Modern districts of Japan. Cities (white areas) are not part of districts.Former district government office of Higashiyamanashi, Yamanashi (reconstruction at Meiji-mura museum)District assembly of Kawabe, Akita in 1923. All assemblies would be abolished by 1926.
In Japan, a district (郡, gun) is composed of one or more rural municipalities (towns or villages) within a prefecture. Districts have no governing function, and are only used for geographic or statistical purposes such as mailing addresses. Cities are not part of districts.
Historically, districts have at times functioned as an administrative unit. From 1878[1] to 1921[2] district governments were roughly equivalent to a county of the United States, ranking below prefecture and above town or village, on the same level as a city.[3] District governments were entirely abolished by 1926.[2]
^Entry for the gun-ku-chō-son-hensei-hō/"Law on the organization of ku (urban districts/cities&wards), gun (rural districts), chō (urban settlements/towns/neighbourhoods) and son (villages/rural settlements)", the 1878 law that reactivated the districts as administrative units, in the National Diet Library Nihon hōrei sakuin/"Index of Japanese laws and ordinances" (contains list of changes to the law, list of laws changed by it and links to full text in online archives)
^ abThe governing law, the district code (gunsei, 郡制; Entry for the 1890 original and entry for the revised 1899 gunsei in the National Diet Library Nihon hōrei sakuin/"Index of Japanese laws and ordinances"), was abolished in 1921, but the district assemblies (gunkai, 郡会) existed until 1923, the district chiefs (gunchō, 郡長) and district offices (gun-yakusho, 郡役所) until 1926.
^Japan Counties
and 28 Related for: Districts of Japan information
In Japan, a district (郡, gun) is composed of one or more rural municipalities (towns or villages) within a prefecture. Districts have no governing function...
As of 2021[update], the House of Representatives ofJapan is elected from a combination of multi-member districts and single-member districts, a method...
and districts in Japan, when dialing from within Japan. The leading 0 is omitted when calling from outside Japan. Cell phones use the dialing codes of 070...
103 small districts, six of the large districts (97 small districts) covered the former city area of Edo. When the ancient ritsuryō districts were reactivated...
Japan is an island country in East Asia. It is in the northwest Pacific Ocean and is bordered on the west by the Sea ofJapan, extending from the Sea...
land titles. Some were used as squatting districts. New South Wales had several different types ofdistricts used in the 21st century. In Austria, the...
following is a list of dissolved districtsofJapan. The date shown is the day the district was dissolved (i.e. the district was active until that date) and...
municipalities ofJapan and the sister category Category:Former districtsofJapan. Note that most of the prefectural websites linked below are in Japanese. A list...
The Empire ofJapan, also referred to as the Japanese Empire, Imperial Japan, or simply Japan, was the Japanese nation-state that existed from the Meiji...
The first human inhabitants of the Japanese archipelago have been traced to the Paleolithic, around 38–39,000 years ago. The Jōmon period, named after...
election of the Prime Minister in the Diet, and the appointment of a new cabinet (even if the same ministers are re-appointed). The electoral districts will...
The emperor ofJapan, literally "ruler from heaven" or "heavenly sovereign", is the hereditary monarch and head of state ofJapan. The emperor is defined...
multi-member districts or "blocs" while 300 are elected from single-candidate districts. Still, according to the 6 October 2006 issue of the Japanese newspaper...
information on the xian of China.) List ofdistricts in China District Gu (administrative division) in South Korea Ku in Japan Including six claimed prefecture-level...
National Diet (Japanese: 国会, Hepburn: Kokkai) is the national legislature ofJapan. It is composed of a lower house, called the House of Representatives...
The culture ofJapan has changed greatly over the millennia, from the country's prehistoric Jōmon period, to its contemporary modern culture, which absorbs...
demographics ofJapan include birth and death rates, age distribution, population density, ethnicity, education level, healthcare system of the populace...
Provinces ofJapan (令制国, Ryōseikoku) were first-level administrative divisions ofJapan from the 600s to 1868. Provinces were established in Japan in the...
four regional military districts (the Northern, Eastern, Central and Western districts) which reported directly to the Ministry of War. As a result, the...
Japan was occupied and administered by the Allies of World War II from the surrender of the Empire ofJapan on September 2, 1945, at the war's end until...
Regency. Gun (郡), represented the former Dutch district kewedanaan, similar to the DistrictsofJapan. Its modern equivalent was also abolished in 1963...
Congressional districts, also known as electoral districts in other nations, are divisions of a larger administrative region that represent the population of a region...
euphemistic term for the entertainment and red-light districts in Japan, including the worlds of kabuki actors and geisha. Ochaya (お茶屋, lit. 'teahouse')...
The surrender of the Empire ofJapan in World War II was announced by Emperor Hirohito on 15 August and formally signed on 2 September 1945, bringing the...
Party ofJapan (立憲民主党, Rikken-minshutō, CDP or CDPJ) is a liberal political party in Japan. It is the primary centre-left party in Japan, and as of 2024...
district. District names remain in the postal address of towns and villages, and districts are sometimes used as boundaries for electoral districts,...
Japan. Cities are ranked on the same level as towns (町, machi) and villages (村, mura), with the difference that they are not a component ofdistricts...
Global Information
