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[Japan]
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There are 47 prefectures and 1,741 municipalities available in Japan as of Nov 28th 2014.
Nozomi Kariyasu, 27 November 2014

Aichi | Akita | Aomori | Chiba | Ehime | Fukui | Fukuoka | Fukushima | Gifu | Gunma | Hiroshima | Hokkaidō | Hyōgo | Ibaraki | Ishikawa | Iwate | Kagawa | Kagoshima | Kanagawa | Kōchi | Kumamoto | Kyōto | Mie | Miyagi | Miyazaki | Nagano | Nagasaki | Nara | Niigata | Ōita | Okayama | Okinawa | Ōsaka | Saga | Saitama | Shiga | Shimane | Shizuoka | Tochigi | Tokushima | Tōkyō | Tottori | Toyama | Wakayama | Yamagata | Yamaguchi | Yamanashi

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Wards in Japan

Just for your information, the ward in Tokyo is a special status in Japan. It means only Tokyo Wards are considered the same status as the city municipality. So Tokyo wards are included in total 1741 Japanese municipalities.
On the other hands, wards in other prefecture capital city such as Sapporo, Nagoya are 2nd level administrative unit inside the city. Strictly speaking, Sapporo is a municipality but wards of Sapporo is not municipality in Japan. Unlike Tokyo wards, other wards don't have the local parliament to make a flag or emblem law. So they don't use the word of emblem but only the word of symbol mark. They have ward flags using the symbol mark.
Nozomi Kariyasu, 23 November 2014

Aichi (Aiti)

Akita

Aomori

Chiba (Tiba)

Ehime

Fukui (Hukui)

Fukuoka (Hukuoka)

Fukushima (Hukusimi)

Gifu (Gihu)

Gunma

Hiroshima (Hirosima)

Hokkaidō (territory)

Hyōgo

Ibaraki (Ibaragi)

Ishikawa (Isikawa)

Iwate

Kagawa

Kagoshima (Kagosima)

Kanagawa

Kōchi (Kōti)

Kumamoto

Kyōto (urban prefecture)

Mie

Miyagi

Miyazaki

Nagano

Nagasaki

Nara

Niigata

Ōita

Okayama

Okinawa

Ōsaka (urban prefecture)

Saga

Saitama

Shiga (Siga)

Shimane (Simane)

Shizuoka (Sizuoka)

Tochigi (Totigi)

Tokushima (Tokusima)

Tōkyō (metropolis)

Wards (ku) [23]

Cities (shi/si) [26]

Towns (machi) [3]

Villages (mura) [4]

Islands (machi) [9]

Tottori

Toyama

Wakayama

Yamagata

Yamaguchi (Yamaguti)

Yamanashi (Yamanasi)