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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The collapse, which also injured five other people, happened in a mining town in Nourroum, the capital of Ouham-Péndé prefecture in the northwestern region.
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ABC News, 12 Mar. 2026
The upgraded Type-12 land-to-ship missiles will be deployed at Camp Kengun in Japan’s southwestern prefecture of Kumamoto by the end of March, completing the process of deployment, Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara said without giving details.
—Mari Yamaguchi, Los Angeles Times, 9 Mar. 2026
The setting is Niura City, likely a fictionalized Miura, Kanagawa prefecture, just south of Tokyo.
—Blake Simons, IndieWire, 18 Feb. 2026
The captain, a 47-year-old Chinese national, is accused of ignoring orders to stop for an on-board inspection on Thursday in waters off southwest Nagasaki prefecture, Japan’s fisheries agency said.
—Reuters, NBC news, 13 Feb. 2026
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ABC News, 12 Mar. 2026
The upgraded Type-12 land-to-ship missiles will be deployed at Camp Kengun in Japan’s southwestern prefecture of Kumamoto by the end of March, completing the process of deployment, Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara said without giving details.
—Mari Yamaguchi, Los Angeles Times, 9 Mar. 2026
The setting is Niura City, likely a fictionalized Miura, Kanagawa prefecture, just south of Tokyo.
—Blake Simons, IndieWire, 18 Feb. 2026
The captain, a 47-year-old Chinese national, is accused of ignoring orders to stop for an on-board inspection on Thursday in waters off southwest Nagasaki prefecture, Japan’s fisheries agency said.
—Reuters, NBC news, 13 Feb. 2026
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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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