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The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition | 2008 | The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. Copyright 2008 Columbia University Press. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

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