Yonaguni Town

Okinawa Prefecture · Town

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Yonaguni Town consists of Yonaguni Island and is the westernmost town in Japan, only 107.3 km from Taiwan. At Cape Irizaki stands a monument marking "the westernmost point of Japan." The native Yonaguni horse and the Yonaguni atlas moth, one of the world's largest moths, live here, and the town is known for marlin fishing and diving.

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Population: 1,515 1,658th in Japan2025 Census
5-year change: −9.6% 532nd in Japanfrom 1,676 in 2020
Area: 28.90 km² 1,470th in Japan
Population density: 52 people/km² 1,265th in Japan

Source: Statistics Bureau of Japan, 2025 Population Census (population, area and density); area from the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (GSI), Area Statistics of Prefectures and Municipalities (2025). National ranks are among the 1,741 municipalities, ordered by this site from these values.

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