Kawasaki

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 parts, petrochemicals, and cement. Heigenji Temple, dedicated to Kukai , is in Kawasaki.

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Kawasaki

Kawasaki City in se Honshu Island, on Tokyo Bay, Japan. The city suffered extensive damage from bombing during World War II. Industries: iron and steel mills, machinery, motor vehicles, petrochemicals, shipbuilding. Pop. (1995) 1,203,000.

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Kawasaki

Kawasaki, Honshū/Japan ‘River Cape’ from kawa and saki ‘cape’. It lies on Tokyo Bay.

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