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    Hachijō Subprefecture (八丈支庁, Hachijō-shichō) is a subprefecture of Tokyo Metropolis, Japan. The organization of government belongs to the Tokyo Metropolitan...
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    Hachijō (八丈町, Hachijō-machi) is a town located in Hachijō Subprefecture, Tokyo Metropolis, Japan. As of 1 December 2022[update], the town had an estimated...
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    dialects of Hachijō are classified into eight groups according to the various historical villages within Hachijō Subprefecture. On Hachijō-jima, these...
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    Park. Its only municipality is Hachijō. On 1 March 2018, its population was 7,522 people living on 63 km2. The Hachijō language is spoken by some inhabitants...
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    (40 mi) south of Hachijō-jima. The island is administered by the village of Aogashima, which is subordinate to the Hachijō Subprefecture, which itself is...
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    Hachijō Town and Aogashima Village claim administrative rights. They are directly controlled by Hachijō Subprefecture instead. Ōshima Subprefecture Ōshima...
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    Aogashima (青ヶ島村, Aogashima-mura) is a village located in Hachijō Subprefecture, Tokyo Metropolis, Japan. It is the least-populated municipality in Japan...
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    kilometres (4.7 mi) west of Hachijō-jima, in the northern Izu archipelago, Japan. Administratively the island is within Hachijō, Tokyo, Japan. Oriented in...
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    Minamitorishima, and Nishinoshima. Together with the Ōshima, Miyake, and Hachijō Subprefectures in the Izu Islands, Ogasawara forms part of Japan's Nanpo Islands...
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  • The four branch offices are located at Hachijō, Miyake, Ogasawara and Ōshima. Shimane contains one subprefecture governing the Oki Islands. This is the...
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    The four southernmost islands of Hachijō Subprefecture are currently not part of any municipality as the town of Hachijō and village of Aogashima both claim...
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    Width 56 m (184 ft) Highest elevation 99 m (325 ft) Administration Japan Prefecture Tokyo Subprefecture Hachijō Subprefecture Demographics Population 0...
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    Insular Area Ōshima Subprefecture Ōshima To-shima Niijima Kōzushima Miyake Subprefecture Miyake Mikurajima Hachijō Subprefecture Hachijō Aogashima Ogasawara...
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    5 km (4.04 mi) Highest elevation 394 m (1293 ft) Administration Japan Prefecture Tokyo Subprefecture Hachijō Subprefecture Demographics Population 0...
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    on the islands have never been subordinate to counties, but to four subprefectures that together form the islands electoral district. On June 18, 2014...
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    01 km2 (0.0039 sq mi) Highest elevation 11 m (36 ft) Administration Japan Prefecture Tokyo Subprefecture Hachijō Subprefecture Demographics Population 0...
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  • (Izu Islands) or Izu Torishima, the island of the Izu Islands, Hachijō Subprefecture, Tokyo Minami-Tori-shima (South Bird Island) or Marcus Island, Ogasawara...
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    (320,000 sq ft) Highest elevation 134 m (440 ft) Administration Japan Prefecture Tokyo Subprefecture Hachijō Subprefecture Demographics Population 0...
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  • Castle Site Luminous moss Habitat) 2.7 [31] Tori-shima 鳥島 Tori-shima Hachijō Subprefecture 30°29′04″N 140°18′04″E / 30.48445°N 140.30110°E / 30.48445; 140...
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  • an uninhabited island of Oshima subprefecture of Hokkaidō, Japan, in the Sea of Japan; also called "Ko-jima" Hachijō-kojima, a small uninhabited volcanic...
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    Miyake (三宅村, Miyake-mura) is a village located in Miyake Subprefecture, Tokyo Metropolis, Japan. As of 1 October 2020[update], the village had an estimated...
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    Kōzu-shima, Miyake-jima, Mikurajima, Hachijō-jima, and Aogashima. The Izu Islands are grouped into three subprefectures. Izu Ōshima and Hachijojima are towns...
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    Niijima (新島村, Niijima-mura) is a village located in Ōshima Subprefecture, Tokyo Metropolis, Japan. As of 1 October 2020[update], the village had an estimated...
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    consist of two towns and seven villages that are grouped into four subprefectures. "Izu Islands". The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica. February 2023...
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  • facto administered by Russia but are claimed by Japan as part of Nemuro Subprefecture, Hokkaido. As a standalone word, 村 is pronounced with the kun'yomi mura...
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    Niijima and the smaller, uninhabited Jinai-tō. It is part of the Ōshima Subprefecture of Tokyo Metropolis. As of 2009[update], the island's population was...
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    a different island, in the past a saltwater crocodile has appeared on Hachijō-jima. The island, along with Shikine-jima and some uninhabited islets nearby...
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    from the Izu Islands south of Tokyo, with the people there speaking the Hachijō language.[citation needed] The islands were held by the United States after...
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    of the Japanese archipelago. Along with the Japanese language and the Hachijō language, they make up the Japonic language family. Although Japanese is...
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    Aogashima and Izu Ōshima and fly to Toshima, Miyake-jima, Mikura-jima, Hachijō-jima and Aogashima. There are two bus routes on the island. Both bus routes...
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