It's a prefectural Shikoku area. It has four prefectures. That's why it's called Shikoku, four countries.

四国是日本的一个专区，由四个县组成。这就是为什么称之为四国了，因为有四个国。

Some prefectural police departments have also started making their own preparations for a possible eruption.

一些县警察部门也开始为可能的火山爆发做准备。

The Kanagawa, Yamanashi and Shizuoka prefectural police departments have also conducted drills in preparation for a possible eruption of Fuji.

神奈川、山梨和静冈县警察部门也进行了演习，为富士火山可能的爆发做了准备。

This year, a post COVID tourism boom has brought thousands more hikers to Mount Fuji, according to a Yamanashi prefectural government official.

疫情过后的今年，旅游热潮为富士山带来了成千上万的徒步旅行者，据山梨县政府的一位官员称。

Nevertheless, inquiries found that school uniform choices will be expanded nationwide to all prefectural high schools starting next spring.

尽管如此，调查发现，从明年春天开始， 校服的选择范围将扩大到全国所有都道府县的高中。

And the main thing is that it gives these prefectural governments the power to request residents to stay home and request businesses to stay shut.

重要的是，紧急状态使这些县政府有权请求居民呆在家中，并请求企业暂停营业。

Yeah, for some local things or prefectural things and we always get the stuff back home in the mail, and then we have to fill it out.

对，每个月我们都要对一些地方问题或省级问题进行投票，投票纸会放到每家的信箱里，我们要填好。

And if you go to the Okinawa prefectural website and click on " food culture, " it says that " Ryukyu cuisine begins with pork and ends with pork."

冲绳县官网“饮食文化”栏目这样写道：“琉球饮食基本上都是猪肉。”

According to a survey by the Education Ministry, about 3,500 public high schools nationwide, including full-time and part-time prefectural and municipal schools, have introduced school uniform choices.

根据文部省的一项调查，全国约有3500所公立高中，包括全日制和非全日制的都道府县市立学校，已经引入了校服选择。