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The Region s of Japan are not official administrative units, but have been traditionally used as the regional division of Japan in a number of contexts. For instance, maps and geography textbooks divide Japan into the eight regions, weather reports usually give the weather by region, and many businesses and institutions use their home region as part of their name ( Kinki Nippon Railway , Chugoku Bank , Tohoku University , etc.). (red), Tohoku (green), Kanto (blue), Chūbu (brown), Kansai (sky blue), Chugoku (green-yellow), Shikoku (pink) and Kyushu (yellow).]] While Japan has eight High Courts, their jurisdictions do not correspond to the eight regions below. From north to south, the traditional regions are:
Each contains several Prefectures , except the Hokkaido region, which covers only Hokkaido Prefecture . SEE ALSO |
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