The departments of health of the prefectures and of the largest municipalities operate health centres.
All the normal schools were run by the prefectures, and none were private.
Assistance from other prefectures and municipalities across the country is both forthcoming and invaluable.
A former health minister, Mr. Koizumi captured the top spot in 41 of 47 prefectures and won nearly 90% of the vote.
Now, to the endless irritation of Tokyo's bureaucratic mandarins, he is showing the traditionally powerless prefectures, and their residents, they can say no, too.
Next week: identifying Japan's 47 prefectures and city governments, a demonstration of weighing items on a balance scale and a 1.5 kilometer run.
Mount Fuji is in a national park, straddles two prefectures and is surrounded by five lakes and many towns, including Kawaguchiko.
Government at the modern provincial (sheng) level, after beginnings in Yuan times, was now regularized as an intermediary between the prefectures and the central government.
He was known to support labour reforms, regional decentralization that would give greater autonomy to Japan's prefectures, and increased taxes to fund the national pension plan.
The large number of autonomous prefectures and autonomous counties reflects the government's intent to end the traditional antagonism between Han and non-Han peoples.
Although notables, mostly members of the aristocracy, held most of the prefectures and ministries, representatives of the democratic opposition were gradually included and given important posts.
