Prefecturs o Japan
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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.[1]
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.
References
[eedit|eedit soorce]- ↑Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric.(2002)."Provinces and prefectures"inJapan encyclopedia,p. 780.