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Chigasaki

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

Amagi

(Encyclopedia)Amagi äˌmäˈgē [key], city, Fukuoka prefecture, N Kyushu, Japan. It is an agricultural center and railway terminus. Textiles are produced in the city. ...

Ishigaki

(Encyclopedia)Ishigaki ēshēˈgäkē [key], city, Okinawa prefecture, Ryukyu Islands, Japan. It is an agri...

Inazawa

(Encyclopedia)Inazawa ēnäˈzäwä [key], city, Aichi prefecture, central Honshu, Japan. It is a residential ...

Hyuga

(Encyclopedia)Hyuga hyo͞oˈgä [key], city, Miyazaki prefecture, E Kyushu, Japan, on the Pacific Ocean. It...

Ida

(Encyclopedia)Ida ēˈdä [key], city, Nagano prefecture, central Honshu, Japan, on the Tenryu River. It is...

Hashima

(Encyclopedia)Hashima häshēˈmä [key], city, Gifu prefecture, central Honshu, Japan, on the Kijo River. It ...

Annaka

(Encyclopedia)Annaka än-näˈkä [key], city, Gumma prefecture, central Honshu, Japan. It is an agricultural and tourist center, noted for its mineral springs. ...

Niiza

(Encyclopedia)Niiza nēˈzä [key], city (1990 pop. 138,919), Saitama prefecture, E central Honshu, Japan, on the Yonase River. It is a suburb of Tokyo. ...

Higashikuni, Naruhiko

(Encyclopedia)Higashikuni, Naruhiko, 1887–1990, Japanese military officer and political leader, b. Kyoto. A prince of the imperial family and an uncle of Hirohito, he received military training in Japan and Franc...