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Tojo, Hideki

(Encyclopedia)Tojo, Hideki hēdāˈkē tōˈjō [key], 1884–1948, Japanese general and statesman. He became prime minister after he forced Konoye's resignation in Oct., 1941. His accession marked the final triump...

Takamine, Jokichi

(Encyclopedia)Takamine, Jokichi jōˈkēchē täkäˈmĭnāˌ [key], 1854–1922, Japanese chemist. He served (1881–84) as chemist in the employ of the Japanese government and (1887) organized a fertilizer manufa...

Hamada

(Encyclopedia)Hamada hämäˈdä [key], city, Shimane prefecture, SW Honshu, Japan, on the Japan Sea. It is ...

Sakurajima

(Encyclopedia)Sakurajima säko͞oˈräˈjĭmä [key], peninsula, Kagoshima prefecture, S Kyushu, Japan, in Kagoshima Bay opposite Kagoshima. Formerly an island, Sakurajima became a peninsula in 1914 when lava from ...

Chitose

(Encyclopedia)Chitose chētōˈsā [key], city, Hokkaido prefecture, central Hokkaido, Japan, on the Chitose ...

Coral Sea

(Encyclopedia)Coral Sea, southwest arm of the Pacific Ocean, between Australia, New Guinea, and Vanuatu. The Great Barrier Reef lies along its western edge. During World War II it was the scene of the battle of the...

Gardena

(Encyclopedia)Gardena gärdēˈnə [key], city (2020 pop. 61,027), Los Angeles co., SW Calif., an industrial ...

Davao

(Encyclopedia)Davao dävouˈ [key], city, Davao del Sur prov., SE Mindanao, the Philippines, at the mouth o...

cult

(Encyclopedia)cult, ritual observances involved in worship of, or communication with, the supernatural or its symbolic representations. A cult includes the totality of ideas, activities, and practices associated wi...

Tomakomai

(Encyclopedia)Tomakomai tōmäˌkōˈmī [key], city (1990 pop. 160,118), Hokkaido prefecture, S Hokkaido, Japan, on the Pacific Ocean. It is a commercial port and the site of Japan's largest paper and newsprint in...