ISO 3166-2: JP

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The list of ISO-3166-2 codes for Japan contains the codes for the 47 prefectures of Japan .

The codes consist of two parts separated by a hyphen. The first part gives the country code according to ISO 3166-1 (for Japan JP), the second the code for the prefecture.

The current country code has not been updated since it was published in 1998.

The current codes are available on the ISO website under #iso: code: 3166: JP .

The list has its origins in the Japan Industrial Standard JIS X 0401: 1973 - To-do-fu-ken (prefecture) identification code from 1973. The prefectures are consecutively from , according to geographical location (essentially from north to south, taking into account the regions ) Numbered 01 to 47.


The prefectures of Japan with their respective ISO codes
prefecture code
Flag of Aichi Prefecture.svg Aichi JP-23
Flag of Akita Prefecture.svg Akita JP-05
Flag of Aomori Prefecture.svg Aomori JP-02
Flag of Chiba Prefecture.svg Chiba JP-12
Flag of Ehime Prefecture.svg Ehime JP-38
Flag of Fukui Prefecture.svg Fukui JP-18
Flag of Fukuoka Prefecture.svg Fukuoka JP-40
Flag of Fukushima Prefecture.svg Fukushima JP-07
Flag of Gifu Prefecture.svg Gifu JP-21
Flag of Gunma Prefecture.svg Gunma JP-10
Flag of Hiroshima Prefecture.svg Hiroshima JP-34
Flag of Hokkaido Prefecture.svg Hokkaidō JP-01
Flag of Hyogo Prefecture.svg Hyogo JP-28
Flag of Ibaraki Prefecture.svg Ibaraki JP-08
Flag of Ishikawa Prefecture.svg Ishikawa JP-17
Flag of Iwate Prefecture.svg Iwate JP-03
Flag of Kagawa Prefecture.svg Kagawa JP-37
Flag of Kagoshima Prefecture.svg Kagoshima JP-46
Flag of Kanagawa Prefecture.svg Kanagawa JP-14
Flag of Kochi Prefecture.svg Kochi JP-39
Flag of Kumamoto Prefecture.svg Kumamoto JP-43
Flag of Kyoto Prefecture.svg Kyoto JP-26
Flag of Mie Prefecture.svg Mie JP-24
Flag of Miyagi Prefecture.svg Miyagi JP-04
Flag of Miyazaki Prefecture.svg Miyazaki JP-45
Flag of Nagano Prefecture.svg Nagano JP-20
Flag of Nagasaki Prefecture.svg Nagasaki JP-42
Flag of Nara Prefecture.svg Nara JP-29
Flag of Niigata Prefecture.svg Niigata JP-15
Flag of Oita Prefecture.svg Ōita JP-44
Flag of Okayama Prefecture.svg Okayama JP-33
Flag of Okinawa Prefecture.svg Okinawa JP-47
Flag of Osaka Prefecture.svg Osaka JP-27
Flag of Saga Prefecture.svg saga JP-41
Flag of Saitama Prefecture.svg Saitama JP-11
Flag of Shiga Prefecture.svg Shiga JP-25
Flag of Shimane Prefecture.svg Shimane JP-32
Flag of Shizuoka Prefecture.svg Shizuoka JP-22
Flag of Tochigi Prefecture.svg Tochigi JP-09
Flag of Tokushima Prefecture.svg Tokushima JP-36
Flag of Tokyo Prefecture.svg Tokyo JP-13
Flag of Tottori Prefecture.svg Tottori JP-31
Flag of Toyama Prefecture.svg Toyama JP-16
Flag of Wakayama Prefecture.svg Wakayama JP-30
Flag of Yamagata Prefecture.svg Yamagata JP-06
Flag of Yamaguchi Prefecture.svg Yamaguchi JP-35
Flag of Yamanashi Prefecture.svg Yamanashi JP-19

See also

  • ISO 3166-2 , country code reference table.
  • ISO 3166-1 , reference table of country codes as used in domain names.