Nationwide coverage, with a clear definition.
Municipalities, postal address units, postal codes and web pages are different counts. We use Japan Post names and reconcile municipality totals for each prefecture with J-LIS’s published figures.
How many places are there in Japan?
| Category | Count | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| Cities | 792 | 20 designated cities + 772 other cities |
| Towns | 743 | Municipal towns |
| Villages | 183 | Villages in the J-LIS count |
| Tokyo special wards | 23 | Counted separately from cities, towns and villages |
| Total | 1,741 | 1,718 cities/towns/villages + 23 special wards |
| Designated-city administrative wards | 171 | Subdivisions of the 20 cities; not additional municipalities |
| Japan Post local address units | 1,892 | 1,741 − 20 + 171 |
| Distinct postal codes | 120,717 | Deduplicated by postal code alone |
| Local postal-area pages | 120,874 | Unique local-unit / postal-code combinations |
The currently published J-LIS table is dated October 1, 2018 and was checked on September 30, 2026. Its count excludes six Northern Territories villages. Administrative wards are counted from our imported postal data. Districts group towns and villages and are not additional municipalities.
Would 500,000 pages cover every place?
Page count cannot establish complete coverage. The J-LIS town and aza file contains about 670,000 records as of April 2026, including historical names that have been abolished. It does not represent 670,000 current municipalities.
Our public URL export contains 245,808 URLs, counting Japanese and English separately. We cover the names in the imported Japan Post dataset; we do not create individual pages for every chome, minor locality, street address, station, informal name or business-specific postal code.
Finer address coverage requires reconciliation with sources such as the Digital Agency’s address base registry and useful, verified local information. Replacing place names across more pages does not guarantee search rankings or requests.
Download all 1,741 municipalities and URLs ↓See the full public URL directory →Coverage by prefecture
| Prefecture | Municipalities | Address units | Postal-area pages |
|---|---|---|---|
| 北海道 → | 179 | 188 | 7,975 |
| 青森県 → | 40 | 40 | 2,035 |
| 岩手県 → | 33 | 33 | 1,918 |
| 宮城県 → | 35 | 39 | 2,873 |
| 秋田県 → | 25 | 25 | 2,156 |
| 山形県 → | 35 | 35 | 1,958 |
| 福島県 → | 59 | 59 | 3,643 |
| 茨城県 → | 44 | 44 | 2,867 |
| 栃木県 → | 25 | 25 | 1,836 |
| 群馬県 → | 35 | 35 | 1,501 |
| 埼玉県 → | 63 | 72 | 2,979 |
| 千葉県 → | 54 | 59 | 3,604 |
| 東京都 → | 62 | 62 | 4,164 |
| 神奈川県 → | 33 | 58 | 2,302 |
| 新潟県 → | 30 | 37 | 5,436 |
| 富山県 → | 15 | 15 | 2,981 |
| 石川県 → | 19 | 19 | 2,482 |
| 福井県 → | 17 | 17 | 2,133 |
| 山梨県 → | 27 | 27 | 948 |
| 長野県 → | 77 | 77 | 1,695 |
| 岐阜県 → | 42 | 42 | 3,352 |
| 静岡県 → | 35 | 39 | 2,894 |
| 愛知県 → | 54 | 69 | 7,250 |
| 三重県 → | 29 | 29 | 2,460 |
| 滋賀県 → | 19 | 19 | 1,842 |
| 京都府 → | 26 | 36 | 6,436 |
| 大阪府 → | 43 | 72 | 3,839 |
| 兵庫県 → | 41 | 49 | 5,184 |
| 奈良県 → | 39 | 39 | 1,916 |
| 和歌山県 → | 30 | 30 | 1,603 |
| 鳥取県 → | 19 | 19 | 1,392 |
| 島根県 → | 19 | 19 | 1,179 |
| 岡山県 → | 27 | 30 | 2,189 |
| 広島県 → | 23 | 30 | 2,126 |
| 山口県 → | 19 | 19 | 1,676 |
| 徳島県 → | 24 | 24 | 962 |
| 香川県 → | 17 | 17 | 711 |
| 愛媛県 → | 20 | 20 | 1,743 |
| 高知県 → | 34 | 34 | 1,695 |
| 福岡県 → | 60 | 72 | 3,310 |
| 佐賀県 → | 20 | 20 | 871 |
| 長崎県 → | 21 | 21 | 1,894 |
| 熊本県 → | 45 | 49 | 1,886 |
| 大分県 → | 18 | 18 | 1,845 |
| 宮崎県 → | 26 | 26 | 876 |
| 鹿児島県 → | 43 | 43 | 1,454 |
| 沖縄県 → | 41 | 41 | 803 |
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Population, vehicles and inspections are different measures.
| Measure | Count | Scope / reference date |
|---|---|---|
| Total population | 122,650,000 | September 1, 2026 provisional estimate |
| Total vehicles | 83,086,808 | June 30, 2026; includes non-passenger and non-inspection categories |
| Passenger vehicles | 62,292,502 | June 30, 2026; private and business use |
| Private passenger vehicles | 61,839,584 | March 31, 2026; 1.001 vehicles per household |
| Registered-vehicle renewal inspections | 21,641,257 | MLIT fiscal 2025 annual report |
| Kei renewal inspections | 13,000,696 | Fiscal 2025; counter + OSS applications |
| Combined renewal inspections | 34,641,953 | April 2025–March 2026; our sum of the two source totals |
Population and vehicle counts do not tell us how many individual people own cars or need inspection today. People may own multiple cars, companies own vehicles, and validity periods vary. Inspection events are not unique people. These statistics cannot identify the names, emails or exact number of people with expiry in the next 90 days.
Local pages should help people make a decision.
Regional pages provide address sources, date planning, document and quote preparation, and an optional request form. Visitors choose whether to share their name, email and expiry. Inbox confirmation is separate from car ownership or expiry verification; form entry alone does not make a verified customer.
An address listing does not prove the presence of a garage, a partnership, same-day availability or a discount. Garage-specific information needs confirmed addresses, prices and acceptance conditions, with a verification date.
Garage listings and partnerships →Sources and update policy
Checked September 30, 2026. The postal dataset was published August 31 and retrieved September 23, 2026. Publication dates and measurement periods differ between tables.
- Statistics Bureau: population estimates ↗
- AIRIA: vehicle holdings ↗
- AIRIA: private passenger cars per household ↗
- MLIT: FY2025 inspection operations ↗
- Kei vehicle inspection association: FY2025 operations ↗
- J-LIS: municipalities by prefecture ↗
- Japan Post: UTF-8 postal address data ↗
- J-LIS: national town and aza file ↗
- Digital Agency: address base registry ↗
Compiled by the 車検.jp team. To report a name or count correction, include the affected area and an official source. Request a correction →