Core cities of Japan

SapporoHakodateAsahikawaAomoriHachinoheMoriokaSendaiAkitaYamagataKōriyamaIwakiMitoTsukubaUtsunomiyaMaebashiTakasakiIsesakiŌtaSaitamaKawagoeKumagayaKawaguchiTokorozawaKasukabeSōkaKoshigayaChibaFunabashiKashiwaYokohamaKawasakiYokosukaHiratsukaOdawara, KanagawaChigasakiSagamiharaAtsugiYamatoNiigataNagaokaJōetsuToyamaKanazawaFukuiKōfuNaganoMatsumotoGifuShizuokaHamamatsuNumazuFujiNagoyaToyohashiOkazakiIchinomiyaKasugaiToyotaTsuYokkaichŌtsuKyotoOsakaSakaiKishiwadaToyonakaSuitaTakatsukiHirakataIbarakiYaoNeyagawaHigashiōsakaKobeHimejiAmagasakiAkashiNishinomiyaKakogawaTakarazukaNaraWakayamaTottoriOkayamaKurashikiHiroshimaKureFukuyamaShimonosekiTakamatsuMatsuyamaKōchiKitakyūshūFukuokaKurumeNagasakiSaseboKumamotoŌitaMiyazakiKagoshima
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Core cities of Japan (中核市, Chūkaku-shi) is a defined class or category of Japanese cities. It is a local administrative division created by the national government.[1] All core cities have a population greater than 300,000.[2]

  1. Web-Japan.org, "Local self-government," p. 3; retrieved 2012-11-28.
  2. United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP), "Country paper:Japan, Local Government Categories" Archived 2013-04-11 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved 2012-11-28.

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