Cities of Japan
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Cities in Japan are one of the basic local entities of the nation.[1]
Japan's smallest sub-national jurisdictions are sometimes grouped together. The term shichoson combines suffixes which recognize the municipalities,[1] including
- "city" (市, shi)[2]
- "town" (町, cho)
- "village" (村, son)
The small cities generally have populations of over 30,000.
There are three defined classes or categories of big cities.[3]
- Designated cites, population over 500,000[4]
- Core cities, population over 300,000[5]
- Special cities, population over 200,000[6]
Each of the largest cities does many of the things normally done by prefectures.[3]