| Administrative divisions of Japan |
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| Prefectural |
| Prefectures |
| Sub-prefectural |
| Municipal |
| Sub-municipal |
A city (市, shi) is a local administrative unit in Japan. Cities are ranked on the same level as towns (町, machi) and villages (村, mura), with the difference that they are not a component of districts (郡, gun). Like other contemporary administrative units, they are defined by the Local Autonomy Law of 1947.[1][2]
- ^ Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, e-gov database of legal texts: Chihōjichihō Archived 2005-02-05 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Ministry of Justice, Japanese Law Translation Database System: Local Autonomy Act