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Ishikawa

(Encyclopedia)Ishikawa ēshēˈkäwä [key], prefecture, 1,619 sq mi (4,193 sq km), central Honshu, Japan. The ...

Akashi

(Encyclopedia)Akashi äˌkäˈshē [key], city, Hyogo prefecture, W Honshu, Japan, on the Harima Sea and the Akashi Strait. Overfishing and marine pollution have hurt what was formerly ...

Choshi

(Encyclopedia)Choshi chōˈshē [key], city, Chiba prefecture, central Honshu, Japan, on the Kashimada Sea ...

Ube

(Encyclopedia)Ube o͞oˈbā [key], city (1990 pop. 175,053), Yamaguchi prefecture, SW Honshu, Japan, on the Inland Sea. It has a modern harbor and an important chemical industry. Coal mining, once the city's larges...

Perry, Matthew Calbraith

(Encyclopedia)Perry, Matthew Calbraith, 1794–1858, American naval officer, b. South Kingstown, R.I.; brother of Oliver Hazard Perry. Appointed a midshipman in 1809, he first served under his brother on the Reveng...

Kurayoshi

(Encyclopedia)Kurayoshi ko͞oräˈyōshē [key], city (1990 pop. 51,834), Tottori prefecture, W Honshu, Japan, on the Tenjin River. It is an agricultural and communications center with textile, agricultural machine...

Matsushima

(Encyclopedia)Matsushima mätso͞oˈshĭmä [key], town (1990 pop. 17,431), Miyagi prefecture, N Honshu, Japan, on Ishinomaki Bay. It is a tourist center for the hundreds of scenic pine-covered islets in the bay. O...

Arao

(Encyclopedia)Arao äräˈō [key], city, Kumamoto prefecture, W Kyushu, Japan, on Ariake Bay. It is a port and is part of the Omuta-Arao industrial region where chemicals, bricks, fert...

Hitoyoshi

(Encyclopedia)Hitoyoshi hētōˈyōshē [key], city, Kumamoto prefecture, W central Kyushu, Japan, on the Kuma ...

Goshogawara

(Encyclopedia)Goshogawara gōshōgäˈwärä [key], city, Aomori prefecture, N Honshu, Japan. The city consists of two ...