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1920-DEC-17

Great Empire of JAPAN

(Tokyo)

	Great Empire of JAPAN
Flag or logo since 1900-01-01*	Dai Nippon Teikoku : NIHON – 大日本帝國 (ja)ⁿ	Emblem or Symbol*

Emperor Yoshihito
(ruler of JAPAN since 1912-07-30)





Capitals & administrative places*:	Tokyo (Tōkyō)
Official & national languages:	*Japanese (ja) .*	ⁿ national language

Mainland:

JAPAN

Home Islands of the Greater Empire of JAPAN (Tokyo)

7 Divisions:

CHUBU

CHUBU Region (Nagoya)

Local:

CHŪBU-Chihō : 中部地方 (ja) (Nagoya)

CHUGOKU

CHUGOKU Region (Hiroshima)

Local:

CHŪGOKU-Chihō : 中国地方 (ja) (Hirosima)

KANSAI

KANSAI Region [Kinki Region] (Osaka)

Local:

KINKI-Chihō : Kansai-Chihō – 関西地方 : 近畿地方 (ja) (Osaka)

KANTO

KANTO Region (Tokyo)

Local:

KANTŌ-Chihō : 関東地方 (ja) (Tōkyō)

KYUSHU

KYUSHU Region (Fukuoka)

Local:

KYŪSHŪ-Chihō : 九州地方 (ja) (Hukuoka)

SHIKOKU

SHIKOKU Region (Matsuyama)

Local:

SHIKOKU-Chihō : 四国地方 (ja) (Matsuyama)

TOHOKU

TOHOKU Region (Sendai)

Local:

TŌHOKU-Chihō : 東北地方 (ja) (Sendai)

12 Territories:

CHOSEN

Japanese Government-General of KOREA (Seoul ^a)

Local:

CHŎSEN-Sōtoku : 朝鮮総督 (ja) (Keijō)

HOKKAIDO

HOKKAIDO Agency (Sapporo)

Local:

HOKKAIDŌ-Chō : 北海道庁 (ja) (Sapporo)

JAPANESE CHUNGKING

Japanese Concession at CHUNGKING (Chungking Japanese Concession)

Local:

JŪKEI-SHI no-Sokai : 重慶市の租界 (ja) (Jūkeishi)

JAPANESE FOOCHOW

Japanese Concession at FOOCHOW (Foochow Japanese Concession)

Local:

FŪTSUO-no Sokai : 福州の租界 (ja) (Fūtsuo)

JAPANESE HANGCHOW

Japanese Concession in HANGCHOW (Hangchow Japanese Concession)

Local:

KŌSHŪ-no Sokai : 杭州の租界 (ja) (Kōshū)

JAPANESE HANKOW

Japanese Concession at HANKOW (Hankow Japanese Concession)

Local:

KAN KUCHI-no Sokai : 漢口の租界 (ja) (Kankuchi)

JAPANESE SOOCHOW

Japanese Concession at SOOCHOW (Soochow Japanese Concession)

Local:

SOSHŪ-no Sokai : 蘇州の租界 (ja) (Soshū)

JAPANESE TIENTSIN

TIENTSIN Japanese Concession (Amatsu)

Local:

AMATSU-no Sokai : 天津の租界 (ja) (Amatsu)

KARAFUTO

KARAFUTO Prefecture [South Sakhalin] (Toyohara)

Local:

KARAFUTO-ken : 樺太犬 (ja) (Toyohara)

SAKHALIN

Japanese Occupied Territory of SAKHALIN (Nikolayevsk-on-Amur)

Local:

SAHARIN Chō : サハリン町 (ja) (Nikō)

SOUTH MANCHURIAN RAILWAY ZONE

South Manchuria Railway Company : SMR (Dairen)

Local:

Minami Manshu Tetsudo Kabushiki-gaisha : MANTETSU : みなみまんしゅてつどかぶしきーがいしゃ – まんてつ (ja) (Dairen)

