Japan has 47 prefectures, administrative divisions ranking immediately below the national government. They were created following the Meiji restoration of 1868, often with borders matching the ...

Of Japan’s 47 prefectures, land prices rose in 25 prefectures ... The highest land prices in prefectural capitals rose in 29 cities. A plot of land in the Chuo-dori main street in Tokyo ...

Three years after heavy flooding devastated western Japan ... in Ozu city. Roads, bridges and river embankments are expected to be increasingly restored in fiscal 2021 in the three prefectures ...

Japan lifted a state of emergency for Tokyo and four other prefectures on Monday. It is the first time since April 7th that no part of the country is under an emergency declaration. In Tokyo ...