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is a prefecture located in the Kansai region on Honshu, the main island of Japan.〔Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Osaka-fu" in ; "Kansai" in .〕 The capital is the city of Osaka. It is the center of Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto area.〔Nussbaum, "Osaka" in .〕 Osaka is one of the two of Japan, Kyoto being the other (Tokyo became a "metropolitan prefecture", or ''to'', in 1941). == History == Until the Meiji Restoration, the area of Osaka prefecture was known as Kawachi, Izumi, and Settsu provinces.〔Nussbaum, "Provinces and prefectures" in .〕 Osaka Prefecture was created on June 21, 1868, at the very beginning of the Meiji era.〔(【引用サイトリンク】language=Japanese )The creation of Osaka prefecture took place slight earlier than many other prefectures, that had to wait for abolition of the han system in 1871.〕 During the instigation of Fuhanken Sanchisei in 1868, the prefecture received its suffix ''fu'', designating it as an urban prefecture. On September 1, 1956, the city of Osaka was promoted to a city designated by government ordinance and thereby divided into 24 wards. In 2000, Fusae Ota became Japan's first female governor when she replaced Knock Yokoyama, who resigned after prosecution for sexual harassment.〔Tolbert, Kathryn. ("Election of First Female Governor Boosts Japan's Ruling Party" ), ''The Washington Post'', February 8, 2000.〕 On April 1, 2006: the city of Sakai was promoted to a city designated by government ordinance and thereby divided into seven wards. In 2008, Tōru Hashimoto, previously famous as a counselor on television, was elected at the age of 38 as the youngest governor in Japan. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Osaka Prefecture」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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