The following table shows the annual salaries of prefectural governors in Japan in 2015.
The amount of salary must be disclosed in compliance with the Information Disclosure Ordinance.
| Prefecture | Yen | $ | Euro |
| Tokyo | 26,950,000 | 264,945 | 237,726 |
| Chiba | 23,430,000 | 230,340 | 206,676 |
| Kanagawa | 22,330,000 | 219,526 | 196,973 |
| Fukuoka | 21,010,000 | 206,549 | 185,329 |
| Gunma | 20,960,000 | 206,058 | 184,888 |
| Saitama | 20,370,000 | 200,257 | 179,684 |
| Gifu | 20,160,000 | 198,193 | 177,831 |
| Miyagi | 19,450,000 | 191,213 | 171,568 |
| Kyoto | 19,400,000 | 190,721 | 171,127 |
| Hiroshima | 19,400,000 | 190,721 | 171,127 |
| Ishikawa | 19,020,000 | 186,986 | 167,775 |
| Shizuoka | 18,840,000 | 185,216 | 166,188 |
| Kagawa | 18,750,000 | 184,331 | 165,394 |
| Okayama | 18,740,000 | 184,233 | 165,306 |
| Nagano | 18,700,000 | 183,840 | 164,953 |
| Fukui | 18,510,000 | 181,972 | 163,277 |
| Aichi | 18,380,000 | 180,694 | 162,130 |
| Niigata | 18,070,000 | 177,646 | 159,395 |
| Shiga | 18,020,000 | 177,155 | 158,954 |
| Kumamoto | 18,000,000 | 176,958 | 158,778 |
| Hyogo | 17,850,000 | 175,483 | 157,455 |
| Oita | 17,570,000 | 172,731 | 154,985 |
| Toyama | 17,290,000 | 169,978 | 152,515 |
| Yamaguchi | 17,280,000 | 169,880 | 152,427 |
| Wakayama | 17,030,000 | 167,422 | 150,222 |
| Nara | 16,970,000 | 166,832 | 149,692 |
| Nagasaki | 16,910,000 | 166,242 | 149,163 |
| Miyazaki | 16,880,000 | 165,947 | 148,898 |
| Kagoshima | 16,870,000 | 165,849 | 148,810 |
| Ehime | 16,800,000 | 165,161 | 148,193 |
| Okinawa | 16,530,000 | 162,506 | 145,811 |
| Ibaraki | 16,460,000 | 161,818 | 145,194 |
| Fukushima | 16,400,000 | 161,228 | 144,664 |
| Hokkaido | 16,070,000 | 157,984 | 141,753 |
| Tottori | 15,690,000 | 154,248 | 138,401 |
| Iwate | 15,590,000 | 153,265 | 137,519 |
| Tokushima | 15,390,000 | 151,299 | 135,755 |
| Tochigi | 14,660,000 | 144,122 | 129,316 |
| Kochi | 14,480,000 | 142,353 | 127,728 |
| Aomori | 14,180,000 | 139,404 | 125,082 |
| Yamagata | 13,780,000 | 135,471 | 121,553 |
| Shimane | 13,770,000 | 135,373 | 121,465 |
| Akita | 13,500,000 | 132,719 | 119,084 |
| Osaka | 13,260,000 | 130,359 | 116,966 |
| Mie | 11,550,000 | 113,548 | 101,883 |
The salary of Tokyo governor is the highest.
The next data show the salaries of major cities mayors in Japan, 2015.
| City | Yen | $ | Euro |
| Yokohama | 24,900,000 | 244,792 | 219,643 |
| Okayama | 22,000,000 | 216,282 | 194,062 |
| Fukuoka | 21,570,000 | 212,055 | 190,269 |
| Saitama | 21,450,000 | 210,875 | 189,210 |
| Kawasaki | 20,630,000 | 202,814 | 181,977 |
| Hiroshima | 19,600,000 | 192,688 | 172,892 |
| Hamamatsu | 18,340,000 | 180,301 | 161,777 |
| Kitakyushu | 18,250,000 | 179,416 | 160,983 |
| Kobe | 18,080,000 | 177,744 | 159,484 |
| Kyoto | 17,790,000 | 174,893 | 156,926 |
| Shizuoka | 17,710,000 | 174,107 | 156,220 |
| Sagamihara | 17,470,000 | 171,748 | 154,103 |
| Sakai | 16,440,000 | 161,622 | 145,017 |
| Niigata | 16,010,000 | 157,394 | 141,224 |
| Kumamoto | 15,730,000 | 154,642 | 138,754 |
| Sendai | 15,550,000 | 152,872 | 137,167 |
| Chiba | 13,420,000 | 131,932 | 118,378 |
| Nagoya | 5,890,000 | 57,905 | 51,956 |
The salary for Nagoya mayor is the lowest. The current Nagoya mayor Kawamura cut his salary by himself.
Source is Yomiuri Shimbun Newspaper article on July 5th, 2016.
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