List of islands of Japan
This is a list of Japanese Islands, wherein a selection is made. Overall, Japan consists of 6852 islands, where islands will also be counted on Japan lays claim to be flooded at high tide, or have been artificially piled up. Only 425 of these islands are inhabited, with 98 % of the population lives on the four main islands. The system counts all islands with a circumference greater than 100 m.
- 5.1 Under Russian administration
- 5.2 Under South Korean administration
Main islands
Other islands (≥ 1 km ²)
Under third-party management standing islands are grayed out.
Islands sorted by archipelagos
Islands in the Sea of Japan
- Hegura -jima ( Ishikawa Prefecture)
- Kyūroku -jima ( Aomori Prefecture)
- Nanatsujima ( Ishikawa Prefecture )
- Oki Islands ( Shimane prefecture ): Dōgo, Nishinoshima, Nakanoshima, Chiburishima
- Okushiri ( Hokkaido Prefecture)
- Oshima- Kojima ( Hokkaido Prefecture)
- Oshima- Ōshima ( Hokkaido Prefecture)
- Rebun ( Hokkaido Prefecture)
- Rishiri ( Hokkaido Prefecture)
- Sado ( Niigata Prefecture)
- Teuri ( Hokkaido Prefecture)
- Tobishima and surrounding islands ( Yamagata Prefecture)
- Yagishiri ( Hokkaido Prefecture)
Islands in the Seto Inland
- Awaji -shima ( Hyōgo Prefecture)
- Shodoshima ( Kagawa Prefecture)
- Ieshima Islands ( Hyōgo Prefecture ): Tanka -jima, Ieshima, Nishi- shima
- Naoshima Islands ( Kagawa Prefecture ):
- Shiwaku Islands: Awashima, Hiroshima, Honshima, Oteshima, Sanagishima, Shishijima, Teshima, Ushijima, Yoshima, ...
Nampo - shotō ( island area ) ( Tokyo Prefecture)
- Izu Islands: Izu Ōshima, Toshima, Udone -shima, Niijima, Shikine -jima, Kōzu -shima, Miyake- jima, Ōnohara -jima, Mikura -jima, Inamba -jima, Hachijo -jima, Hachijo- kojima, Aogashima, Bayonnaise Rocks, Sumisu - jima Torishima, Sōfugan
- Ogasawara Islands: Ogasawara- Gunto ( Islands bonuses ): Mukojima Island Chain: Muko -jima, Kita -no- shima, Naka -no- shima, Sasago -jima, Tori -shima, Hari -no- iwa, Nakōdo -jima, Tori -shima, Yome -jima, Mae -jima, Ushiro -jima
- Chichijima Island Chain: Chichi -jima, Mago -jima, Ototo Jima, Ani -jima, Hyotan Jima, Nishi- jima, Hitomaru -jima, Nakadori -jima, Higashi -jima, Tatsumi -jima, Tate -jima, Kannuki - jima, Minami- jima, Reigan -jima
- Hahajima Island Chain: Haha -jima, Katsuodori -shima, Okatsudori -jima, Nakakatsuodori Jima, Muko -jima, Maru -jima, Futago -jima, Hira -jima, Mei -jima, Tori -shima, Yagi -shima, Imoto - jima, Tori -shima, Kitatori -shima, Ane -jima, -shima Minamitori
Islands in Kyushu
- Amakusa Islands ( Kumamoto and Kagoshima Prefecture): Kami- shima, Shimo- shima, Naga -shima, Ōyano -jima and Shishi -jima
- Gotō islands ( Nagasaki Prefecture): Fukue -jima, Hisaka -jima, Naru- shima, Wakamatsu -jima and Nakadori -jima
- Iki ( Nagasaki Prefecture)
- Koshikijima Islands ( Kagoshima Prefecture): Shimokoshiki -jima, Kamikoshiki -jima, Nakakoshiki -jima
- Tsushima ( Nagasaki Prefecture)
Nansei Islands
- Satsunan Islands ( Kagoshima Prefecture ): Ōsumi Islands: Tanegashima, Yakushima, Kuchinoerabushima, Mageshima, ...
- Tokara Islands: Kuchinoshima, Nakanoshima, Suwanosejima, Akusekijima, Tairajima, Kodakarajima, Takarajima, ...
- Amami Islands: Amami - Oshima, Kikaigashima, Kakeromajima, Yoroshima, Ukeshima, Tokunoshima, Okinoerabujima, Yoronjima, ...
- → Main article: List of islands of Okinawa Prefecture
- Okinawa Islands: Okinawa Honto, Kumejima, Iheyajima, Izenajima, Agunijima, Iejima, ... Kerama Islands: Tokashikijima, Zamamijima, Nakajima, Gerumajima, ...
- Miyako Islands: Miyakojima, Ikemajima, Ogamijima, Irabujima, Shimojijima, Kurimajima, Minnashima, Taramashima, ...
- Yaeyama Islands: Iriomote, Ishigaki - jima Taketomi, Kohama, Kuroshima, Aragusuku, Hatoma, Yubushima, Hateruma, Yonaguni, ...
New island
End of November 2013, the Japanese Coast Guard reported that an erupting underwater volcano near the Ogasawara islands poses a new island.
Claimed by and under external administration Islands
Under Russian administration
- Kunashir (Japanese: Kunashiri )
- Iturup (Japanese: Etorofu )
- Shikotan
- Chabomai (Japanese: Habomai Gunto ): Polonskogo ( Taraku ) Seljony ( Shibotsu ) Tanfiljewa ( Suisho ) Signalny ( Kaigara ), Yuri (Yuri ), Anutschina ( Akiyuri ) Storoschewoi ( Moemoshiri ) Lisji Islands ( Kaiba ), Schischki Islands ( Kabutojima ) and Djomina Islands ( Harukari )
Under South Korean administration
- Liancourt Rocks (Japanese: Takeshima )