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Soka

(Encyclopedia)Soka sōˈkä [key], city (1990 pop. 206,132), Saitama prefecture, E central Honshu, Japan. It is a suburb of Tokyo that produces pulp, leather, and metal. ...

Koshigaya

(Encyclopedia)Koshigaya kōshēˈgäyä [key], city (1990 pop. 285,259), Saitama prefecture, central Honshu, Japan, on the Motoara River. A suburb of Tokyo noted for its peach orchards, Koshigaya also produces leat...

Tsuchiura

(Encyclopedia)Tsuchiura tso͝ochēˈo͞orä [key], city (1990 pop. 127,471), Ibaraki prefecture, central Honshu, Japan. A suburb of the Tokyo-Yokohama Metropolitan Area, it is a commercial and cultural center. ...

Urawa

(Encyclopedia)Urawa o͞oräˈwä [key], city (1990 pop. 418,271), capital of Saitama prefecture, central Honshu, Japan. A suburb of the Tokyo-Yokohama Metropolitan Area, it is a commercial and industrial center. ...

Fukaya

(Encyclopedia)Fukaya fo͞okäˈyä [key], city, Saitama prefecture, E central Honshu, Japan. It is an indus...

Iruma

(Encyclopedia)Iruma ēro͞oˈmä [key], city, Saitama prefecture, central Honshu, Japan, on the Iruma River...

Kawaguchi

(Encyclopedia)Kawaguchi käwäˈgo͞ochē [key], city (1990 pop. 438,680), Saitama prefecture, central Honshu, Japan, on the Ajikawa and Kizagawa rivers. A Tokyo suburb, it has ironworks, textile mills, and breweri...

Omura, Satoshi

(Encyclopedia)Omura, Satoshi, 1935–, Japanese biochemist, grad .Univ. of Tokyo (Ph.D. 1968), Tokyo Univ. of Science (Ph.D. 1970). He has been a researcher and leader at the Kitasato Institute since 1965. Omura sh...

Asaka

(Encyclopedia)Asaka äsäˈkä [key], city, Saitama prefecture, central Honshu, Japan. It is an industrial and residential suburb of Tokyo. The city has an important metalworks industry...

Sagamihara

(Encyclopedia)Sagamihara sägämēˈhärä [key], city (1990 pop. 531,542), Kanagawa prefecture, central Honshu, Japan. It is a suburb of Tokyo with metallurgical, food processing, and electrical appliance industri...