b. A prefecture is an administrative subdivision of the national 

 governfflent . 



(1) Japan is divided into 43 predominantly rural prefectures 

 (ken), 2 urban (fu) , 1 territorial administration 

 (Hokkaido), and Tokyo-to (city and prefecture). 



(2) Size of prefectures shovm in Plate 8 in square miles 



(3) Population of prefectures given in ASF Manual M 354-lA 



(4) High degree of correlation between prefectural bounda- 

 ries and watersheds 



c. Counties (gun) 



(1) Divisions of prefectures 



(2) Of social but not political significance 



d. 'Municipalities 



(1) Cities (shi) 



(2) Towns (machi or cho) 



(3) Townships (mura or son) 



(a) Buraku are social-economic units, each consisting 

 of about 20 households , a number of which* together 

 make up a mura 



10. POPULATION 1/ 



a. Densities: Correlation between area and population; 

 estimated densities: ' 



(1) 73,110,995 enumerated April 1945 for the four islands 



(2) 497 persons per square mile for total area 



(3) 3,095 persons per square mile of cultivated area 



(4) Concentration of population along the Inland Sea, 

 northern Kyushu, and the Tokai region 



b. Distribution (April 1946 census) 



(1) Hokkaido 3,488,013 



(2) Honshu 55,194,449 



(3) Shikoku 3,879,672 



(4) Kyushu 10.548,861 



c; The six metropolises explained by location or function; 

 statistics from December 1946 etrtiraate: , 



1/ Statistics given by the Economic and Scientific Section 



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