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enacted on April 1, 2015. Cities with a population of at least 200,000 may now apply to be directly promoted to core city status. Special cities that have not been promoted may still retain autonomy, and are called
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Because the level of autonomy delegated to special cities was similar to that for core cities, after consultation with local governments the category of special cities was abolished in the revision of the
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Council of Local Authorities for International Relations and Institute for Comparative Studies in Local Governance, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies. – Note: this paper translates
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in Japan in operation until 2015. Each special city had a population of at least 200,000, and was delegated functions normally carried out by
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As of 2015, when the category was abolished, 23 cities had been designated special cities:
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The category of special cities was established by the
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Jacobs at 1686:日本總務省 - 中核市・施行時特例市 199:Local Autonomy Act 191:Local Autonomy Law 174:was a category of 147: 2547: 2546: 2532: 2531: 2507: 1938:Designated cities 1668: 1667: 383: 382: 296:Designated cities 2572: 2505: 1803:Tokyo Metropolis 1799: 1798: 1780: 1773: 1766: 1757: 1756: 1715: 1701: 1695: 1694: 1681: 1664: 1638: 1631: 1624: 1623: 1610: 1584: 1577: 1570: 1569: 1556: 1530: 1523: 1516: 1515: 1502: 1476: 1469: 1462: 1461: 1448: 1422: 1415: 1408: 1407: 1394: 1368: 1361: 1354: 1353: 1340: 1314: 1307: 1300: 1299: 1286: 1260: 1253: 1246: 1245: 1232: 1206: 1199: 1192: 1191: 1178: 1152: 1145: 1138: 1137: 1124: 1098: 1091: 1084: 1083: 1070: 1044: 1037: 1030: 1029: 1016: 990: 983: 976: 975: 962: 936: 929: 922: 921: 908: 882: 875: 868: 867: 854: 828: 821: 814: 813: 800: 774: 767: 760: 759: 746: 720: 713: 706: 705: 692: 666: 659: 652: 651: 638: 612: 605: 598: 597: 584: 558: 551: 544: 543: 530: 504: 497: 490: 489: 476: 450: 443: 436: 435: 388: 375: 368: 361: 246: 245: 222: 221: 218: 212: 211: 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2099:Funabashi 2089:Fukushima 2079:Asahikawa 2069:Amagasaki 1961:Hiroshima 1956:Hamamatsu 1901:Shinagawa 1616:Yokkaichi 968:Kishiwada 590:Hiratsuka 482:Chigasaki 394:Japanese 287:Municipal 2437:Kumagaya 2427:Kasukabe 2417:Kakogawa 2364:Yokosuka 2359:Yamagata 2349:Wakayama 2334:Toyonaka 2309:Takasaki 2264:Neyagawa 2254:Nagasaki 2229:Miyazaki 2209:Maebashi 2184:Kōriyama 2154:Kanazawa 2134:Hirakata 2119:Hakodate 2114:Hachiōji 2094:Fukuyama 2041:Yokohama 2036:Shizuoka 1981:Kumamoto 1966:Kawasaki 1911:Suginami 1906:Shinjuku 1891:Setagaya 1846:Itabashi 1644:306,107 1602:Kanagawa 1590:230,357 1536:244,528 1482:344,194 1428:227,617 1374:244,851 1320:237,501 1266:217,107 1224:Kanagawa 1212:194,672 1170:Shizuoka 1158:199,883 1104:281,101 1050:201,814 1022:Kumagaya 996:197,629 942:236,976 914:Kasukabe 888:306,573 834:268,175 806:Kakogawa 780:202,366 726:207,253 672:276,474 630:Kanagawa 618:260,061 576:Shizuoka 564:245,015 522:Kanagawa 510:239,874 468:Kanagawa 456:224,181 331:Villages 252:of Japan 2538:also a 2482:Tsukuba 2452:Odawara 2442:Nagaoka 2422:Kasugai 2407:Isesaki 2402:Ibaraki 2319:Tottori 2279:Okazaki 2239:Morioka 2164:Kawagoe 2159:Kashiwa 2026:Sapporo 2016:Saitama 2001:Okayama 1996:Niigata 1951:Fukuoka 1921:Toshima 1896:Shibuya 1841:Edogawa 1831:Chiyoda 1821:Arakawa 1641:206.44 1548:Ibaraki 1533:283.72 1508:Tsukuba 1494:Saitama 1425:101.89 1386:Saitama 1317:431.84 1263:175.54 1209:113.79 1184:Odawara 1155:186.96 1116:Niigata 1101:891.06 1076:Nagaoka 1062:Saitama 1047:159.82 954:Saitama 860:Kasugai 831:138.51 792:Niigata 777:973.81 723:139.44 698:Isesaki 644:Ibaraki 561:244.95 416:Region 400:Emblem 2487:Yamato 2447:Numazu 2412:Jōetsu 2382:Atsugi 2339:Toyota 2324:Toyama 2289:Sasebo 2249:Nagano 2214:Matsue 2204:Kurume 2129:Himeji 2074:Aomori 2059:Akashi 2031:Sendai 1991:Nagoya 1916:Sumida 1881:Nerima 1876:Nakano 1871:Minato 1866:Meguro 1826:Bunkyō 1816:Adachi 1587:27.09 1562:Yamato 1479:72.11 1435:Kansai 1371:27.46 1327:Kyushu 1130:Numazu 1003:Kansai 993:72.68 939:66.00 885:92.78 841:Kansai 752:Jōetsu 679:Kansai 669:76.52 615:67.88 507:35.71 453:93.83 428:Atsugi 311:Cities 234:(特別市, 210:施行時特例市 176:cities 2299:Suita 2174:Kōchi 2144:Iwaki 2084:Fukui 2064:Akita 2021:Sakai 2006:Osaka 1986:Kyoto 1946:Chiba 1926:Taitō 1791:Japan 1651:Chūbu 1597:Kantō 1543:Kantō 1489:Kantō 1440:Hyōgo 1381:Kantō 1278:Gunma 1273:Kantō 1219:Kantō 1165:Chūbu 1111:Chūbu 1057:Kantō 1008:Osaka 949:Kantō 900:Aichi 895:Chūbu 846:Hyōgo 787:Chūbu 738:Gunma 733:Kantō 684:Osaka 625:Kantō 571:Chūbu 517:Kantō 463:Kantō 397:Flag 391:Name 347:Wards 326:Towns 172:Japan 2467:Sōka 2462:Saga 2392:Fuji 2284:Ōtsu 2274:Ōita 2259:Nara 2244:Naha 2234:Mito 2199:Kure 2179:Kōfu 2104:Gifu 1976:Kobe 1861:Kōtō 1856:Kita 1836:Chūō 1622:四日市市 1514:つくば市 1346:Sōka 1332:Saga 1292:Saga 1190:小田原市 974:岸和田市 920:春日部市 866:春日井市 812:加古川市 704:伊勢崎市 536:Fuji 488:茅ヶ崎市 422:Map 408:2012 315:List 2514:Tsu 2457:Ōta 2354:Yao 1886:Ōta 1789:of 1656:Mie 1568:大和市 1460:所沢市 1406:宝塚市 1352:草加市 1298:佐賀市 1244:太田市 1238:Ōta 1136:沼津市 1082:長岡市 1028:熊谷市 758:上越市 650:茨木市 596:平塚市 542:富士市 434:厚木市 170:of 157:特例市 2556:: 1689:. 410:) 213:, 186:. 160:, 149:A 1779:e 1772:t 1765:v 1693:. 374:e 367:t 360:v 317:) 313:( 220:) 207:( 167:) 154:( 143:■ 138:■ 133:■

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