population Census

The metropolitan areas written in bold are the 11 major metropolitan areas of Japan.

RankAreaPrefectureCentral CityArea Population
01Kantō MMATokyo, Kanagawa Prefecture, Saitama Prefecture, Chiba Prefecture, Ibaraki Prefecture, Tochigi Prefecture, Gunma Prefecture, Yamanashi Prefecture23 special wards area, Yokohama, Sagamihara, Kawasaki, Chiba, Saitama36,923,193
02Keihanshin MMAOsaka Prefecture, Kyoto Prefecture, Hyōgo Prefecture, Nara Prefecture, Shiga Prefecture, Wakayama PrefectureOsaka, Sakai, Kobe, Kyoto19,341,976
03Chūkyō MMAAichi Prefecture, Gifu Prefecture, Mie PrefectureNagoya9,107,414
04Fukuoka-Kitakyushu MMAFukuoka PrefectureFukuoka, Kitakyushu5,515,427
05Shizuoka-Hamamatsu MMAShizuoka PrefectureShizuoka, Hamamatsu2,741,028
06Sapporo MMAIshikari Subprefecture in HokkaidōSapporo2,584,880
07Sendai MMAMiyagi PrefectureSendai2,169,757
08Hiroshima MMAHiroshima PrefectureHiroshima2,099,514
09Utsunomiya MATochigi PrefectureUtsunomiya1,886,898
10Okayama MMAOkayama PrefectureOkayama1,647,892
11Kumamoto MMAKumamoto PrefectureKumamoto1,476,435
12Niigata MMANiigata PrefectureNiigata1,421,694
13Kagoshima MAKagoshima PrefectureKagoshima1,152,748
14Matsuyama MAEhime PrefectureMatsuyama717,687
Changes from 2005 census

The following changes to metropolitan area definitions were made in the 2010 Census report.[3]

2005 Population Census

The metropolitan areas written in bold are the 8 major metropolitan areas of Japan.

RankAreaPrefectureCentral CityArea Population
01Kantō MMATokyo, Kanagawa Prefecture, Saitama Prefecture, Chiba Prefecture, Ibaraki Prefecture, Tochigi Prefecture, Gunma Prefecture, Yamanashi Prefecture23 special wards area, Yokohama, Kawasaki, Chiba, Saitama35,682,460
02Keihanshin MMAOsaka Prefecture, Kyoto Prefecture, Hyōgo Prefecture, Nara Prefecture, Shiga Prefecture, Wakayama PrefectureOsaka, Kobe, Kyoto18,768,395
03Chūkyō MMAAichi Prefecture, Gifu Prefecture, Mie PrefectureNagoya8,923,445
04Fukuoka-Kitakyushu MMAFukuoka PrefectureFukuoka, Kitakyushu5,590,378
05Sapporo MMAIshikari Subprefecture in HokkaidōSapporo2,606,214
06Sendai MMAMiyagi PrefectureSendai2,289,656
07Hiroshima MMAHiroshima PrefectureHiroshima2,064,536
08Okayama MMAOkayama PrefectureOkayama1,646,757
09Kumamoto MAKumamoto PrefectureKumamoto1,462,409
10Niigata MMANiigata PrefectureNiigata1,442,958
11Shizuoka MMAShizuoka PrefectureShizuoka1,427,107
12Hamamatsu MAShizuoka PrefectureHamamatsu1,304,548
13Kagoshima MAKagoshima PrefectureKagoshima1,132,106
14Matsuyama MAEhime PrefectureMatsuyama724,048

Urban Employment Area

See main article: Urban Employment Area. Urban Employment Area is another definition of metropolitan areas, defined by the Center for Spatial Information Service, the University of Tokyo.

2015

The Center for Spatial Information Service, the University of Tokyo has defined 100 metropolitan employment areas (MEAs) and 122 micropolitan employment areas (McEAs) for Japan.[5]

RankMetropolitan areaPrefectureCentral cityPopulation
1Ibaraki, Saitama, Chiba, Tokyo, Kanagawa, YamanashiSpecial wards of Tokyo, Saitama, Chiba, Tachikawa, Musashino, Yokohama, Kawasaki, Atsugi
2Kyoto, Osaka, Hyogo, Nara, WakayamaOsaka, Sakai, Kadoma, Higashiōsaka
3Gifu, Aichi, MieNagoya, Handa, Kariya, Anjō, Komaki, Tōkai
4Shiga, KyotoKyoto, Kusatsu
5FukuokaFukuoka
6HyōgoKobe
7Ishikari and Shiribeshi Subprefecture in HokkaidoSapporo, Otaru
8MiyagiSendai
9OkayamaOkayama
10HiroshimaHiroshima

2010

The Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry defined 233 areas for the UEAs of Japan.

Metropolitan area !! class="unsortable" rowspan="2"
Prefecture !Central cityArea
(km2)		GDP
(bn. JPY)		Population
2010 2005 1995 1980 1965
Special wards of Tokyo, Saitama, Chiba, Tachikawa, Musashino, Yokohama, Kawasaki, Atsugi10,404157,82034,834,16733,652,99831,707,13827,853,64020,156,066
Osaka, Sakai, Higashiōsaka, Kadoma, Moriguchi4,29145,36212,273,04112,208,16112,039,18111,365,3858,721,257
Nagoya, Komaki2,79222,4975,490,4535,385,3835,151,3674,713,2873,708,670
Kyoto2,83610,1172,679,0942,653,4212,582,7332,395,6261,897,517
Fukuoka1,2838,9222,495,5522,409,9042,196,4631,768,5871,165,151
Kobe1,2458,4272,431,0762,417,9142,309,0762,130,2371,697,644
Sapporo, Otaru3,2057,4382,341,5992,325,6532,198,2551,798,6241,151,946
Sendai2,0775,4141,574,9421,549,7461,466,9891,202,186850,828
Okayama2,7105,5391,532,1461,523,2861,486,7851,391,8021,112,534
Maebashi, Takasaki, Isesaki2,6535,2521,453,5281,459,8951,439,8401,327,5391,142,579
Hiroshima1,8115,4141,411,8481,395,5301,358,0601,197,465838,010
Fukuoka Kitakyushu1,2224,8891,370,1691,392,1451,429,4631,459,4791,397,618
Hamamatsu2,0514,7631,133,8791,139,1891,086,360972,356818,902
Utsunomiya3,8514,4541,120,0571,121,6961,093,966973,728817,786
Kumamoto1,6043,4901,102,3981,089,3661,053,231924,422795,803
Niigata2,1383,8051,071,1521,082,1591,073,3941,002,106875,150
Shizuoka Shizuoka1,6774,0241,001,5971,008,3681,016,145966,153808,584

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Statistics Bureau of Japan, 2015 Census Final Data
  2. Statistics Bureau of Japan, 2010 Census Final Data
  3. http://www.stat.go.jp/data/jyutaku/2013/1-1.htm#a01 Statistics Bureau of Japan
  4. Statistics Bureau of Japan, 2005 Census Final Data
  5. Web site: Urban Employment Area (UEA) Code Table . Center for Spatial Information Science, the University of Tokyo . 2017-12-15.
  6. Web site: 地域経済の将来動向分析に関する調査研究 . Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan . Survey on the future trend analysis of the regional economy . Japanese . 2017-04-15.
  7. Web site: Metropolitan Employment Area (MEA) Data . Center for Spatial Information Science, the University of Tokyo . 2017-04-15.

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