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  2. Japanese land law - Wikipedia

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    He drafted the Old City Planning Law which enacted in 1919, later called 'Old Law' or 'Old City Planning Law', along with the Urban Building Law (shigaichi kenchikubutsu). [2] When the 1923 Great Kantō earthquake almost completely destroyed the Tokyo area, the Reconstruction Agency was created to reconstruct Tokyo and Yokohama within 7 years ...

  3. Cities designated by government ordinance of Japan - Wikipedia

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    A city designated by government ordinance (政令指定都市, seirei shitei toshi), also known as a designated city (指定都市, shitei toshi) or government ordinance city (政令市, seirei shi), is a Japanese city that has a population greater than 500,000 and has been designated as such by order of the Cabinet of Japan under Article 252, Section 19, of the Local Autonomy Law.

  4. Special wards of Tokyo - Wikipedia

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    "Large City System of Japan" (PDF). Papers on the Local Governance System and Its Implementation in Selected Fields in Japan (20): 1. graphic shows special wards of Tokyo compared with other Japanese city types at p. 1 (PDF: 7 of 40) "索引検索結果画面" [Text of the Local Government Law] (in Japanese

  5. File:List of Rule of the Court of Japan (1947-1950).pdf ...

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    English: The index and text of the book "Rule of the Supreme Court", which was established for all courts and judges by the Supreme court while under the U.S. Military Occupation since late Imperial Japan era to early Japan, is written in English and Japanese. The whole book is available only at the NDL, Tokyo except using copy delivering service.

  6. Administrative divisions of Japan - Wikipedia

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    A city designated by government ordinance (政令指定都市, seirei shitei toshi), also known as a designated city (指定都市, shitei toshi) or government ordinance city (政令市, seirei shi), is a Japanese city that has a population greater than 500,000 and has been designated as such by an order of the cabinet of Japan under Article ...

  7. Municipalities of Japan - Wikipedia

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    Tokyo Prefecture now encompasses 23 special wards, each a city unto itself, as well as many other cities, towns and even villages on the Japanese mainland and outlying islands. Each of the 23 special wards of Tokyo is legally equivalent to a city, though sometimes the 23 special wards as a whole are regarded as one city.

  8. Japanese city will now publicly shame people who break bin ...

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    Residents of a Japanese city may have to endure being publicly named and shamed if they do not follow the rules around bin separation. Japan’s strict waste disposal regulations can sometimes ...

  9. Local Autonomy Act - Wikipedia

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    The Local Autonomy Act (地方自治法, Chihō-jichi-hō), passed by the House of Representatives and the House of Peers on March 28, 1947 [1] and promulgated as Law No. 67 of 1947 on April 17, [2] [3] is an Act of devolution that established most of Japan's contemporary local government structures and administrative divisions, including prefectures, municipalities [3] and other entities.