Back Prefekture van Japan Afrikaans محافظات اليابان Arabic জাপানৰ প্ৰশাসনিক অঞ্চল Assamese Prefeutures de Xapón AST Préféktur Jepang BAN Prefektuan vo Japan BAR Japuonėjės prefektūras BAT-SMG Прэфектуры Японіі Byelorussian Префектура (Япония) Bulgarian Prefektur Japang BJN
Prefectures of Japan (都道府県, todōfuken) are one of the basic local entities of Japan.[1] They are the 47 subdivisions of the country. Prefectures are the governmental bodies of Japan which are larger than cities, towns, and villages.
- ↑ Web-Japan.org, "Local self-government," p. 1; retrieved 2012-12-19.