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Isozaki, Arata

(Encyclopedia)Isozaki, Arata äräˈtä ēˌsōzäˈkē [key], 1931–, Japanese architect, b. Oita. One of his nation's most important contemporary architects, he has an international reputation and has designed n...

Japanese beetle

(Encyclopedia)Japanese beetle, common name for a destructive beetle, Popillia japonica, of the scarab beetle family. Accidentally imported to the United States from Japan, it was first discovered in New Jersey in 1...

Lytton, Victor Alexander George Robert Lytton, 2d earl of

(Encyclopedia)Lytton, Victor Alexander George Robert Lytton, 2d earl of, 1871–1947, British diplomat, son of Edward Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st earl of Lytton. He was undersecretary of state for India (1920–22) a...

Kurashiki

(Encyclopedia)Kurashiki ko͞oräˈshēkē [key], city (1990 pop. 414,693), Okayama prefecture, SW Honshu, Japan. A rail junction, the city produces refined petroleum and petrochemicals, motor vehicles, textiles. an...

Saitama

(Encyclopedia)Saitama sīˈtämä [key], prefecture (1990 pop. 6,405,319), E central Honshu, Japan. Urawa (the capital), Omiya, and Kawaguchi are the chief cities. Largely a fertile plain, Saitama is an agricultura...

Tokushima

(Encyclopedia)Tokushima tōko͞oˈshĭmä [key], city (1990 pop. 263,356), capital of Tokushima prefecture, E Shikoku, Japan. It is a port and a center for the manufacture of chemicals, cotton fabrics, and wood pro...

Omuta

(Encyclopedia)Omuta –dä [key], city (1990 pop. 150,453), Fukuoka prefecture, W Kyushu, Japan, a port on the Amakusa Sea. With conversion from coal to petroleum in the 1960s, Omuta's coal mining decreased, which ...

O-shima

(Encyclopedia)O-shima ō-shēˈmä [key], island, c.35 sq mi (90 sq km), near the entrance to Tokyo Bay, E Japan. The largest and most northerly of the Izu-shichito group, it is the site of volcanic Mt. Mihara (2,4...

Hirado

(Encyclopedia)Hirado hēräˈdō [key], town, Nagasaki prefecture, on Hirado island, off NW Kyushu, Japan. ...

Itsuku-shima

(Encyclopedia)Itsuku-shima ētso͞oko͞oˈ-shĭmˈä [key], sacred island, 12 sq mi (31 sq km), in the Inland Sea, Japan, SW of Hiroshima. It is the site of an ancient Shinto shrine, famous for its magical beauty. ...