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Japan

With approximately 123.8 million inhabitants, Japan is a country situated in Asia. Its capital and largest city is Tokyo. The country covers an area of 377 972 km².
Cities Listed 28
Cities Over 1M 12
Largest City Tokyo

Interactive map of cities in Japan

Population: > 10M > 5M > 1M > 500K | Capital

Explore cities in Japan

Tokyo

14,264,798 inhabitants

Capital

Osaka

2,752,024 inhabitants

Nagoya

2,337,864 inhabitants

Sapporo

1,970,277 inhabitants

Fukuoka

1,603,043 inhabitants

Kobe

1,521,707 inhabitants

List of cities in Japan

Rank City Population ▼ Area Density
1 Tokyo ★ 14,264,798 2 194 km² 6 502
2 Yokohama 3,757,630 438 km² 8 585
3 Osaka 2,752,024 223 km² 12 341
4 Nagoya 2,337,864 326 km² 7 162
5 Sapporo 1,970,277 1 121 km² 1 757
6 Fukuoka 1,603,043 343 km² 4 668
7 Kawasaki 1,539,522 143 km² 10 765
8 Kobe 1,521,707 557 km² 2 732
9 Kyoto 1,431,419 828 km² 1 729
10 Saitama 1,325,843 217 km² 6 098
11 Hiroshima 1,198,021 905 km² 1 324
12 Sendai 1,061,177 786 km² 1 349
13 Chiba 975,014 272 km² 3 588
14 Kitakyūshū-shi 935,084 488 km² 1 917
15 Sakai 827,277 150 km² 5 521
16 Niigata 790,646 726 km² 1 089
17 Hamamatsu 788,211 1 558 km² 506
18 Kumamoto 738,385 390 km² 1 896
19 Sagamihara 725,696 329 km² 2 206
20 Okayama 720,043 789 km² 913
21 Shizuoka 685,589 — —
22 Funabashi 641,499 86 km² 7 492
23 Kawaguchi 593,900 62 km² 9 587
24 Kagoshima 593,754 — —
25 Hachiōji-shi 575,721 186 km² 3 089
26 Himeji 527,596 534 km² 987
27 Utsunomiya 518,197 417 km² 1 243
28 Matsuyama 506,743 429 km² 1 182