Japan

AsiaCapital city: TokyoCapital metro: TokyoEmperor: 👑 NaruhitoPrime Minister: Sanae Takaichi

2026 population

122.9M

Rank #11 globally

Area

378k km² (146k sq mi)

Metros tracked

92% of population in metros

Composite score

356.1

Rank #8 globally

At a glance

Official language: Japanese
Currency: Yen (¥)
Government: Constitutional monarchy
Legislature: National Diet
Demonym: Japanese
Time zones: Japan Standard Time, UTC+09:00
Driving side: Left
Calling code: +81
Internet TLD: .jp
ISO 3166: JP
Established: 1947
Highest point: Mount Fuji (3,777 m (12,392 ft))
National anthem: Kimigayo

Facts via Wikidata.

Economy and developmentHigh income

Human Dev. Index

#22 / 192

0.925

World Bank · 2023

GDP

★ #4 / 194

$4.44T

World Bank · 2025

GDP per capita

#34 / 194

$36.0k

World Bank · 2025

GDP/capita (PPP)

#38 / 191

$52.0k

World Bank · 2024

GNI/capita (Atlas)

#29 / 193

$38.3k

World Bank · 2025

Life expectancy

★ #8 / 195

84.0 yrs

World Bank · 2024

Median age

49.0 yrs

World Bank · 2023

Urban population

#15 / 195

92%

World Bank · 2025

Pop. growth

-0.5%

World Bank · 2025

Pop. density

#25 / 194

342/km²

World Bank · 2023

Foreign-born

#117 / 194

2.8%

World Bank · 2024

Rule of law

#20 / 175

0.96

World Bank · 2025

Gini index

#51 / 167

32.3

World Bank · 2020

Internet users

#78 / 194

86%

World Bank · 2024

Inflation

#93 / 186

3.2%

World Bank · 2025

Ranks are among sovereign countries with data; ★ marks a top-5% finish. Sources: World Bank Open Data and Our World in Data (UNDP, UN, V-Dem; CC BY 4.0). Each figure is the most recent year available.