TAIWAN

Government-General of TAIWAN [Colonial Government of Formosa] (Taipeh)

Local:

TAIWAN Sōtoku : 臺灣總 (ja) (Taihoku)

9 Condominiums:

CHINA EASTERN RAILWAY ZONE

China Eastern Railway Zone : CER [Inter-Allied and Chinese Administration] (Kharbin)

Local:

CHUNG-KUO TUNG-PU T´ieh-Lu Ch´ü : 中國東部鐵路區 (zh) + TŌSHIN TETSUDŌ Chiku : 東清鉄道地区 (ja) + CHINESE EASTERN RAILWAY ZONE Inter-Allied Technical Board (en) (Ha´erh-Pin)

KIAOCHOW BAY

Japanese Military Governorate of KIAOCHOW BAY (Tsingtao)

Local:

KŌSHŪWAN Soshaku-Chi : 膠州湾租借地 (ja) + CHIAO-CHOU WAN Chü-Chieh-Ti : 胶州湾租借地 (zh) (Chintao)

KULANGSU INTERNATIONAL SETTLEMENT

Municipal Council of the KULANGSU INTERNATIONAL SETTLEMENT (Kulangsu)

Local:

KULANGSU International Koncession (da) + Internationale Konzession von KULANGSU (de) + KULANGSU International Concession (en) + Concesión Internacional de KULANGSU (es) + Concession internationale de KOULANGSEU (fr) + Concessione internazionale di KULANGSU (it) + KORONSU no Kokusai Sokai : コロンスの国際租界 (ja) + Internationale Concessie van KULANGSU (nl) + KULANGSU Internasjonale Konsesjon (no) + Concessão Internacional de KULANGSU (pt) + KULANGSU International Koncession (sv) + KU-LANG-YÜ Kuo-Tsì T´e-Hsü Ching-Ying : 鼓浪嶼國際特許經營 (zh) (Kulangyu)

KWANTUNG

Territory of KWANTUNG [Japanese Civil Administration of the Chinese Leased Territory to Japan] (Port Arthur)

Local:

KANTO Shiyuu : 関東州 (ja) (Ryojun)

MANCHULI

MANCHURIA Settlement (Manchuria)

Local:

MANCHZURIYA Poseleniye : МАНЬЧЖУРИЯ Поселение (ru) + MAN-CHOU-LI Ts´un : 滿洲里村 (zh) (Manchzhuriya)

PEKING LEGATION QUARTER

Joint Administrative Commission of the Diplomatic Quarter : PEKING LEGATION QUARTER (Peking Legation Quarter)

Local:

Administrative Commission of the Diplomatic Quarter : PEKING LEGATION QUARTER (en) + Commission administrative du Quartier Diplomatique à Pékin : QUARTIER DES LÉGATIONS DE PÉKIN (fr) + TUNG CHIAO MIN Hsiang : 東交民巷 (zh) (Tung Chiao-Min Hsiang)

SHANGHAI INTERNATIONAL SETTLEMENT

International Concession of Shanghai Municipal Council : SHANGHAI INTERNATIONAL SETTLEMENT (Shanghai International Settlement)

Local:

SHANGHAI International Settlement (en) + SHANGHAI International Koncession (da) + SCHANGHAI Internationalen Konzessionen (de) + Concesión Internacional de SHANGHÁI (es) + Concession Internationale de CHANGHAÏ (fr) + Concessione Internazionale di SCIANGAI (it) + SHIYANHAI Kiyoudou Sokai : 上海共同租界 (ja) + Internationale Concessie van SHANGHAI (nl) + Concessão Internacional de XANGAI (pt) + SHANHAYSKIY Mezhdunarodny Settlment : ШАНХАЙСКИЙ международный сеттльмент (ru) + SHANGHAI International Settlement (sv) + SHANG-HAI Kung-Kung Tsu-Chieh : 上海公共租界 (zh) (Shanghai International Settlement)