4-572: Nemuro ( 根室振興局 , Nemuro-shinkō-kyoku ) is a subprefecture of Hokkaido Prefecture , Japan . Japan claims the southern parts of the disputed Kuril Islands (known as the Northern Territories in Japan) as part of this subprefecture. As of March 2009, the subprefecture has an estimated population of 84,035, and an area of 3406.23 km². Nakashibetsu Airport , the easternmost airport in Japan,
8-495: A dozen cities, towns, and/or villages. From April 2010, Hokkaido has nine General Subprefecture Bureaus (総合振興局, sōgō-shinkō-kyoku, literally "Comprehensive Promotion Bureau") and five Subprefecture Bureaus (振興局, shinkō-kyoku, literally "Promotion Bureau")). For historical reasons, some older people in Hokkaido use the subprefecture name suffixed by -kannai in their address. The prefectural government of Hokkaido planned to reorganise
12-502: Is located in the town of Nakashibetsu , Shibetsu District . 43°19′49″N 145°35′04″E / 43.33038°N 145.584389°E / 43.33038; 145.584389 Subprefectures of Hokkaido Hokkaido Prefecture had 14 branch offices called 支庁 (shichō) in Japanese , which is often translated in English as subprefectures . Normally, a subprefecture consists of a few to
16-467: The current fourteen subprefectures into nine sub-prefectural bureaus. Five subprefectures, namely Hidaka, Hiyama, Ishikari, Nemuro, and Rumoi were subject to be cut down. The capital municipalities of these subprefectures opposed the plan, but on June 28, 2008, the prefectural council passed the ordinance of the reorganization. The change should have taken effect in April 2009. However, it was impossible to make
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