Subprefectures of Japan
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Some Japanese prefectures are divided into branch offices. Called 支庁 (shichō) in Japanese, this word is often translated into English as "subprefecture". Normally area of a subprefecture consists of a few to a dozen of cities, towns, and/or villages.
Prefectures containing subprefectures:
- There are 14 subprefectures in Hokkaido
- There is one subprefecture in Nagasaki Prefecture which is Tsushima subprefecture