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	Nagasaki Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Nagasaki became a free port in 1859 and modernization began in earnest in 1868.
		On 9 August 1945, Nagasaki was the target of the world's second atomic bomb attack at 11:02 a.m., when the north of the city was destroyed and an estimated 39,000 people were killed.
		Nagasaki is the title and subject of a 1928 song with music by Harry Warren and lyrics by Mort Dixon.
	www.hallencyclopedia.com /topic/Nagasaki.html (1551 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Nagasaki
		A city and port in south-west Japan, on the west coast of the island of Kyushu, its population was 438,724 in 1995.
		Nagasaki Seaport and prefecture on w Kyushu island, sw Japan.
		An agricultural center and railway junction, Isahaya's economy is based on food-processing and tourism to the local national parks.
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Nagasaki (377 words)

	Nagasaki
		Isahaya, Nagasaki Isahaya (諫早市; -shi) is a Japan.
		Omura, Nagasaki Ōmura (大村市; -shi) is a Japan.
		Shimabara, Nagasaki Shimabara (島原市;; -shi) is a onsen.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /topics/nagasaki.html (136 words)

	Nagasaki Summary
		Nagasaki is a seaport town on the west coast of Kyushu, Japan.
		Nagasaki began to lose its international importance after the Russo-Japanese War and did not reenter the world stage until the catastrophic atomic bombing of the city by American military forces on 9 August 1945, in which more than 75,000 residents were killed.
		On 9 August 1945, Nagasaki was the target of the world's second atomic bomb attack at 11:02 a.m., when the north of the city was destroyed and an estimated 39,000 people were killed outright with another 75,000 believed to have died of bomb-related causes in the decades that followed.
	www.bookrags.com /Nagasaki (1835 words)

	About Nagasaki
		Nagasaki City has a population of 437,000 and it is the political, economic and cultural center of Nagasaki Prefecture.
		Nagasaki is filled with enough attractions to provide even its life-long residents with a plethora of historical, cultural and scenic spots to explore many ways.
		Isahaya is a quiet, pleasant city with (despite a population of 90,000) a strong rural atmosphere.
	www.geocities.com /soendjojo/nagasaki.html (594 words)

	Nagasaki (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Nagasaki is a port city, where a combination of complicated 'saw-toothed coastlines' and hilly slopes that rise directly from the sea forms a three-dimensional beauty.
		Nagasaki is also known as a place where innumerable Christians had been put to martyrdom under the Prohibition Against Christianity issued in the Edo era.
		Being one of the two-only cities that suffered the tragedies caused by American atomic bombs during World War II, Nagasaki, the Peace City, is appealing to the world for the ban of nuclear weapons.
	www.jyh.or.jp /english/route/nagasaki.html (896 words)

	Nagasaki Prefecture Encyclopedia Article, History, Biography @ Local Color Art (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Nagasaki Prefecture, an unification of former provinces of Hizen, Tsushima, and
		Nagasaki borders Saga Prefecture on the east, and is otherwise surrounded by water, including Ariake Bay, the Tsushima Straits, and the East China Sea.
		Catholics in Nagasaki Prefecture, accounting for 4.52 percent of the total population of the prefecture.
	www.variedtastes.com /encyclopedia/Nagasaki_Prefecture (765 words)

	info: NAGASAKI PREFECTURE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Nagasaki Prefecture, an unification of former provinces of Hizen, Tsushima, and Iki, has had close ties with foreign civilization for centuries.
		The City of Isahaya and the Towns of Tarami, Moriyama, Iimori, Takaki and Konagai were merged to form the new City of Isahaya.
		As of 2002, there are 68,617 Catholics in Nagasaki Prefecture, accounting for 4.52 percent of the total population of the prefecture.
	www.info-greece.net /Nagasaki_Prefecture (996 words)

