Kumamoto given expanded administrative powers

Kumamoto given expanded administrative powers

KUMAMOTO, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows an area of the city of Kumamoto, Kumamoto Prefecture, on March 27, 2012, with a bullet train passing on the Kyushu Shinkansen Line (front). The city was accorded expanded administrative authority as it was given the status of ''government ordinance-designated city'' on April 1, 2012.

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