Cities of Japan
Cities in Japan are one of the basic local entities of the nation.[1]
Japan's smallest sub-national jurisdictions are sometimes grouped together. The term shichoson combines suffixes which recognize the municipalities,[1] including
- "city" (
市 , shi)[2] - "town" (
町 , cho) - "village" (
村 , son)
The small cities generally have populations of over 30,000.
There are three defined classes or categories of big cities.[3]
- Designated cites, population over 500,000[4]
- Core cities, population over 300,000[5]
- Special cities, population over 200,000[6]
Each of the largest cities does many of the things normally done by prefectures.[3]
History
[change | change source]Japan's system of local governments date from 1947. Cities in Japan are local governments which are defined by the Local Autonomy Law.[1]
Related pages
[change | change source]| Administrative divisions of Japan |
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References
[change | change source]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Web-Japan.org, "Local self-government," p. 1. Retrieved 2012-12-19.
- ↑ Jacobs, A.J. "Japan's Evolving Nested Municipal Hierarchy: The Race for Local Power in the 2000s," Urban Studies Research, (2011); doi:10.1155/2011/692764. Retrieved 2012-12-19.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Web-Japan.org, "Local self-government," p. 3. Retrieved 2012-12-19.
- ↑ Jacobs, Table 1. Retrieved 2012-12-19.
- ↑ Jacobs, Table 2. Retrieved 2012-12-19.
- ↑ Jacobs, Table 3. Retrieved 2012-12-19.