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)
Tōhoku region (northernmost six prefectures of Honshu); Tohoku region
local authority; local government; locality; local self-governing body; municipality
local newspaper; regional 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)
local (governmental) autonomy
Kinki region (Osaka, Kyoto, Hyogo, Nara, Wakayama, Mie and Shiga prefectures)
regional tournament; local competition
local government employee; local civil servant
Tōkai region (of Honshu; incl. Aichi, Shizuoka, Mie and southern Gifu prefectures)
local public body; local government
decentralization of power; decentralisation of power
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)
local assemblyperson; local assembly member; local legislator
San'in region; region of western Honshu incl. Tottori, Shimane, northern Yamaguchi and sometimes northern Hyogo and Kyoto prefectures
Arctic region; the Arctic; north polar region
geographical name; local name
person from the provinces; person living outside major metropolitan areas
District Public Prosecutor's Office
endemic disease; local disease; Japanese schistosomiasis; oriental schistosomiasis; schistosomiasis japonica
Shikoku region (incl. Tokushima, Kagawa, Ehime and Kochi prefectures)
countryside revitalisation (revitalization)
municipal bond; local bond
tax allocated to local governments
Kōshin'etsu region (including Yamanashi, Nagano and Niigata prefectures); Koshinetsu
Kōshin'etsu region (including Yamanashi, Nagano and Niigata prefectures); Koshinetsu
local election; regional elections
San'yō region; region of western Honshu incl. Okayama, Hiroshima, southern Yamaguchi and sometimes western Hyogo prefectures
municipally operated horse racing
Local Government Finance Act
provincial tournament, held outside Tokyo
regional administrator; local government official
local administrative organ; local government
local economy; local financial affairs
Antarctic region; the Antarctic; south polar region
country-bred; raised in the country
nationwide local elections
local newspaper; regional newspaper
Muroran Local Meteorological Observatory
regional pattern of (traditional Japanese) playing cards (such as hanafuda); local playing cards
District Legal Affairs Bureau
Regional Civil Aviation Bureau
regional wholesale market; local wholesale market
Mutual Aid Association of Prefectural Government Personnel
District Transport Bureau
Local Public Enterprise Act
Local Public Enterprise Act
regional administrator; local government official