Back فروع محافظات اليابان Arabic Subprefectures del Japó Catalan Subgubernioj de Japanio Esperanto Subprefecturas de Japón Spanish Sous-préfectures du Japon French Subprefektur (Jepang) ID Dagiti subprepektura ti Hapon ILO Sottoprefetture del Giappone Italian 支庁 Japanese 지청 (일본) Korean
| Administrative divisions of Japan |
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| Prefectural |
| Prefectures |
| Sub-prefectural |
| Municipal |
| Sub-municipal |
Subprefecture of Japan (支庁, shichō) are a Japanese form of self-government which focuses on local issues below the prefectural level. It acts as part of the greater administration of the state and as part of a self-government system.[1]
- ^ Imperial Japanese Commission to the Louisiana Purchase Exposition. (1903). Japan in the beginning of the 20th century, p. 80.