Alliances & Organisations5 full memberships

Political & Economic

UN G7 G20 OECD

Regional

APEC

Full memberDashed border = Candidate / ApplicantItalic = Dialogue / Observer

Leadership History217 leaders · click to expand

Other

Sanae Takaichi✦ Current

2024–Present

Prime Minister

Tenure: 1y 7mLDP

Ishiba Shigeru

2024–2024

Prime Minister

Tenure: 1mLDP

Kishida Fumio

2021–2024

Prime Minister

Tenure: 2y 12mLDP

Suga Yoshihide

2020–2021

Prime Minister

Tenure: 1yLDP

Abe Shinzo

2012–2020

Prime Minister

Tenure: 7y 8mLDP

Noda Yoshihiko

2011–2012

Prime Minister

Tenure: 1y 3mDPJ

Kan Naoto

2010–2011

Prime Minister

Tenure: 1y 3mDPJ

Hatoyama Yukio

2009–2010

Prime Minister

Tenure: 8mDPJ

Aso Taro

2008–2009

Prime Minister

Tenure: 11mLDP

Fukuda Yasuo

2007–2008

Prime Minister

Tenure: 12mLDP

Abe Shinzo

2006–2007

Prime Minister

Tenure: 1yLDP

Koizumi Junichiro

2001–2006

Prime Minister

Tenure: 5y 5mLDP

Mori Yoshiro

2000–2001

Prime Minister

Tenure: 1yLDP

Obuchi Keizo

1998–2000

Prime Minister

Tenure: 1y 8mLDP

Hashimoto Ryutaro

1996–1998

Prime Minister

Tenure: 2y 6mLDP

Murayama Tomiichi

1994–1996

Prime Minister

Tenure: 1y 6mJapan Socialist Party

Hata Tsutomu

1994–1994

Prime Minister

Tenure: 2mShinseito

Hosokawa Morihiro

1993–1994

Prime Minister

Tenure: 8mJapan New Party

Miyazawa Kiichi

1991–1993

Prime Minister

Tenure: 1y 9mLDP

Kaifu Toshiki

1989–1991

Prime Minister

Tenure: 2y 2mLDP

Uno Sosuke

1989–1989

Prime Minister

Tenure: 2mLDP

Takeshita Noboru

1987–1989

Prime Minister

Tenure: 1y 7mLDP

Nakasone Yasuhiro

1982–1987

Prime Minister

Tenure: 4y 11mLDP

Suzuki Zenko

1980–1982

Prime Minister

Tenure: 2y 4mLDP

Ohira Masayoshi

1978–1980

Prime Minister

Tenure: 1y 6mLDP

Fukuda Takeo

1976–1978

Prime Minister

Tenure: 1y 11mLDP

Miki Takeo

1974–1976

Prime Minister

Tenure: 2yLDP

⚠️ Tanaka Kakuei

1972–1974

Prime Minister

Tenure: 2y 5mLDP

Sato Eisaku

1964–1972

Prime Minister

Tenure: 7y 8mLDP

Ikeda Hayato

1960–1964

Prime Minister

Tenure: 4y 3mLDP

Kishi Nobusuke

1957–1960

Prime Minister

Tenure: 3y 4mLDP

Ishibashi Tanzan

1956–1957

Prime Minister

Tenure: 2mLDP

Hatoyama Ichiro

1954–1956

Prime Minister

Tenure: 2yLDP

Yoshida Shigeru

1948–1954

Prime Minister

Tenure: 6y 1mLiberal

Ashida Hitoshi

1948–1948

Prime Minister

Tenure: 7mDemocratic Party

Katayama Tetsu

1947–1948

Prime Minister

Tenure: 9mJapan Socialist Party

Yoshida Shigeru

1946–1947

Prime Minister

Tenure: 1yLiberal

Shidehara Kijuro

1945–1946

Prime Minister

Tenure: 7mLiberal

Higashikuni Naruhiko

1945–1945

Prime Minister

Tenure: 1mImperial Family

Suzuki Kantaro

1945–1945

Prime Minister

Tenure: 4mMilitary/Navy

⚠️ Koiso Kuniaki

1944–1945

Prime Minister

Tenure: 8mMilitary

⚠️ Tojo Hideki

1941–1944

Prime Minister

Tenure: 2y 9mMilitary/IRAA

Konoe Fumimaro

1940–1941

Prime Minister

Tenure: 1y 2mIRAA

Yonai Mitsumasa

1940–1940

Prime Minister

Tenure: 6mMilitary/Navy

Abe Nobuyuki

1939–1940

Prime Minister

Tenure: 4mMilitary

⚠️ Hiranuma Kiichiro

1939–1939

Prime Minister

Tenure: 7mNon-party

Konoe Fumimaro

1937–1939

Prime Minister

Tenure: 1y 7mIRAA

Hayashi Senjuro

1937–1937

Prime Minister

Tenure: 4mMilitary

⚠️ Hirota Koki

1936–1937

Prime Minister

Tenure: 11mNon-party

Okada Keisuke

1934–1936

Prime Minister

Tenure: 1y 8mNon-party/Military

Saito Makoto

1932–1934

Prime Minister

Tenure: 2y 1mNon-party/Military

Inukai Tsuyoshi

1931–1932

Prime Minister

Tenure: 5mRikken Seiyukai

Wakatsuki Reijiro

1931–1931

Prime Minister

Tenure: 8mRikken Minseito

Hamaguchi Osachi

1929–1931

Prime Minister

Tenure: 1y 9mRikken Minseito

Tanaka Giichi

1927–1929

Prime Minister

Tenure: 2y 2mRikken Seiyukai

Wakatsuki Reijiro

1926–1927

Prime Minister

Tenure: 1y 2mRikken Minseito

Kato Takaakira

1924–1926

Prime Minister

Tenure: 1y 7mKenseikai

Kiyoura Keigo

1924–1924

Prime Minister

Tenure: 5mIndependent

Yamamoto Gonnohyoe

1923–1924

Prime Minister

Tenure: 4mIndependent

Kato Tomosaburo

1922–1923

Prime Minister

Tenure: 1y 3mIndependent

Takahashi Korekiyo

1921–1922

Prime Minister

Tenure: 7mRikken Seiyukai

Hara Takashi

1918–1921

Prime Minister

Tenure: 3y 1mRikken Seiyukai

Terauchi Masatake

1916–1918

Prime Minister

Tenure: 1y 11mIndependent/Military

Okuma Shigenobu

1914–1916

Prime Minister

Tenure: 2y 5mRikken Doshikai

Yamamoto Gonnohyoe

1913–1914

Prime Minister

Tenure: 1yIndependent

Katsura Taro

1912–1913

Prime Minister

Tenure: 2mGenro

Saionji Kinmochi

1911–1912

Prime Minister

Tenure: 1y 3mRikken Seiyukai

Katsura Taro

1908–1911

Prime Minister

Tenure: 3y 1mGenro

Saionji Kinmochi

1906–1908

Prime Minister

Tenure: 2y 6mRikken Seiyukai

Katsura Taro

1901–1906

Prime Minister

Tenure: 4y 8mGenro

Ito Hirobumi

1900–1901

Prime Minister

Tenure: 6mMeiji oligarch

Yamagata Aritomo

1898–1900

Prime Minister

Tenure: 1y 11mMeiji oligarch

Ito Hirobumi

1897–1898

Prime Minister

Tenure: 10mMeiji oligarch

Matsukata Masayoshi

1896–1897

Prime Minister

Tenure: 1y 1mMeiji oligarch

Ito Hirobumi

1892–1896

Prime Minister

Tenure: 4y 2mMeiji oligarch

Matsukata Masayoshi

1891–1892

Prime Minister

Tenure: 9mMeiji oligarch

Yamagata Aritomo

1889–1891

Prime Minister

Tenure: 2yMeiji oligarch

Kuroda Kiyotaka

1888–1889

Prime Minister

Tenure: 10mMeiji oligarch

Ito Hirobumi

1885–1888

Prime Minister

Tenure: 3yMeiji oligarch

Name	Role	Years	Tenure	Party
Sanae Takaichi✦ Current	Prime Minister	2024–Present	1y 7m	LDP
Ishiba Shigeru	Prime Minister	2024–2024	1m	LDP
Kishida Fumio	Prime Minister	2021–2024	2y 12m	LDP
Suga Yoshihide	Prime Minister	2020–2021	1y	LDP
Abe Shinzo	Prime Minister	2012–2020	7y 8m	LDP
Noda Yoshihiko	Prime Minister	2011–2012	1y 3m	DPJ
Kan Naoto	Prime Minister	2010–2011	1y 3m	DPJ
Hatoyama Yukio	Prime Minister	2009–2010	8m	DPJ
Aso Taro	Prime Minister	2008–2009	11m	LDP
Fukuda Yasuo	Prime Minister	2007–2008	12m	LDP
Abe Shinzo	Prime Minister	2006–2007	1y	LDP
Koizumi Junichiro	Prime Minister	2001–2006	5y 5m	LDP
Mori Yoshiro	Prime Minister	2000–2001	1y	LDP
Obuchi Keizo	Prime Minister	1998–2000	1y 8m	LDP
Hashimoto Ryutaro	Prime Minister	1996–1998	2y 6m	LDP
Murayama Tomiichi	Prime Minister	1994–1996	1y 6m	Japan Socialist Party
Hata Tsutomu	Prime Minister	1994–1994	2m	Shinseito
Hosokawa Morihiro	Prime Minister	1993–1994	8m	Japan New Party
Miyazawa Kiichi	Prime Minister	1991–1993	1y 9m	LDP
Kaifu Toshiki	Prime Minister	1989–1991	2y 2m	LDP
Uno Sosuke	Prime Minister	1989–1989	2m	LDP
Takeshita Noboru	Prime Minister	1987–1989	1y 7m	LDP
Nakasone Yasuhiro	Prime Minister	1982–1987	4y 11m	LDP
Suzuki Zenko	Prime Minister	1980–1982	2y 4m	LDP
Ohira Masayoshi	Prime Minister	1978–1980	1y 6m	LDP
Fukuda Takeo	Prime Minister	1976–1978	1y 11m	LDP
Miki Takeo	Prime Minister	1974–1976	2y	LDP
⚠️ Tanaka Kakuei	Prime Minister	1972–1974	2y 5m	LDP
Sato Eisaku	Prime Minister	1964–1972	7y 8m	LDP
Ikeda Hayato	Prime Minister	1960–1964	4y 3m	LDP
Kishi Nobusuke	Prime Minister	1957–1960	3y 4m	LDP
Ishibashi Tanzan	Prime Minister	1956–1957	2m	LDP
Hatoyama Ichiro	Prime Minister	1954–1956	2y	LDP
Yoshida Shigeru	Prime Minister	1948–1954	6y 1m	Liberal
Ashida Hitoshi	Prime Minister	1948–1948	7m	Democratic Party
Katayama Tetsu	Prime Minister	1947–1948	9m	Japan Socialist Party
Yoshida Shigeru	Prime Minister	1946–1947	1y	Liberal
Shidehara Kijuro	Prime Minister	1945–1946	7m	Liberal
Higashikuni Naruhiko	Prime Minister	1945–1945	1m	Imperial Family
Suzuki Kantaro	Prime Minister	1945–1945	4m	Military/Navy
⚠️ Koiso Kuniaki	Prime Minister	1944–1945	8m	Military
⚠️ Tojo Hideki	Prime Minister	1941–1944	2y 9m	Military/IRAA
Konoe Fumimaro	Prime Minister	1940–1941	1y 2m	IRAA
Yonai Mitsumasa	Prime Minister	1940–1940	6m	Military/Navy
Abe Nobuyuki	Prime Minister	1939–1940	4m	Military
⚠️ Hiranuma Kiichiro	Prime Minister	1939–1939	7m	Non-party
Konoe Fumimaro	Prime Minister	1937–1939	1y 7m	IRAA
Hayashi Senjuro	Prime Minister	1937–1937	4m	Military
⚠️ Hirota Koki	Prime Minister	1936–1937	11m	Non-party
Okada Keisuke	Prime Minister	1934–1936	1y 8m	Non-party/Military
Saito Makoto	Prime Minister	1932–1934	2y 1m	Non-party/Military
Inukai Tsuyoshi	Prime Minister	1931–1932	5m	Rikken Seiyukai
Wakatsuki Reijiro	Prime Minister	1931–1931	8m	Rikken Minseito
Hamaguchi Osachi	Prime Minister	1929–1931	1y 9m	Rikken Minseito
Tanaka Giichi	Prime Minister	1927–1929	2y 2m	Rikken Seiyukai
Wakatsuki Reijiro	Prime Minister	1926–1927	1y 2m	Rikken Minseito
Kato Takaakira	Prime Minister	1924–1926	1y 7m	Kenseikai
Kiyoura Keigo	Prime Minister	1924–1924	5m	Independent
Yamamoto Gonnohyoe	Prime Minister	1923–1924	4m	Independent
Kato Tomosaburo	Prime Minister	1922–1923	1y 3m	Independent
Takahashi Korekiyo	Prime Minister	1921–1922	7m	Rikken Seiyukai
Hara Takashi	Prime Minister	1918–1921	3y 1m	Rikken Seiyukai
Terauchi Masatake	Prime Minister	1916–1918	1y 11m	Independent/Military
Okuma Shigenobu	Prime Minister	1914–1916	2y 5m	Rikken Doshikai
Yamamoto Gonnohyoe	Prime Minister	1913–1914	1y	Independent
Katsura Taro	Prime Minister	1912–1913	2m	Genro
Saionji Kinmochi	Prime Minister	1911–1912	1y 3m	Rikken Seiyukai
Katsura Taro	Prime Minister	1908–1911	3y 1m	Genro
Saionji Kinmochi	Prime Minister	1906–1908	2y 6m	Rikken Seiyukai
Katsura Taro	Prime Minister	1901–1906	4y 8m	Genro
Ito Hirobumi	Prime Minister	1900–1901	6m	Meiji oligarch
Yamagata Aritomo	Prime Minister	1898–1900	1y 11m	Meiji oligarch
Ito Hirobumi	Prime Minister	1897–1898	10m	Meiji oligarch
Matsukata Masayoshi	Prime Minister	1896–1897	1y 1m	Meiji oligarch
Ito Hirobumi	Prime Minister	1892–1896	4y 2m	Meiji oligarch
Matsukata Masayoshi	Prime Minister	1891–1892	9m	Meiji oligarch
Yamagata Aritomo	Prime Minister	1889–1891	2y	Meiji oligarch
Kuroda Kiyotaka	Prime Minister	1888–1889	10m	Meiji oligarch
Ito Hirobumi	Prime Minister	1885–1888	3y	Meiji oligarch

