Japan's regions and prefectures as JSON object

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// Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prefectures_of_Japan#By_English_name

[
    {
        name: 'Hokkaido',
        jpName: '北海道',
        id: '01',
        prefs: [ // prefs means Prefectures
            {
                name: 'Hokkaido',
                jpName: '北海道',
                id: '01'        // id is ISO number
            },
        ]
    },
    {
        name: 'tohoku',
        jpName: '東北',
        id: '02',
        prefs: [
            {
                jpName: '青森県',	
                name: 'Aomori',
                id: '02',
            },
            {
                jpName: '岩手県',
                name: 'Iwate',
                id: '03',
            },
            {
                jpName: '宮城県',
                name: 'Miyagi',
                id: '04',
            },
            {
                jpName: '秋田県',
                name: 'Akita',
                id: '05',
            },
            {
                jpName: '山形県',
                name: 'Yamagata',
                id: '06',
            },
            {
                jpName: '福島県',
                name: 'Fukushima',
                id: '07',
            },
        ]
    },
    {
        name: 'kanto',
        jpName: '関東',
        id: '03',
        prefs: [
            {
                jpName: '茨城県',
                name: 'Ibaraki',
                id: '08',
            },
            {
                jpName: '栃木県',
                name: 'Tochigi',
                id: '09',
            },
            {
                jpName: '群馬県',
                name: 'Gunma',
                id: '10',
            },
            {
                jpName: '埼玉県',
                name: 'Saitama',
                id: '11',
            },
            {
                jpName: '千葉県',
                name: 'Chiba',
                id: '12',
            },
            {
                jpName: '東京',
                name: 'Tokyo',
                id: '13',
            },
            {
                jpName: '神奈川県',
                name: 'Kanagawa',
                id: '14',
            },
        ]
    },
    {
        name: 'chubu',
        jpNme: '中部',
        id: '',
        prefs: [
            {
                name: 'Niigata',
                jpName: '新潟県',
                id: '15',
            },
            {
                name: 'Toyama',
                jpName: '富山県',
                id: '16',
            },
            {
                name: 'Ishikawa',
                jpName: '石川県',
                id: '17',
            },
            {
                name: 'Fukui',
                jpName: '福井県',
                id: '18',
            },
            {
                name: 'Yamanashi',
                jpName: '山梨県',
                id: '19',
            },
            {
                name: 'Nagano',
                jpName: '長野県',
                id: '20',
            },
            {
                name: 'Gifu',
                jpName: '岐阜県',
                id: '21',
            },
            {
                name: 'Shizuoka',
                jpName: '静岡県',
                id: '22',
            },
            {
                name: 'Aichi',
                jpName: '愛知県',
                id: '23',
            },
        ]
    },
    {
        name: 'kansai',
        prefs: [
            {
                name: 'Mie',
                jpName: '三重県',
                id: '24',
            },
            {
                name: 'Shiga',
                jpName: '滋賀県 ',
                id: '25',
            },
            {
                name: 'Kyoto',
                jpName: '京都府',
                id: '26',
            },
            {
                name: 'Osaka',
                jpName: '大阪府',
                id: '27',
            },
            {
                name: 'Hyōgo',
                jpName: '兵庫県',
                id: '28',
            },
            {
                name: 'Nara',
                jpName: '奈良県',
                id: '29',
            },
            {
                name: 'Wakayama',
                jpName: '和歌山県',
                id: '30',
            },
        ]
    },
    {
        name: 'chugoku',
        prefs: [
            {
                name: 'Tottori',
                jpName: '鳥取県',
                id: '31',
            },
            {
                name: 'Shimane',
                jpName: '島根県',
                id: '32',
            },
            {
                name: 'Okayama',
                jpName: '岡山県',
                id: '33',
            },
            {
                name: 'Hiroshima',
                jpName: '広島県',
                id: '34',
            },
            {
                name: 'Yamaguchi',
                jpName: '山口県',
                id: '35',
            },
        ]
    },
    {
        name: 'shikoku',
        prefs: [
            {
                name: 'Tokushima',
                jpName: '徳島県',
                id: '36',
            },
            {
                name: 'Kagawa',
                jpName: '香川県',
                id: '37',
            },
            {
                name: 'Ehime',
                jpName: '愛媛県',
                id: '38',
            },
            {
                name: 'Kōchi',
                jpName: '高知県',
                id: '39',
            },
        ]
    },
    {
        name: 'kyushu',
        prefs: [
            {
                name: 'Fukuoka',
                jpName: '福岡県',
                id: '40',
            },
            {
                name: 'Saga',
                jpName: '佐賀県',
                id: '41',
            },
            {
                name: 'Nagasaki',
                jpName: '長崎県',
                id: '42',
            },
            {
                name: 'Kumamoto',
                jpName: '熊本県',
                id: '43',
            },
            {
                name: 'Ōita',
                jpName: '大分県',
                id: '44',
            },
            {
                name: 'Miyazaki',
                jpName: '宮崎県',
                id: '45',
            },
            {
                name: 'Kagoshima',
                jpName: '鹿児島県',
                id: '46',
            },
            {
                name: 'Okinawa',
                jpName: '沖縄県',
                id: '47',
            },
        ]
    },
]