Core cities of Japan
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Core cities of Japan (中核市, Chūkaku-shi) is a defined class or category of Japanese cities. It is a local administrative division created by the national government.[1] All core cities have a population greater than 300,000.[2]
History
[change | change source]The core cities were created because of the Local Autonomy Law of Japan. Each city does many of the things normally done by prefectures.[1]
List
[change | change source]Core cities were recognized starting in 1996.[3] There are 40+ of these cities,[1] including
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- Akita, 1997[4]
- Amagasaki, 2009[5]
- Aomori, 2006[4]
- Asahikawa, 2000[4]
- Fukuyama, 1998[4]
- Funabashi, 2003[4]
- Gifu, 1996[4]
- Hakodate, 2005[4]
- Higashiōsaka, 2005[5]
- Himeji, 1996[4]
- Iwaki, 1999[4]
- Kagoshima, 1996[4]
- Kanazawa, 1996[4]
- Kashiwa, 2008[6]
- Kawagoe, 2003[4]
- Kōchi, 1998[7]
- Kōriyama, 1997[4]
- Kurashiki, 2002[8]
- Kurume, 2008[9]
- Maebashi, 2009[10]
- Matsuyama, 2000[4]
- Miyazaki, 1998[4]
- Morioka, 2008[4]
- Nagano, 1999[4]
- Nagasaki, 1997[4]
- Naha, 2013[11]
- Nara, 2002[5]
- Nishinomiya, 2008[5]
- Ōita, 1997[4]
- Okazaki, 2003[4]
- Okayama[8]
- Ōtsu, 2009[4]
- Shimonoseki, 2005[4]
- Takamatsu, 1999[4]
- Takasaki, 2011[4]
- Takatsuki, 2003[5]
- Toyama, 1996[12]
- Toyohashi, 1999[4]
- Toyonaka
- Toyota, 1998[4]
- Utsunomiya, 1996[4]
- Wakayama, 1997[4]
- Yokosuka, 2001[4]
Related pages
[change | change source]| Administrative divisions of Japan |
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References
[change | change source]- 1 2 3 Web-Japan.org, "Local self-government," p. 3; retrieved 2012-11-28.
- ↑ United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP), "Country paper:Japan, Local Government Categories" Archived 2013-04-11 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved 2012-11-28.
- ↑ 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 2012-12-5.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 Jacobs, Table 2; retrieved 2012-12-5.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Buhnik, Sophie. "From Shrinking Cities to Toshi no Shukushō: Identifying Patterns of Urban Shrinkage in the Osaka Metropolitan Area," Berkeley Planning Journal, Vol. 23, No. 1 (2001), p. 135 [PDF 4 of 24]; retrieved 2012-12-2.
- ↑ "Core city with population of 380000. Resource recovery and enlightenment business of Kashiwa city of Chiba Prefecture, Japan, through establishing "recycling plaza" with nickname "Ribbon-Kan building" arousing citizen's sympathy toward waste reduction,"[permanent dead link] Journal of Solid & Liquid Wastes, Vol. 36, No. 1, pp. 38-43 (2006); retrieved 2012-12-2.
- ↑ "Kochi" at Triposo.com[permanent dead link]; excerpt, "... first core city on Shikoku"; retrieved 2012-12-5.
- 1 2 Inaba, Yushi. (2009). "Japan's New Local Industry Creation: Joint Entrepreneurship, p. 96.
- ↑ Hoshiko M. et al. "Assessing the validity of health impact assessment predictions regarding a Japanese city's transition to core city status: a monitoring review," Public Health 2012 Feb ; Vol. 126, No. 2, pp. 168-176; retrieved 2012-12-2.
- ↑ Jacobs, A.J. "Japan's Evolving Nested Municipal Hierarchy: The Race for Local Power in the 2000s," Urban Studies Research, Vol. 2011 (2011), p. 8 [PDF 8 of 14]; retrieved 2012-12-5.
- ↑ "Naha starts as regional hub city in Okinawa," Ryukyu Shimpo, 2 April 2013; retrieved 2013-4-17.
- ↑ City of Toyama, "About Toyama" Archived 2013-04-20 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved 2012-12-2.
Other websites
[change | change source]- "Large City System of Japan"; graphic shows core cities in context [PDF 7 of 40] Archived 2019-09-17 at the Wayback Machine