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    Tuesday 08th September, 06:52 AM JST
    TOKYO ?
    More than 57% of Japan?s 47 prefectures do not know how many of their medical facilities can treat new influenza A patients who develop severe symptoms, a Kyodo News tally showed Monday. A total of 27 prefectures, including Tokyo and Osaka, failed to report to the health ministry by the Friday deadline the number of patients with the new H1N1 strain of influenza A and medical facilities that can treat such patients with acute symptoms.

    Only seven prefectures, including Akita, Tokushima and Okinawa, gave full reports while others gave partial data or refrained from disclosure altogether. The overall lag in information gathering at many of the local governments could mean an increased risk of their failing to find medical facilities to admit the seriously ill in time.http://www.japantoday.com/category/n...ting-hospitals
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    Re: Over 57% of prefectures unsure about number of hospitals that can treat new flu

    From Wikipedia:

    The prefectures of Japan are the country's 47 sub-national jurisdictions: one "metropolis" (都 to), Tokyo; one "circuit" (道 dō), Hokkaidō; two urban prefectures (府 fu), Osaka and Kyoto; and 43 other prefectures (県 ken). In Japanese, they are commonly referred to as todōfuken (都道府県?). Prefectures are governmental bodies larger than cities, towns, and villages.

    The chief executive of each prefecture is a directly-elected governor (知事, chiji?). Ordinances and budgets are enacted by a single-chamber assembly (議会, gikai?) whose elected members serve four-year terms.

    Under the current Local Autonomy Law, each prefecture is further subdivided into cities (市 shi) and districts (郡 gun). Each district is further subdivided into towns (町 chō or machi) and villages (村 son or mura). Hokkaidō has 14 subprefectures and those act as branch offices (支庁 shichō) of the prefecture. Some other prefectures also have branch offices, which carry out prefectural administrative functions outside the capital.

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