government; administration; ministry
shogunate; bakufu; shogun's headquarters; Imperial Guards office; residence of the Imperial Guards commander
(urban) prefecture (i.e. Osaka and Kyoto); centre (e.g. of learning); center; (government) office; fu (administrative unit in China, Korea and Vietnam)
realm of the dead; the other world; underworld; hell
new government; new administration
provincial capital (under the ritsuryō system); provincial office; public place of imperial rule
government forces; government troops
within the prefecture (of Kyoto or Osaka); (arch.) within the town limits of Edo
Edo shogunate (1603-1867); Tokugawa shogunate
Kamakura shogunate (1185-1333)
self-government; autonomous government; devolved government (e.g. in the UK)
Executive Office of the President (USA, etc.)
the government; Administration
Tokugawa shogunate (1603-1867); Edo shogunate
government body; government agency
prefectural police (Osaka or Kyoto)
Muromachi shogunate (1336-1573)
Kyoto Prefecture (Kinki area)
naval district (of the Imperial Japanese Navy); naval station; military base (for suppressing Emishi; in ancient Japan)
Osaka Prefecture (Kinki area)
high (government) official
prefectures (of Japan); largest administrative divisions of Japan: Tokyo-to, Osaka-fu, Kyoto-fu, Hokkaido and the remaining prefectures
Minister of the Interior (669-1868); Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal (1885-1945)
Nationalist Government (of China; i.e. under the Kuomintang); provincial office (under the ritsuryō system); provincial capital
dazaifu (under the ritsuryō system, governmental office with jurisdiction over Kyushu, Iki and Tsushima)
governments of various countries
highest institute of education
educational institution; academic centre; academic center
anarchy; state of anarchy
Osaka Prefectural Police (abbr)
prefectures (of Japan, excl. Tokyo and Hokkaido)
prefectural; managed by an urban prefecture (Osaka or Kyoto)
Supreme Military Council (1898-1945)
prefectural office (of Osaka or Kyoto)
suburban districts (of a metropolis); within an urban-prefecture
assize; court; legislature
Ashikaga shogunate (i.e. the Muromachi shogunate, 1336-1573)
government sources; official quarters
establishment of the shogunate; founding a shogunate
Nationalist Government (of the Republic of China; 1924-1948)
government-affiliated; state-dominated; government-run
interim government; provisional government; caretaker government
Protectorate General (Han and Tang-period Chinese office)
prefectures (of Japan, excl. Tokyo)
small government; limited government
prefectural governor (of Osaka or Kyoto)
prefectural resident (of Osaka or Kyoto)
land under the direct control of the shogunate
government dominated by the former domain cliques (Meiji-Taishō era); han-clique government; domain-clique government
entering the metropolitan area
parties in government; the government and the ruling parties
Prime Minister's office; PMO
prefectural assembly (in Kyoto or Osaka)
government property; government owned
government plane (esp. for transporting senior politicians, etc.)
non-governmental organization; non-governmental organisation; NGO
ministerial aide; government delegate
Official Development Assistance; ODA
Minister of State for Special Missions
prefectural assembly (in Kyoto or Osaka)
prefectures (of Japan, excl. Hokkaido)
prefectural road (in Osaka and Kyoto Prefectures)
prefectural assembly member (in Osaka or Kyoto Prefectures)
prefectural government (of Osaka or Kyoto)
Government-General of Korea (supreme Japanese governing body established in 1910 following annexation)
Residency-General of Korea (Japanese governing body established in 1905)
Chongqing government (Kuomintang government based in Chongqing during the Second Sino-Japanese War)
Osaka Prefectural Museum of Yayoi Culture
e-government; electronic government
Oklahoma City bombing (April 19, 1995)
House of Good Sense (nickname of the House of Councillors)
democratic government; democratically elected government
one metropolis (Tokyo), one "circuit" (Hokkaido), two urban prefectures (Osaka and Kyoto) and 43 prefectures proper; prefectures of Japan
Kyoto Prefectural University
Palestinian Authority; Palestinian National Authority
all prefectures (of Japan)
prefectural assembly member (in Osaka or Kyoto Prefectures)
administration of the Ryukyu Kingdom
Music Bureau (Han dynasty; government office responsible for collecting folk songs); yuefu (genre of Chinese poetry composed in a folk song style)
(under) urban prefectural management (Osaka or Kyoto)
Osaka Prefecture University
Act for Establishment of the Cabinet Office
fountainhead of culture; Ministry of Education
government-managed health insurance
prefectural residents' tax (in Kyoto or Osaka)
government-controlled rice
government departments; ministries and agencies
(Osaka, Kyoto) party chapter
urban prefectural tax (of Osaka or Kyoto)
prefectural university (Osaka or Kyoto)
Osaka Prefectural College of Nursing
government funding; government-financed
Juvenile Problems Section in the Prime Minister's Office
Inter-Governmental Maritime Consultative Organization; IMCO
Osaka Prefectural Library
Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine
prefectural senior high school (in Kyoto and Osaka prefectures); public senior high school (in Kyoto and Osaka prefectures)
Kyoto Prefectural Insho-domoto Museum of Fire Arts
Director General of Prime Minister's Office
United States Military Government of the Ryukyu Islands (1945-1950)
Protectorate General to Pacify the North (Tang-period Chinese office established in Inner Mongolia in 669 CE)
government-backed institution; government sponsored enterprise; GSE
United States Civil Administration of the Ryukyu Islands (1950-1972); USCAR
Protectorate General to Pacify the East (Tang-period Chinese office established in Pyongyang in 668 CE)
government subsidy; government grant
Protectorate General to Pacify the West (Tang-period Chinese office established in Xinjiang in 640 CE)
Protectorate General of Annam (Han-period Chinese office established in Hanoi in 622 CE)
United States Military Government of the Ryukyu Islands (1945-1950)
Prefectural Labour Standards Office
United States Civil Administration of the Ryukyu Islands (1950-1972); USCAR
Protectorate General of the Central Asian Nomadic Lands (Chinese office established in Inner Mongolia in 650 CE)
Protectorate General of Beiting (Tang-period Chinese office established in Xinjiang in 702 CE)
Protectorate General of the Western Regions (Han-period Chinese office established in East Turkestan in 60 BCE)
prefectural shrine (of Kyoto or Osaka)
government-managed insurance
government-guaranteed bond
prefectural system (as existed from 1890-1947)
Hifuryaku (Japanese proto-encyclopedia)
government whose core support comes from labourers and farmers (esp. the Soviet government)
Government of the Ryukyu Islands (1952-1972)
barred button quail (Turnix suscitator)
royal government (esp. Ryukyu Kingdom)
within the town limits of Edo
government office; public office