Special cities of Japan
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Special cities (特例市, Tokureishi), also known as Special Case cities, is a defined class or category of Japanese cities. It is a local administrative division created by the national government.[1] All special cities have a population greater than 200,000.
History[change | change source]
The special or special case cities were created because of the Local Autonomy Law of Japan.[2] Each city does many of the things normally done by prefectures.[1]
List[change | change source]
Special cities were recognized starting in 2000.[3] There are 40+ of these cities, including
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- Akashi, 2002[4]
- Atsugi, 2002[4]
- Chigasaki, 2003[4]
- Fuji, 2001[4]
- Fukui, 2000[4]
- Hachinohe, 2001[4]
- Hirakata, 2001[4]
- Hiratsuka, 2001[4]
- Ibaraki, 2001[4]
- Ichinomiya, 2001[4]
- Isesaki, 2007[4]
- Jōetsu, 2007[4]
- Kakogawa, 2002[4]
- Kasugai, 2002[4]
- Kasukabe, 2008[4]
- Kawaguchi, 2001[4]
- Kishiwada, 2002[4]
- Kōfu, 2000[4]
- Koshigaya, 2003[4]
- Kumagaya, 2009[4]
- Kure, 2000[4]
- Matsue, 2012
- Matsumoto, 2000[4]
- Mito, 2001[4]
- Nagaoka, 2007[4]
- Neyagawa, 2001[4]
- Numazu, 2000[4]
- Odawara, 2000[4]
- Ōta, 2007[4]
- Sasebo, 2001[4]
- Sōka, 2004[4]
- Suita, 2001[4]
- Takarazuka, 2003[4]
- Tokorozawa, 2002[4]
- Tottori, 2005[4]
- Toyonaka, 2001[4]
- Tsukuba, 2007[4]
- Yamagata, 2001[4]
- Yamato, 2000[4]
- Yao, 2001[4]
- Yokkaichi, 2000[4]
Related pages[change | change source]
| Administrative divisions of Japan |
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| Sub-national |
| Local |
References[change | change source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Web-Japan.org, "Local self-government," p. 3; retrieved 2012-11-28.
- ↑ The special cities are not the same as the special wards of Tokyo.
- ↑ 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 2012-12-18.
- ↑ 4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 4.11 4.12 4.13 4.14 4.15 4.16 4.17 4.18 4.19 4.20 4.21 4.22 4.23 4.24 4.25 4.26 4.27 4.28 4.29 4.30 4.31 4.32 4.33 4.34 4.35 4.36 4.37 4.38 4.39 Jacobs, Table 3; retrieved 2012-12-18.
Other websites[change | change source]
- "Large City System of Japan" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-09-17.; graphic shows wards compared with other Japanese city types at p. 1 [PDF 7 of 40]
