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{{Infobox settlement

| name = Tōkai
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| native_name = {{nobold|{{lang|ja|東海村}}}}
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| settlement_type = [[Villages of Japan|Village]]

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| subdivision_name1 = [[Kantō region|Kantō]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[Prefectures of Japan|Prefecture]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Ibaraki Prefecture|Ibaraki]]
| subdivision_type3 = [[Districts of Japan|District]]
| subdivision_name3 = [[Naka District, Ibaraki|Naka]]

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| population_total = 37641
| population_as_of = September 2015
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| blank1_info_sec1 = [[Pinus thunbergii|Japanese black pine]]
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| blank1_info_sec2 =3-7-1 Tōkai, Tōkai-mura, Naka-gun, Ibaraki-ken 319-1117

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{{Nihongo|'''Tōkai'''|東海村|Tōkai-mura}} is a [[List of villages in Japan|village]] located in [[Ibaraki Prefecture]], [[Japan]]. {{As of|2020|07|01}}, the village had an estimated [[population]] of 37,651 in 15,148 households and a [[population density]] of 991 persons per km<sup>2</sup>. The percentage of the population aged over 65 was 25.8%.<ref name="Ibaraki-hp">{{cite web |url=https://www.pref.ibaraki.jp/kikaku/tokei/fukyu/tokei/sugata/local/tokai.html |title= Ibaraki prefectural official statistics|location= Japan|language= Japanese|accessdate=}}</ref> The total area of the village is {{convert|38.0|sqkm|sqmi}}. The [[Japan Atomic Energy Agency]] along with other organizations currently operate a number of nuclear technology research facilities in the town. In particular, [[Tōkai Nuclear Power Plant]] is located in Tōkai.

==Geography==
Located in central Ibaraki Prefecture, approximately {{convert|120|km|mi}} north of [[Tokyo]], Tōkai is bordered to the east by the [[Pacific Ocean]]. The village is about 15 kilometers northeast of the prefectural capital of [[Mito, Ibaraki|Mito]]. with the [[Kuji River (Ibaraki)|Kuji River]] to the north. The area is located at the northern end of the Hitachi Plateau, and consists of lowlands which are alluvium and covered with rice paddy fields, and the plateau is diluvial, with upland fields and flatland forests.

===Surrounding municipalities===
Ibaraki Prefecture
* [[Hitachi, Ibaraki|Hitachi]]
*[[Hitachinaka, Ibaraki|Hitachinaka]]
* [[Naka, Ibaraki|Naka]]

==Demographics==
Per Japanese census data,<ref>[https://www.citypopulation.de/php/japan-ibaraki.php Tōkai population statistics]</ref> the population of Tōkai has grown steadily over the last century.

{{Historical populations
| 1920 | 6,804
| 1930 | 7,153
| 1940 | 8,774
| 1950 | 11,462
| 1960 | 13,978
| 1970 | 18,960
| 1980 | 29,197
| 1990 | 31,557
| 2000 | 34,333
| 2010 | 37,438
| 2020 | 37,891
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==History==
The villages of Muramatsu and Ishigami were created with the establishment of the modern municipalities system on April 1, 1889. On March 31, 1955, the two villages merged to form the village of Tōkai. In 1956, [[Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute]] was established at Tōkai. After JRR-1, the first nuclear reactor in Japan, reached criticality, many nuclear-related facilities such as Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Japan Atomic Power Company Tokai Power Station and Tokai No. 2 Power Station have been concentrated in the village, which became the base of the Japanese nuclear industry. The village was the site of the [[Tokaimura nuclear accident]] which occurred at the JCO [[nuclear reprocessing]] plant on 30 September 1999, which killed two people.<ref>N. Shinohara ''et al.'', ''Radiochimica Acta'', 2001, '''89''', 135-138 [https://dx.doi.org/10.1524/ract.2001.89.3.135 Chemical analysis of transuranium nuclides in the uranium solution of the JCO criticality accident]</ref>

==Government==
Tōkai has a [[mayor-council]] form of government with a directly elected mayor and a [[unicameral]] village council of 18 members. Tōkai contributes one member to the Ibaraki Prefectural Assembly. In terms of national politics, the village is part of [[Ibaraki 5th district]] of the [[House of Representatives of Japan|lower house]] of the [[Diet of Japan]].

==Economy==
The [[nuclear power]] industry, together with associated government and private research facilities (including the [[J-PARC]] particle physics laboratory), and government subventions form the basis of the local economy. {{citation needed|date=August 2016}}

==Education==
Tōkai has six public elementary schools and two public middle schools operated by the village government, and one public high school operated by the Ibaraki Prefectural Board of Education. In addition, the [[University of Tokyo]] and the [[Graduate University for Advanced Studies]] have research facilities located at Tōkai.

==Transportation==
===Railway===
[[File:JR logo (east).svg|20px]] [[JR East]] – [[Jōban Line]]
*{{STN|Tōkai |x}}

===Highway===
* {{jct|country=JPN|Exp|E6|dab1=J}} – Tōkai Interchange
* {{jct|country=JPN|Route|6}}
* {{jct|country=JPN|Route|245}}

===Seaports===
*[[Port of Ibaraki]]

==International relations==
* {{flagicon|United States of America}} [[Idaho Falls, Idaho]], United States<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.localnews8.com/news/japanese-students-visit-idaho-falls-for-sister-city-exchange/21199722|title=Japanese students visit Idaho Falls for sister city exchange|last=Aprikyan|first=Tatevik|date=July 26, 2013|publisher=Local News 8 of Idaho|accessdate=17 November 2015}}</ref>

==Noted people==
*[[Masaru Hashimoto]], politician
*[[Teruaki Kobayashi]], professional soccer player

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{Commons category-inline|Tokai, Ibaraki|Tōkai, Ibaraki}}
*[http://www.vill.tokai.ibaraki.jp/ Official Website] {{in lang|ja}}

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[[Category:Port settlements in Japan]]
[[Category:Populated coastal places in Japan]]
[[Category:Nuclear technology in Japan]]
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