	Chasing the Sun - The Setting (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Nagasaki is one of the oldest ports in Japan, and for centuries, was the only way foreign trade entered Japan.
		Nagasaki's Peace Park is a wonderful monument to those who lost their lives on that terrible day.
		Nagasaki Prefecture is on the Northeast coast of Kyushu Island.
	www.geocities.com /chasingthesuncomic/setting.html (334 words)

	Construction Lawyers, Inc. [ Legal News ]
		FUKUOKA (Kyodo) The Fukuoka High Court sided with the government Monday and scrapped a lower court injunction that had halted a controversial land reclamation project in Isahaya Bay, Nagasaki Prefecture, because of its damage to the local fishing industry.
		Presiding Judge Hiroyuki Nakayama acknowledged a correlation between the project and damage to the fishing industry but said the "precise" cause of the damage cannot be established.
		Isahaya Bay is part of the Ariake Sea, a nearly landlocked body of water encircled by Nagasaki, Kumamoto, Saga and Fukuoka prefectures.
	www.constructionlawyers.org /recent.htm?art_num=255 (517 words)

	Planet Ark
		ISAHAYA, Japan - Yachiyo Yamashita remembers when the ocean at the edge of this southwestern Japanese city lapped silver in the sun, jumping with crabs and fish.
		The Isahaya project has sparked controversy since its initial conception in 1952, when Japan, hit by famine after defeat in World War Two, decided to drain the bay to grow rice.
		An Isahaya official, however, said geographical peculiarities leave the city, which nestles amid rice fields between the Honmyo River and the sea, vulnerable to floods, especially during the summer rains.
	www.planetark.com /avantgo/dailynewsstory.cfm?newsid=11066 (992 words)

	Science Fair Projects - Nagasaki Prefecture
		Nagasaki Prefecture, formerly the provinces of Hizen, Tsushima, and Iki, has had close ties with foreign civilization for centuries.
		The majority was sent to Jagatara [the current Jakarta] and are still remembered by the locals as the people who wrote the poignant letters which were smuggled across the sea to their homeland.
		On August 9, 1945, a United States bomber dropped an atomic bomb on Nagasaki, which was reconstructed after the war.
	www.all-science-fair-projects.com /science_fair_projects_encyclopedia/Nagasaki_Prefecture (800 words)

	koji yakusho story
		Koji Hashimoto was born on January 1, in Isahaya City, Nagasaki Prefecture.
		Now it is commonly reported that Koji was the youngest of five brothers; but soon after he made his debut on TV in the early 1980s, he was introduced as being the youngest of six brothers.
		It is quite moving to relate that before Koji left Isahaya for Tokyo, his mother had herself made him a set of futon (Japanese style bedding).
	www.pymmik.com /story.html (2554 words)

	Isahaya Electronics Corporation
		From 1 April 2003 Isahaya Electronics Corporation succeed the business of Small Signal Transistor, Diode and Hybrid IC from Mitsubishi Electric Corpotation and sell these devices as its brand.
		Isahaya Electronics develops, designs and markets Small signal transistors (SSTR), resistance built-in transistors, high frequency transistors, J-FET and combined transistors, hybrid ICs and ASIC to meet various needs.
		Isahaya Electronics is certified by ISO 9001 and ISO 14001.
	www.chipdocs.com /manufacturers/IDCJP.html (80 words)

	Nagasaki Tours
		Nagasaki Prefecture is actually home to a few hundred islands, though many of them are uninhabited.
		Shimabara, in eastern Nagasaki, is an attractive castle town with a handful of smaller historical and religious locations of interest.
		Isahaya is a small city that you pass through on your way via train to Nagasaki.
	home.carolina.rr.com /wormold/Nagasaki-3.htm (753 words)

	activist story
		NAGASAKI, Japan – Yatiyo Yamashita ignored signs marked "no trespassing" as she scaled the seven-foot wall near the north gate to Isahaya Dam and picked her way across dried and broken shells.
		Eel-like mudskippers are one of 55 species native to Isahaya Bay that environmentalists say are approaching extinction because of the dam.
		He also said the new land would be sold to vegetable farmers who have not been able to plant their crops in the local area because of a land shortage.
	journalism.berkeley.edu /projects/nagasaki/stories/activist.html (995 words)

