government; administration
(metropolitan) prefecture (of Osaka and Kyoto); the centre or seat (of) (center); (government) office; fu; historical administrative unit in China, Korea and Vietnam
realm of the dead; the other world; underworld; hell
new government; new administration
provincial capital (under the ritsuryo system); provincial office; public place of imperial rule
government forces; government troops
federal government (e.g. USA, Australia, Mexico, Germany, Canada)
within the prefecture (of Kyoto or Osaka); (arch.) within the town limits of Edo
Edo shogunate (1603-1867)
self-government; autonomous government; devolved government (e.g. in the UK)
Kamakura shogunate (1185-1333)
Tokugawa shogunate (i.e. the Edo shogunate, 1603-1867)
Nationalist Government (of China; i.e. under the Kuomintang); provincial office (under the ritsuryo system); provincial capital
government body; government agency
Muromachi shogunate (1336-1573)
(historical) army base; navy base
the government; Administration
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 CE); Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal (1885-1945 CE)
Executive Office of the President (USA, etc.)
high (government) official
dazaifu (under the ritsuryo system, governmental office with jurisdiction over Kyushu, Iki and Tsushima)
governments of various nations of the world
highest institute of education
prefectures (of Japan, excl. Tokyo and Hokkaido)
educational institution; academic centre; academic center
anarchy; state of anarchy
prefectural office (of Osaka or Kyoto)
prefectural; managed by an urban prefecture (Osaka or Kyoto)
Supreme Military Council (1898-1945)
suburban districts (of a metropolis); within an urban-prefecture
Ashikaga shogunate (i.e. the Muromachi shogunate, 1336-1573)
government sources; official quarters
Nationalist Government (of China; i.e. under the Kuomintang)
interim government; provisional government; caretaker government
government-affiliated; state-dominated; government-run
Protectorate General (Han and Tang-period Chinese office)
prefectures (of Japan, excl. Tokyo)
small government; limited government
assize; court; legislature
prefectural governor (of Osaka or Kyoto)
entering the metropolitan area
prefectural resident (of Osaka or Kyoto)
prefectural assembly (in Kyoto or Osaka)
Prime Minister's office; PMO
government property; government owned
ministerial aide; government delegate
non-governmental organization; non-governmental organisation; NGO
Official Development Assistance; ODA
government plane (esp. for transporting senior politicians, etc.)
prefectures (of Japan, excl. Hokkaido)
Minister of State for Special Missions; Minister of State for Science and Technology Policy
government of the Qing dynasty; Qing government
Chongqing government; Kuomintang government based in Chongqing during the Second Sino-Japanese War
Oklahoma City bombing (April 19, 1995)
House of Good Sense (nickname of the House of Councillors)
one metropolis (Tokyo), one "circuit" (Hokkaido), two urban prefectures (Osaka and Kyoto) and 43 prefectures proper; prefectures of Japan
administration of the Ryukyu Kingdom
(under) urban prefectural management (Osaka or Kyoto)
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)
government funding; government-financed
prefectural senior high school (in Kyoto and Osaka prefectures); public senior high school (in Kyoto and Osaka prefectures)
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
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)
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
prefectural shrine (of Kyoto or Osaka)
Protectorate General of the Western Regions; Han-period Chinese office established in East Turkestan in 60 BCE
government-managed insurance
government-guaranteed bond
prefectural system (as existed from 1890-1947)
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