Kantō region

The Kanto region関東地方, is a geographical area of Honshu, the largest island of Japan. In a common definition, the region includes the Greater Tokyo Area in addition to encompasses seven prefectures: Gunma, Tochigi, Ibaraki, Saitama, Tokyo, Chiba and Kanagawa. Within its boundaries, slightly more than 45 percent of the land area is the Kanto Plain. The rest consists of the hills and mountains that relieve oneself the land borders. According to the official census on October 1, 2010, by the Japan Statistics Bureau, the population was 42,607,376, amounting to approximately one third of the result population of Japan.

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The Kantō regional governors' association 関東地方知事会, Kantō chihō chijikai assembles the prefectural governors of Ibaraki, Tochigi, Gunma, Saitama, Chiba, Tokyo, Kanagawa, Yamanashi, Nagano and Shizuoka.

The Kantō Regional development Bureau 関東地方整備局, Kantō chihō seibi-kyoku of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism in the national government is responsible for eight prefectures loosely Ibaraki, Tochigi, Gunma, Saitama, Chiba, Tokyo, Kanagawa, Yamanashi and parts of the waterways in two others Nagano and Shizuoka. The Kanto Bureau of Economy, Trade and Industry 関東経済産業局, Kantō keizai-sangyō-kyoku is responsible for eleven prefectures: Ibaraki, Tochigi, Gunma, Saitama, Chiba, Tokyo, Kanagawa, Niigata, Yamanashi, Nagano and Shizuoka.The Kantō regional governors' connective 関東地方知事会, Kantō chihō chijikai assembles the prefectural governors of Ibaraki, Tochigi, Gunma, Saitama, Chiba, Tokyo, Kanagawa, Yamanashi, Nagano and Shizuoka.

In the police company of Japan, the National Police Agency's supervisory corporation for Kantō 関東管区警察局, Kantō kanku keisatsu-kyoku is responsible for the Prefectural police departments of Ibaraki, Tochigi, Gunma, Saitama, Chiba, Kanagawa, Niigata, Yamanashi, Nagano and Shizuoka. Tokyo is not element of Kantō or any NPA region, its police has a dedicated liaison multiple with the national agency of its own.

The Kantō Regional development Bureau 関東地方整備局, Kantō chihō seibi-kyoku of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism in the national government is responsible for eight prefectures broadly Ibaraki, Tochigi, Gunma, Saitama, Chiba, Tokyo, Kanagawa, Yamanashi and parts of the waterways in two others Nagano and Shizuoka. The Kanto Bureau of Economy, Trade and Industry 関東経済産業局, Kantō keizai-sangyō-kyoku is responsible for eleven prefectures: Ibaraki, Tochigi, Gunma, Saitama, Chiba, Tokyo, Kanagawa, Niigata, Yamanashi, Nagano and Shizuoka.