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Standard:
ISO 3166 — Codes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions
Committee:
ISO/TC 46
ICS:
01.140.30
Alpha-2 code
JP
Short name
JAPAN
Short name lower case
Japan
Full name
Alpha-3 code
JPN
Numeric code
392
Remarks
Independent
Yes
Territory name
Status
Officially assigned
For definition of the different code types, please click here

Additional information

Administrative language(s) alpha-2 Administrative language(s) alpha-3 Local short name
ja jpn Nihon/Nippon

Subdivisions

47 prefecture (en) / département (fr) / to, dô, hu, ken (ja)

List source

Japanese Industrial Standards Committee (JISC), 1997-03-25

Code source

Japanese Industrial Standards Committee (JISC)

Subdivision category 3166-2 code Subdivision name Language code Romanization system Parent subdivision
prefecture JP-23 Aichi en
prefecture JP-23 Aiti ja Names spelled in accordance with ISO 3602
prefecture JP-05 Akita ja Names spelled in accordance with ISO 3602
prefecture JP-02 Aomori ja Names spelled in accordance with ISO 3602
prefecture JP-12 Chiba en
prefecture JP-38 Ehime ja Names spelled in accordance with ISO 3602
prefecture JP-18 Fukui en
prefecture JP-40 Fukuoka en
prefecture JP-07 Fukushima en
prefecture JP-21 Gifu en
prefecture JP-21 Gihu ja Names spelled in accordance with ISO 3602
prefecture JP-10 Gunma ja Names spelled in accordance with ISO 3602
prefecture JP-34 Hiroshima en
prefecture JP-34 Hirosima ja Names spelled in accordance with ISO 3602
prefecture JP-01 Hokkaido en
prefecture JP-01 Hokkaidô ja Names spelled in accordance with ISO 3602
prefecture JP-18 Hukui ja Names spelled in accordance with ISO 3602
prefecture JP-40 Hukuoka ja Names spelled in accordance with ISO 3602
prefecture JP-07 Hukusima ja Names spelled in accordance with ISO 3602
prefecture JP-28 Hyogo en
prefecture JP-28 Hyôgo ja Names spelled in accordance with ISO 3602
prefecture JP-08 Ibaraki ja Names spelled in accordance with ISO 3602
prefecture JP-17 Ishikawa en
prefecture JP-17 Isikawa ja Names spelled in accordance with ISO 3602
prefecture JP-03 Iwate ja Names spelled in accordance with ISO 3602
prefecture JP-37 Kagawa ja Names spelled in accordance with ISO 3602
prefecture JP-46 Kagoshima en
prefecture JP-46 Kagosima ja Names spelled in accordance with ISO 3602
prefecture JP-14 Kanagawa ja Names spelled in accordance with ISO 3602
prefecture JP-39 Kochi en
prefecture JP-39 Kôti ja Names spelled in accordance with ISO 3602
prefecture JP-43 Kumamoto ja Names spelled in accordance with ISO 3602
prefecture JP-26 Kyoto en
prefecture JP-26 Kyôto ja Names spelled in accordance with ISO 3602
prefecture JP-24 Mie ja Names spelled in accordance with ISO 3602
prefecture JP-04 Miyagi ja Names spelled in accordance with ISO 3602
prefecture JP-45 Miyazaki ja Names spelled in accordance with ISO 3602
prefecture JP-20 Nagano ja Names spelled in accordance with ISO 3602
prefecture JP-42 Nagasaki ja Names spelled in accordance with ISO 3602
prefecture JP-29 Nara ja Names spelled in accordance with ISO 3602
prefecture JP-15 Niigata ja Names spelled in accordance with ISO 3602
prefecture JP-44 Oita en
prefecture JP-44 Ôita ja Names spelled in accordance with ISO 3602
prefecture JP-33 Okayama ja Names spelled in accordance with ISO 3602
prefecture JP-47 Okinawa ja Names spelled in accordance with ISO 3602
prefecture JP-27 Osaka en
prefecture JP-27 Ôsaka ja Names spelled in accordance with ISO 3602
prefecture JP-41 Saga ja Names spelled in accordance with ISO 3602
prefecture JP-11 Saitama ja Names spelled in accordance with ISO 3602
prefecture JP-25 Shiga en
prefecture JP-32 Shimane en
prefecture JP-22 Shizuoka en
prefecture JP-25 Siga ja Names spelled in accordance with ISO 3602
prefecture JP-32 Simane ja Names spelled in accordance with ISO 3602
prefecture JP-22 Sizuoka ja Names spelled in accordance with ISO 3602
prefecture JP-12 Tiba ja Names spelled in accordance with ISO 3602
prefecture JP-09 Tochigi en
prefecture JP-36 Tokushima en
prefecture JP-36 Tokusima ja Names spelled in accordance with ISO 3602
prefecture JP-13 Tôkyô ja Names spelled in accordance with ISO 3602
prefecture JP-13 Tokyo en
prefecture JP-09 Totigi ja Names spelled in accordance with ISO 3602
prefecture JP-31 Tottori ja Names spelled in accordance with ISO 3602
prefecture JP-16 Toyama ja Names spelled in accordance with ISO 3602
prefecture JP-30 Wakayama ja Names spelled in accordance with ISO 3602
prefecture JP-06 Yamagata ja Names spelled in accordance with ISO 3602
prefecture JP-35 Yamaguchi en
prefecture JP-35 Yamaguti ja Names spelled in accordance with ISO 3602
prefecture JP-19 Yamanashi en
prefecture JP-19 Yamanasi ja Names spelled in accordance with ISO 3602

Change history of country code

Effective date of change Short description of change (en) Short description of change (fr)
2015-11-27 Delation of the romanization system for subdivisions in eng Suppression du système de romanisation des subdivisions en eng