ISO 3166-2:JP

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ISO 3166-2:JP is the entry for Japan in ISO 3166-2, part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), which defines codes for the names of the principal subdivisions (e.g. provinces or states) of all countries coded in ISO 3166-1.

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Currently for Japan, ISO 3166-2 codes are defined for 47 prefectures.

Each code consists of two parts, separated by a hyphen. The first part is JP, the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of Japan. The second part is two digits (01–47), which is the Japanese Industrial Standard JIS X 0401 code of the prefecture. The codes are assigned roughly from north to south.

Current codes

Map of Japan with each prefecture labelled with the second part of its ISO 3166-2 code (with leading digit 0 omitted) Regions and Prefectures of Japan.svg
Map of Japan with each prefecture labelled with the second part of its ISO 3166-2 code (with leading digit 0 omitted)

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

CodeSubdivision name (ja)
(ISO 3602:1989)		Subdivision name (ja)
[note 1] 		Subdivision name (en)
JP-23Flag of Aichi Prefecture.svg  Aiti 愛知Aichi
JP-05Flag of Akita Prefecture.svg  Akita 秋田
JP-02Flag of Aomori Prefecture.svg  Aomori 青森
JP-38Flag of Ehime Prefecture.svg  Ehime 愛媛
JP-21Flag of Gifu Prefecture.svg  Gihu 岐阜Gifu
JP-10Flag of Gunma Prefecture.svg  Gunma 群馬
JP-34Flag of Hiroshima Prefecture.svg  Hirosima 広島Hiroshima
JP-01Flag of Hokkaido Prefecture.svg  Hokkaidô 北海道Hokkaido
JP-18Flag of Fukui Prefecture.svg  Hukui 福井Fukui
JP-40Flag of Fukuoka Prefecture.svg  Hukuoka 福岡Fukuoka
JP-07Flag of Fukushima.svg  Hukusima 福島Fukushima
JP-28Flag of Hyogo.svg  Hyôgo 兵庫Hyogo
JP-08Flag of Ibaraki.svg  Ibaraki 茨城
JP-17Flag of Ishikawa.svg  Isikawa 石川Ishikawa
JP-03Flag of Iwate.svg  Iwate 岩手
JP-37Flag of Kagawa Prefecture.svg  Kagawa 香川
JP-46Flag of Kagoshima Prefecture.svg  Kagosima 鹿児島Kagoshima
JP-14Flag of Kanagawa.svg  Kanagawa 神奈川
JP-39Flag of Kochi.svg  Kôti 高知Kochi
JP-43Flag of Kumamoto.svg  Kumamoto 熊本
JP-26Flag of Kyoto Prefecture.svg  Kyôto 京都Kyoto
JP-24Flag of Mie prefecture.svg  Mie 三重
JP-04Flag of Miyagi Prefecture.svg  Miyagi 宮城
JP-45Flag of Miyazaki Prefecture.svg  Miyazaki 宮崎
JP-20Flag of Nagano Prefecture.svg  Nagano 長野
JP-42Flag of Nagasaki Prefecture.svg  Nagasaki 長崎
JP-29Flag of Nara Prefecture.svg  Nara 奈良
JP-15Flag of Niigata Prefecture.svg  Niigata 新潟
JP-44Flag of Oita Prefecture.svg  Ôita 大分Oita
JP-33Flag of Okayama Prefecture.svg  Okayama 岡山
JP-47Flag of Okinawa Prefecture.svg  Okinawa 沖縄
JP-27Flag of Osaka.svg  Ôsaka 大阪Osaka
JP-41Flag of Saga Prefecture.svg  Saga 佐賀
JP-11Flag of Saitama.svg  Saitama 埼玉
JP-25Flag of Shiga Prefecture.svg  Siga 滋賀Shiga
JP-32Flag of Shimane.svg  Simane 島根Shimane
JP-22Flag of Shizuoka Prefecture.svg  Sizuoka 静岡Shizuoka
JP-12Flag of Chiba.svg  Tiba 千葉Chiba
JP-36Flag of Tokushima.svg  Tokusima 徳島Tokushima
JP-13Flag of Tokyo Metropolis.svg  Tôkyô 東京Tokyo
JP-09Flag of Tochigi.svg  Totigi 栃木Tochigi
JP-31Flag of Tottori Prefecture.svg  Tottori 鳥取
JP-16Flag of Toyama Prefecture.svg  Toyama 富山
JP-30Flag of Wakayama Prefecture.svg  Wakayama 和歌山
JP-06Flag of Yamagata Prefecture.svg  Yamagata 山形
JP-35Flag of Yamaguchi Prefecture.svg  Yamaguti 山口Yamaguchi
JP-19Flag of Yamanashi Prefecture.svg  Yamanasi 山梨Yamanashi
Notes
  1. ↑ For reference only—the Japanese name in kanji not included in the ISO 3166-2 standard.

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