sentences:  Existing cross-prefectural fora of cooperation between local governments in the Tokyo metropolitan area are the Kantō regional governors' association "(Kantō chihō chijikai)" and the "Shutoken summit" (formally "conference of chief executives of nine prefectures and cities", "9 to-ken-shi shunō kaigi").But, these are not themselves local public entities under the local autonomy law and national or local government functions cannot be directly transferred to them, unlike the "Union of Kansai governments" "(Kansai kōiki-rengō)" which has been established by several prefectural governments in the Kansai region.There are some differences in terminology between Tokyo and other prefectures