Prefecturs o Japan
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The prefecturs o Japan is the kintra's 47 first-order subnational jurisdictions on a state or provincial level: ane "metropolis" (都, to), Tokyo; ane "circuit"/territory (道, dō), Hokkaido; twa urban prefecturs (府, fu), Osaka an Kyoto; an 43 ither prefecturs (県, ken). Prefecturs is govrenmental bodies lairger than ceeties, towns, an veelages. The umwhile provinces o Japan wur convertit intae prefecturs in the 1870s.[1]
The chief executive o ilka prefectur is a directly electit governor (知事, chiji). Ordinances an budgets is enactit bi a unicameral (single chamber) assembly (議会, gikai) whase electit members ser fower-year terms.
Unner the current Local Autonomy Law, ilka prefectur is further subdividit intae ceeties (市, shi) an destricts (郡, gun). Ilka destrict is further subdividit intae touns (町, chō/machi) an veelages (村, son/mura). Fur insaumple, Hokkaido haes 14 subprefecturs whilk acts as branch affices (支庁, shichō) o the prefectur. Some ither prefecturs hae branch offices an aa, whilk cairry oot prefectural admeenistrative functions ootwi the caipital. Tokyo, the caipital, is a merged ceety-prefectur; it haes featurs o baith ceeties an prefecturs.