---
id: "jp_region"
kind: "datatype"
status: "draft"
is_pii: false
categories: ["geo", "government"]
country: ["JP"]
langs: ["ja", "en"]
quality: 75
url: "http://registry.apicrafter.io/datatype/jp_region"
---

# Japanese region (`jp_region`)

> **Draft.** Draft records have not been reviewed yet and may be incomplete or wrong; do not treat them as authoritative for legal or compliance decisions.

Name of one of the eight traditional regions of Japan that group the prefectures: Hokkaido, Tohoku, Kanto, Chubu, Kansai (Kinki), Chugoku, Shikoku and Kyushu with Okinawa. It is written in Japanese, with or without 地方 (region), or in English.

- Personal data (PII): no
- Categories: Geographic identifiers (geo), Government related (government)
- Countries: Japan (JP)
- Languages: Japanese (ja), English (en)
- Classification: categorical

## Examples

- `関東` — Kanto
- `東北地方` — Tohoku region
- `Kansai`

## Mappings

- fta: `STATE_PROVINCE.REGION_NAME_JA`

## Supported by tools

- `fta`

## Translations

- ru: Регион Японии

## Sources

- wikipedia: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_regions_of_Japan>
- other: <https://github.com/tsegall/fta/blob/main/SemanticTypes.md>

## Quality

Score 75/100. Missing: regexp, negative example.

JSON: <http://registry.apicrafter.io/api/v1/datatypes/jp_region.json> · Edit: <https://github.com/apicrafter/metacrafter-registry/edit/main/data/datatypes/JP/geo/jp_region.yaml>