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  Kumamoto, Kumamoto - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Kumamoto (熊本市; -shi) is the capital city city of Kumamoto Prefecture on Kyushu island of Japan.
Former Prime Minister of Japan Hosokawa Morihiro is a descendant of the Hosokawa clan of Kumamoto.
Within the outer walls of Kumamoto Castle is the Hosokawa Gyobu-tei, the former residence of the Higo daimyo.
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 Kumamoto Prefecture - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
On January 15, 2005, the towns of Misumi and Shiranuhi from Uto District and the towns of Matsubase, Ogawa and Toyono from Shimomashiki District merged to form the new city of Uki.
On February 11, 2005, the municipalities of Yabe and Seiwa from Kamimashiki District and Soyo from Aso District merged to form the new town of Yamato in Kamimashiki District.
On March 22, 2005, the city of Kikuchi merged with the municipalities of Kyokushi, Shichijo and Shisui from Kikuchi District to form the new city of Kikuchi.
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 History of Kumamoto
During the Kamakura period, warriors were appointed as head of the estates, and such clans as the Asos, the Kikuchis, and the Shodais exercised their local power.
Kumamoto domain became Kumamoto Prefecture, Hitoyoshi domain became Hitoyoshi Prefecture, and Amakusa was temporarily incorporated into Nagasaki Prefecture.
The teacher's lodgings in Kumamoto School of Western Studies was where Tsunetami Sano was permitted to found Hakuaisha during the Seinan Civil War, and was also the birth place of the Japan Red Cross Society.
www.pref.kumamoto.jp /introduce/links/history_e.asp?fSz=90&cType=1   (842 words)

  
 Ozu, Kumamoto - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ōzu (大津町; -machi) is a town located in Kikuchi District, Kumamoto, Japan.
As of 2003, the town has an estimated population of 28,673 and a density of 289.36 persons per km².
The town also has one of the oldest homes in Kikuchi District that opens twice a year for tourists, a racing track, and is located on the edge of the caldera that surrounds Mount Aso.
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 Japan
At the head of each district is a sub-prefect, at the head of each village or town is a mayor assisted by a council.
The departments, districts, towns, and villages have a special budget administered by the general council, the district council, the municipal council, and increased by local revenues independent of the taxes raised by the Government.
Except for Kikuchi Yosai (1788-1878), who completes the list of great stylists, everything centres around Hokusai, everything is inspired by his manner and his genius.
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 Japan - LoveToKnow 1911
Apparent proof has been obtained that the shocks occurring in the Pacific districts originate at the bottom of the sea the Tuscarora Deep is supposed to be the centre of seismic activity and they are accompanied in most cases by tidal waves.
Winter in these districts does not last more than two months, from the end of December to the beginning of March; for although the latter month is not free from frost and even snow, the balminess of spring makes itself plainly perceptible.
In the district on the east of the main island the snowfall is insignificant, seldom attaining a depth of more than four or five inches and generally melting in a few days, while bright, sunny skies are usual.
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 Kumamoto   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Kumamoto is situated at the center of the Kyushu Island in the western end of Japan.
Kumamoto has two national parks, namely the Aso and Unzen-Amakusa, and two quasi-national parks, namely the Mt. Yabahita-hiko and the Kyushu Central Mountains.
The Aso district has an active volcano Mt. Aso with one of the largest calderas in the world and many hot springs.
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 Kumamoto Prefecture info here at en.6-of-100.info   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Kumamoto Prefecture is located in the of Kyushu, the southernmost of the four sizable Japanese islands.
On February 11, 2005, the municipalities of Yabe Seiwa from Kamimashiki District Soyo from Aso District merged to skeleton the fresh township of Yamato in Kamimashiki District.
On March 22, 2005, the city of Kikuchi merged with the municipalities of Kyokushi, Shichijo Shisui from Kikuchi District to skeleton the fresh city of Kikuchi.
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 Lingua Terrae Books Geology Japan
Kumamoto J. Sci., (B-1), 5-2; 67 pp., 13 figs., 7 photoplts.
Cenozoic geology of the Huzina-Kimati District, Izumo Province, Japan - A contribution to igneous geology of the East-Asiatic province of Cenozoic alkaline rocks.
The geological structure of southeastern Shan-si and the adjoining district of Chih-li (Ho-pei) and Ho-nan, north China.
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Some of their party took advantaging of weakened Tokoyoland, visited the Imari district in Kyushu, and had a basis in BC of the 200s.
Kikuchi as the Kyushu central part director general, and aimed at reconciliation.
Kikuchi also thought that fighting with Tokoyoland was not wise.
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 Arao, Kumamoto - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
Arao (荒尾市; -shi) is a city located in Kumamoto, Japan.
As of 2003, the city has an estimated population of 56,822 and the density of 994.26 persons per km²;.
