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    Japan

    Japan is located in East Asia. Below you can see where Japan sits on the map, its national outline, and an interactive map you can pan and zoom, centered on the capital, Tokyo.

    Where Japan is located
    Outline of Japan
    Reference map of Japan (CIA World Factbook)
    Reference map of Japan (CIA World Factbook)By CIA · Public domain · Source (Wikimedia Commons)
    Relief map of Japan — physical geography
    Relief map of Japan — physical geographyBy Eric Gaba (Sting - fr:Sting) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source (Wikimedia Commons)
    Location map of Japan
    Location map of JapanBy Maximilian Dörrbecker (Chumwa) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source (Wikimedia Commons)
    Japan on the globe
    Japan on the globeBy Connormah · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source (Wikimedia Commons)
    Political map of Japan and neighboring countries
    Political map: Japan and its neighbors
    Map of the administrative divisions of Japan
    First-level administrative divisions of Japan

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    Administrative divisions of Japan

    Japan is divided into 47 prefectures.

    Show all 47 prefectures
    • Aichi
    • Akita
    • Aomori
    • Chiba
    • Ehime
    • Fukui
    • Fukuoka
    • Fukushima
    • Gifu
    • Gunma
    • Hiroshima
    • Hokkaidō
    • Hyōgo
    • Ibaraki
    • Ishikawa
    • Iwate
    • Kagawa
    • Kagoshima
    • Kanagawa
    • Kōchi
    • Kumamoto
    • Kyōto
    • Mie
    • Miyagi
    • Miyazaki
    • Nagano
    • Nagasaki
    • Nara
    • Niigata
    • Ōita
    • Okayama
    • Okinawa
    • Ōsaka
    • Saga
    • Saitama
    • Shiga
    • Shimane
    • Shizuoka
    • Tochigi
    • Tokushima
    • Tokyo
    • Tottori
    • Toyama
    • Wakayama
    • Yamagata
    • Yamaguchi
    • Yamanashi

    Administrative boundaries and names from Natural Earth (public domain); they may lag recent reorganizations.

    Geography of Japan

    Continent
    Asia
    Region
    East Asia
    Area
    377,975 km²
    Coordinates
    36.20, 138.25
    Highest point
    Mount Fuji (3,776 m)
    Land borders
    None (island / coastal)