How to Use prefecture in a Sentence

prefecture

noun
Definition of prefecturenext
  • Also in Japan lies the port city of Obama, in Fukui prefecture.
    — Jennifer Hassan, Washington Post, 9 Nov. 2020
  • Casual bites in Kyushu In the south of Japan, eight prefectures make up the Kyushu region.
    — Tokyo Halfie, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Oct. 2023
  • The quake struck at around 11:36 p.m. local time and was centered off the coast of Fukushima prefecture, the agency said.
    — Peter Landers, WSJ, 17 Mar. 2022
  • The small boat had likely been stolen and was not designed to carry so many people, the prefecture said.
    — Eve Brennan, CNN, 3 Mar. 2024
  • Abe lifted the measure in 39 of the country’s 47 prefectures.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 15 May 2020
  • Kono grew up in the Saitama prefecture of Japan, and his parents ran a seafood market and restaurant.
    — Caroline Hatchett, Robb Report, 1 Aug. 2022
  • Among them were Roke and Hiro, from the east-central prefecture of Saitama.
    — Jessie Yeung, CNN, 10 Feb. 2024
  • The Paris police prefecture has yet to issue a statement on the ruling.
    — Melissa Mahtani, CNN, 14 Jan. 2022
  • As the dust settles on the devastation in the north of the prefecture, the next step for this part of Japan is to look forward, and tourism plays a vital part in this.
    — Lauren Mowery, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
  • Central Japan Railway shouldered 59% of the cost and the other 41% was footed by the prefecture.
    — Takehiko Kambayashi, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 Apr. 2022
  • Abe was shot and killed this summer while campaigning in the Nara prefecture.
    — Andrea Vacchiano, Fox News, 26 Sep. 2022
  • The bus was carrying 32 passengers, a statement from the prefecture of the Somme said.
    — USA TODAY, 4 Nov. 2019
  • The city of Wajima in Ishikawa prefecture on the Japan Sea coast suffered some of the worst damage from the magnitude 7.6 quake.
    — Miho Inada, WSJ, 2 Jan. 2024
  • The deaths included a man in his 70s who was blown to the ground from his apartment in Osaka prefecture.
    — Mari Yamaguchi, The Seattle Times, 4 Sep. 2018
  • The police prefecture tweeted that members of a special brigade went to the scene after the heist, which occurred close to 3 p.m.
    — Bradford Betz, Fox News, 5 May 2022
  • There was only one school in the area, perhaps the entire prefecture using that melody.
    — Jake Adelstein, Rolling Stone, 17 Oct. 2023
  • The Japanese plum juice is sourced from the Wakayama prefecture and the spring water from the Hyogo mountains.
    — Bon Appétit, 13 Aug. 2021
  • In neighboring Iwate prefecture, a woman in her 50s fell and cut her mouth.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 20 Mar. 2021
  • Dozens of homes may have been buried in Atami, a town known for hot springs, said Shizuoka prefecture spokesman Takamichi Sugiyama.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 4 July 2021
  • Takazawa, 56, grew up in a small town in Gunma prefecture, 50 miles northwest of Tokyo.
    — Alena Naiden, Anchorage Daily News, 28 July 2023
  • Kyushu The prefecture is known for its heavy tonkotsu ramen and produces an umami-rich sake to match.
    — Jenn Harrisstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 8 Aug. 2019
  • Two sisters from an elementary school of just six pupils on the small island of Nuwa in Ehime prefecture were among the dead.
    — NBC News, 8 July 2018
  • Cracks on the ground Monday in Wajima in Japan's Ishikawa prefecture.
    — Arata Yamamoto, NBC News, 2 Jan. 2024
  • Yoshihide Suga grew up in Akinomiya, a village that is now part of the city of Yuzawa in Akita prefecture.
    — Miho Inada and Peter Landers, WSJ, 4 Sep. 2020
  • In the courtyard of the Seine police prefecture the Marseillaise was sung and soon the anthem was taken up in the streets, which were draped with flags of the United Nations.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Aug. 2019
  • As a result of the new state of emergency in Tokyo, no spectators will be allowed to watch the Olympics at venues in the prefecture in person.
    — Sarah Jacoby, SELF, 14 July 2021
  • New Taipei will be shown live in movie theaters in all 47 prefectures across Japan, followed by an archived showing on June 4.
    — Billboard Japan, Billboard, 30 May 2023
  • The Olympic torch is set to arrive in northern Miyagi prefecture in six weeks, heralding the start of the Games four months later, on July 24.
    — Isabel Reynolds, Bloomberg.com, 10 May 2020
  • The August 26 incident, which occurred off the Danjo Islands in the southwestern prefecture of Nagasaki and lasted for about two minutes, was the first such intrusion on record.
    — Ryan Chan, Newsweek, 20 Nov. 2024
  • Bursting with art, culture, history and incredible landscapes, this area in western Japan is home to seven distinct prefectures and hundreds of idyllic islands.
    — Sandra MacGregor, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024

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