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Japan · JP / JPN / 392

JP
ISO 3166-1 JPN · 392

Japan is a eastern asia country in Asia. It has a population of 126,529,100, uses JPY, speaks Japanese.

Population 126,529,100
Area (km²) 377,930
Capital Tokyo
Region Eastern Asia

All facts

fields
ISO alpha-3
JPN
ISO numeric
392
Calling code
+81
TLD
.jp
Driving side
Currencies
JPY
Languages
jpn
Timezones
Flag
🇯🇵

Cities

page 1 of 44 · 2,174 total
Tokyo Tokyo 9,733,276
Yokohama Kanagawa 3,777,491
Osaka Osaka 2,753,862
Nagoya Aichi 2,332,176
Sapporo Hokkaido 1,973,832
Fukuoka Fukuoka 1,612,392
Kawasaki Kanagawa 1,538,262
Kobe Hyōgo 1,525,152
Kyoto Kyoto 1,463,723
Saitama Saitama 1,324,854
Hiroshima Hiroshima 1,200,754
Sendai Miyagi 1,096,704
Chiba Chiba 979,768
Kitakyushu Fukuoka 940,978
Setagaya Tokyo 940,071
Sakai Osaka 826,161
Niigata Niigata 797,591
Hamamatsu Shizuoka 791,707
Ōta Tokyo 748,081
Kumamoto Kumamoto 738,907
Aihara Kanagawa 725,493
Okayama Okayama 724,691
Sagamihara Kanagawa 720,780
Edogawe Tokyo 697,932
Adachi Tokyo 695,043
Shizuoka Shizuoka 693,389
Honchō Chiba 644,668
Kawaguchi Saitama 607,373
Kagoshima Kagoshima 595,049
Suginami Ibaraki 588,354
Itabashi Tokyo 584,483
Hachiōji Tokyo 579,355
Kotō Kumamoto 543,730
Himeji Hyōgo 530,495
Utsunomiya Tochigi 518,757
Matsuyama Ehime 511,192
Matsudo Chiba 498,575
Ichikawa Chiba 496,676
Higashiosaka Osaka 493,940
Nishinomiya Hyōgo 485,587
Kurashiki Okayama 483,576
Ōita Oita 477,715
Fukuyama Hiroshima 468,812
Kanazawa Ishikawa 466,029
Amagasaki Hyōgo 459,593
Katsushika Tokyo 453,093
Fujisawa Kanagawa 439,728
Kashiwa Chiba 433,436
Machida Tokyo 431,079
Toyota Aichi 426,162

Airports

top 20
FSZ
KCZ

Kochi Ryoma Airport

Large airport

KIX
OKJ

Okayama Momotaro Airport

Large airport

KOJ

Kagoshima Airport

Large airport

KKJ

Kitakyushu Airport

Large airport

NGS

Nagasaki Airport

Large airport

CTS

New Chitose Airport

Large airport

HKD

Hakodate Airport

Large airport

IBR

Ibaraki Airport

Large airport

HIJ

Hiroshima Airport

Large airport

UKB

Kobe Airport

Large airport

FUK

Fukuoka Airport

Large airport

NRT
KMI

Miyazaki Airport

Large airport

KMJ

Kumamoto Airport

Large airport

MYJ

Matsuyama Airport

Large airport

Universities

linked

FAQ

4 questions
What currency does Japan use?
JPY.
What languages are spoken in Japan?
Japanese.
What is the capital of Japan?
Tokyo.
How many cities are in Japan?
2,174 on record.

Get this page as JSON

no auth
cURL 200 OK
$ curl https://api.cityapi.org/v1/countries/JP

{
  "data": {
    "iso_alpha2": "JP",
    "iso_alpha3": "JPN",
    "iso_numeric": "392",
    "common_name": "Japan",
    "official_name": "Japan",
    "capital": "Tokyo",
    "region": "Asia",
    "subregion": "Eastern Asia",
    "population": 126529100,
    "flag_emoji": "🇯🇵",
    "car_side": null,
    "postal_code_format": null,
    "native_names": {},
    "calling_codes": [
      "+81"
    ],
    "tld": [
      ".jp",
      ".みんな"
    ],
    "flag_url": "/static/flags/jp.svg",
    "area": 377930.0,
    "latitude": 36.0,
    "longitude": 138.0,
    "languages": {
      "jpn": "Japanese"
    },
    "currencies": {
      "JPY": {
        "name": "Japanese yen",
        "symbol": "¥"
      }
    },
    "borders": [],
    "timezone_ids": []
  }
}
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