ISO 3166-2:JP
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ISO 3166-2:JP is the entry for Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

 in ISO 3166-2
ISO 3166-2
ISO 3166-2 is part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization , and defines codes for the names of the principal subdivisions of all countries coded in ISO 3166-1...

, part of the ISO 3166
ISO 3166
ISO 3166 is a standard published by the International Organization for Standardization . It defines codes for the names of countries, dependent territories, special areas of geographical interest, and their principal subdivisions . The official name of the standard is Codes for the representation...

 standard
Standardization
Standardization is the process of developing and implementing technical standards.The goals of standardization can be to help with independence of single suppliers , compatibility, interoperability, safety, repeatability, or quality....

 published by the International Organization for Standardization
International Organization for Standardization
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 (ISO), which defines code
Code
A code is a rule for converting a piece of information into another form or representation , not necessarily of the same type....

s for the names of the principal subdivisions (e.g., province
Province
A province is a territorial unit, almost always an administrative division, within a country or state.-Etymology:The English word "province" is attested since about 1330 and derives from the 13th-century Old French "province," which itself comes from the Latin word "provincia," which referred to...

s or states) of all countries
Country
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 coded in ISO 3166-1
ISO 3166-1
ISO 3166-1 is part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization , and defines codes for the names of countries, dependent territories, and special areas of geographical interest. The official name of the standard is Codes for the representation of names...

.

Currently for Japan, ISO 3166-2 codes are defined for 47 prefectures
Prefectures of Japan
The prefectures of Japan are the country's 47 subnational jurisdictions: one "metropolis" , Tokyo; one "circuit" , Hokkaidō; two urban prefectures , Osaka and Kyoto; and 43 other prefectures . In Japanese, they are commonly referred to as...

.

Each code consists of two parts, separated by a hyphen. The first part is JP, the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 codes are two-letter country codes defined in ISO 3166-1, part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization , to represent countries, dependent territories, and special areas of geographical interest...

 code of Japan. The second part is two digits (01–47), which is the Japanese Industrial Standard
Japanese Industrial Standards
Japanese Industrial Standards specifies the standards used for industrial activities in Japan.The standardization process is coordinated by Japanese Industrial Standards Committee and published through Japanese Standards Association.-History:...

 JIS X 0401 code of the prefecture. The codes are assigned roughly from north to south.

Current codes

Subdivision names are listed as in the ISO 3166-2 standard published by the ISO 3166 Maintenance Agency (ISO 3166/MA).

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Code Subdivision name
JP-23  Aichi Prefecture [Aichi]
JP-05  Akita Prefecture
JP-02  Aomori Prefecture
JP-38  Ehime Prefecture
JP-21  Gifu Prefecture [Gifu]
JP-10  Gunma Prefecture
JP-34  Hiroshima Prefecture [Hiroshima]
JP-01  Hokkaidô [Hokkaido]
JP-18  Fukui Prefecture [Fukui]
JP-40  Fukuoka Prefecture [Fukuoka]
JP-07  Fukushima Prefecture [Fukushima]
JP-28  Hyogo Prefecture [Hyogo]
JP-08  Ibaraki Prefecture
JP-17  Ishikawa Prefecture [Ishikawa]
JP-03  Iwate Prefecture
JP-37  Kagawa Prefecture
JP-46  Kagoshima Prefecture [Kagoshima]
JP-14  Kanagawa Prefecture
JP-39 [Kochi]
JP-43  Kumamoto Prefecture
JP-26  Kyoto Prefecture [Kyoto]
JP-24  Mie Prefecture
JP-04  Miyagi Prefecture
JP-45  Miyazaki Prefecture
JP-20  Nagano Prefecture
JP-42  Nagasaki Prefecture
JP-29  Nara Prefecture
JP-15  Niigata Prefecture
JP-44 [Oita]
JP-33  Okayama Prefecture
JP-47  Okinawa Prefecture
JP-27 [Osaka]
JP-41  Saga Prefecture
JP-11  Saitama Prefecture
JP-25  Shiga Prefecture [Shiga]
JP-32  Shimane Prefecture [Shimane]
JP-22  Shizuoka Prefecture [Shizuoka]
JP-12  Chiba Prefecture [Chiba]
JP-09  Tochigi Prefecture [Tochigi]
JP-36  Tokushima Prefecture [Tokushima]
JP-13 [Tokyo]
JP-31  Tottori Prefecture
JP-16  Toyama Prefecture
JP-30  Wakayama Prefecture
JP-06  Yamagata Prefecture
JP-35  Yamaguchi Prefecture [Yamaguchi]
JP-19  Yamanashi Prefecture [Yamanashi]

See also

  • Subdivisions of Japan
  • FIPS region codes of Japan

External links

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