prefectures
Japanese governmental divisions
Prefectures are administrative districts in certain countries, particularly Japan and France.
In Japan, the 47 prefectures function somewhat like states or provinces: Osaka Prefecture, Hokkaido Prefecture.
The term derives from the Latin office of prefect, an appointed administrator.
A prefecture is also the office or residence of a prefect.
Administrative regions within nations
- districtsDefined administrative regions
- countiesAdministrative territorial divisions
- divisionsSeparate portions of something
- subdivisionsPortions of a whole
cantons · municipalities · regions · zones · boundaries · demarcation · borders · wards
State's chief executive
- headquartersCentral command location
- secretariatAdministrative office of organization
- officesProfessional work spaces
- bureaucracyRigid administrative system
civil service · administration · supervision · superintendent · inspectorate · decrees · ordinances · regulations
Range of understanding
- HokkaidoJapan's northernmost main island
- OkinawaJapanese island, martial-arts origin
- TokyoJapan's capital city
- OsakaJapanese port metropolis
Kyoto · Fukuoka · Kanagawa · Nagano · Hiroshima · governor · assembly · capital city
Defined geographical areas
- capitalsUppercase letters or headquarters
- boundariesLines marking separation
- populationAll inhabitants combined
- areaExtent of surface
coastline · mountains · rivers · climate · rural · urban · settlements · landscape
provinces
Administrative regions within nations
- districtsDefined administrative regions
- countiesAdministrative territorial divisions
- divisionsSeparate portions of something
subdivisions · cantons · municipalities · regions · zones · boundaries · demarcation · borders · wards · subdistricts
governor
State's chief executive
- headquartersCentral command location
- secretariatAdministrative office of organization
- officesProfessional work spaces
bureaucracy · civil service · administration · supervision · superintendent · inspectorate · decrees · ordinances · regulations · mandates
ken
Range of understanding
- HokkaidoJapan's northernmost main island
- OkinawaJapanese island, martial-arts origin
- TokyoJapan's capital city
Osaka · Kyoto · Fukuoka · Kanagawa · Nagano · Hiroshima · governor · assembly · capital city
regions
Defined geographical areas
- capitalsUppercase letters or headquarters
- boundariesLines marking separation
- populationAll inhabitants combined
area · coastline · mountains · rivers · climate · rural · urban · settlements · landscape · terrain
- Japan GeographyAkita, Chiba, Fukuoka, Fukushima, Hiroshima
- Meiji JapanEmperor Meiji, modernization, westernization, privy council, extraterritoriality
- regionsregion, regions, area, areas, zone
- East AsiaChina, Japan, South Korea, North Korea, Korea
- geography termsmap, atlas, globe, compass, coordinates
- governancegovernance, government, democracy, vote, parliament
prefecturessovereign nations
Self-ruling states with autonomy
nation-states · sovereign states · countries · empires · federal governments