noun
special local public entity
A legal term under Japan's Local Autonomy Act; refers to entities such as 財産区 (property wards) and 地方公共団体の組合 (associations of local public entities).
See also: 財産区 (ざいさんく)
財産区は特別地方公共団体の一つです。
A property ward is one type of special local public entity.
特別地方公共団体には、一部事務組合や広域連合などが含まれます。
Special local public entities include partial-affairs associations and wide-area unions.
Compound of 特別 (special) + 地方公共団体 (local public entity). A legal term defined in Japan's Local Autonomy Act.