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Kanagawa
Kanagawa , prefecture (1990 pop. 7,980,421), E central Honshu, Japan. Yokohama is the capital. Other important cities include Kawasaki, Yokosuka, and Kamakura (a religious center). The urban belt of the eastern part of the prefecture merges with Tokyo to the north. Flowers and dairy products are pro... Read more
Yokosuka
Yokosuka , city (1990 pop. 433,358), Kanagawa prefecture, E central Honshu, Japan. It has an important naval base (founded 1868) and shipyards. It is a major fishing and trade port. Yokosuka is also known for the tomb of William Adams, first Englishman to visit Japan. ... Read more
Kawasaki
Kawasaki , city (1990 pop. 1,173,603), Kanagawa prefecture, central Honshu, Japan, on Tokyo Bay. Located in the Tokyo-Yokohama industrial area, it has steel mills, shipyards, oil refineries, engineering works, and factories that produce motor vehicles, computer equipment, electrical machinery and pa... Read more
Kamakura
Kamakura , city (1990 pop. 174,307), Kanagawa prefecture, central Honshu, Japan, on Sagami Bay and at the base of the Miura Peninsula. It is a resort and residential area but is chiefly noted as a religious center, the site of more than 80 shrines and temples. Kamakura is especially famous for its ... Read more
Yokohama
Yokohama , city (1990 pop. 3,220,331), capital of Kanagawa prefecture, SE Honshu, Japan, on the western shore of Tokyo Bay. Japan's second largest city and one of its leading seaports, Yokohama belongs to the extensive urban-industrial belt around Tokyo called the Keihin Industrial Zone. Among its i... Read more

Encyclopedia entries related to "Kanagawa"

Kanagawa
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Kanagawa , prefecture (1990 pop. 7,980,421), E central Honshu, Japan. Yokohama is the...prefecture merges with Tokyo to the north. Flowers and dairy products are produced in Kanagawa, and fishing is an important industry.
Tokyo
Encyclopedia entry from: Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of World Cities ...generally defined as the four prefectures of Tokyo, Saitaima, Kanagawa, and Chiba, while the city of Tokyo proper usually refers...comprised of the four prefectures of the Kanto region: Tokyo, Kanagawa, Saitama, and Chiba World population rank 1 : 1 Percentage...
Fujisawa
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Fujisawa , city (1990 pop. 350,330), Kanagawa prefecture, central Honshu, Japan, on Sagami Bay. It is an industrial and residential suburb of Tokyo, known for the production...
Chigasaki
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Chigasaki , city (1990 pop. 201,675), Kanagawa prefecture, central Honshu, Japan, on Sagami Bay. It is a fashionable resort with large electronics and chinaware industries.
Perry, Matthew Calbraith
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea ...of which a quarter-size steam railway and a telegraph instrument made the greatest impression. On 31 March the Treaty of Kanagawa was signed. It opened Shimoda and Hakodate to the reciprocal return of shipwrecked seamen, and gave permission to set up...
Hamada, Shoji
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...period of ever-increasing textile industrialization. Early Life Shoji Hamada was born on December 9, 1894 in Kawasaki (Kanagawa prefecture), Japan. Not much has been recorded regarding his father, Kyuzo Hamada, and his mother, Ai. Hamada found...
Katsushika Hokusai
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...the genius of Hokusai at its very best. The most famous among the compositions are Fuji on a Clear Day and the Great Wave at Kanagawa, the former showing the red cone of Mt. Fuji, the sacred mountain of Japan, silhouetted against the white clouds and blue...
Hiratsuka
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Hiratsuka , city (1990 pop. 245,950), Kanagawa prefecture, central Honshu, Japan, on Sagami Bay and the Sagami River. It is a commercial and industrial center with industries producing automobiles, rubber, chemicals, and machinery.
Hadano
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Hadano , city (1990 pop. 155,619), Kanagawa prefecture, E central Honshu, Japan. An important communications center and agricultural market, the city is a center of tobacco trading. The production of computers, textiles, sake, and soy sauce are among its main industries.
Kamakura
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Kamakura , city (1990 pop. 174,307), Kanagawa prefecture, central Honshu, Japan, on Sagami Bay and at the base of the Miura Peninsula. It is a resort and residential area...

