<page_title> List of metropolitan areas in Japan </page_title> <section_title> 2015 Population Census </section_title> <table> <cell> 03 <col_header> Rank </col_header> </cell> <cell> Chūkyō MMA <col_header> Area </col_header> </cell> <cell> Nagoya <col_header> Central City </col_header> </cell> </table>
Nagoya is the center of Japan's third-largest metropolitan region known as the Chūkyō metropolitan area.