Provinces & states
First-level administrative divisions, their capitals, population and area.
| Province / state | Country | Capital | Population | Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aichi | Japan | Nagoya | 6,868,336 | 5,138 |
| Akita | Japan | Akita | 1,213,667 | 11,612 |
| Aomori | Japan | Aomori | 1,481,663 | 9,619 |
| Chiba | Japan | Chiba | 5,797,782 | 5,150 |
| Ehime | Japan | Matsuyama | 1,506,700 | 5,672 |
| Fukui | Japan | Fukui | 826,996 | 4,192 |
| Fukuoka | Japan | Fukuoka | 4,933,393 | 4,961 |
| Fukushima | Japan | Fukushima | 2,133,592 | 13,784 |
| Gifu | Japan | Gifu | 2,100,315 | 10,596 |
| Gumma | Japan | Maebashi | 2,003,540 | 6,356 |
| Hiroshima | Japan | Hiroshima | 2,881,748 | 8,467 |
| Hokkaido | Japan | Sapporo | 5,692,321 | 83,519 |
| Hyogo | Japan | Kobe | 5,401,877 | 8,381 |
| Ibaraki | Japan | Mito | 2,955,530 | 6,094 |
| Ishikawa | Japan | Kanazawa | 1,180,068 | 4,197 |
| Iwate | Japan | Morioka | 1,419,505 | 15,277 |
| Kagawa | Japan | Takamatsu | 1,027,006 | 1,882 |
| Kagoshima | Japan | Kagoshima | 1,794,224 | 9,166 |
| Kanagawa | Japan | Yokohama | 8,245,900 | 2,402 |
| Kochi | Japan | Kochi | 816,704 | 7,107 |
| Kumamoto | Japan | Kumamoto | 1,859,793 | 7,408 |
| Kyoto | Japan | Kyoto | 2,629,592 | 4,613 |
| Mie | Japan | Tsu | 1,841,358 | 5,778 |
| Miyagi | Japan | Sendai | 2,328,739 | 7,292 |
| Miyazaki | Japan | Miyazaki | 1,175,819 | 7,735 |
| Nagano | Japan | Nagano | 2,193,984 | 13,585 |
| Nagasaki | Japan | Nagasaki | 1,544,934 | 4,112 |
| Nara | Japan | Nara | 1,430,862 | 3,692 |
| Niigata | Japan | Niigata | 2,488,364 | 12,579 |
| Oita | Japan | Oita | 1,231,306 | 6,338 |
| Okayama | Japan | Okayama | 1,950,750 | 7,090 |
| Okinawa | Japan | Naha | 1,273,440 | 2,255 |
| Osaka | Japan | Osaka | 8,797,268 | 1,868 |
| Saga | Japan | Saga | 884,316 | 2,433 |
| Saitama | Japan | Urawa | 6,759,311 | 3,799 |
| Shiga | Japan | Otsu | 1,287,005 | 4,016 |
| Shimane | Japan | Matsue | 771,441 | 6,628 |
| Shizuoka | Japan | Shizuoka | 3,737,689 | 7,773 |
| Tochigi | Japan | Utsonomiya | 1,984,390 | 6,414 |
| Tokushima | Japan | Tokushima | 832,427 | 4,145 |
| Tokyo | Japan | Tokyo | 11,773,605 | 2,164 |
| Tottori | Japan | Tottori | 614,929 | 3,494 |
| Toyama | Japan | Toyama | 1,123,125 | 4,252 |
| Wakayama | Japan | Wakayama | 1,080,435 | 4,725 |
| Yamagata | Japan | Yamagata | 1,256,958 | 9,327 |
| Yamaguchi | Japan | Yamaguchi | 1,555,543 | 6,106 |
| Yamanashi | Japan | Kofu | 881,996 | 4,463 |