Empire of Japan

👑 Naruhito✦ Current

2019–Present

Emperor

Tenure: 7y 2m 2d

👑 Akihito

1989–2019

Emperor

Tenure: 30y 3m 24d

👑 Shōwa (Hirohito)

1926–1989

Emperor

Tenure: 62y 13d

👑 Taishō

1912–1926

Emperor

Tenure: 14y 4m 25d

👑 Meiji

1867–1912

Emperor

Tenure: 45y 6m 0d

👑 Kōmei

1846–1867

Emperor

Tenure: 20y 11m 9d

👑 Ninkō

1817–1846

Emperor

Tenure: 28y 9m 14d

👑 Kōkaku

1780–1817

Emperor

Tenure: 37y 4m 6dyear-level dates

Name	Role	Years	Tenure	Party
👑 Naruhito✦ Current	Emperor	2019–Present	7y 2m 2d
👑 Akihito	Emperor	1989–2019	30y 3m 24d
👑 Shōwa (Hirohito)	Emperor	1926–1989	62y 13d
👑 Taishō	Emperor	1912–1926	14y 4m 25d
👑 Meiji	Emperor	1867–1912	45y 6m 0d
👑 Kōmei	Emperor	1846–1867	20y 11m 9d
👑 Ninkō	Emperor	1817–1846	28y 9m 14d
👑 Kōkaku	Emperor	1780–1817	37y 4m 6d	year-level dates

Tokugawa shogunate

Tokugawa Yoshinobu

1866–1868

Shogun

Tenure: 1y 4m 5d

Tokugawa Iemochi

1858–1866

Shogun

Tenure: 8y 15d

Tokugawa Iesada

1853–1858

Shogun

Tenure: 5y 18d

Tokugawa Ieyoshi

1837–1853

Shogun

Tenure: 16y 2m 19d

Tokugawa Ienari

1787–1837

Shogun

Tenure: 50y 4m 7dyear-level dates

Tokugawa Ieharu

1760–1787

Shogun

Tenure: 27y 0dyear-level backbone

Tokugawa Ieshige

1745–1760

Shogun

Tenure: 15y 0dyear-level backbone

Tokugawa Yoshimune

1716–1745

Shogun

Tenure: 29y 0dyear-level backbone

Tokugawa Ietsugu

1713–1716

Shogun

Tenure: 3y 0dyear-level backbone

Tokugawa Ienobu

1709–1713

Shogun

Tenure: 4y 0dyear-level backbone

Tokugawa Tsunayoshi

1680–1709

Shogun

Tenure: 29y 0dyear-level backbone

Tokugawa Ietsuna

1651–1680

Shogun

Tenure: 29y 0dyear-level backbone

Tokugawa Iemitsu

1623–1651

Shogun

Tenure: 28y 0dyear-level backbone

Tokugawa Hidetada

1605–1623

Shogun

Tenure: 18y 0dyear-level backbone

Tokugawa Ieyasu

1603–1605

Shogun

Tenure: 2y 0dyear-level backbone

Name	Role	Years	Tenure	Party
Tokugawa Yoshinobu	Shogun	1866–1868	1y 4m 5d
Tokugawa Iemochi	Shogun	1858–1866	8y 15d
Tokugawa Iesada	Shogun	1853–1858	5y 18d
Tokugawa Ieyoshi	Shogun	1837–1853	16y 2m 19d
Tokugawa Ienari	Shogun	1787–1837	50y 4m 7d	year-level dates
Tokugawa Ieharu	Shogun	1760–1787	27y 0d	year-level backbone
Tokugawa Ieshige	Shogun	1745–1760	15y 0d	year-level backbone
Tokugawa Yoshimune	Shogun	1716–1745	29y 0d	year-level backbone
Tokugawa Ietsugu	Shogun	1713–1716	3y 0d	year-level backbone
Tokugawa Ienobu	Shogun	1709–1713	4y 0d	year-level backbone
Tokugawa Tsunayoshi	Shogun	1680–1709	29y 0d	year-level backbone
Tokugawa Ietsuna	Shogun	1651–1680	29y 0d	year-level backbone
Tokugawa Iemitsu	Shogun	1623–1651	28y 0d	year-level backbone
Tokugawa Hidetada	Shogun	1605–1623	18y 0d	year-level backbone
Tokugawa Ieyasu	Shogun	1603–1605	2y 0d	year-level backbone

Edo period

👑 Go-Momozono

1771–1780

Emperor

Tenure: 9y 0dyear-level backbone

👑 Go-Sakuramachi

1762–1771

Empress

Tenure: 9y 0dyear-level backbone

👑 Momozono

1747–1762

Emperor

Tenure: 15y 0dyear-level backbone

👑 Sakuramachi

1735–1747

Emperor

Tenure: 12y 0dyear-level backbone

👑 Nakamikado

1709–1735

Emperor

Tenure: 26y 0dyear-level backbone

👑 Higashiyama

1687–1709

Emperor

Tenure: 22y 0dyear-level backbone

👑 Reigen

1663–1687

Emperor

Tenure: 24y 0dyear-level backbone

👑 Go-Sai

1655–1663

Emperor

Tenure: 8y 0dyear-level backbone

👑 Go-Kōmyō

1643–1655

Emperor

Tenure: 12y 0dyear-level backbone

👑 Meishō

1629–1643

Empress

Tenure: 14y 0dyear-level backbone

👑 Go-Mizunoo

1611–1629

Emperor

Tenure: 18y 0dyear-level backbone

Name	Role	Years	Tenure	Party
👑 Go-Momozono	Emperor	1771–1780	9y 0d	year-level backbone
👑 Go-Sakuramachi	Empress	1762–1771	9y 0d	year-level backbone
👑 Momozono	Emperor	1747–1762	15y 0d	year-level backbone
👑 Sakuramachi	Emperor	1735–1747	12y 0d	year-level backbone
👑 Nakamikado	Emperor	1709–1735	26y 0d	year-level backbone
👑 Higashiyama	Emperor	1687–1709	22y 0d	year-level backbone
👑 Reigen	Emperor	1663–1687	24y 0d	year-level backbone
👑 Go-Sai	Emperor	1655–1663	8y 0d	year-level backbone
👑 Go-Kōmyō	Emperor	1643–1655	12y 0d	year-level backbone
👑 Meishō	Empress	1629–1643	14y 0d	year-level backbone
👑 Go-Mizunoo	Emperor	1611–1629	18y 0d	year-level backbone

