In Japan, the governor (知事, chiji) is the highest ranking executive of a prefecture. The governor is directly elected for a four-year term. Governors are...

governor (to-/dō-/fu-/ken-chiji, 都道府県知事) directly elected Prefectural/"Metropolitan" assembly (to-/dō-/fu-/ken-gikai, 都道府県議会) unicameral, directly elected...

elections (都道府県知事選挙, to/dō/fu/ken-chiji-senkyo) on an independent four-year cycle General/by-/repeat elections of members of a prefectural assembly (都道府県議会議員一般/補欠/再選挙...

Asian Economy". Routledge & CRC Press. Retrieved 2022-10-21. "知事プロフィール | 知事検索 | 都道府県情報 | 全国知事会". www.nga.gr.jp. Retrieved 2024-04-09. "Re-inventing Japan:...

Japan is divided into 47 prefectures (都道府県, todōfuken, [todoːɸɯ̥ꜜkeɴ] ), which rank immediately below the national government and form the country's first...

of national universities offering Senshu gakkō (文科生第349号　平成17年9月9日　各都道府県知事, 各都道府県教育委員会, 専修学校を置く各国立大学法人学長殿, 文部科学省 田中壮一郎.). 1947 – Employment Security Law...

Aichi and Mie. In local government, the Chūbu area governors' association (中部圏知事会, Chūbuken chijikai) unites the governors of Toyama, Ishikawa, Fukui, Nagano...

total population of Japan. The Kantō regional governors' association (関東地方知事会, Kantō chihō chijikai) assembles the prefectural governors of Ibaraki, Tochigi...

2023-04-02. "茨城県がパートナーシップ制度導入を検討 LGBTなど対象 都道府県初" (in Japanese). Mainichi Shimbun. 30 January 2019. 茨城県が「パートナーシップ制度」導入めざす 都道府県で初めて、同性カップルの権利後押し (in Japanese). HuffPost...

2023. "議員情報". www.shugiin.go.jp. Retrieved November 10, 2023. "都道府県のトップは実は｢よそもの｣が多い...知事47人中27人が｢東大出身のエリート｣である本当の理由 全平均在任期間は安倍元首相の8年8カ月より長い". PRESIDENT...

Prefecture Electoral Commission. 11 July 2016. Retrieved 12 July 2016. "低投票率で徳島知事「合区解消を議論すべきだ」" [Low turnout: Tokushima Governor "Reversing the merger should...