Editing Prefectures of Japan (section)

===Lost after World War II===

Here are some territories that were lost after World War II. This does not include all the territories of the [[Empire of Japan]] such as [[Manchukuo]].

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!rowspan=2|Territory!!colspan=3|Prefecture!!rowspan=2|Allied occupation!!colspan=3|Current  status<ref>Post-war administrative division changes are not reflected in this table. The capital of the former Japanese administration is not necessarily the capital of the present-day equivalent.</ref>
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!Name!!Japanese!!Capital!!Country!!Name!!Capital
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|rowspan=2|[[Mainland Japan|Mainland]]
|[[Okinawa Prefecture|Okinawa]]||{{nihongo2|沖縄県}}||Naha
|{{flag|United States|1912}}<ref>Administered by the [[United States Military Government of the Ryukyu Islands]]. Returned to Japan in 1972</ref>||{{JPN}}
|{{flag|Okinawa}}||[[Naha]]
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|[[Karafuto Prefecture|Karafuto]]||{{nihongo2|樺太庁}}||Toyohara
|rowspan=7|{{flag|Soviet Union|1936}}||{{RUS}}
|part of {{flag|Sakhalin}}||[[Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk]]
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|rowspan=14|[[Korea under Japanese rule|Korea]]
|[[Heianhoku-dō|Heianhoku]]||{{nihongo2|平安北道}}||Shingishū
|rowspan=6|{{PRK}}
|[[North Pyongan Province|North Pyongan]]||[[Sinuiju]]
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|[[Heian'nan-dō|Heian'nan]]||{{nihongo2|平安南道}}||Heijō||[[South Pyongan Province|South Pyongan]]||[[Pyongyang]]
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|[[Kankyōhoku-dō|Kankyōhoku]]||{{nihongo2|咸鏡北道}}||Seishin||[[North Hamgyong Province|North Hamgyong]]||[[Chongjin]]
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|[[Kankyōnan-dō|Kankyōnan]]||{{nihongo2|咸鏡南道}}||Kankō||[[South Hamgyong Province|South Hamgyong]]||[[Hamhung]]
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|[[Kōkai-dō|Kōkai]]||{{nihongo2|黃海道}}||Kaishū||[[Hwanghae Province|Hwanghae]]||[[Haeju]]
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|rowspan=2|[[Kōgen-dō|Kōgen]]<ref name="Korea">Due to the [[division of Korea]], Kōgen (Kangwon/Gangwon), Keiki (Gyeonggi) and Kōkai (Hwanghae) are divided between North Korea and South Korea. While each Korea has its own Kangwon/Gangwon Province, the North Korean portion of Gyeonggi and the South Korean portion of Hwanghae have been absorbed into other provinces.</ref>||rowspan=2|{{nihongo2|江原道}}||rowspan=2|Shunsen||[[Kangwon Province (North Korea)|Kangwon]]||rowspan=2|[[Chuncheon]]<ref>Shunsen (Chuncheon) is in present-day South Korea.</ref>
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|rowspan=8|{{flag|United States|1912}}||rowspan=8|{{KOR}}||[[Gangwon Province (South Korea)|Gangwon]]
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|[[Chūseihoku-dō|Chūseihoku]]||{{nihongo2|忠清北道}}||Seishū||[[North Chungcheong Province|North Chungcheong]]||[[Cheongju]]
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|[[Chūseinan-dō|Chūseinan]]||{{nihongo2|忠清南道}}||Taiden||[[South Chungcheong Province|South Chungcheong]]||[[Daejeon]]
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|[[Keiki-dō|Keiki]]||{{nihongo2|京畿道}}||Keijō||[[Gyeonggi Province|Gyeonggi]]||[[Seoul]]
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|[[Keishōhoku-dō|Keishōhoku]]||{{nihongo2|慶尚北道}}||Taikyū||[[North Gyeongsang Province|North Gyeongsang]]||[[Daegu]]
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|[[Keishōnan-dō|Keishōnan]]||{{nihongo2|慶尚南道}}||Fuzan||[[South Gyeongsang Province|South Gyeongsang]]||[[Busan]]
