Core city

For the core cities of England, see the English Core Cities Group.

Divisions of Japan
Regional level
Regions (地方 chihō)
Prefectural level
Prefectures (都道府県 todōfuken)
Subprefectural level
Subprefectures (支庁 shichō)
Designated Cities (政令指定都市 seirei-shitei-toshi)
Districts (郡 gun)
Municipal level
Core Cities (中核市 chūkaku-shi)
Special Cities (特例市 tokurei-shi)
Cities (市 shi)
Special Wards (特別区 tokubetsu-ku)
Wards (区 ku)
Towns (町 chō / machi)
Villages (村 son / mura)

Core cities are cities of Japan designated by Article 252, Clause 22 and the first term of the Local Autonomy Law.

To be a core city, the city must satisfy the following stipulations:

The population must at least 300,000.
If the population is less than 500,000, the total area must be at least 100 km² in area.

The city is designated through the submission from the city and approvals from the assemblies of the city and the prefecture.

Core cities are delegated many functions normally carried out by prefectural governments, but not as many as Designated Cities.

List

As of 2006, the following 36 cities are designated:

*Hamamatsu, Shizuoka

*Okazaki, Aichi
*Takatsuki, Osaka
April 1, 2005
*Toyama, Toyama (the city is re-designated after Osawano, Oyama, Yatsuo, Fuchu, Yamada, Hosoiri was merged with the city)
*Higashiosaka, Osaka
October 1, 2005
*Hakodate, Hokkaido
*Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi

The following are cities that satisfy the stipulations but not yet are designated.

The city of Shizuoka, Shizuoka achieved the status of Designated city in 2005. The city of Sakai, Osaka achieved the status of Designated city in 2006.

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