Tokyo Metropolis is comprised of 23 wards, 26 cities, seven towns, and eight villages. Incorporated cities all have mayors. Legislative authority in the metropolis belongs to the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly, numbering 127 members elected for terms of four years.
The government system in Japan consists of two groups, these groups are the prefectures and the municipalities that make up the prefectures. Prefectures and municipalities are both local public groups of equal status.
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