Ishikawa Prefecture

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• Summer: Kalmar
• Autumn: Eismeergarnele
• Winter: Chionoecetes opilio, Seriola quinqueradiata

The Ishikawa Prefecture (Japanese石川 県, Ishikawa - ken) is a prefecture of Japan. It is located in the Chūbu region on the island of Honshu. Seat of the prefectural government is Kanazawa.

History

After the abolition of the feudal system in the Meiji Restoration, the Ishikawa Prefecture in 1871 in the ancient provinces of Kaga, Noto, Echizen and Etchu of several fiefs ( han ) or resulting from it prefectures. You temporarily enclosed areas of two further today prefectures: Fukui Prefecture The final was isolated in 1881 by Ishikawa, Toyama Prefecture, the first in 1883.

Politics and Administration

• LDP: 26
• Kensei Ishikawa giinkai ( from Democrats and non-party ): 5
• Seifu · Rentai ( " Fresh Wind, solidarity " of Social Democrats ): 3
• Kōmeitō: 2
• Shinshin Ishikawa: 1
• Seishinkai (政 心 会): 1
• Mirai Sozo Ishikawa ( " future creation Ishikawa " ): 1
• Kaishin ( "renewal", Democrat [ ex ?] ): 1
• JCP: 1
• Reimeikai (黎明 会, Rengo -nah ): 1

Governor of Ishikawa since 1994 Masanori Tanimoto, who was re-elected in the 2014 gubernatorial election for a sixth term in office. In the prefecture of Parliament, which was reduced at the elections in April 2011 from 46 to 43 seats, the Liberal Democratic Party holds an absolute majority.

In the national parliament Ishikawa is represented by three directly elected representatives in the House and is part of proportional representation block Hokuriku Shin'etsu. To the top flight the prefecture selects one representative per member choice. After the elections of 2010, 2012 and 2013, all five representatives Ishikawa's Liberal Democrats, namely:

• In the House for the constituency 1, which includes only the prefectural capital Kanazawa, Hiroshi Hase (LDP, 5th term ), former professional wrestler and upper house MP - since 2000, the constituency elected at each election alternately Democrat Ken Okuda and rabbit for the LDP -
• For the constituency 2, which includes the southern Ishikawa, Hajime Sasaki (LDP, 1st term ), the longtime members and former party chairman Yoshirō Mori replaced 2012
• For the constituency in the north 3 Shigeo Kitamura (LDP, 3rd term ), since 2012 Parliamentary Secretary in the Cabinet Office, as well as

• 2016 Naoki Okada (LDP, 2nd term ) and
• 2019 Shuji Yamada (LDP, 1st term ), a former official in the Ministry of Agriculture, the sovereign prevailed in the 2013 election against the Democratic incumbent and former Defense Minister Yasuo Ichikawa.

The " financial strength index " ( zaiseiryoku Shisu ) Ishikawa was in the past fiscal years, less than 0.5, ie the prefecture could cover less than half of their theoretically calculated financial needs from their own tax revenues, it is therefore in the national comparison in the lower middle.

The parliament building in the same complex.

Administrative divisions

Independent cities (市shi )

• Chūkakushi ( " core city " ) Kanazawa, the seat of the prefectural government

• Other county-level cities Hakui
• Hakusan

• Kaga
• Kahoku
• Komatsu

• Nanao
• Nomi
• Nonoichi

• Suzu
• Wajima

Counties (郡, gun)

List of counties of Ishikawa Prefecture, as well as their towns (町, chō or machi ).

• Hakui Hōdatsu - Shimizu
• Shika

• Anamizu
• Noto

• Kahoku Tsubata
• Uchinada

• Kashima Nakanoto

• Nomi Kawakita

Biggest Towns

Kenrokuen

Kenrokuen

Higashiyama Chaya