Iōjima, Tokyo
In 1943, the village had a population of 1,018 in 192 households. For a period the population was fewer than 1,200.
Administratively the villages and towns on Tokyo's islands were never subordinate to counties, but through subprefectures more directly tied to the prefectural administration (Home Ministry appointed county governments in mainland Japan were abolished in 1921 by the Hara cabinet to strengthen the local autonomy of municipalities). In addition, municipal administrations on small islands followed different administrative rules than those on the main islands, the tōsho chō-son-sei (島嶼町村制). In 1940, Tokyo's island municipalities including Iōjima were transformed into ordinary towns and villages and followed the same revised Imperial administrative code of 1911 (chō-son-sei) as the towns and villages on the mainland.
References
- ^ Jones, Colin P.A. (2019-05-05). "Iwo Jima: Where Japan rules but the memory of war dead still reigns". Japan Times. Retrieved 2019-05-08.