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Saitama, Honshū/Japan A prefecture. The name may come from the Sakitama Shrine from saki ‘front’ and tama ‘ball’; otherwise the Chinese characters here represent sai ‘cape’ and tama ‘ball’.

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Saitama , prefecture (1990 pop. 6,405,319), E central Honshu, Japan. Urawa (the capital), Omiya, and Kawaguchi are the chief cities. Largely a fertile plain, Saitama is an agricultural region, which also has machinery and textile industries.

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	New Data Centers in Yokohama and Saitama Go Operational. Business Wire; 1/29/2003
	Investor's suit claims Japanese bank lost corporation's assets. (Robert Wang, Saitama Bank) Magazine article from: Los Angeles Business Journal; 3/12/1990
	Sing along with Saitama.(Karaoke usage)(Brief Article) Magazine article from: Japan Inc.; 5/1/2003

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