Editing Geography of Japan (section)

===Honshu===
{{nihongo|''[[Honshū]]''|本州}} is the largest island of Japan and the [[List of islands by population|second most populous island]] in the world. It has a population of 104,000,000 with a population density of {{Pop density|447|1|km2|sqmi}} (2010).<ref name="JPCensus">{{cite web |url=http://www.soumu.go.jp/main_sosiki/jichi_gyousei/c-gyousei/daityo/index.html |title=総務省{{pipe}}住基ネット |work=soumu.go.jp |access-date=2018-10-21 |archive-date=2021-02-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210224144613/https://www.soumu.go.jp/main_sosiki/jichi_gyousei/c-gyousei/daityo/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Honshu is roughly {{convert|1300|km|abbr=on}} long and ranges from {{convert|50|to|230|km|mi|abbr=on}} wide, and the total area is {{convert|225,800|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}. It is the [[List of islands by area|7th largest island]] in the world.<ref name="autogenerated5">{{cite web |url=http://islands.unep.ch/Tiarea.htm |title=Islands By Land Area |publisher=Islands.unep.ch |access-date=2010-08-01 |archive-date=2018-02-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180220003634/http://islands.unep.ch/Tiarea.htm |url-status=dead}}</ref> This makes it slightly larger than the island of Great Britain ({{convert|209,331|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}).<ref name="autogenerated5"/>

The Greater Tokyo Area on Honshu is the largest [[List of metropolitan areas by population|metropolitan area]] ([[megacity]]) in the world, with {{nts|38,140,000}} people (2016).<ref name="japan1">{{cite web |url=http://www.stat.go.jp/english/data/handbook/c0117.htm |title=Table 2.10 Population of Three Major Metropolitan Areas |publisher=Statistics Bureau of Japan |access-date=26 November 2013 |archive-date=13 November 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131113221530/http://www.stat.go.jp/english/data/handbook/c0117.htm |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.un.org/en/development/desa/population/publications/pdf/urbanization/the_worlds_cities_in_2016_data_booklet.pdf |title=The World's Cities in 2016 |last=United Nations |date=March 12, 2017 |website=United Nations |access-date=October 20, 2018 |archive-date=January 12, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170112211410/http://www.un.org/en/development/desa/population/publications/pdf/urbanization/the_worlds_cities_in_2016_data_booklet.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> The area is {{convert|13,500|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}<ref name=MMA>[http://www.stat.go.jp/data/kokusei/2000/final/zuhyou/092.xls Japan Statistics Bureau – Keihin'yō Major Metropolitan Area] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070210012525/http://www.stat.go.jp/data/kokusei/2000/final/zuhyou/092.xls |date=2007-02-10 }}</ref> and has a [[population density]] of 2,642 persons/km<sup>2</sup>.<ref>{{Citation |title=Demographia World Urban Areas: 12th Annual Edition: 2016:04 |date=2016 |url=http://demographia.com/db-worldua.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161013155105/http://demographia.com/db-worldua.pdf |publisher=Demographia|access-date=2007-05-10|archive-date=2016-10-13|url-status=dead}}</ref>