Arao, Kumamoto, External links and Cities in Kumamoto Prefecture.
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 Kumamoto Hotels. Kumamoto Guide. Hotels in Kumamoto, Japan
Kumamoto is the capital city of Kumamoto Prefecture on Kyushu island of Japan, with population about 700 000 of the city and 1 862 000 of the whole prefecture.
Kumamoto city features numerous tourist attractions, such as Suizenji Park (Suizenji Koen), the Suizenji Temple, Kumamoto Castle.
Suizenji Park is recognized as one of the most lovely gardens in the country, together with Kenroku-en in the city of Kanazawa, and the gardens Kairaku-en and Koraku-en.
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 Ozu, Kumamoto - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
As of 2003, the town has an estimated population of 28,673 and a density of 289.36 persons per km²;.
This page was last modified 18:34, 30 March 2006.
This encyclopedia, history, geography and biography article about Ozu, Kumamoto contains research on
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Bukeyashiki aka “Samurai District'', the Bukeyashiki is an area in Kanazawa with old samurai houses from the Tokugawa Period.
Electoral districts, method of voting and other matters pertaining to the method of election of members of both Houses shall be fixed by law.
Higo Province A province in the area that is today Kumamoto Prefecture on the island of Kyūshū.
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 Japanese journal of infectious diseases on Medscape - 57 2
Molecular epidemiology of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a Kumamoto hospital in 2003.
Prevalence of erythromycin-, tetracycline-, and aminoglycoside- resistance genes in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in hospitals in Tokyo and Kumamoto.
An unexpected outbreak of Japanese encephalitis in the Chugoku district of Japan, 2002.
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 Kumamoto
There is also a lively email discussion group for international (for which read English-speaking) residents or visitors to Kumamoto - called Kumamoto-I. One may also notice the town also associates itself with Miyamoto Musashi.
Close to the castle is the fairly large Shimontori shopping arcade with the modern type of shops; Levis, coffeehouses, books, records and toys.
The streetcar - in the gallery below - will take one from the Kumamoto Station to it.
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 colemanblog: February 2006   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Mount Royal is the name of a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada.
The district includes the former City of C�te-Saint-Luc, Quebec, the former Towns of Mount Royal, Quebec and Hampstead, Quebec, the neighbourhood of Snowdon (Montreal) and the western part of the neighbourhood of C�te-des-Neiges in the City of Montreal, Quebec.
It should be noted that the electoral district was actually abolished twice since 1924, in 1966 and in 1987, however the district to replace it kept the same name and incumbent both times.
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 In Japanese hospitals during war-time&#059; fifteen months with the Red Cross Society of Japan (April 1904 ...
Surgeon - General Kikuchi was a marvel of patience and tact in his management of an officer whose mind was affected, and who gave a great deal of trouble, as he was under the impression that he was still in command, and also the head of the hospital.
On December 11 we left Sasebo, and half-way, at the junction to Kumamoto, were met by the director of the Red Cross Society and by the chief constable.
It is said that on one occasion he was invited by another noble to a tea ceremony, but owing to the great breadth of his shoulders he stuck in the little doorway and could move neither backwards nor forwards.
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 Sierra Nevada Virtual Museum
Natives from Hiroshima, Kumamoto, Yamaguchi, and Fukushima were sought for their supposed expertise in agriculture, for their hard work, and for their willingness to travel.
School districts in Sacramento County elected to maintain separate schools in the communities of Florin, Walnut Grove, Isleton, and Courtland.
The detention process progressed from district to district, county to county, over a five month period.
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 Lester W. Kiss, Reviving The Criminal Jury In Japan, 62 Law & Contemp. Probs. 261 (Spring 1999)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
The district court granted a new trial on May 29, 1986.
The district court acquitted on the ground that there was no evidence linking Akabori to the crime other than his own confessions, which were shown to be of little reliability.
After a year-long trial in the Kumamoto District Court, Menda was found guilty of the murders and sentenced to death on March 23, 1950.
www.law.duke.edu /journals/lcp/articles/lcp62dSpring1999p261.htm   (10774 words)

  
 IAAF International Association of Athletics Federations - IAAF.org - News
The team of 16 boys and 20 girls was selected from the top youth performers (born in or after 1988) in: 1) prefecture high school championships; 2) district high school championships; 3) spring track circuits; and 4) prefecture track and field championships.
Yuriko Kobayashi, the reigning national champion at 1500m, won the 800m in the National Junior Championships.
Other Youth athletes who won the National Junior Championships are Atsuro Kikuchi at 3000m Steeple (9:06.78), Rina Yamazaki at 5000m (15:57.40), Aya Miyahara at 400m Hurdles (58.91) and Megumi Nakada at Pole Vault (3.80m).
