pre·fec·ture
noun
plural noun: prefectures
a district under the government of a prefect.
a prefect's office or tenure.
the official residence or headquarters of a prefect.
"enraged protesters besieged the Prefecture of Police"
Prefectures are regional authorities comprising municipalities, and are in charge of broader regional administration. Japan is made up of 47 prefectures and Tokyo is one of these regional authorities.
Of the 125 million people in the Japanese archipelago, 35 million (28 per cent) live in Tokyo and the surrounding prefectures of Kanagawa, Saitama and Chiba.
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