page_title: List of metropolitan areas in Japan
hierarchical_section_title: List of metropolitan areas in Japan
caption_attribution_description: English: Map of the Kanto Major Metropolitan Area, one of the various definitions of Tokyo/Kanto. The definition is from Japan Statistic Bureau official website. [1]
context_page_description: This is a list of metropolitan areas in Japan by population as defined by the Statistics Bureau of Japan and the Center for Spatial Information Service of the University of Tokyo. The region containing most of the people in Japan between Tokyo and Fukuoka is often called the Taiheiyō Belt.
context_section_description: This is a list of metropolitan areas (都市圏, toshiken) in Japan by population as defined by the Statistics Bureau of Japan (SBJ) and the Center for Spatial Information Service of the University of Tokyo. The region containing most of the people in Japan between Tokyo and Fukuoka is often called the Taiheiyō Belt.
caption: Kantō Major Metropolitan Area
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