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• a  of or relating to a prefecture
  a prefectural museum

• The charismatic Aso hoped to win over the prefectural votes when it became clear that most his fellow Diet members were casting their ballots for Fukuda in keeping with their .
• Kaneko is proudest that he snared Japan's leading architect, Kenzo Tange, 53, to design his Kagawa prefectural headquarters, which is considered even finer than Tange's Tokyo .
• One group is suing the Hokkaido prefectural government in a Sapporo court, accusing it of mismanaging Ainu land for the past century.

News & Articles

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• Kadena civilian, wife accused of possessing, growing marijuana
  A U.S. civilian employed at Kadena Air Base on Okinawa and his Japanese wife were in police custody this week for allegedly possessing and growing marijuana in an off-base home, according to Okinawa prefectural police.
  June 5, 2013 - Stars and Stripes

Quotes

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• Hirokazu Nakaima in The Japan Times
  Prefectural residents hope to see the air station moved outside of the prefecture. Please answertheir call, Nakaima told Hirano during their meeting at the Okinawa Prefectural Government office, officials accompanying the top government...
• Nobutaka Machimura in Stuff.co.nz
  Asked about the role of the Chinese flame guards, Machimura told a news conference: "There may be various private discussions between the Beijing Olympics committee and the prefectural police, but with regard to security, there is no change to the...
• Taro Aso in Bloomberg
  I think the situation is tough,Aso said at a news conference announcing his candidacy today in Tokyo. "But I'd like each of the prefectural representatives, voters and lawmakers to decide, not by what they're told by their factions, but by...