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1947-JAN-01

		JAPAN (Tokyo)		Empire of JAPAN [Allied Occupation] :		Emperor Hirohito
		WESTERN JAPAN (Kure)		British Commonwealth Occupation Force in WESTERN JAPAN :

Other Entities with similar names

JAPAN AMERICA

(Tokyo) - (Washington-District of Columbia) -

	Empire of JAPAN [Allied Occupation]
Flag or logo since 1945-09-02*	NIHON Koku : 日本国 (ja)ⁿ + Empire of JAPAN (en)^r	Emblem or Symbol*

Emperor Hirohito
(ruler of JAPAN since 1926-12-25)

President Harry Truman
(ruler of AMERICA since 1945-04-12)





Capitals & administrative places*:	Tokyo (Tōkyō)
Official & national languages:	*English (en) . Japanese (ja) .*	ⁿ national language ^r recognized, diplomatic or working language at national level

Mainland:

JAPAN

Home Islands of the Empire of JAPAN (Tokyo)

6 Divisions:

CHUBU

CHUBU Region (Nagoya)

Local:

CHŪBU-Chihō : 中部地方 (ja) (Nagoya)

HOKKAIDO

HOKKAIDO Circuit (Sapporo)

Local:

HOKKAIDŌ-Do : 北海道 (ja) + HOKKAIDO Region (en) (Sapporo)

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)

TOHOKU

TOHOKU Region (Sendai)

Local:

TŌHOKU-Chihō : 東北地方 (ja) (Sendai)

3 Territories:

ANATAHAN

Japanese Resistance on ANATAHAN Island (Anatahan)

Local:

ANATAHAN-Shima : アナタハン島 (ja) (Anatahan)

JAPANESE HOLDOUTS

JAPANESE HOLDOUTS Resistance (Insulindia)

Local:

Zan-Ryū NIPPON HEI : 残留日本兵 (ja) (Zan-Ryū Nippon Hei)

SOCOTRA ROCK

Japanese Station of SOCOTRA ROCK (Parang)

Local:

SO-Gancho : 蘇岩礁 (ja) (P´arang)

2 Condominiums:

TAIWAN

Government-General of the Province of TAIWAN [Independent Customs Territory under the jurisdiction of United States Military Government on Japanese soil with Administrative Authority for the Military Occupation delegated to the Chinese Nationalists] (Taipeh)

Local:

T´AI-WAN Tsung Cheng-Fu : 台灣總政府 (zh) + United States Military Government on Japanese soil with Administrative Authority for the Military Occupation delegated to the Chinese Nationalists : TAIWAN AREA (en) + TAIWAN Shō : 台湾省 (ja) (T´ai-Pei)

WESTERN JAPAN

British Commonwealth Occupation Force in WESTERN JAPAN (Kure)

Local:

British Commonwealth Occupation Force in Western Japan : BCOF (en) + Igirisu Renpō Senryō-Gun : IRSG – イギリス連邦占領軍 (ja) (Kure)