Japan has 14,125 islands, approximately 430 of which are inhabited.Look Japan, Vol. 43, Issues 493-504, p. 35; retrieved 2013-3-2. This list provides basic geographical data of the most prominent islands belonging to, or claimed by, Japan.
List
Name Area (sq. km) Highest elevation (metres) Population Prefecture(s) Honshu 225,800 3,776 104,000,00034 prefectures Kyushu 36,782 1,791 12,970,4797 prefectures Hokkaido 83,423 2,290 5,348,102Hokkaido Shikoku 18,297 1,982 3,796,6874 prefectures Okinawa 1,206 503 1,301,462Okinawa Awaji 592 606 157,000Hyōgo Shimoshima, Amakusa 574 538 87,191Kumamoto Amami Ōshima 712 694 73,000Kagoshima Miyako-jima 158 115 55,914Okinawa Sado 854 1,172 55,474Niigata Ishigaki 222 526 47,000Okinawa Tsushima 709 649 39,716Nagasaki Fukue 326 461 38,481Nagasaki Kamishima, Amakusa 225 682 34,412Kumamoto Tanegashima 444 282 33,000Kagoshima Hikoshima 11 112 30,182Yamaguchi Shōdoshima 153 817 28,764Kagawa Iki 134 213 28,008Nagasaki Mukaishima 23 283 28,000Hiroshima Innoshima 35 390 27,465Hiroshima Tokunoshima 247 645 27,000Kagoshima Etajima 91 400 24,596Hiroshima Ōmishima, Ehime 65 437 23,398Ehime Hirado 163 535 21,355Nagasaki Nakadori 168 442 20,167Nagasaki Suō-Ōshima 128 691 19,739Yamaguchi Kurahashi-jima 69 491 19,565Hiroshima Okinoerabujima 93 246 15,000Kagoshima Dōgojima 242 607 14,849Shimane Ōyano-jima 30 229 14,729Kumamoto Yakushima 504 1,935 13,178Kagoshima Nagashima, Kagoshima 91 403 10,120Kagoshima Kume Island 59 310 10,000Okinawa Hario 33 174 9,767Nagasaki Ikuchi-jima 31 472 9,310Hiroshima Hachijō-jima 63 854 8,363Tokyo Izu Ōshima 91 764 8,179Tokyo Kunashiri 1,490 1,819 7,800Hokkaido Hakata 21 304 7,683Ehime Kikaijima 57 214 7,657Kagoshima Etorofu 3,174 1,634 7,500Hokkaido Ikitsuki, Nagasaki 17 286 7,014Nagasaki Irabu-jima 29 89 6,283Okinawa Yoronjima 21 98 6,000Kagoshima Ōsakishimo-jima 18 449 6,000Hiroshima Oshima 12 163 5,725Nagasaki Rishiri 183 1,721 5,102Hokkaido Ie-jima 23 172 4,198Okinawa Goshoura 13 442 3,615Kumamoto Nishinoshima 56 452 3,400Shimane Okushiri 142 584 3,343Hokkaido Fukushima, Nagasaki 17 141 3,202Nagasaki Rebun 80 490 3,194Hokkaido Notojima 47 197 3,187Ishikawa Ōsakikamijima 38 453 3,187Hiroshima Naka-jima, Ehime 21 293 2,938Ehime Kamikoshiki-jima 45 423 2,796Kagoshima Shimokoshiki-jima 66 604 2,780Kagoshima Naru Island 24 276 2,776Nagasaki Nii-jima 23 432 2,700Tokyo Kamikamagari-jima 19 457 2,658Hiroshima Ukujima 25 258 2,575Nagasaki Takashima, Nagasaki 16 117 2,487Nagasaki Ojika 12 111 2,433Nagasaki Miyake-jima 55 775 2,415Tokyo Nakanoshima 32 164 2,400Shimane Iriomote 289 470 2,347Okinawa Minamidaitōjima 31 75 2,107Okinawa Shikotan 247 412 2,100Hokkaido Chichijima 23 326 2,000Tokyo Nagashima, Yamaguchi 14 314 2,000Yamaguchi Kōzu-shima 18 571 1,952Tokyo Ōshima (Ehime) 42 382 1,800Ehime Itsukushima 30 535 1,800Hiroshima Yonaguni 29 231 1,745Okinawa Wakamatsu 31 339 1,661Nagasaki Kakeromajima 77 314 1,600Kagoshima Izena 15 120 1,518Okinawa Azuchi-Ōshima 15 177 1,269Nagasaki Iheya-jima 21 98 1,214Okinawa Ōmi-jima 15 320 1,200Yamaguchi Teshima 15 340 1,200Kagawa Tarama-jima 20 34 1,185Okinawa Shishi-jima 17 393 1,050Kagoshima Hiroshima, Kagawa 12 453 800Kagawa Kasado-jima 12 256 800Yamaguchi Tokashiki 15 227 750Okinawa Kitadaitōjima 12 74 660Okinawa Chiburijima 14 325 650Shimane Heigun 17 468 591Yamaguchi Hateruma 13 60 490Okinawa Hahajima 20 462 450Tokyo Hisaka 37 357 395Nagasaki Mikura-jima 20 851 351Tokyo Okinoshima 10 404 283Kōchi Awashima, Niigata 10 266 265Niigata Kuroshima 10 15 220Okinawa Uke 13 400 200Kagoshima Kuroshima 15 622 199Kagoshima Nakanoshima 34 979 167Kagoshima Kuchinoerabu-jima 38 657 147Kagoshima Kuchinoshima 13 629 140Kagoshima Iōjima 12 704 121Kagoshima Suwanosejima 28 796 48Kagoshima Kakuijima 10 245 12Okayama Kinkasan 10 445 6Miyagi Shibotsu 58 45 0Hokkaido Iwo Jima 21 161 0Tokyo Suishō-tō 12 18 0Hokkaido Taraku 11 16 0Hokkaido Yuri 10 44 0Hokkaido Oshima (Hokkaido) 10 732 0HokkaidoTakeshima 0.191690Shimane
claimed but not controlled.
See also Geography of Japan Japanese archipelago List of islands of Japan Lists of islands Names of Japan
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Notes This article used material from Japanese Wikipedia page 日本の島の一覧, accessed 28 July 2017