List of metropolitan areas in Japan
2015 Population Census
The metropolitan areas written in bold are the 11 major metropolitan areas of Japan. 2015 MMA: Major Metropolitan Area MA: Metropolitan Area Source: Statistics Bureau of Japan

List of metropolitan areas in Japan

Section Title: 2015 Population Census
Table Section Text: The metropolitan areas written in bold are the 11 major metropolitan areas of Japan. 2015 MMA: Major Metropolitan Area MA: Metropolitan Area Source: Statistics Bureau of Japan

Rank	Area	Prefecture	Central City	Area Population

01	Kantō MMA	Tokyo, Kanagawa Prefecture, Saitama Prefecture, Chiba Prefecture, Ibaraki Prefecture, Tochigi Prefecture, Gunma Prefecture, Yamanashi Prefecture	23 special wards area, Yokohama, Sagamihara, Kawasaki, Chiba, Saitama	37,273,866

02	Keihanshin MMA	Osaka Prefecture, Kyoto Prefecture, Hyōgo Prefecture, Nara Prefecture, Shiga Prefecture, Wakayama Prefecture	Osaka, Sakai, Kobe, Kyoto	19,302,746

03	Chūkyō MMA	Aichi Prefecture, Gifu Prefecture, Mie Prefecture	Nagoya	9,363,221

04	Kitakyūshū-Fukuoka MMA	Fukuoka Prefecture	Fukuoka, Kitakyushu	5,538,142

05	Shizuoka-Hamamatsu MMA	Shizuoka Prefecture	Shizuoka, Hamamatsu	2,842,151

06	Sapporo MMA	Ishikari Subprefecture in Hokkaidō	Sapporo	2,636,254

07	Sendai MMA	Miyagi Prefecture	Sendai	2,256,964

08	Hiroshima MMA	Hiroshima Prefecture	Hiroshima	2,096,745

09	Utsunomiya MA	Tochigi Prefecture	Utsunomiya	1,655,673

10	Okayama MMA	Okayama Prefecture	Okayama	1,639,414

11	Kumamoto MMA	Kumamoto Prefecture	Kumamoto	1,492,975

12	Niigata MMA	Niigata Prefecture	Niigata	1,395,612

13	Kagoshima MA	Kagoshima Prefecture	Kagoshima	1,126,639

14	Matsuyama MA	Ehime Prefecture	Matsuyama	706,883

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Nagoya is the center of Japan's third-largest metropolitan region known as the Chūkyō metropolitan area.

final_sentence: Nagoya is the center of Japan's third-largest metropolitan region known as the Chūkyō metropolitan area.