Japan
AsiaCapital: Tokyo
2026 population
122.9M
Rank #11 globally
Area
378k km²
Metros tracked
58
92% of population in metros
Composite score
356.1
Rank #8 globally
National Teams
Japan on the international stage. Click a card for the full record.
Men's FootballAFC
Japan
FIFA #18
ELO #13
WC apps 8
Major trophies 4
No World Cups
Women's Football
Japan
WWC apps 9
Best Champion
1 World Cup
CricketAssociate
Japan
Matches 57
Rugby Union
Japan
World #12
Tests 44
No World Cups
Baseball
Japan
WBC apps 6
Record 34-9
Best Champions
3 WBC titles
Olympics
Japan
Games 38
Medals 644
Best #3
211 golds
Basketball
Japan
Oly medals 0
WC apps 4
No Olympic golds
Prefectures
47 entries listed under Japan. Click any to see its metros and footprint.
Hokkaido5Shizuoka5Fukushima4Yamaguchi4Fukuoka3Niigata3Tochigi3Aomori2Ehime2Hiroshima2Ibaraki2Kochi2Mie2Nagano2Nagasaki2Saga2Tottori2Yamanashi2Aichi1Akita1Chiba1Fukui1Gifu1Gunma1Hyogo1Ishikawa1Iwate1Kagawa1Kagoshima1Kanagawa1Kumamoto1Kyoto1Miyagi1Miyazaki1Nara1Oita1Okayama1Okinawa1Osaka1Saitama1Shiga1Shimane1Tokushima1Tokyo1Toyama1Wakayama1Yamagata1
Japan metro footprint
58 metrosLoading map…
58 polygons
Polygons shaded by composite tier. Hover for rank, click to open the metro page. Boundaries derived from Overture Maps administrative divisions; metros without source coverage are omitted.