ISO 3166-2:JP

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ISO 3166-2:JP is the entry for

states) of all countries coded in ISO 3166-1
.

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

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

Map of Japan with each prefecture labelled with the second part of its ISO 3166-2 code (with leading digit 0 omitted)
Code Subdivision name (ja)
(ISO 3602:1989)
Subdivision name (ja)
[note 1]
Subdivision name (en)
JP-23  Aiti 愛知 Aichi
JP-05  Akita 秋田
JP-02  Aomori 青森
JP-38  Ehime 愛媛
JP-21  Gihu 岐阜 Gifu
JP-10  Gunma 群馬
JP-34  Hirosima 広島 Hiroshima
JP-01  Hokkaidô 北海道 Hokkaido
JP-18  Hukui 福井 Fukui
JP-40  Hukuoka 福岡 Fukuoka
JP-07  Hukusima 福島 Fukushima
JP-28  Hyôgo 兵庫 Hyogo
JP-08  Ibaraki 茨城
JP-17  Isikawa 石川 Ishikawa
JP-03  Iwate 岩手
JP-37  Kagawa 香川
JP-46  Kagosima 鹿児島 Kagoshima
JP-14  Kanagawa 神奈川
JP-39  Kôti 高知 Kochi
JP-43  Kumamoto 熊本
JP-26  Kyôto 京都 Kyoto
JP-24  Mie 三重
JP-04  Miyagi 宮城
JP-45  Miyazaki 宮崎
JP-20  Nagano 長野
JP-42  Nagasaki 長崎
JP-29  Nara 奈良
JP-15  Niigata 新潟
JP-44  Ôita 大分 Oita
JP-33  Okayama 岡山
JP-47  Okinawa 沖縄
JP-27  Ôsaka 大阪 Osaka
JP-41  Saga 佐賀
JP-11  Saitama 埼玉
JP-25  Siga 滋賀 Shiga
JP-32  Simane 島根 Shimane
JP-22  Sizuoka 静岡 Shizuoka
JP-12  Tiba 千葉 Chiba
JP-36  Tokusima 徳島 Tokushima
JP-13  Tôkyô 東京 Tokyo
JP-09  Totigi 栃木 Tochigi
JP-31  Tottori 鳥取
JP-16  Toyama 富山
JP-30  Wakayama 和歌山
JP-06  Yamagata 山形
JP-35  Yamaguti 山口 Yamaguchi
JP-19  Yamanasi 山梨 Yamanashi
Notes
  1. ^ For reference only, Japanese name in Kanji not included in the ISO 3166-2 standard.

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