List of former towns or villages gained city status alone in Japan

The following municipalities in Japan gained city status alone, that is, not through a municipal merger. Under Japanese law, the population threshold for city status is set at 50,000, but is lowered to 30,000 if the city is formed through a municipal merger. Cities in this list therefore must have cleared the first, higher threshold.

1991 Sodegaura, Chiba Tsurugashima, Saitama Hidaka, Saitama Hannan, Osaka Kashiba, Nara Hamura, Tokyo 1992 Yachimata, Chiba Maebaru, Fukuoka 1994 Nisshin, Aichi 1996 Yoshikawa, Saitama Inzai, Chiba Kitahiroshima, Hokkaidō Ishikari, Hokkaidō 1997 Kyōtanabe, Kyoto Koga, Fukuoka 2001 Shiroi, Chiba Rittō, Shiga 2002 Moriya, Ibaraki Tomisato, Chiba Tomigusuku, Okinawa 2006 Iwade, Wakayama

2010 Miyoshi, Aichi

2011 Nonoichi, Ishikawa

2012 Nagakute, Aichi Shiraoka, Saitama

2013 Ōamishirasato, Chiba

2014 Takizawa, Iwate

2016 Tomiya, Miyagi

2018 Nakagawa, Fukuoka

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