Kota utama
Kota utama (中核市 Chūkakushi?) nyaéta kelas kota Jepang dijieun ku klausul kahiji Artikel 252, Bagian 22 di antara Undang-undang Otonomi Lokal Jepang. Kota utama dibéré fungsi tugas ku pamaréntah préféktur, tapi teu saloba Designated Cities. Keur jadi kota utama, hiji kota ku mibanda kaayaan saperti di handap:
- Populasi antara 300,000 nepi ka 500,000.
- Legana wewengkon 100 km².
Usulan sangkan jadi kota ieu perlu disatujuan ku dewan perwakila kota jeung préféktur.
Runtuyan kota utama
éditDina taun 2006, 37 kota geus dipilih salaku kota utama:
- Toyama, Toyama (reclassified after merger with Ōsawano, Ōyama, Yatsuo, Fuchū, Yamada, jeung Hosoiri)
- Higashiōsaka, Osaka
Kota utama samemehna
édit- Shizuoka, Shizuoka
- Sakai, Osaka
- Designated on 1 April 1996, achieved the status of designated city in 2006.
- Niigata, Niigata
- Hamamatsu, Shizuoka
- Both designated on 1 April 1996, achieved the status of designated city in 2007.
Calon kota utama
éditDi handap ieu, kota-kota nu bakal jadi kota utama.
Within 2009
During 2011
Awaiting designation
éditThe following cities have populations gréater than 300,000 but have not yet been nominated. (Cities planning to apply for core city status are not shown. ※Special Cities)