Chōnaikai
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A is a Japanese local community of citizens or a form of neighborhood association.
== History == Before the Meiji Restoration, more than 70,000 municipalities in Japan were small entities. The new centralized government viewed them as potential areas of unrest. Two waves of municipal mergers intended to weaken those entities. This resulted in chōnaikai, informal associations taking the place of former village or neighbourhood communities.
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