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Hakata

(Encyclopedia)Hakata: see Fukuoka, Japan.

Keihin

(Encyclopedia)Keihin: see Yokohama, Japan.

Yahata

(Encyclopedia)Yahata: see Kitakyushu, Japan.

Yawata

(Encyclopedia)Yawata: see Kitakyushu, Japan.

Yesso

(Encyclopedia)Yesso: see Hokkaido, Japan.

Yezo

(Encyclopedia)Yezo: see Hokkaido, Japan.

Uji-yamada

(Encyclopedia)Uji-yamada: see Ise, Japan.

Horyu-ji

(Encyclopedia)Horyu-ji: see Nara, Japan.

Miki, Takeo

(Encyclopedia)Miki, Takeo, 1907–88, Japanese politician, prime minister of Japan (1974–76). He attended Meiji Univ. and the Univ. of California, Los Angeles, and was first elected to the Diet in 1937. An advoca...

Shizuoka

(Encyclopedia)Shizuoka shĭzo͞oˈôkä [key], city (1990 pop. 472,196), capital of Shizuoka prefecture, E central Honshu, Japan, on Suruga Bay. It is a port and communications center and is known for its green tea...