Azuchi-Momoyama period

👑 Go-Yōzei

1586–1611

Emperor

Tenure: 25y 0dyear-level backbone

Name	Role	Years	Tenure	Party
👑 Go-Yōzei	Emperor	1586–1611	25y 0d	year-level backbone

Ashikaga shogunate

Ashikaga Yoshiaki

1568–1573

Shogun

Tenure: 5y 0dyear-level backbone

Ashikaga Yoshihide

1568–1568

Shogun

Tenure: 0y 0dyear-level backbone

Ashikaga Yoshiteru

1547–1568

Shogun

Tenure: 21y 0dyear-level backbone

Ashikaga Yoshiharu

1522–1547

Shogun

Tenure: 25y 0dyear-level backbone

Ashikaga Yoshitane

1508–1522

Shogun

Tenure: 14y 0dyear-level backbone

Ashikaga Yoshizumi

1495–1508

Shogun

Tenure: 13y 0dyear-level backbone

Ashikaga Yoshitane

1490–1495

Shogun

Tenure: 5y 0dyear-level backbone

Ashikaga Yoshihisa

1474–1490

Shogun

Tenure: 16y 0dyear-level backbone

Ashikaga Yoshimasa

1449–1474

Shogun

Tenure: 25y 0dyear-level backbone

Ashikaga Yoshikatsu

1442–1449

Shogun

Tenure: 7y 0dyear-level backbone

Ashikaga Yoshinori

1429–1442

Shogun

Tenure: 13y 0dyear-level backbone

Ashikaga Yoshikazu

1423–1429

Shogun

Tenure: 6y 0dyear-level backbone

Ashikaga Yoshimochi

1395–1423

Shogun

Tenure: 28y 0dyear-level backbone

Ashikaga Yoshimitsu

1369–1395

Shogun

Tenure: 26y 0dyear-level backbone

Ashikaga Yoshiakira

1359–1369

Shogun

Tenure: 10y 0dyear-level backbone

Ashikaga Takauji

1338–1359

Shogun

Tenure: 21y 0dyear-level backbone

Name	Role	Years	Tenure	Party
Ashikaga Yoshiaki	Shogun	1568–1573	5y 0d	year-level backbone
Ashikaga Yoshihide	Shogun	1568–1568	0y 0d	year-level backbone
Ashikaga Yoshiteru	Shogun	1547–1568	21y 0d	year-level backbone
Ashikaga Yoshiharu	Shogun	1522–1547	25y 0d	year-level backbone
Ashikaga Yoshitane	Shogun	1508–1522	14y 0d	year-level backbone
Ashikaga Yoshizumi	Shogun	1495–1508	13y 0d	year-level backbone
Ashikaga Yoshitane	Shogun	1490–1495	5y 0d	year-level backbone
Ashikaga Yoshihisa	Shogun	1474–1490	16y 0d	year-level backbone
Ashikaga Yoshimasa	Shogun	1449–1474	25y 0d	year-level backbone
Ashikaga Yoshikatsu	Shogun	1442–1449	7y 0d	year-level backbone
Ashikaga Yoshinori	Shogun	1429–1442	13y 0d	year-level backbone
Ashikaga Yoshikazu	Shogun	1423–1429	6y 0d	year-level backbone
Ashikaga Yoshimochi	Shogun	1395–1423	28y 0d	year-level backbone
Ashikaga Yoshimitsu	Shogun	1369–1395	26y 0d	year-level backbone
Ashikaga Yoshiakira	Shogun	1359–1369	10y 0d	year-level backbone
Ashikaga Takauji	Shogun	1338–1359	21y 0d	year-level backbone

Muromachi period

👑 Ōgimachi

1557–1586

Emperor

Tenure: 29y 0dyear-level backbone

👑 Go-Nara

1526–1557

Emperor

Tenure: 31y 0dyear-level backbone

👑 Go-Kashiwabara

1500–1526

Emperor

Tenure: 26y 0dyear-level backbone

👑 Go-Tsuchimikado

1464–1500

Emperor

Tenure: 36y 0dyear-level backbone

👑 Go-Hanazono

1428–1464

Emperor

Tenure: 36y 0dyear-level backbone

👑 Shōkō

1412–1428

Emperor

Tenure: 16y 0dyear-level backbone

👑 Go-Komatsu

1392–1412

Emperor

Tenure: 20y 0dyear-level backbone

👑 Go-Kameyama

1383–1392

Emperor

Tenure: 9y 0dyear-level backbone

👑 Chōkei

1368–1383

Emperor

Tenure: 15y 0dyear-level backbone

👑 Go-Murakami

1339–1368

Emperor

Tenure: 29y 0dyear-level backbone

Name	Role	Years	Tenure	Party
👑 Ōgimachi	Emperor	1557–1586	29y 0d	year-level backbone
👑 Go-Nara	Emperor	1526–1557	31y 0d	year-level backbone
👑 Go-Kashiwabara	Emperor	1500–1526	26y 0d	year-level backbone
👑 Go-Tsuchimikado	Emperor	1464–1500	36y 0d	year-level backbone
👑 Go-Hanazono	Emperor	1428–1464	36y 0d	year-level backbone
👑 Shōkō	Emperor	1412–1428	16y 0d	year-level backbone
👑 Go-Komatsu	Emperor	1392–1412	20y 0d	year-level backbone
👑 Go-Kameyama	Emperor	1383–1392	9y 0d	year-level backbone
👑 Chōkei	Emperor	1368–1383	15y 0d	year-level backbone
👑 Go-Murakami	Emperor	1339–1368	29y 0d	year-level backbone

Kamakura period

👑 Go-Daigo

1318–1339

Emperor

Tenure: 21y 0dyear-level backbone

👑 Hanazono

1308–1318

Emperor

Tenure: 10y 0dyear-level backbone

👑 Go-Nijō

1301–1308

Emperor

Tenure: 7y 0dyear-level backbone

👑 Go-Fushimi

1298–1301

Emperor

Tenure: 3y 0dyear-level backbone

👑 Fushimi

1287–1298

Emperor

Tenure: 11y 0dyear-level backbone

👑 Go-Uda

1274–1287

Emperor

Tenure: 13y 0dyear-level backbone

👑 Kameyama

1260–1274

Emperor

Tenure: 14y 0dyear-level backbone

👑 Go-Fukakusa

1246–1260

Emperor

Tenure: 14y 0dyear-level backbone

👑 Go-Saga

1242–1246

Emperor

Tenure: 4y 0dyear-level backbone

👑 Shijō

1232–1242

Emperor

Tenure: 10y 0dyear-level backbone

👑 Go-Horikawa

1221–1232

Emperor

Tenure: 11y 0dyear-level backbone

👑 Chūkyō

1221–1221

Emperor

Tenure: 0y 0dyear-level backbone

👑 Juntoku

1210–1221

Emperor

Tenure: 11y 0dyear-level backbone

👑 Tsuchimikado

1198–1210

Emperor

Tenure: 12y 0dyear-level backbone

👑 Go-Toba

1183–1198

Emperor

Tenure: 15y 0dyear-level backbone

Name	Role	Years	Tenure	Party
👑 Go-Daigo	Emperor	1318–1339	21y 0d	year-level backbone
👑 Hanazono	Emperor	1308–1318	10y 0d	year-level backbone
👑 Go-Nijō	Emperor	1301–1308	7y 0d	year-level backbone
👑 Go-Fushimi	Emperor	1298–1301	3y 0d	year-level backbone
👑 Fushimi	Emperor	1287–1298	11y 0d	year-level backbone
👑 Go-Uda	Emperor	1274–1287	13y 0d	year-level backbone
👑 Kameyama	Emperor	1260–1274	14y 0d	year-level backbone
👑 Go-Fukakusa	Emperor	1246–1260	14y 0d	year-level backbone
👑 Go-Saga	Emperor	1242–1246	4y 0d	year-level backbone
👑 Shijō	Emperor	1232–1242	10y 0d	year-level backbone
👑 Go-Horikawa	Emperor	1221–1232	11y 0d	year-level backbone
👑 Chūkyō	Emperor	1221–1221	0y 0d	year-level backbone
👑 Juntoku	Emperor	1210–1221	11y 0d	year-level backbone
👑 Tsuchimikado	Emperor	1198–1210	12y 0d	year-level backbone
👑 Go-Toba	Emperor	1183–1198	15y 0d	year-level backbone

