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The prefectures of Japan are the country's 47 sub-national jurisdictions: one "metropolis" (都; To), Tokyo; one " circuit" (道; Do), Hokkaido; two urban prefectures (府; Fu), Osaka and Kyoto; and 43 other prefectures (県; Ken). In Japanese, they are commonly referred to as Todofuken (都道府県).

The current system was established by the Meiji government in 1871, and is known as the abolition of the han system. The prefectures also replace the former provinces. Although there were initially over 300 prefectures, this number was reduced to 47 in 1888. The Local Autonomy Law of 1947Events January January 1 British mines nationalized January 1 Nigeria gains limited autonomy January 1 The Canadian Citizenship Act went into effect January 3 Proceedings of the United States Congress are televised for the first time. January 10 United Na gave more political power to prefectures, and provided for locally-elected governors. In 20032003 is a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar), and also: The International Year of Freshwater The European Disability Year Summary Perhaps the defining global event of the year 2003 was the Invasion of Iraq launched by the U, Prime Minister Junichiro KoizumiJunichiro Koizumi ( Koizumi Jun'ichiro born January 8, 1942) is a Japanese politician and the 87th, and current, Prime Minister of Japan. Personal life and education He was born in Yokosuka City, Kanagawa prefecture to Junya Koizumi, a director general of proposed that the government consolidate the current prefectures into about 10 regional states. The plan called for each region to have greater autonomy than existing prefectures.

Under the current Local Autonomy Law, each prefecture is further subdivided into cities (市 shi) and counties (郡 gun). Each county is further subdivided into towns (町 cho or machi) and villages (村; son or mura). Hokkaido has 14 subprefecturesHokkaido Prefecture have branch offices called (shicho) in Japanese, which can be translated in English as subprefectures . Normally area of a subprefecture consists of a few to a dozen of cities, towns, and/or villages. For historical reason, some elder and each as branch office (支庁 shicho) of the prefecture. Some other prefectures also have branch offices, which carry out prefectural administrative functions outside the capital.

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