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Sayama

(Encyclopedia)Sayama säyäˈmä [key], city (1990 pop. 157,309), Saitama prefecture, E central Honshu, Japan, on Lake Sayama. It is a resort and center for various mechanical industries. ...

Seto

(Encyclopedia)Seto sāˈtō [key], city (1990 pop. 126,340), Aichi prefecture, central Honshu, Japan. It has been an important porcelain center since the 13th cent. ...

Saiki

(Encyclopedia)Saiki sīˈkē [key], city (1990 pop. 52,323), Oita prefecture, NE Honshu, Japan. It is a fishing port and agricultural market, and it produces pulp and cement. ...

Sasebo

(Encyclopedia)Sasebo säsāˈbō [key], city (1990 pop. 244,677), Nagasaki prefecture, W Kyushu, Japan. It is a commercial and fishing port and naval base on the East China Sea. ...

diet, parliamentary body

(Encyclopedia)diet, parliamentary bodies in Japan, Poland, Hungary, Bohemia, the Scandinavian nations, and Germany have been called diets. In German history, the diet originated as a meeting of landholders and burg...

Itami

(Encyclopedia)Itami ētäˈmē [key], city, Hyogo prefecture, S Honshu, Japan, on the Muko River and Osaka ...

Izumiotsu

(Encyclopedia)Izumiotsu ēzo͞omēˈōtso͞o [key], city, Osaka prefecture, S Honshu, Japan, on Osaka Bay. It is a ...

Isahaya

(Encyclopedia)Isahaya ēsäˈhäyä [key], city, Nagasaki prefecture, W Kyushu, Japan. An agricultural center ...

Imari

(Encyclopedia)Imari ēmäˈrē [key], city, Saga prefecture, NW Kyushu, Japan, on Imari Bay. It is a fishin...

Higashiosaka

(Encyclopedia)Higashiosaka hēgäˈshēōsäˈkä [key], city, Osaka prefecture, W central Honshu, Japan, on the Onii River. ...