Japan
- Akamagaseki → Shimonoseki (1902)
- Asahi → Owariasahi (1970)
- Edo → Tokyo (1868)
- Fuchū → Shizuoka (1869)
- Fukase → Matsumoto (1582)
- Goka → Hiroshima (1591)
- Hiroshima → Kitahiroshima (1996)
- Hizaori → Asaka (1932)
- Imahama → Nagahama (1575)
- Kameyama → Kameoka (1869)
- Kōriyama → Yamatokōriyama (1954)
- Koromo → Toyota (1959)
- Kozukata → Morioka (Keichō era)
- Kurokawa → Wakamatsu → Aizuwakamatsu (1955)
- Kurume → Higashikurume (1970)
- Murayama → Musashimurayama (1970)
- Nagaoka → Nagaokakyō (1972)
- Naniwa → Ōsaka
- Ōminatotanabu → Mutsu (1960)
- Ōmiya → Hitachiōmiya (2004)
- Ōta → Hitachiōta (1954)
- Ōtsu → Kotsu (672) → Ōtsu (794)
- Ōtsu → Izumiōtsu (1942)
- Sano → Izumisano (1948)
- Sayama → Ōsakasayama (1987)
- Shinobu → Fukushima (1592)
- Takada → Bungotakada (1954)
- Takada → Yamatotakada (1948)
- Takaoka → Hirosaki (1628)
- Tanabe → Kyōtanabe (1997)
- Tsudanuma → Narashino (1954)
- Yamato → Higashiyamato (1970)
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