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Japan has three levels of governments: national, prefectural, and municipal. The nation is divided into 47 prefectures. Each prefecture consists of numerous municipalities, with 1,719 in total as of January 2014. [1] There are four types of municipalities in Japan: cities, towns, villages and special wards of Tokyo (ku).
A city designated by government ordinance (政令指定都市, seirei shitei toshi), also known as a designated city (指定都市, shitei toshi) or government ordinance city (政令市, seirei shi), is a Japanese city that has a population greater than 500,000 and has been designated as such by an order of the cabinet of Japan under Article ...
One of the 47 prefectures of Japan, the government consists of a popularly elected governor and assembly. The headquarters building is located in the ward of Shinjuku. The metropolitan government administers the special wards, cities, towns and villages that constitute part of the Tokyo Metropolis. With a population closing in on 14 million ...
The tallest of the three is the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building No.1, a tower 48 stories tall that splits into two sections at the 33rd floor. The building also has three levels below ground. The design of the building was meant to resemble an integrated circuit , [ 2 ] while also evoking the look of a Gothic cathedral .
Pages in category "City and town halls in Japan" ... Aichi Prefectural Government Office; G. Gunga (Japan) N. Nagoya City Hall; T. Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building
The Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly (東京都議会, Tōkyō-to gikai) is the prefectural parliament of Tokyo Metropolis.. Its 127 members are elected every four years in 42 districts by single non-transferable vote. 23 electoral districts equal the special wards, another 18 districts are made up by the cities, towns and villages in the Western part of the prefecture, one district consists of the ...
Wards are local entities directly controlled by the municipal government. They handle administrative functions such as koseki registration, health insurance , and property taxation . Many wards have affiliated residents' organizations for a number of tasks, although these do not have any legal authority.
Former district government office of Higashiyamanashi, Yamanashi (reconstruction at Meiji-mura museum) District assembly of Kawabe, Akita in 1923. All assemblies would be abolished by 1926. In Japan, a district (郡, gun) is composed of one or more rural municipalities (towns or villages) within a prefecture. Districts have no governing ...