prefectures
- plural of prefecture.
Example Sentences
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Japan has 826 game factories nationwide, but only a handful in northern prefectures hit hardest by attacks.
From Barron's ● Dec. 24, 2025
Last month, Hong Kong Airlines suspended all flights to the southern Japanese prefectures of Kagoshima and Kumamoto, citing low demand.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2025
For example, out of 47 Japanese prefectures, Okinawa ranks first on body mass index, second on beer consumption, and fourth on suicide rate among people over the age of 65.
From Science Magazine ● Nov. 20, 2024
He and his two fellow-plaintiffs are suing the national government and police, as well as the prefectural police of Tokyo and Aichi prefectures.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 15, 2024
Three prefectures along the northeastern coast of the island—Iwate, Miyagi, and Fukushima—were closest to the fault and took the hardest hit.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
