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Japan and Prefectures of Japan

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Difference between Japan and Prefectures of Japan

Japan vs. Prefectures of Japan

Japan (日本; Nippon or Nihon; formally 日本国 or Nihon-koku, lit. "State of Japan") is a sovereign island country in East Asia. Japan is divided into 47, forming the first level of jurisdiction and administrative division.

Similarities between Japan and Prefectures of Japan

Japan and Prefectures of Japan have 32 things in common (in Unionpedia): Abolition of the han system, Capital of Japan, Chūgoku region, Edo period, Government of Japan, Governor (Japan), Hiroshima, Hokkaido, Honshu, Japanese archipelago, Junichiro Koizumi, Kanji, Korea under Japanese rule, Kyoto, Kyushu, List of regions of Japan, Meiji Restoration, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, Municipal mergers and dissolutions in Japan, Nagasaki, Nagasaki Prefecture, Nara, Nara, Okayama, Okinawa Prefecture, Prime Minister of Japan, Ryukyu Islands, Shikoku, Telephone numbers in Japan, Tokugawa shogunate, Tokyo, ..., Unitary state, World War II. Expand index (2 more) »

Abolition of the han system

The in the Empire of Japan and its replacement by a system of prefectures in 1871 was the culmination of the Meiji Restoration begun in 1868, starting year of Meiji period (currently, there are 47 prefectures from Hokkaido to Okinawa in Japan).

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Capital of Japan

The current de facto capital of Japan is Tokyo, with the seat of the Emperor, National Diet and many government organizations.

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Chūgoku region

The, also known as the, is the westernmost region of Honshū, the largest island of Japan.

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Edo period

The or is the period between 1603 and 1868 in the history of Japan, when Japanese society was under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate and the country's 300 regional daimyō.

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Government of Japan

The government of Japan is a constitutional monarchy in which the power of the Emperor is limited and is relegated primarily to ceremonial duties.

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Governor (Japan)

In Japan, the is the highest ranking executive of a prefecture.

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Hiroshima

is the capital of Hiroshima Prefecture and the largest city in the Chūgoku region of western Honshu - the largest island of Japan.

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Hokkaido

(), formerly known as Ezo, Yezo, Yeso, or Yesso, is the second largest island of Japan, and the largest and northernmost prefecture.

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Honshu

Honshu is the largest and most populous island of Japan, located south of Hokkaido across the Tsugaru Strait, north of Shikoku across the Inland Sea, and northeast of Kyushu across the Kanmon Straits.

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Japanese archipelago

The is the group of islands that forms the country of Japan, and extends roughly from northeast to southwest along the northeastern coast of the Eurasia mainland, washing upon the northwestern shores of the Pacific Ocean.

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Junichiro Koizumi

is a Japanese politician who was the 56th Prime Minister of Japan from 2001 to 2006.

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Kanji

Kanji (漢字) are the adopted logographic Chinese characters that are used in the Japanese writing system.

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Korea under Japanese rule

Korea under Japanese rule began with the end of the short-lived Korean Empire in 1910 and ended at the conclusion of World War II in 1945.

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Kyoto

, officially, is the capital city of Kyoto Prefecture, located in the Kansai region of Japan.

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Kyushu

is the third largest island of Japan and most southwesterly of its four main islands.

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List of regions of Japan

The regions of Japan are not official administrative units, but have been traditionally used as the regional division of Japan in a number of contexts.

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Meiji Restoration

The, also known as the Meiji Ishin, Renovation, Revolution, Reform, or Renewal, was an event that restored practical imperial rule to the Empire of Japan in 1868 under Emperor Meiji.

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Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications

The is a cabinet-level ministry in the Government of Japan.

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Municipal mergers and dissolutions in Japan

can take place within one municipality or between multiple municipalities and are required to be based upon consensus.

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Nagasaki

() is the capital and the largest city of Nagasaki Prefecture on the island of Kyushu in Japan.

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Nagasaki Prefecture

is a prefecture of Japan located on the island of Kyushu.

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Nara, Nara

is the capital city of Nara Prefecture located in the Kansai region of Japan.

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Okayama

is the capital city of Okayama Prefecture in the Chūgoku region of Japan.

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Okinawa Prefecture

is the southernmost prefecture of Japan.

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Prime Minister of Japan

The is the head of government of Japan.

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Ryukyu Islands

The, also known as the or the, are a chain of islands annexed by Japan that stretch southwest from Kyushu to Taiwan: the Ōsumi, Tokara, Amami, Okinawa, and Sakishima Islands (further divided into the Miyako and Yaeyama Islands), with Yonaguni the southernmost.

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Shikoku

is the smallest (long and between wide) and least populous (3.8 million) of the four main islands of Japan, located south of Honshu and east of the island of Kyushu.

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Telephone numbers in Japan

Telephone numbers in Japan consist of an area code, an exchange number, and a subscriber number.

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Tokugawa shogunate

The Tokugawa shogunate, also known as the and the, was the last feudal Japanese military government, which existed between 1600 and 1868.

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Tokyo

, officially, is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan and has been the capital since 1869.

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Unitary state

A unitary state is a state governed as a single power in which the central government is ultimately supreme and any administrative divisions (sub-national units) exercise only the powers that the central government chooses to delegate.

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World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

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Japan and Prefectures of Japan Comparison

Japan has 906 relations, while Prefectures of Japan has 256. As they have in common 32, the Jaccard index is 2.75% = 32 / (906 + 256).

References

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