List of Nakama Prefectures







The Prefectures of Nakama (都府県 Tofuken) consist of 40 prefectures. They form the first level of jurisdiction and administrative division of Nakama. There are total 40 prefectures of Nakama which consist of 1 metropolis (都 to, Serika), 2 urban prefectures (府 fu, Matsukawa Prefecture and Ichihara Prefecture) and 37 normal rural prefecture (県 ken). Previously there is definition of circuit (道 dō) which consist of whole Ogasawara Island which later divided into 2 -ken prefectures Niijima Prefecture and Abashiri Prefecture in 1955.

Current administrative division of Nakama defined since the 1907 Constitution of Kurahashi Shogunate which replaced the earlier feudal han (domain) system on Kurahashi Shogunate. Since first definition of Prefecture system in 1907, the division itself changed several times until 1913 where every single han converted into Prefectures.

Each prefecture's chief executive is a directly-elected governor (知事 chiji). Ordinances and budgets are enacted by a unicameral assembly (議会 gikai) whose members are elected for five-year terms.

Regions
The regions of Nakama are not official administrative units, but have been traditionally used as the regional division of Nakama in a number of contexts. For instance, maps and geography textbooks divide Nakama into 7 regions, weather reports usually give the weather by region, and many businesses and institutions use their home region as part of their name.