List of islands of Japan - Island

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Japan is an archipelago of 6,852 islands, of which approximately 260 are inhabited.[1][2] Japan is the largest island country in East Asia and the fourth largest in the world.[3]

Main islands

The main islands of Japan

The four main islands of Japan are:[4][5]

Hokkaido - the northernmost and second largest main island.
Honshu - the largest and most populous island with the capital Tokyo.
Kyushu - the third largest main island and nearest to the Asian continent.
Shikoku - the smallest main island, it is between Honshu and Kyushu.

Hokkaido prefecture

Islands of Honshu in the Sea of Japan

Islands in Tokyo Bay

Dream Island (Yume No Shima)
Odaiba
Sarushima (natural)
Jonan Island [ja]
Heiwa Island [ja]
Showa Island [ja]
Keihin Island [ja]
Tokyo International Airport
Katsushima [ja]
Hakkeijima [ja]
Higashi Ogijima [ja]
Wakasu
Oogishima [ja]

Islands in Osaka Bay

Maishima
Yumeshima
Sakishima [ja]
Kansai International Airport
Kobe Airport
Port Island
Rokkō Island
Minami Ashiyahama [ja]
Wakayama Marina City
Nishinomiyahama [ja]

Islands in Ise Bay

Chūbu Centrair International Airport (artificial island)
Kami-shima
Kashiko Island
Kozukumi Island
Mikimoto Pearl Island

Islands in Mutsu Bay

Nanpō Islands (Nanpō Shotō)

Izu Islands[9]
- Aogashima[10]
- Hachijō[11]
- Izu Ōshima[12]
- Kōzu[9]
- Miyake-jima[9]
- Mikura-jima[9]
- Nii-jima[9]
- Shikine[9]
- Toshima[9]
- Tori-shima[13]
- Udonejima[9]
Ogasawara Islands (Bonin Islands)[14]

- Mukojima Rettō
- Chichijima[14]
- Hahajima[14]
- Mukojima
Kazan Rettō (Volcano Islands)
- Nishinoshima
- Kita Iwo Jima (North Iwo Jima)
- Iwo Jima[14]
- Minami Iwo Jima (South Iwo Jima)

Other Japanese islands

Minami Torishima (Marcus Island)
Enoshima
Okino Torishima (Parece Vela)

Islands around Kyushu

Most of these are located in the East China Sea.

Amakusa
- Shimoshima Island, Amakusa
- Kamishima Island, Amakusa
Nagashima Island, Kagoshima
Aoshima
Gotō Islands[8]
Danjo Islands
Hizentorishima [ja]
Hashima[15]
Hirado[7]
Iki
Koshikijima Islands
- Shimokoshiki-jima
- Kamikoshiki-jima
Tsushima[8]
Ukushima

Islands around Shikoku

Ryukyu Islands (Nansei-shotō)

Satsunan Islands

The northern half is administratively part of Kagoshima Prefecture and Kyushu.

Ōsumi Islands

The North-Eastern Group:

Tanegashima[8]
Yakushima
Kuchinoerabujima
Mageshima

The North-Western Group:

Ryukyu Islands (Ryūkyū-shotō)

The Southern Half, Okinawa Prefecture

Okinawa Islands

The Central Group or Ryukyu proper:

Okinawa Island[7]
Kumejima
Iheyajima
Izenajima
Agunijima
Iejima
Io-Torishima (Iōtorishima)[16]
Kerama Islands
- Tokashikijima
- Zamamijima
- Akajima
- Gerumajima
Daitō Islands
- Kitadaitojima
- Minamidaitōjima
- Okidaitōjima

Sakishima Islands

Also known as the Further Isles:

Miyako Islands
- Miyako-jima
- Ikema
- Ogami
- Irabu Island
- Shimoji
- Kurima-jima
- Minna
- Tarama
Yaeyama Islands
- Iriomote
- Ishigaki
- Taketomi
- Kohama
- Kuroshima
- Aragusuku
- Hatoma
- Yubujima
- Hateruma
- Yonaguni
Senkaku Islands
- Uotsurijima
- Kuba Jima
- Taisho Jima
- Kita Kojima
- Minami Kojima

Seto Inland Sea islands

Kasaoka Islands
- Takashima Island (Okayama) 高島 (岡山県笠岡市)
- Shiraishi Island
- Kitagi Island, 北木島
- Obishi Island, 大飛島
- Kobi Island, 小飛島
- Manabeshima, 真鍋島
- Mushima Island (Okayama), 六島 (岡山県)
Shiwaku Islands
Awaji[8]
Etajima
Kurahashi-jima
Inujima
Itsukushima (popularly known as "Miyajima")
Shōdoshima
Naoshima Islands
Suō-Ōshima, Yamaguchi
Himeshima, Ōita
Aoshima, Ehime
Hashira Island
Okamura Island
Ōshima (Ehime)
Mukaishima Island, Hiroshima
Ōmishima Island, Ehime
Ōkunoshima (often called "Rabbit Island")

