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Amagasaki

(Encyclopedia)Amagasaki äˈmägäsäˈkē [key], city, Hyogo prefecture, S Honshu, Japan, a port on Osaka Bay. An important industrial center, with iron and steel factories, chemical p...

Uji

(Encyclopedia)Uji o͞oˈjē [key], town (1990 pop. 177,010), Kyoto prefecture, S Honshu, Japan. It is a resort and is noted for its green tea and for cormorant fishing. Uji is best known for its 11th-century monast...

Pohang

(Encyclopedia)Pohang pôˈhängˈ [key], city (1995 pop. 508,983), North Gyeongsang (Kyongsang) prov., SE South Korea, on Yeongil (Yongil) Bay of the Sea of Japan (or East Sea). A fishing port and agricultural cent...

Fujisawa

(Encyclopedia)Fujisawa fo͞ojēˈsäwä [key], city, Kanagawa prefecture, central Honshu, Japan, on Sagami Bay. It ...

Hitoyoshi

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

Ishinomaki

(Encyclopedia)Ishinomaki ēshēˈnōmäkē [key], city, Miyagi prefecture, N Honshu, Japan, on Ishinomaki Bay. It is ...

Kadoma

(Encyclopedia)Kadoma kädōˈmä [key], city (1990 pop. 142,297), Osaka prefecture, Honshu, Japan, on the Furu River. It is an industrial and residential suburb of Osaka and is the headquarters of the Matsushita El...

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...

Mori, Yoshiri

(Encyclopedia)Mori, Yoshiri, 1937–, Japanese politician, prime minister of Japan (2000–2001), b. Neagari. Born into a political family in rural Ishikawa prefecture and educated at Waseda Univ., he was a newspap...

Morita, Akio

(Encyclopedia)Morita, Akio äkˈēō môrˈētä [key], 1921–99, Japanese business executive, b. Nagoya, Japan. The eldest son of a successful sake brewer, Morita joined Masaru Ibuka to found Tokyo Telecommunicat...