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Kagoshima , city (1990 pop. 536,752), capital of Kagoshima prefecture, extreme S Kyushu, Japan, on Satsuma Peninsula and Kagoshima Bay. An important port, it has a navy yard. The city's industries produce Satsuma porcelain ware, textiles, and metal and wood products, and its hot springs make it a popular tourist attraction. It is the seat of two universities and is historically important as the castle town of the Shimazu family and as the birthplace of Takamori Saigo , Toshimichi Okubo , and Heihachiro Togo . The center of the Satsuma Rebellion, the city was destroyed in 1877. In... Read more

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Kagoshima, Kyūshū/Japan A city and prefecture, the name means ‘Island of Fawns’ from ka ‘deer’, ko ‘young’ or ‘child’, and shima . Read more

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	Japan Newspaper Publisher Kagoshima Shinpo Files for Voluntary Bankruptcy. ; May 5--KAGOSHIMA, Japan -- Kagoshima Shinposha, publisher of the Kagoshima Shinpo newspaper, said Wednesday it has filed for bankruptcy with the Kagoshima District Court. The company went under with liabilities totaling 2.2 billion yen and dismissed... Read more
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	Kagoshima in winning mood ; KAGOSHIMA has been in great form this summer and can prove a real bargain by winning the pounds17,500 John Guest Brown Jack Stakes...sold for just GBP 1,700 after a couple of disappointing runs. His new trainer John Norton has found the key though and Kagoshima has won at Pontefract and Beverley in recent weeks ... Read more
	Takara Bio, Kagoshima University to Jointly Set up Graduate School for Advance Biotechnology ; ...graduate programs. In collaboration with Kagoshima University, the company will open a...biotechnology and research seeds suggested by Kagoshima University, and strive to train researchers...promote further joint research with Kagoshima University. Read more
	Kagoshima, Japan, City Passes Ordinance to Tax Spent Nuclear Fuel. ; Jul. 7--KAGOSHIMA, Japan--The city assembly of Sendai, Kagoshima Prefecture, passed an ordinance on Monday to tax spent nuclear fuel stored at a nuclear power plant there, becoming Japan's second local government to do so. The city previously reached... Read more
	Today's Action: Ascot: Kagoshima on mission for Norton.(Sports) ; ...unblemished record at Ascot today. He runs the consistent Kagoshima, who takes on the in-form Renzo and Renaissance Lady in the...runner when Dissington Dene landed a bumper in 1994, feels that Kagoshima has every chance of adding to that success. He said: He's... Read more
	Japan readies launch of third spy satellite from Kagoshima: Japan readies launch of third spy satellite from Kagoshima. ; Byline: Reiji Yoshida Sep. 9--Japan is set to launch its third spy satellite on Sunday from Tanegashima Island in Kagoshima Prefecture. The satellite will likely focus mainly on North Korea, particularly its ballistic missile sites. Tokyo considers... Read more
	Kagoshima can call the shots ; JOHN NORTON'S improving stayer Kagoshima has excellent claims in the Tote Pontefract Cup (Showcase Handicap) tomorrow. The six-year-old sluiced up at the same track earlier... Read more
	Racing: KAGOSHIMA SET TO RULE.(ROP) ; Byline: ROGER SKIDMORE COUNT on John Norton's improving stayer Kagoshima who has rock-solid claims in the Tote Pontefract Cup Showcase Handicap today. The six-year-old cleaned up at the same track earlier... Read more
	Takara Bio to Set up Drying Facilities in Its Ashitaba Osaki Plant in Kagoshima ; ...announced that it has begun constructing a new facility to process Ashitaba (Angelica Keiskei) at its Ashitaba Osaki Plant in Kagoshima Prefecture. Scheduled to go operational in March 2005, the new facility with 378m2 of floor space will dehydrate the leaves... Read more

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	JR Kyushu opened the 126.8km Shin-Yatsuhiro-Kagoshima-Chuo high-speed line in March.(Japan)
	Japan's National Institute for Materials Science, Hitachi Ltd., Ibaraki University, Ehime University and Kagoshima University are developing a new type of NMR spectrometer.(Company Announcements)(Brief Article)
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