Kamakura shogunate

Prince Morikuni

1308–1333

Shogun

Tenure: 25y 0dyear-level backbone

Prince Hisaaki

1289–1308

Shogun

Tenure: 19y 0dyear-level backbone

Prince Koreyasu

1266–1289

Shogun

Tenure: 23y 0dyear-level backbone

Prince Munetaka

1252–1266

Shogun

Tenure: 14y 0dyear-level backbone

Kujō Yoritsugu

1244–1252

Shogun

Tenure: 8y 0dyear-level backbone

Kujō Yoritsune

1226–1244

Shogun

Tenure: 18y 0dyear-level backbone

Minamoto no Sanetomo

1203–1226

Shogun

Tenure: 23y 0dyear-level backbone

Minamoto no Yoriie

1202–1203

Shogun

Tenure: 1y 0dyear-level backbone

Minamoto no Yoritomo

1192–1202

Shogun

Tenure: 10y 0dyear-level backbone

Name	Role	Years	Tenure	Party
Prince Morikuni	Shogun	1308–1333	25y 0d	year-level backbone
Prince Hisaaki	Shogun	1289–1308	19y 0d	year-level backbone
Prince Koreyasu	Shogun	1266–1289	23y 0d	year-level backbone
Prince Munetaka	Shogun	1252–1266	14y 0d	year-level backbone
Kujō Yoritsugu	Shogun	1244–1252	8y 0d	year-level backbone
Kujō Yoritsune	Shogun	1226–1244	18y 0d	year-level backbone
Minamoto no Sanetomo	Shogun	1203–1226	23y 0d	year-level backbone
Minamoto no Yoriie	Shogun	1202–1203	1y 0d	year-level backbone
Minamoto no Yoritomo	Shogun	1192–1202	10y 0d	year-level backbone

Heian period

👑 Antoku

1180–1183

Emperor

Tenure: 3y 0dyear-level backbone

👑 Takakura

1168–1180

Emperor

Tenure: 12y 0dyear-level backbone

👑 Rokujō

1165–1168

Emperor

Tenure: 3y 0dyear-level backbone

👑 Nijō

1158–1165

Emperor

Tenure: 7y 0dyear-level backbone

👑 Go-Shirakawa

1155–1158

Emperor

Tenure: 3y 0dyear-level backbone

👑 Konoe

1142–1155

Emperor

Tenure: 13y 0dyear-level backbone

👑 Sutoku

1123–1142

Emperor

Tenure: 19y 0dyear-level backbone

👑 Toba

1107–1123

Emperor

Tenure: 16y 0dyear-level backbone

👑 Horikawa

1087–1107

Emperor

Tenure: 20y 0dyear-level backbone

👑 Shirakawa

1073–1087

Emperor

Tenure: 14y 0dyear-level backbone

👑 Go-Sanjō

1068–1073

Emperor

Tenure: 5y 0dyear-level backbone

👑 Go-Reizei

1045–1068

Emperor

Tenure: 23y 0dyear-level backbone

👑 Go-Suzaku

1036–1045

Emperor

Tenure: 9y 0dyear-level backbone

👑 Go-Ichijō

1016–1036

Emperor

Tenure: 20y 0dyear-level backbone

👑 Sanjō

1011–1016

Emperor

Tenure: 5y 0dyear-level backbone

👑 Ichijō

986–1011

Emperor

Tenure: 25y 0dyear-level backbone

👑 Kazan

984–986

Emperor

Tenure: 2y 0dyear-level backbone

👑 En'yū

969–984

Emperor

Tenure: 15y 0dyear-level backbone

👑 Reizei

967–969

Emperor

Tenure: 2y 0dyear-level backbone

👑 Murakami

946–967

Emperor

Tenure: 21y 0dyear-level backbone

👑 Suzaku

930–946

Emperor

Tenure: 16y 0dyear-level backbone

👑 Daigo

897–930

Emperor

Tenure: 33y 0dyear-level backbone

👑 Uda

887–897

Emperor

Tenure: 10y 0dyear-level backbone

👑 Kōkō

884–887

Emperor

Tenure: 3y 0dyear-level backbone

👑 Yōzei

876–884

Emperor

Tenure: 8y 0dyear-level backbone

👑 Seiwa

858–876

Emperor

Tenure: 18y 0dyear-level backbone

👑 Montoku

850–858

Emperor

Tenure: 8y 0dyear-level backbone

👑 Ninmyō

833–850

Emperor

Tenure: 17y 0dyear-level backbone

👑 Junna

823–833

Emperor

Tenure: 10y 0dyear-level backbone

👑 Saga

809–823

Emperor

Tenure: 14y 0dyear-level backbone

👑 Heizei

806–809

Emperor

Tenure: 3y 0dyear-level backbone

👑 Kanmu

781–806

Emperor

Tenure: 25y 0dyear-level backbone

Name	Role	Years	Tenure	Party
👑 Antoku	Emperor	1180–1183	3y 0d	year-level backbone
👑 Takakura	Emperor	1168–1180	12y 0d	year-level backbone
👑 Rokujō	Emperor	1165–1168	3y 0d	year-level backbone
👑 Nijō	Emperor	1158–1165	7y 0d	year-level backbone
👑 Go-Shirakawa	Emperor	1155–1158	3y 0d	year-level backbone
👑 Konoe	Emperor	1142–1155	13y 0d	year-level backbone
👑 Sutoku	Emperor	1123–1142	19y 0d	year-level backbone
👑 Toba	Emperor	1107–1123	16y 0d	year-level backbone
👑 Horikawa	Emperor	1087–1107	20y 0d	year-level backbone
👑 Shirakawa	Emperor	1073–1087	14y 0d	year-level backbone
👑 Go-Sanjō	Emperor	1068–1073	5y 0d	year-level backbone
👑 Go-Reizei	Emperor	1045–1068	23y 0d	year-level backbone
👑 Go-Suzaku	Emperor	1036–1045	9y 0d	year-level backbone
👑 Go-Ichijō	Emperor	1016–1036	20y 0d	year-level backbone
👑 Sanjō	Emperor	1011–1016	5y 0d	year-level backbone
👑 Ichijō	Emperor	986–1011	25y 0d	year-level backbone
👑 Kazan	Emperor	984–986	2y 0d	year-level backbone
👑 En'yū	Emperor	969–984	15y 0d	year-level backbone
👑 Reizei	Emperor	967–969	2y 0d	year-level backbone
👑 Murakami	Emperor	946–967	21y 0d	year-level backbone
👑 Suzaku	Emperor	930–946	16y 0d	year-level backbone
👑 Daigo	Emperor	897–930	33y 0d	year-level backbone
👑 Uda	Emperor	887–897	10y 0d	year-level backbone
👑 Kōkō	Emperor	884–887	3y 0d	year-level backbone
👑 Yōzei	Emperor	876–884	8y 0d	year-level backbone
👑 Seiwa	Emperor	858–876	18y 0d	year-level backbone
👑 Montoku	Emperor	850–858	8y 0d	year-level backbone
👑 Ninmyō	Emperor	833–850	17y 0d	year-level backbone
👑 Junna	Emperor	823–833	10y 0d	year-level backbone
👑 Saga	Emperor	809–823	14y 0d	year-level backbone
👑 Heizei	Emperor	806–809	3y 0d	year-level backbone
👑 Kanmu	Emperor	781–806	25y 0d	year-level backbone

