| Nagano Prefecture was brought into the limelight with the successful 1998 Winter Olympics which were held at various locations in the prefecture. |
| To avoid the name calling that a woman would probably receive at a horse fair, he got permission from the prefecture of police to dress in men's clothing. |
| The Okinawa prefecture was in fact under direct U.S. military administration from 1945 to 1972, when it was handed over to the Japanese. |
| The government followed up on these demands in 1900 by mandating the creation of public reformatories in each prefecture. |
| These might look ordinary trees, but they are in fact a very special present from the governor of the Nara prefecture in Japan. |
| Typhoon Khanun was located about 70 kilometers south of Miyako Island in the prefecture as of 3 p.m. Saturday and was heading northwest at 25 km per hour, the agency said. |
