Nine regional views

Regions of Japan

Explore the prefectures in each region and compare their combined population and land area.

Hokkaido

5,043 thousand people · 83,422 km²

Explore Hokkaido 6 PREFECTURES

Tohoku

8,209 thousand people · 66,947 km²

Explore Tohoku 7 PREFECTURES

Kanto

43,567 thousand people · 32,439 km²

Explore Kanto 9 PREFECTURES

Chubu

20,614 thousand people · 66,807 km²

Explore Chubu 7 PREFECTURES

Kansai

21,892 thousand people · 33,125 km²

Explore Kansai 5 PREFECTURES

Chugoku

6,999 thousand people · 31,920 km²

Explore Chugoku 4 PREFECTURES

Shikoku

3,534 thousand people · 18,802 km²

Explore Shikoku 7 PREFECTURES

Kyushu

12,479 thousand people · 42,230 km²

Explore Kyushu 1 PREFECTURE

Okinawa

1,466 thousand people · 2,282 km²

Explore Okinawa

How totals are calculated. Regional population and area are sums of the displayed 2024 prefecture figures. Regional density is calculated from those rounded totals. JapanMetrics uses these regions for navigation and does not present them as a separate government statistical classification.