Islands in lakes

Daikon-island
Bentenjima in Lake Tōya
Bentenjima in Lake Hamana

Other artificial islands

Chūbu Centrair International Airport
Dejima[7]
New Kitakyushu Airport
Midori No Shima [ja], off Hakodate (artificial)
Malimpia Okinosu [ja] (artificial)
Wakaejima (artificial)
Island City, Fukuoka (artificial)

Claims but does not control

The Northern Territories

There are four disputed Kuril Islands that are controlled by Russia and claimed by Japan. These islands are called the Chishima Islands.[17]

Iturup - Etorofu (択捉島, Etorofu-tō)
Kunashir - Kunashiri (国後島, Kunashiri-tō)
Shikotan - Shikotan (色丹島, Shikotan-tō)
Habomai Islands - Habomai (歯舞群島, Habomai-guntō)

Others

Liancourt Rocks (Dokdo/Takeshima) - controlled by South Korea, disputed by Japan and North Korea.

Former

South Seas Mandate (1919–1947) - part of the Japanese colonial empire until its defeat in 1945. Formally revoked by the United Nations in 1947. The Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands later became a U.S. territory.
Taiwan and Penghu (1895–1945) - part of the Japanese colonial empire until its defeat in 1945. Returned to the Republic of China in 1945.
Karafuto (1905–1949) - the southern half of the island of Sakhalin, controlled by Japan after the Russo-Japanese War. Japan lost control of Karafuto after its invasion by the Soviet Union during World War II. Formally abolished as a legal entity by Japan in 1949.

Largest islands of Japan

These are the 50 largest islands of Japan. It excludes the disputed Kuril islands known as the northern territories.

Rank	Island name	Area (km²)	Area (sq mi)	Island group
1	Honshu	227,960	88,020
2	Hokkaido	83,424.31	32,210.31
3	Kyushu	36,782	14,202
4	Shikoku	18,800	7,300
5	Okinawa Island	1,207	466	Ryukyu Islands
6	Sado Island	855.26	330.22
7	Amami Ōshima	712.35	275.04	Amami Islands
8	Tsushima Island	708.7	273.6
9	Awaji Island	592.17	228.64	Seto Inland Sea islands
10	Shimoshima Island, Amakusa	574.01	221.63
11	Yakushima	504.88	194.94	Ōsumi Islands
12	Tanegashima	444.99	171.81	Ōsumi Islands
13	Fukue Island	326.43	126.04	Gotō Islands
14	Iriomote Island	289.27	111.69
15	Tokunoshima	247.8	95.7	Amami Islands
16	Dōgojima	241.58	93.27	Oki Islands
17	Kamishima Island, Amakusa	225.32	87.00	Amakusa islands
18	Ishigaki Island	222.5	85.9
19	Rishiri Island	183	71
20	Nakadōri Island	168.34	65.00	Gotō Islands
21	Hirado Island	163.42	63.10
22	Miyako-jima	158.87	61.34
23	Shōdoshima	153.30	59.19
24	Okushiri Island	142.97	55.20
25	Iki Island	138.46	53.46
26	Suō-Ōshima	128.31	49.54
27	Okinoerabujima	93.63	36.15	Amami Islands
28	Etajima	91.32	35.26
29	Izu Ōshima	91.06	35.16	Izu Islands
30	Nagashima Island, Kagoshima	90.62	34.99
31	Rebun Island	80	31
32	Kakeromajima	77.39	29.88	Amami Islands
33	Kurahashi-jima	69.46	26.82
34	Shimokoshiki-jima	66.12	25.53
35	Ōmishima Island, Ehime	66.12	25.53
36	Hachijō-jima	62.52	24.14
37	Kume Island	59.11	22.82	Okinawa Islands
38	Kikaijima	56.93	21.98	Amami Islands
39	Nishinoshima	55.98	21.61
40	Miyake-jima	55.44	21.41
41	Notojima	46.78	18.06
42	Kamikoshiki-jima	45.08	17.41
43	Ōshima (Ehime)	41.87	16.17
44	Ōsakikamijima	38.27	14.78
45	Kuchinoerabu-jima	38.04	14.69
46	Hisaka	37.23	14.37
47	Innoshima	35.03	13.53
48	Nakanoshima (in Kagoshima)	34.47	13.31	Tokara Islands
49	Hario Island	33.16	12.80
50	Nakanoshima (in Shimane)	32.21	12.44	Oki Islands

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[de] Liste japanischer Inseln

Dies ist eine Liste Japanischer Inseln, wobei eine Auswahl getroffen wird. Insgesamt besteht Japan aus 6852 Inseln,[1][2] wobei hier auch Inseln mitgezählt werden, auf die Japan Anspruch erhebt. Lediglich 425 dieser Inseln sind bewohnt, wobei 98 % der Bevölkerung auf den vier Hauptinseln lebt.[3] Als Insel gelten hierbei vollständig vom Wasser umgebene Landflächen, die bei Hochwasser einen Umfang von mindestens 100 m besitzen.[2]

- [en] List of islands of Japan

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