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local authority; local government; locality; local self-governing body; municipality

local (governmental) autonomy

Tōhoku region (northernmost six prefectures of Honshu); Tohoku region

local public body

provincial city; provincial town; suburban city; regional towns and cities

district court; local court

Kanto region (incl. Tokyo, Kanagawa, Saitama, Gunma, Tochigi, Ibaraki and Chiba prefectures)

local newspaper

Kyushu region (sometimes incl. the Nansei Islands)

Chūbu region (incl. Aichi, Nagano, Shizuoka, Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa, Fukui, Yamanashi and Gifu prefectures)

Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane)

Kinki region (Osaka, Kyoto, Hyogo, Nara, Wakayama, Mie and Shiga prefectures)

local government employee; local civil servant

regional bank

local public body; local government

Tokai region of Honshu (incl. Aichi, Shizuoka, Mie and southern Gifu prefectures)

local broadcast station

Hokuriku region of Honshu (incl. Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa and Fukui prefectures)

local color; local colour

Kansai region (center-west area of Japan comprising Osaka, Kobe, Kyoto and surrounding prefectures)

San-in region of western Honshu (incl. Tottori, Shimane, northern Yamaguchi and sometimes northern Hyogo and Kyoto prefectures)

local edition

Arctic region; north polar region

geographical name; local name

local administration

decentralization of power; decentralisation of power

local assembly

District Public Prosecutor's Office

endemic

person from the provinces; person living outside major metropolitan areas

Shikoku region (incl. Tokushima, Kagawa, Ehime and Kochi prefectures)

local tax; council tax

municipal bond; local bond

countryside revitalisation (revitalization)

tax allocated to local governments

local government finance

Kōshin'etsu region (including Yamanashi, Nagano and Niigata prefectures); Koshinetsu

local history

local election; regional elections

local time

national rural police (1947-1954)

the whole area

local government

local rule; house rule

prefectural constituency

San-you region of western Honshu (incl. Okayama, Hiroshima, southern Yamaguchi and sometimes western Hyogo prefectures)

local office

municipally operated horse racing

Local Government Finance Act

local wind

local economy; local financial affairs

provincial tournament, held outside Tokyo

Antarctic region; south polar region

regional administrator; local government official

local administrative organ; local government

polar areas

mountainous region

Local Tax Law

Local Public Enterprise Act

local consumption tax

local card game (esp. hanafuda)

regional wholesale market; local wholesale market

nationwide local elections

regional bank

regional administrator; local government official