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Takahashi, Korekiyo

(Encyclopedia)Takahashi, Korekiyo kōrāˈkēō täˌkähäˈshē [key], 1854–1936, Japanese statesman and financier. Long an official of the Yokohama Specie Bank, he became its president in 1906, and from 1911 t...

Takeshita, Noboru

(Encyclopedia)Takeshita, Noboru täkĕshˈtä [key], 1924–2000, Japanese politician, b. Kakeya. The son of a sake brewer, he was first elected to parliament in 1958 and served as chief cabinet secretary, construc...

burdock

(Encyclopedia)burdock bûrˈdäk [key], common name of any plant of the genus Arctium of the family Asteraceae (aster family), coarse biennials indigenous to temperate Eurasia and mostly weedy in North America. The...

Miya-jima

(Encyclopedia)Miya-jima: see Itsuku-shima, Japan. ...

Kuroshio

(Encyclopedia)Kuroshio, ocean current: see Japan Current. ...

Ama-no-hashidate

(Encyclopedia)Ama-no-hashidate: see Miyazu, Japan. ...

Peel Island

(Encyclopedia)Peel Island, Japan: see Bonin Islands. ...

Aso, Mount

(Encyclopedia)Aso, Mount, Kyushu, Japan: see Aso-san. ...

Seto-naikai

(Encyclopedia)Seto-naikai, sea: see Inland Sea, Japan. ...

De-jima

(Encyclopedia)De-jima, island, Japan: see De-shima. ...