	Birds Korea - conserving birds and habitats in South Korea and the Yellow Sea eco-region (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		On 14 April, 1997, construction was completed on the dike that now closes 3,500 hectares of Isahaya Bay's tidal flats and shallows off from the sea, which resulted in the extermination of this formerly rich ecosystem.
		In one miserable case, a laver seaweed aquaculturist laden with insupportable debt attempted double suicide with his elderly mother - she died but he was unable to kill himself and has been indicted for murder of his mother with her consent.
		In order to verify the assumption that ecological deterioration in the Ariake Sea is being caused by the Isahaya Land Reclamation Project, this committee recommended surveys involving opening gates in the Isahaya dike for short-, mid- and long-term time periods.
	www.birdskorea.org /isahayabayjuly2004.asp (1074 words)

	Isahaya Nagasaki guide
		Nagasaki, available at the train station, post office, etc., is a monthly schedule of happenings (festivals, sports events, etc.) throughout the prefecture (in Japanese).
		The Isahaya Bay mudflats (due to be transformed by the land reclamation project) are a prime area for viewing ducks and wading birds, especially in the fall, winter, and spring.
		The central park of Isahaya, the feudal lord's former garden (Gosho-in) in Takashiro-cho, is the locus of all the Isahaya festivals.
	spot.pcc.edu /~jsparks/ESOLClassLinks/Isahaya/IsahayaGuide.htm (19430 words)

	The Japan Times Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		NAGASAKI (Kyodo) The completion of a public works project to fill in Isahaya Bay in Nagasaki Prefecture is expected to be one year behind schedule, the farm ministry said Monday.
		Mitsunori Itami, head of the ministry's Kyushu Regional Agricultural Administration Office, told Nagasaki Gov. Genjiro Kaneko of the delay Monday and said the reason was that land improvement work for some of the farmland in area already filled in must be done during fiscal 2007.
		Isahaya Bay is part of the Ariake Sea, a nearly landlocked body of water encircled by Nagasaki, Kumamoto, Saga and Fukuoka prefectures.
	www.japantimes.co.jp /cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nn20050524a3.htm (460 words)

	Isahaya, Nagasaki at AllExperts
		Map showing location of Isahaya in Nagasaki Prefecture (as of 2006).
		Isahaya (è««æ—©å¸; -shi) is a city located in Nagasaki, Japan.
		Isahaya is the home of Nagasaki Wesleyan University and Chinzei Gakuin High School.
	en.allexperts.com /e/i/is/isahaya,_nagasaki.htm (143 words)

	nagasaki (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Nagasaki, Nagasaki Nagasaki ( ; Nagasaki -shi) is the capital and the largest city of Nagasaki prefecture located at the south-western coast of...
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		Isahaya, Nagasaki Isahaya ( ; -shi) is a city located in Nagasaki, Japan.
	www.wikisearch.net /nagasaki (220 words)

	Nagasaki Study Abroad Program (PCC) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		The historic city of Nagasaki, Japan was the only gateway open for trade from the early 17th century to the end of the 19th century.
		Nagasaki is known for amazing landmarks including: Oura Tenshudo Church, Peace Park, and the Glover Mansion.
		Isahaya City is about 30 minutes from Nagasaki by train.
	www.pcc.edu /pcc/pro/progs/internat/studyabroad/nagasaki (368 words)

