List of regions of Japan

Region of Japan - geographic region in Japan. Article “List of regions of Japan” in English Wikipedia has 43.3 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 19 references and 7 sections.

This article has the best quality in Latin Wikipedia. However, this article is the most popular in English version.

Since the creation of article “List of regions of Japan”, its content was written by 120 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 778 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 2488 times in English Wikipedia and cited 31108 times in all languages (5278^th place).

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #7618 in April 2003
• Global: #1965 in April 2003

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #59872 in March 2011
• Global: #26414 in August 2018

There are 44 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2025 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	Latin (la) Regiones Iaponiae		48.2582
2	Indonesian (id) Daftar region di Jepang		47.4958
3	Simple English (simple) List of regions of Japan		45.4495
4	English (en) List of regions of Japan		43.3272
5	German (de) Regionen Japans		42.8892
6	Chinese (zh) 日本地理分区		41.1236
7	Finnish (fi) Japanin alueet		38.4215
8	Thai (th) ภูมิภาคของญี่ปุ่น		34.2103
9	Slovenian (sl) Tradicionalne regije Japonske		32.9454
10	Czech (cs) Regiony v Japonsku		27.3171

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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

The most popular language versions of the article "List of regions of Japan" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	Japanese (ja) 日本の地域		3 432 584
2	English (en) List of regions of Japan		1 894 051
3	Chinese (zh) 日本地理分区		755 460
4	Indonesian (id) Daftar region di Jepang		325 797
5	French (fr) Régions du Japon		218 088
6	German (de) Regionen Japans		195 410
7	Italian (it) Regioni del Giappone		160 606
8	Vietnamese (vi) Danh sách vùng của Nhật Bản		155 171
9	Russian (ru) Регионы Японии		138 603
10	Korean (ko) 일본의 지방		136 205

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

The most popular language versions of the article "List of regions of Japan" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) List of regions of Japan		11 639
2	Chinese (zh) 日本地理分区		10 424
3	Japanese (ja) 日本の地域		5 912
4	Korean (ko) 일본의 지방		2 121
5	French (fr) Régions du Japon		1 414
6	Indonesian (id) Daftar region di Jepang		1 155
7	Italian (it) Regioni del Giappone		928
8	Russian (ru) Регионы Японии		822
9	German (de) Regionen Japans		676
10	Vietnamese (vi) Danh sách vùng của Nhật Bản		609

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

Language versions of the article "List of regions of Japan" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) List of regions of Japan		120
2	Japanese (ja) 日本の地域		105
3	German (de) Regionen Japans		72
4	French (fr) Régions du Japon		65
5	Italian (it) Regioni del Giappone		57
6	Dutch (nl) Regio's van Japan		29
7	Russian (ru) Регионы Японии		27
8	Chinese (zh) 日本地理分区		23
9	Esperanto (eo) Japanaj regionoj		20
10	Polish (pl) Regiony Japonii		18

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

Language versions of the article "List of regions of Japan" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Arabic (ar) مناطق اليابان		1
2	Belarusian (be) Рэгіёны Японіі		0
3	Bulgarian (bg) Региони на Япония		0
4	Catalan (ca) Regions del Japó		0
5	Czech (cs) Regiony v Japonsku		0
6	Danish (da) Japans regioner		0
7	German (de) Regionen Japans		0
8	English (en) List of regions of Japan		0
9	Esperanto (eo) Japanaj regionoj		0
10	Persian (fa) فهرست منطقه‌های ژاپن		0

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

Language versions of the article "List of regions of Japan" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	Italian (it) Regioni del Giappone		2 889
2	French (fr) Régions du Japon		2 608
3	English (en) List of regions of Japan		2 488
4	Chinese (zh) 日本地理分区		2 461
5	Russian (ru) Регионы Японии		1 931
6	Ukrainian (uk) Регіони Японії		1 929
7	Polish (pl) Regiony Japonii		1 876
8	Turkish (tr) Japonya'nın bölgeleri		1 850
9	Indonesian (id) Daftar region di Jepang		1 751
10	Persian (fa) فهرست منطقه‌های ژاپن		1 574

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic مناطق اليابان
be	Belarusian Рэгіёны Японіі
bg	Bulgarian Региони на Япония
ca	Catalan Regions del Japó
cs	Czech Regiony v Japonsku
da	Danish Japans regioner
de	German Regionen Japans
en	English List of regions of Japan
eo	Esperanto Japanaj regionoj
fa	Persian فهرست منطقه‌های ژاپن
fi	Finnish Japanin alueet
fr	French Régions du Japon
gl	Galician Rexións do Xapón
he	Hebrew חבלי יפן
hi	Hindi जापान के क्षेत्र
hr	Croatian Japanske regije
hu	Hungarian Japán régiói
hy	Armenian Ճապոնիայի մարզերի ցանկ
id	Indonesian Daftar region di Jepang
it	Italian Regioni del Giappone
ja	Japanese 日本の地域
ko	Korean 일본의 지방
la	Latin Regiones Iaponiae
lt	Lithuanian Japonijos regionai
nl	Dutch Regio's van Japan
nn	Norwegian (Nynorsk) Japanske regionar
no	Norwegian Japans regioner
pl	Polish Regiony Japonii
pt	Portuguese Lista de regiões do Japão
ro	Romanian Regiuni din Japonia
ru	Russian Регионы Японии
sh	Serbo-Croatian Regije Japana
simple	Simple English List of regions of Japan
sk	Slovak Región (Japonsko)
sl	Slovenian Tradicionalne regije Japonske
sr	Serbian Списак регија Јапана
sv	Swedish Japans regioner
th	Thai ภูมิภาคของญี่ปุ่น
tr	Turkish Japonya'nın bölgeleri
uk	Ukrainian Регіони Японії
ur	Urdu جاپان کے علاقہ جات
vi	Vietnamese Danh sách vùng của Nhật Bản
zh	Chinese 日本地理分区
zhminnan	Min Nan Ji̍t-pún ê tē-lí khu-he̍k

Best Rank

English: #59872 03.2011

Global: #26414 08.2018

Best Rank

English: #7618 04.2003

Global: #1965 04.2003

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