prefecture
noun
pre·fec·ture
ˈprē-ˌfek-chər 
1
: the office or term of office of a prefect
2
: the official residence of a prefect
3
: the district governed by a prefect
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Advertisement Power was out in more than 5,000 households, mostly in coastal Chiba and Ibaraki prefectures, east of Tokyo, but also in Saitama to the north.
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Yuri Kageyama, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2024
That raises the risk that provinces, prefectures and townships responsible for more than 80% of overall state spending will need some form of debt forgiveness that would likely result in a haircut for creditors.
—Sydney Lake, Fortune, 18 Sep. 2024
And few foreign tourists visit the island prefecture of Okinawa in Japan’s south, despite its warm weather and distinct culture from the mainland.
—Nerdwallet, The Mercury News, 6 Sep. 2024
Some travelers are surprised to learn that the Narita airport is not, in fact, located in Tokyo proper, but in the rural Chiba prefecture an hour train ride away from the city center.
—Chadner Navarro, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 June 2024
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Yuri Kageyama, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2024
That raises the risk that provinces, prefectures and townships responsible for more than 80% of overall state spending will need some form of debt forgiveness that would likely result in a haircut for creditors.
—Sydney Lake, Fortune, 18 Sep. 2024
And few foreign tourists visit the island prefecture of Okinawa in Japan’s south, despite its warm weather and distinct culture from the mainland.
—Nerdwallet, The Mercury News, 6 Sep. 2024
Some travelers are surprised to learn that the Narita airport is not, in fact, located in Tokyo proper, but in the rural Chiba prefecture an hour train ride away from the city center.
—Chadner Navarro, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 June 2024
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prefecture
noun
pre·fec·ture
ˈprē-ˌfek-chər
1
: the office or term of office of a prefect
2
: the district governed by a prefect
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