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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References
[change | change source]- 1 2 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," Archived 2012-03-21 at the Wayback Machine Urban Studies Research, (2011); doi:10.1155/2011/692764; retrieved 2012-12-18.
- 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 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 Jacobs, Table 3 Archived 2015-07-22 at the Wayback Machine; 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]