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Despite what you say Dr Meaden and his meteorological collaborators (eg Kikuchi, Ohtsuki and Snow) are still conducting scientific research into the plasma vortex theory, having recently presented a paper to the Twentieth General Assembly of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics in Vienna.
Despite what you say I am still happy to support a meteorological explanation for simpler crop circle patterns whilst continuing to entertain the delicious irony that many classic UFO cases may represent encounters with a mechanism similar to that being investigated by Meaden and his colleagues.
According to the local newspaper (reporter?) Kumamoto Nichinichi Shinbun, the single circle was 3 metres in diameter in a field of grass 30 cms high.
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 Global Volcanism Program | Aso | Monthly Reports   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Further Reference: Wada, T., Kikuchi, S., and Ono, H., 1980, The explosion of Naka-dake, volcano Aso on the 6th of September, 1979: Bulletin of the Volcanological Society of Japan, v.
The eruption deposited 1 m of ash on the crater rim, 0.5 m of ash 1 km N of the crater, and 4 kg/m
Fine ashfall was observed to 35 km W (at Kumamoto) and 35 km E (at Takeda).
www.volcano.si.edu /world/volcano.cfm?vnum=0802-11=&volpage=var   (14199 words)

  
 Japanese American World War II Evacuation Oral History Project : Part I: Internees : a machine-readable transcription.
It was not, however, until she took part in a 1969 pilgrimage to the Manzanar site in Inyo County and, shortly thereafter, became the founding chair of the Manzanar Committee, a Los Angeles-based community activist group (whose membership included Amy Ishii), that Manzanar became her public identification badge.
Kikuchi, an Issei, was married to a Nisei, did not affiliate himself with "nationalistic" Japanese organizations (and thus not apprehended by the FBI following Pearl Harbor), "volunteered instead of being dragged to camp," and became an American citizen soon after Issei became eligible for naturalization in 1952.
It was at this temple, located in the Little Tokyo district of Los Angeles, that the two-hour interview with him was conducted, principally in Japanese, by Mariko Yamashita (under the direction of Paul Clark).
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 Plant Disease - April 2003 Abstracts   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Necrotic diseases of the stems, petioles, and leaves of pea plants (Pisum sativum L.), leading to wilting and death, occur in the Wakayama and Mie Prefectures of Japan.
Testing of 1,260 sweetpotato plants, of which 634 had viruslike symptoms, showed that virus disease incidence ranged from 2.7% (Soroti district, short grassland-savannah zone) to 20% (Mukono district, tall grass-forest mosaic zone).
SPCSV and SPFMV were detected in all the 14 districts surveyed, whereas SPMMV and SPCFV were detected in 13 and 8 districts, respectively.
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 Encyclopedia of Japanese History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Kumamoto National Party (pg XXX), Rikken Doshikai (pg XXX), Kenseikai (pg XXX), Minseito (pg XXX), Kokumin Domei (pg XXX).
Adachi Morinaga was a warrior who fought for Minamoto Yoritomo (pg XXX) against the Taira (pg XXX).
aka “Samurai District'', the Bukeyashiki is an area in Kanazawa with old samurai houses from the Tokugawa Period.
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 What really happened in Nanking : "The Rape of Nanking" is untrue.
The shooting of prisoners who attempt to escape or who are insubordinate is sanctioned by international law.
Committee for the Investigation of Japanese War Crimes Committed in Nanking: Procurator of the District Court, Nanking, Summary Report on the Investigation of Japanese War Crimes Committed in Nanking (IMTFE Document No.1706, p.2).
An iconoclastic critic and acute observer of social trends, Oya (1900-1970) was awarded the Kikuchi Kan literary prize for Honoo wa nagareru (Flames Flow).
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It involves twelve young officers, whose spirits sleep on a mountain in a foreign land.
It flew toward Mt. Furusobo (1633m) and Mt. Hontani (1642m), flying across the ridge formed by the two mountains.
A few months later, I went to Kumamoto Prefecture on a business trip.
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 BioMed Central | Full text | Problems in early diagnosis of bladder cancer in a spinal cord injury patient: Report of a ...
Problems in early diagnosis of bladder cancer in a spinal cord injury patient: Report of a case of simultaneous production of granulocyte colony stimulating factor and parathyroid hormone-related protein by squamous cell carcinoma of urinary bladder
Otani N, Kumamoto Y, Tsukamoto T, Satoh T, Sakauchi F: Bladder carcinoma producing granulocyte colony-stimulating factor.
Yoshida T, Suzumiya J, Katakami H, Kimura N, Hisano S, Kikuchi M, Okumura M: Hypercalcemia caused by PTH-rP associated with lung metastasis from urinary bladder carcinoma: an autopsied case.
www.biomedcentral.com /1471-2490/2/8   (3603 words)

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