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Prefectures

Japan is divided into 47 political units called prefectures. The residents of each prefecture elect a governor and representatives to a prefectural legislative assembly. The residents of each city, town, and village also elect a mayor and a local council.

Prefecture	Capital	Region	Island
Aichi	Nagoya	Chubu	Honshu
Akita	Akita	Tohoku	Honshu
Aomori	Aomori	Tohoku	Honshu
Chiba	Chiba	Kanto	Honshu
Ehime	Matsuyama	Shikoku	Shikoku
Fukui	Fukui	Chubu	Honshu
Fukuoka	Fukuoka	Kyushu	Kyushu
Fukushima	Fukushima	Tohoku	Honshu
Gifu	Gifu	Chubu	Honshu
Gunma	Maebashi	Kanto	Honshu
Hiroshima	Hiroshima	Chugoku	Honshu
Hokkaido	Sapporo	Hokkaido	Hokkaido
Hyogo	Kobe	Kinki	Honshu
Ibaraki	Mito	Kanto	Honshu
Ishikawa	Kanazawa	Chubu	Honshu
Iwate	Morioka	Tohoku	Honshu
Kagawa	Takamatsu	Shikoku	Shikoku
Kagoshima	Kagoshima	Kyushu	Kyushu
Kanagawa	Yokohama	Kanto	Honshu
Kochi	Kochi	Shikoku	Shikoku
Kumamoto	Kumamoto	Kyushu	Kyushu
Kyoto	Kyoto	Kinki	Honshu
Mie	Tsu	Kinki	Honshu
Miyagi	Sendai	Tohoku	Honshu
Miyazaki	Miyazaki	Kyushu	Kyushu
Nagano	Nagano	Chubu	Honshu
Nagasaki	Nagasaki	Kyushu	Kyushu
Nara	Nara	Kinki	Honshu
Niigata	Niigata	Chubu	Honshu
Oita	Oita	Kyushu	Kyushu
Okayama	Okayama	Chugoku	Honshu
Okinawa	Naha	Kyushu	Okinawa
Osaka	Osaka	Kinki	Honshu
Saga	Saga	Kyushu	Kyushu
Saitama	Saitama	Kanto	Honshu
Shiga	Otsu	Kinki	Honshu
Shimane	Matsue	Chugoku	Honshu
Shizuoka	Shizuoka	Chubu	Honshu
Tochigi	Utsunomiya	Kanto	Honshu
Tokushima	Tokushima	Shikoku	Shikoku
Tokyo	Shinjuku	Kanto	Honshu
Tottori	Tottori	Chugoku	Honshu
Toyama	Toyama	Chubu	Honshu
Wakayama	Wakayama	Kinki	Honshu
Yamagata	Yamagata	Tohoku	Honshu
Yamaguchi	Yamaguchi	Chugoku	Honshu
Yamanashi	Kofu	Chubu	Honshu