Prefecturs o Japan

Prefecturs o Japan

Theprefecturs oJapanis the kintra's 47 first-order subnationaljurisdictionson a state or provincial level: ane "metropolis"(Đều,to),Tokyo;ane "circuit"/territory(Nói,dō),Hokkaido;twa urbanprefecturs(Phủ,fu),OsakaanKyoto;an 43 ither prefecturs(Huyện,ken).Prefectursis govrenmental bodies lairger thanceeties,towns,anveelages.The umwhileprovinces o Japanwur convertit intae prefecturs in the 1870s.

The chief executive o ilka prefectur is a directly electit governor(Biết sự,chiji).Ordinances an budgets is enactit bi aunicameral(single chamber) assembly(Hội nghị,gikai)whase electit members ser fower-year terms.

Unner the currentLocal Autonomy Law,ilka prefectur is further subdividit intae ceeties(Thị,shi)an destricts(Quận,gun).Ilka destrict is further subdividit intae touns(Đinh,chō/machi)an veelages(Thôn,son/mura).Fur insaumple,Hokkaidohaes 14subprefecturswhilk acts as branch affices(Chi sảnh,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.