Nara period

👑 Kōnin

770–781

Emperor

Tenure: 11y 0dyear-level backbone

👑 Shōtoku

764–770

Empress

Tenure: 6y 0dyear-level backbone

👑 Junnin

758–764

Emperor

Tenure: 6y 0dyear-level backbone

👑 Kōken

749–758

Empress

Tenure: 9y 0dyear-level backbone

👑 Shōmu

724–749

Emperor

Tenure: 25y 0dyear-level backbone

👑 Genshō

715–724

Empress

Tenure: 9y 0dyear-level backbone

👑 Genmei

707–715

Empress

Tenure: 8y 0dyear-level backbone

Name	Role	Years	Tenure	Party
👑 Kōnin	Emperor	770–781	11y 0d	year-level backbone
👑 Shōtoku	Empress	764–770	6y 0d	year-level backbone
👑 Junnin	Emperor	758–764	6y 0d	year-level backbone
👑 Kōken	Empress	749–758	9y 0d	year-level backbone
👑 Shōmu	Emperor	724–749	25y 0d	year-level backbone
👑 Genshō	Empress	715–724	9y 0d	year-level backbone
👑 Genmei	Empress	707–715	8y 0d	year-level backbone

Asuka period

👑 Monmu

697–707

Emperor

Tenure: 10y 0dyear-level backbone

👑 Jitō

687–697

Empress

Tenure: 10y 0dyear-level backbone

👑 Tenmu

673–687

Emperor

Tenure: 14y 0dyear-level backbone

👑 Kōbun

672–673

Emperor

Tenure: 1y 0dyear-level backbone

👑 Tenji

662–672

Emperor

Tenure: 10y 0dyear-level backbone

👑 Saimei

655–662

Empress

Tenure: 7y 0dyear-level backbone

👑 Kōtoku

645–655

Emperor

Tenure: 10y 0dyear-level backbone

👑 Kōgyoku

642–645

Empress

Tenure: 3y 0dyear-level backbone

👑 Jomei

629–642

Emperor

Tenure: 13y 0dyear-level backbone

👑 Suiko

593–629

Empress

Tenure: 36y 0dyear-level backbone

👑 Sushun

587–593

Emperor

Tenure: 6y 0dyear-level backbone

👑 Yōmei

586–587

Emperor

Tenure: 1y 0dyear-level backbone

👑 Bidatsu

572–586

Emperor

Tenure: 14y 0dyear-level backbone

👑 Kinmei

539–572

Emperor

Tenure: 33y 0dyear-level backbone

Name	Role	Years	Tenure	Party
👑 Monmu	Emperor	697–707	10y 0d	year-level backbone
👑 Jitō	Empress	687–697	10y 0d	year-level backbone
👑 Tenmu	Emperor	673–687	14y 0d	year-level backbone
👑 Kōbun	Emperor	672–673	1y 0d	year-level backbone
👑 Tenji	Emperor	662–672	10y 0d	year-level backbone
👑 Saimei	Empress	655–662	7y 0d	year-level backbone
👑 Kōtoku	Emperor	645–655	10y 0d	year-level backbone
👑 Kōgyoku	Empress	642–645	3y 0d	year-level backbone
👑 Jomei	Emperor	629–642	13y 0d	year-level backbone
👑 Suiko	Empress	593–629	36y 0d	year-level backbone
👑 Sushun	Emperor	587–593	6y 0d	year-level backbone
👑 Yōmei	Emperor	586–587	1y 0d	year-level backbone
👑 Bidatsu	Emperor	572–586	14y 0d	year-level backbone
👑 Kinmei	Emperor	539–572	33y 0d	year-level backbone

Power over timeThe Power Atlas →

Today

Middle Power#7 · 3.0%

Latent vs recognised

Punches above its mass — standing beats material weight

Power (headline share)Latent (material mass)Recognised (standing)

Japan · share of world power, 1500–2026

The powerline is the headline share of world power, running from the state’s first ranked year (benchmark estimates with wide error bars before 1816). Latent power is material mass a state could mobilise (population, manpower, heavy industry). Recognised power is what the system actually treats it as (military spending, productive economy, reach, and status such as a Security Council seat or nuclear arsenal). When latent runs above recognised, a power is rising or under-rated; when recognised runs higher, it is punching above its weight or coasting on prestige. Material sub-indices run 1816 through 2016.

