Prefecturs o Japan
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.
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2002). "Provinces and prefectures" in Japan encyclopedia, p. 780.