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|[[Zenrahoku-dō|Zenrahoku]]||{{nihongo2|全羅北道}}||Zenshū||[[North Jeolla Province|North Jeolla]]||[[Jeonju]]
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|[[Zenranan-dō|Zenranan]]||{{nihongo2|全羅南道}}||Kōshū||[[South Jeolla Province|South Jeolla]]||[[Gwangju]]
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|rowspan=8|[[Taiwan under Japanese rule|Taiwan]]<br><small>([[Political divisions of Taiwan (1895–1945)|History]])</small>
|[[Hōko Prefecture|Hōko]]||{{nihongo2|澎湖庁}}||Makō
|rowspan=8|{{ROC-1928}}||rowspan=8|{{ROC-TW}}<ref name="StatusofTaiwan">After World War II, the islands of Taiwan and Penghu were placed under the administration of the Republic of China under [[General Order No. 1]], although they nominally remained part of Japan. Before the post-war treaties were to be signed by the ROC and Japan, the ROC government was defeated in the [[Chinese Civil War]] to the [[Chinese Communist Party]] (CCP) and decamped to the island of Taiwan. Japan relinquished the claims to Taiwan and Penghu in the [[Treaty of San Francisco]] on 28 April 1952, but the sovereignty of the islands remained undetermined to this day. Excluding Kinmen and Matsu, which form the rump Fujian Province, Taiwan and Penghu are still today governed by the Republic of China in a post-war capacity recognized by a few states as the sole legitimate government of "China". See also [[Political status of Taiwan]] and [[Theory of the Undetermined Status of Taiwan]].</ref>
|[[Penghu]]||[[Magong]]
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|[[Karenkō Prefecture|Karenkō]]||{{nihongo2|花蓮港庁}}||Karenkō||[[Hualien County|Hualien]]||[[Hualien City|Hualien]]
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|[[Shinchiku Prefecture|Shinchiku]]||{{nihongo2|新竹州}}||Shinchiku||[[Hsinchu County|Hsinchu]]||[[Hsinchu]]
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|[[Taichū Prefecture|Taichū]]||{{nihongo2|台中州}}||Taichū||[[Taichung]]||[[Taichung]]
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|[[Taihoku Prefecture|Taihoku]]||{{nihongo2|台北州}}||Taihoku||[[Greater Taipei]]||[[Taipei]]
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|[[Tainan Prefecture|Tainan]]||{{nihongo2|台南州}}||Tainan||[[Tainan]]||[[Tainan]]
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|[[Taitō Prefecture|Taitō]]||{{nihongo2|台東庁}}||Taitō||[[Taitung County|Taitung]]||[[Taitung City|Taitung]]
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|[[Takao Prefecture|Takao]]||{{nihongo2|高雄州}}||Takao||[[Kaohsiung]]||[[Kaohsiung]]
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|colspan=2|[[Kwantung Leased Territory|Kantō]]<ref>Leased from [[Qing dynasty]], subsequently [[Republic of China (1912–1949)|Republic of China]] and [[Manchukuo]].</ref>
|{{nihongo2|関東州}}||Dairen
|{{flag|Soviet Union|1936}}<ref>After World War II, the Soviet Union occupied the territory. The Soviet Union turned it over to the People's Republic of China in 1955.</ref>||{{PRC}}
|colspan=2|part of [[Dalian]], [[Liaoning]]
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|colspan=2 rowspan=4|[[South Pacific Mandate|Nan'yō]]<ref>[[League of Nations mandate]]</ref>||rowspan=4|{{nihongo2|南洋庁}}||rowspan=4|[[Koror City|Korōru]]
|rowspan=4|{{flag|United States|1912}}<ref>Then administered by the [[Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands]]</ref>
|colspan=2|{{PLW}}||[[Ngerulmud]]
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|colspan=2|{{MHL}}||[[Majuro]]
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|colspan=2|{{FSM}}||[[Palikir]]
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|{{USA}}||{{flag|Northern Mariana Islands}}||[[Saipan]]
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