Billionaires41 · $232.7B combined · click to expand

#30Masayoshi Son$66.3B

Finance & InvestmentsTelecom, Investments

#32Tadashi Yanai & family$64.6B

Fashion & RetailFashion retail

#116Takemitsu Takizaki$23.2B

ManufacturingSensors

#667Yasumitsu Shigeta$6.2B

TelecomMobile phone retailer

#868Takao Yasuda$4.9B

Fashion & RetailRetail

#946Akira Mori & family(inherited)$4.5B

Real EstateReal estate

#1153Masahiro Miki$3.7B

Fashion & RetailShoes

#1177Hiroshi Mikitani$3.6B

Fashion & RetailOnline retail

#1196Takahisa Takahara(inherited)$3.6B

Fashion & RetailPersonal care goods

#1297Masahiro Noda$3.3B

TechnologySoftware

#1375Kagemasa Kozuki$3.1B

Media & EntertainmentVideo games

#1422Yuji Otsuka(inherited)$3.0B

TechnologyCopy machines, software

#1658Masaaki Arai$2.5B

Real EstateReal estate

#1740Shigenobu Nagamori$2.4B

ManufacturingMotors

#1835Katsumi Tada$2.3B

Real EstateReal estate

#1931Akio Nitori$2.2B

Fashion & RetailHome furnishings

#2189Hiroshi Ishibashi(inherited)$1.9B

AutomotiveTires

#2190Hisao Nagata(inherited)$1.9B

Fashion & RetailRetail

#2235Yasuhiro Fukushima$1.9B

Media & EntertainmentVideo games

#2260Masateru Uno & family$1.8B

Fashion & RetailDrugstores

#2345Fumio Kaneko$1.8B

ServiceWaste management

#2472Yoshiaki Yoshida$1.6B

Fashion & RetailCosmetics

#2571Yusaku Maezawa$1.6B

TechnologyOnline retail

#2653Fumio Sakiya(inherited)$1.5B

ManufacturingManufacturing

#2929Nobutada Saji(inherited)$1.3B

Food & BeverageBeverages

#2982Kenzo Tsujimoto$1.3B

Media & EntertainmentVideo games

#3085Hajime Satomi$1.2B

Gambling & CasinosVideo games, Pachinko

#3110Junro Ito(inherited)$1.2B

Fashion & RetailRetail

#3138Hisako Yamamoto(inherited)$1.2B

Fashion & RetailRetail

#3138Yasuhisa Ito(inherited)$1.2B

Fashion & RetailRetail

#3167Yasuhide Uno(inherited)$1.1B

TechnologyPayment services

#3170Shigefumi Wada$1.1B

TechnologySoftware

#3182Hideyuki Busujima(inherited)$1.1B

Gambling & CasinosPachinko machines

#3198Hiroyuki Inoue(inherited)$1.1B

ManufacturingSteel products

#3203Eiichi Kuriwada(inherited)$1.1B

LogisticsPackage delivery

#3272Ryuji Arai$1.1B

Fashion & RetailElectronics Retail

#3274Keiko Erikawa$1.1B

Media & EntertainmentVideo games

#3276Yoichi Erikawa$1.1B

Media & EntertainmentVideo games

#3292Takaya Awata$1.1B

Food & BeverageRestaurants

#3311Shintaro Yamada$1.0B

Technologymobile apps

#3354Tsuyoshi Matsushita(inherited)$1.0B

Fashion & Retailfitness products

#	Name	Net worth	Industry	Source
30	Masayoshi Son	$66.3B	Finance & Investments	Telecom, Investments
32	Tadashi Yanai & family	$64.6B	Fashion & Retail	Fashion retail
116	Takemitsu Takizaki	$23.2B	Manufacturing	Sensors
667	Yasumitsu Shigeta	$6.2B	Telecom	Mobile phone retailer
868	Takao Yasuda	$4.9B	Fashion & Retail	Retail
946	Akira Mori & family(inherited)	$4.5B	Real Estate	Real estate
1153	Masahiro Miki	$3.7B	Fashion & Retail	Shoes
1177	Hiroshi Mikitani	$3.6B	Fashion & Retail	Online retail
1196	Takahisa Takahara(inherited)	$3.6B	Fashion & Retail	Personal care goods
1297	Masahiro Noda	$3.3B	Technology	Software
1375	Kagemasa Kozuki	$3.1B	Media & Entertainment	Video games
1422	Yuji Otsuka(inherited)	$3.0B	Technology	Copy machines, software
1658	Masaaki Arai	$2.5B	Real Estate	Real estate
1740	Shigenobu Nagamori	$2.4B	Manufacturing	Motors
1835	Katsumi Tada	$2.3B	Real Estate	Real estate
1931	Akio Nitori	$2.2B	Fashion & Retail	Home furnishings
2189	Hiroshi Ishibashi(inherited)	$1.9B	Automotive	Tires
2190	Hisao Nagata(inherited)	$1.9B	Fashion & Retail	Retail
2235	Yasuhiro Fukushima	$1.9B	Media & Entertainment	Video games
2260	Masateru Uno & family	$1.8B	Fashion & Retail	Drugstores
2345	Fumio Kaneko	$1.8B	Service	Waste management
2472	Yoshiaki Yoshida	$1.6B	Fashion & Retail	Cosmetics
2571	Yusaku Maezawa	$1.6B	Technology	Online retail
2653	Fumio Sakiya(inherited)	$1.5B	Manufacturing	Manufacturing
2929	Nobutada Saji(inherited)	$1.3B	Food & Beverage	Beverages
2982	Kenzo Tsujimoto	$1.3B	Media & Entertainment	Video games
3085	Hajime Satomi	$1.2B	Gambling & Casinos	Video games, Pachinko
3110	Junro Ito(inherited)	$1.2B	Fashion & Retail	Retail
3138	Hisako Yamamoto(inherited)	$1.2B	Fashion & Retail	Retail
3138	Yasuhisa Ito(inherited)	$1.2B	Fashion & Retail	Retail
3167	Yasuhide Uno(inherited)	$1.1B	Technology	Payment services
3170	Shigefumi Wada	$1.1B	Technology	Software
3182	Hideyuki Busujima(inherited)	$1.1B	Gambling & Casinos	Pachinko machines
3198	Hiroyuki Inoue(inherited)	$1.1B	Manufacturing	Steel products
3203	Eiichi Kuriwada(inherited)	$1.1B	Logistics	Package delivery
3272	Ryuji Arai	$1.1B	Fashion & Retail	Electronics Retail
3274	Keiko Erikawa	$1.1B	Media & Entertainment	Video games
3276	Yoichi Erikawa	$1.1B	Media & Entertainment	Video games
3292	Takaya Awata	$1.1B	Food & Beverage	Restaurants
3311	Shintaro Yamada	$1.0B	Technology	mobile apps
3354	Tsuyoshi Matsushita(inherited)	$1.0B	Fashion & Retail	fitness products

Source: Forbes real-time billionaires (via the rtb-api project). Net worth as of the latest monthly snapshot.

National Teams

Japan on the international stage. Click a card for the full record.

National Teams Champions

Every major championship won by Japan's national teams, newest first. 9 in total.

Japan

2023· 2023-03-21

World Baseball Classic

Japan

2011· 2011-01-29

AFC Asian Cup

Japan

2011

FIFA Women's World Cup

Japan

2009· 2009-03-23

World Baseball Classic

Japan

2006· 2006-03-20

World Baseball Classic

Japan

2004· 2004-08-07

AFC Asian Cup

Japan

2000· 2000-10-29

AFC Asian Cup

Japan

1992· 1992-11-08

AFC Asian Cup

Japan

1972

Olympic men's volleyball

Year	Date	Champion	Competition
2023	2023-03-21	Japan	World Baseball Classic
2011	2011-01-29	Japan	AFC Asian Cup
2011	—	Japan	FIFA Women's World Cup
2009	2009-03-23	Japan	World Baseball Classic
2006	2006-03-20	Japan	World Baseball Classic
2004	2004-08-07	Japan	AFC Asian Cup
2000	2000-10-29	Japan	AFC Asian Cup
1992	1992-11-08	Japan	AFC Asian Cup
1972	—	Japan	Olympic men's volleyball

League Hubs

Domestic league portals that operate in Japan: 3 leagues.

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Elections

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Asia's first parliament, the 1955 system and the LDP's seven decades of dominance.

Prefectures

47 entries listed under Japan. Click any to see its metros and footprint.

Japan metro footprint

59 metros

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Polygons shaded by composite tier. Hover for rank, click to open the metro page. Boundaries derived from Overture Maps administrative divisions; metros without source coverage are omitted.