	Nagasaki - Current News & Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		NAGASAKI â” Nagasaki marked the 59th anniversary of the atomic bombing of the city on Monday, with its mayor calling on Americans to oppose their government's...
		NAGASAKI â” The Nagasaki Family Court decided Monday to conduct a psychiatric examination on an 11-year-old schoolgirl who admitted to killing her classmate...
		Nagasaki: Japan is reeling from the latest in a string of horrific juvenile crimes â” a 12-year-old schoolgirl stabbed to death by her 11-year-old classmate.
	news.daylightonline.com /Nagasaki.html (7403 words)

	Japan Policy & Politics: Farm ministry presents Isahaya Bay plan to Nagasaki (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		A high-level mission from the Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Ministry on Thursday briefed Nagasaki Prefecture on a government plan to open lock gates on the Isahaya Bay reclamation project and launch a two-month investigation into the cause of poor seaweed harvests in the Ariake Sea.
		The Isahaya Bay reclamation project is designed to create 1,400 hectares of farmland and a 1,700-hectare reservoir by cutting off 3,500 hectares of sea in the bay with a 7,050-meter-long dike that links the town of Takaki in the north to the town of Azuma in the south.
		Isahaya Bay, part of the Ariake Sea, is a nearly landlocked body of water encircled by Nagasaki, Kumamoto, Saga and Fukuoka prefectures on the island of Kyushu, southwestern Japan.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0XPQ/is_2002_March_11/ai_84336214 (452 words)

	Nagasaki Prefecture (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Nagasaki Prefecture has had close ties with foreign civilization for centuries.
		During the 16th century, Catholic missionaries and traders from Portugal arrived and became active in Hirado and Nagasaki.
		After the prohibition of Christianity in the Edo period, foreign trade was restricted to Chinese and Dutch traders in Nagasaki, but Christianity continued underground.
	www.mywiseowl.com /index.php?title=Nagasaki_Prefecture&action=creativecommons (136 words)

	Adventures in Isahaya: Getting here
		Oh well, it got us a hotel in Nagasaki and a rental car and it was the company's nickel so we tried not to panic about it.
		At some point, they called for Nagasaki and I explained to the woman that "Nihongo ga wakarimasen." She almost smirked and told me to go up to the desk.
		Luckily, we were able to get a car and, after a few wrong turns and streets FAR too tiny for our minivan we got to the Holiday Inn Nagasaki.
	poohjapan.blogspot.com /2004/10/getting-here.html (659 words)

	Isahaya Nagasaki guide web sites
		Describes shore excursions to Nagasaki, Shimabara and Arita.
		"Hiroshima and Nagasaki: The Decision to Use the Atomic Bomb." Philip Goodman.
		Crossroads: A Journal of Nagasaki History and Culture Crossroads, Inc. English-language annual publication; many of the print articles on the web site.
	spot.pcc.edu /~jsparks/ESOLClassLinks/Isahaya/IsahayaGuideWeb.htm (640 words)

	Marutei TSURUNEN
		@I think it is too late to put the farmland of 706 ha in Isahaya Bay, Nagasaki Prefecture- forcibly reclaimed by the government-back to its original tidal wetlands.
		Not until recently was the tidelandfs effectiveness to purify seawater became widely known although it is possible that they were aware of the fact but have intentionally ignored it.
		Each representative from the local producerfs association, office of reclamation project and Nagasaki agricultural experiment station gave me explanations on the farmland and the reclamation project.
	homepage2.nifty.com /yugatsuru/english/e23.html (652 words)

	Earth Island Institute: Earth Island Journal - Fall 1999
		The key to this philosophical change is the tragedy of Isahaya Bay, Japan's largest tidal flat wetland (7400 acres).
		Nagoya planned to dump garbage on its last remnant tidal flat while hundreds of acres of unused reclaimed land lay idle, merely because authorities were not required to consider alternatives.
		Six months after Isahaya Bay was sealed off, the Environment Agency of Japan published an "Inventory of Shorebird Staging Sites" which showed that Isahaya had been the top site for shorebirds in Japan.
	www.earthisland.org /eijournal/fall99/fe_fall99wetlands.html (1386 words)

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