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Kanagawa, Treaty of
Book article from: The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military Kanagawa, Treaty of a treaty signed in Japan at Kanagawa, now part of Yokohama, on March 31, 1854, by Japan and the United States to allow U.S. ships into the ports of Hakodate and Shimoda, where a U.S. consul was also accepted. It...
Hasegawa, Itsuko
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture ...Japanese women to establish a major architectural reputation, her work includes the Shonandai Cultural Centre, Fijisawa, Kanagawa (1987–90—a reduced model of the Universe), the Oshimamachi Picture-Book Museum, Imizu, Toyama...
Perry, Matthew Calbraith
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...Western technology, both military and civil, forced the SHOGUNATE to open two Japanese ports to US trade in the Treaty of KANAGAWA . Perry's mission initiated the process which, within half a century, would transform Japan from an isolated feudal country...
Koizumi, Junichiro
Book article from: A Dictionary of Contemporary World History ...Koizumi, Junichiro (b. 8 Jan. 1942). Prime Minister of Japan, 2001–  Born in Yokosuka City in the Kanagawa Prefecture, he graduated from the faculty of economics at Keio University and entered politics. In 1972 he entered the House...
treaty ports
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...This was strongly resented by the nationalist government and all privileges were surrendered by 1943. After the Treaty of Kanagawa (1858), Japan established five treaty ports, but foreign powers were obliged to surrender their privileges in 1899.
Kosawa, Heisaku (1897-1968)
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Psychoanalysis ...Heisaku Kosawa, a psychoanalyst who laid the foundation of psychoanalysis in Japan, was born on July 17, 1897, in Atsugi, Kanagawa Prefecture, and died on October 5, 1968, in Tokyo. In 1926 he graduated from the School of Medicine of Tohoku University...
Shindo, Kaneto
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...Prize, Japan, for activities in independent film production, 1975. Address: 4–8-6 Zushi, Zushi-City, Kanagawa, Japan. Films as Director: 1951 Aisai monogatari (Story of My Loving Wife ) (+ sc) 1952 Nadare (Avalanche ) (+ sc...
Edo, Treaty of
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...of (1858) Treaty between Japan and the USA. It extended the rights granted to the USA four years earlier by the Treaty of KANAGAWA , establishing diplomatic relations, accepting a conventional tariff, and granting US citizens extra-territorial rights...
Perry Convention
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History Perry Convention See KANAGAWA, TREATY OF .
Japan, Relations with
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...Nanjing on China after the First Opium War. Perry's display of naval power persuaded Japan's leaders to sign the Treaty of Kanagawa in 1854, providing for the opening of two ports to U.S. ships, better treatment of American shipwrecked sailors, acceptance...

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Quick chemical reactions. (Company Strategies).(Kanagawa Chihiro, executive)(Interview)
Magazine article from: Look Japan; 7/1/2002; ; 700+ words ; ...interviewed the company president, Kanagawa Chihiro, to find out his formula...other than its president and CEO, Kanagawa Chihiro, who has exercised outstanding...leadership in guiding the company. Kanagawa arrives at the office just after...
KANAGAWA PREFECTURE: DIAMOND IN ROUGH
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 10/26/2006; 700+ words ; ...Torii: By Tetsuo Nakahara Torii Staff Kanagawa Prefecture is the fifth smallest prefecture...the Tanzawa mountains. Furthermore, Kanagawa is surrounded by Tokyo Bay and Sagami...for its world famous hot springs. "Kanagawa has a high potential for the tourism...
Walking the Kanagawa talk
Newspaper article from: New Straits Times; 5/27/2006; ; 700+ words ; ...Straits Times 05-27-2006 Walking the Kanagawa talk Byline: Salleh Buang Edition...governments met in Yokohama City in the Kanagawa Prefecture of Japan. Also attending...non-governmental organisations. The Kanagawa meeting themed "Local Initiatives for...
Research from Kanagawa University provides new data about electrochemical research.
Newspaper article from: Electronics Newsweekly; 9/17/2008; 669 words ; According to a study from Kanagawa, Japan, Under partial charge-discharge...wrote M. Morishita and colleagues, Kanagawa University. The researchers concluded...more information, contact Y. Sato, Kanagawa University, Faculty Engineering...
Reports from Kanagawa Dental College, Dental College advance knowledge in surgery.
Newspaper article from: Health & Medicine Week; 5/26/2008; 700+ words ; ...in four beagle dogs, investigators in Kanagawa, Japan report (see also <a href...tooth, wrote H. Ikai and colleagues, Kanagawa Dental College, Dental College. The...additional information, contact S. Deguchi, Kanagawa Dental College, Dept. of Periodontology...
Scientists at Kanagawa University report research in organic chemistry.
Newspaper article from: Chemicals & Chemistry; 11/21/2008; 700+ words ; According to recent research from Kanagawa, Japan, Spiro[1,2-dioxetane...wrote M. Matsumoto and colleagues, Kanagawa University. The researchers concluded...information, contact M. Matsumoto, Kanagawa University, Dept. of Chemical, Kanagawa...
Investigators at Kanagawa Dental College, Dental College zero in on osteoporosis.(Report)
Magazine article from: Women's Health Weekly; 3/19/2009; 700+ words ; According to recent research from Kanagawa, Japan, "The aim of this study was...wrote Y. Kozai and colleagues, Kanagawa Dental College, Dental College (see...additional information, contact Y. Kozai, Kanagawa Dental College, Dept. of Radiol, 82...
Kanagawa University publishes research in forest research.
Newspaper article from: Ecology, Environment & Conservation; 6/19/2009; 700+ words ; ...wrote A. Shigihara and colleagues, Kanagawa University. The researchers concluded...information, contact A. Shigihara, Kanagawa University, Faculty Engineering, Dept. of Materials & Life Chemical, Kanagawa Ku, 3-27-1 Rokkakubashi, Yokohama...
Kanagawa University details research in chemistry.
Newspaper article from: Chemicals & Chemistry; 1/23/2009; 700+ words ; According to recent research from Kanagawa, Japan, Metal-oxygen bonding complexes...wrote K. Nomiya and colleagues, Kanagawa University. The researchers concluded...additional information, contact K. Nomiya, Kanagawa University, Faculty Science, Dept...
Research results from Kanagawa Dental College, Dental College update understanding of dentistry.
Newspaper article from: Health & Medicine Week; 7/6/2009; 700+ words ; ...ISO 1567 requirements," scientists in Kanagawa, Japan report (see also Dentistry...wrote K. Kamijo and colleagues, Kanagawa Dental College, Dental College. The...information, contact T. Teranaka, Kanagawa Dental College, Dept. of Oral Medical...