59 tracked metros

#4Tokyo★ Capital▲ Largest

133.4

40.3MGlobal Capital

Tokyo · Kanagawa · Saitama

#14Osaka-Kyoto-Kobe

75.1

18.1MContinental Metro

Osaka · Hyogo · Kyoto

#78Nagoya

34.2

10.6MMajor Metro

Aichi · Mie · Gifu

#168Fukuoka

16.8

2.6MRegional Hub

Fukuoka

#176Hiroshima

15.8

2.3MRegional Hub

Hiroshima

#195Sapporo

14.5

2.7MRegional Hub

Hokkaido

#239Sendai

11.7

2.3MRegional Hub

Miyagi

#368Naha

6.7

1.5MEstablished Metro

Okinawa

#461Okayama

5.2

2.3MEstablished Metro

Okayama · Hiroshima

#544Shizuoka

4.2

1.1MEmerging Metro

Shizuoka

#563Utsunomiya

4.0

1.0MEmerging Metro

Tochigi

#654Takamatsu

3.1

950KEmerging Metro

Kagawa

#675Nagasaki

3.0

543KEmerging Metro

Nagasaki

#695Toyama

2.9

1.0MEmerging Metro

Toyama

#722Kagoshima

2.7

1.6MEmerging Metro

Kagoshima

#728Nagano

2.6

734KEmerging Metro

Nagano

#757Kitakyushu

2.5

1.9MEmerging Metro

Fukuoka · Yamaguchi

#773Hamamatsu

2.4

1.4MEmerging Metro

Shizuoka

#805Kanazawa

2.3

1.1MEmerging Metro

Ishikawa

#815Numazu

2.2

517KEmerging Metro

Shizuoka

#999Fukui

1.6

767KEmerging Metro

Fukui

#1026Niigata

1.5

789KEmerging Metro

Niigata

#1060Mito

1.5

794KEmerging Metro

Ibaraki

#1121Kumamoto

1.3

1.7MEmerging Metro

Kumamoto

#1193Matsuyama

1.2

630KEmerging Metro

Ehime

#1305Fukushima

1.0

427KEmerging Metro

Fukushima

#1439Akita

0.9

386KLocal Metro

Akita

#1444Oita

0.9

1.1MLocal Metro

Oita

#1517Asahikawa

0.8

416KLocal Metro

Hokkaido

#1560Sasebo

0.7

259KLocal Metro

Nagasaki

#1596Yamagata

0.7

574KLocal Metro

Yamagata

#1619Shima

0.7

46KLocal Metro

Mie

#1672Kurume

0.6

1.1MLocal Metro

Fukuoka · Saga

#1698Miyazaki

0.6

1.1MLocal Metro

Miyazaki

#1721Yamaguchi

0.6

308KLocal Metro

Yamaguchi

#1959Matsue

0.4

594KLocal Metro

Shimane

#1960Aomori

0.4

592KLocal Metro

Aomori

#1998Matsumoto

0.4

480KLocal Metro

Nagano

#2002Kofu

0.4

466KLocal Metro

Yamanashi

#2006Kōchi

0.4

458KLocal Metro

Kochi

#2051Hakodate

0.4

380KLocal Metro

Hokkaido

#2060Imabari

0.4

372KLocal Metro

Ehime

#2071Hachinohe

0.4

355KLocal Metro

Aomori

#2091Iwaki

0.4

333KLocal Metro

Fukushima

#2175Tokushima

0.3

252KLocal Metro

Tokushima

#2250Tottori

0.3

188KLocal Metro

Tottori

#2883Hikone

0.3

134KLocal Metro

Shiga

#2940Koriyama

0.2

550KLocal Metro

Fukushima

#2998Morioka

0.1

439KLocal Metro

Iwate

#3035Fuji

0.1

373KLocal Metro

Shizuoka

#3066Obihiro

0.1

333KLocal Metro

Hokkaido

#3123Nagaoka

0.1

273KLocal Metro

Niigata

#3181Nasushiobara

0.1

226KLocal Metro

Tochigi

#3190Ube

0.1

223KLocal Metro

Yamaguchi

#3194Joetsu

0.1

218KLocal Metro

Niigata

#3247Shunan

0.1

193KLocal Metro

Yamaguchi

#3309Kushiro

0.1

165KLocal Metro

Hokkaido

#3519Aizuwakamatsu

0.0

117KLocal Metro

Fukushima

#3520Karatsu

0.0

117KLocal Metro

Saga

Rank	Metro	State	Population	Score	Tier
#4	Tokyo★ Capital▲ Largest	Tokyo Kanagawa · Saitama	40.3M	133.4	Global Capital
#14	Osaka-Kyoto-Kobe	Osaka Hyogo · Kyoto	18.1M	75.1	Continental Metro
#78	Nagoya	Aichi Mie · Gifu	10.6M	34.2	Major Metro
#168	Fukuoka	Fukuoka	2.6M	16.8	Regional Hub
#176	Hiroshima	Hiroshima	2.3M	15.8	Regional Hub
#195	Sapporo	Hokkaido	2.7M	14.5	Regional Hub
#239	Sendai	Miyagi	2.3M	11.7	Regional Hub
#368	Naha	Okinawa	1.5M	6.7	Established Metro
#461	Okayama	Okayama Hiroshima	2.3M	5.2	Established Metro
#544	Shizuoka	Shizuoka	1.1M	4.2	Emerging Metro
#563	Utsunomiya	Tochigi	1.0M	4.0	Emerging Metro
#654	Takamatsu	Kagawa	950K	3.1	Emerging Metro
#675	Nagasaki	Nagasaki	543K	3.0	Emerging Metro
#695	Toyama	Toyama	1.0M	2.9	Emerging Metro
#722	Kagoshima	Kagoshima	1.6M	2.7	Emerging Metro
#728	Nagano	Nagano	734K	2.6	Emerging Metro
#757	Kitakyushu	Fukuoka Yamaguchi	1.9M	2.5	Emerging Metro
#773	Hamamatsu	Shizuoka	1.4M	2.4	Emerging Metro
#805	Kanazawa	Ishikawa	1.1M	2.3	Emerging Metro
#815	Numazu	Shizuoka	517K	2.2	Emerging Metro
#999	Fukui	Fukui	767K	1.6	Emerging Metro
#1026	Niigata	Niigata	789K	1.5	Emerging Metro
#1060	Mito	Ibaraki	794K	1.5	Emerging Metro
#1121	Kumamoto	Kumamoto	1.7M	1.3	Emerging Metro
#1193	Matsuyama	Ehime	630K	1.2	Emerging Metro
#1305	Fukushima	Fukushima	427K	1.0	Emerging Metro
#1439	Akita	Akita	386K	0.9	Local Metro
#1444	Oita	Oita	1.1M	0.9	Local Metro
#1517	Asahikawa	Hokkaido	416K	0.8	Local Metro
#1560	Sasebo	Nagasaki	259K	0.7	Local Metro
#1596	Yamagata	Yamagata	574K	0.7	Local Metro
#1619	Shima	Mie	46K	0.7	Local Metro
#1672	Kurume	Fukuoka Saga	1.1M	0.6	Local Metro
#1698	Miyazaki	Miyazaki	1.1M	0.6	Local Metro
#1721	Yamaguchi	Yamaguchi	308K	0.6	Local Metro
#1959	Matsue	Shimane	594K	0.4	Local Metro
#1960	Aomori	Aomori	592K	0.4	Local Metro
#1998	Matsumoto	Nagano	480K	0.4	Local Metro
#2002	Kofu	Yamanashi	466K	0.4	Local Metro
#2006	Kōchi	Kochi	458K	0.4	Local Metro
#2051	Hakodate	Hokkaido	380K	0.4	Local Metro
#2060	Imabari	Ehime	372K	0.4	Local Metro
#2071	Hachinohe	Aomori	355K	0.4	Local Metro
#2091	Iwaki	Fukushima	333K	0.4	Local Metro
#2175	Tokushima	Tokushima	252K	0.3	Local Metro
#2250	Tottori	Tottori	188K	0.3	Local Metro
#2883	Hikone	Shiga	134K	0.3	Local Metro
#2940	Koriyama	Fukushima	550K	0.2	Local Metro
#2998	Morioka	Iwate	439K	0.1	Local Metro
#3035	Fuji	Shizuoka	373K	0.1	Local Metro
#3066	Obihiro	Hokkaido	333K	0.1	Local Metro
#3123	Nagaoka	Niigata	273K	0.1	Local Metro
#3181	Nasushiobara	Tochigi	226K	0.1	Local Metro
#3190	Ube	Yamaguchi	223K	0.1	Local Metro
#3194	Joetsu	Niigata	218K	0.1	Local Metro
#3247	Shunan	Yamaguchi	193K	0.1	Local Metro
#3309	Kushiro	Hokkaido	165K	0.1	Local Metro
#3519	Aizuwakamatsu	Fukushima	117K	0.0	Local Metro
#3520	Karatsu	Saga	117K	0.0	Local Metro

Other

Empire of Japan

Tokugawa shogunate

Edo period

Azuchi-Momoyama period

Ashikaga shogunate

Muromachi period

Kamakura period

Kamakura shogunate

Heian period

Nara period

Asuka period

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