Kanagawa Prefecture (神奈川県; Kanagawa-ken) is a geographic and political area located in the Kanto region on Honshu island, Japan.
Kanagawa is a relatively small prefecture wedged between Tokyo on the north, the foothills of Mount Fuji on the northwest, and the Pacific Ocean and Tokyo Bay on the south and east.
The Convention of Kanagawa was the event that forced open Japanese ports to the United States by Commodore Matthew Perry.
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Zama, Kanagawa(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Kanagawa Gov. notifies U.S. of opposition to expansion of Camp Zama+
Zama (Japanese: 座間市; -shi) is a city located in Kanagawa, Japan.
As of 2003, the ward has an estimated population of 128,770 and the density of 7,324.80 persons per km²;.
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ipedia.com: Kanagawa Prefecture Article(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Kanagawa prefecture is a geographic and political area located in the Kanto region on Honshu island, Japan.
Yokosuka Port commanding the mouth of Tokyo Bay is headquatered by...
Yokosuka Port commanding the mouth of Tokyo Bay is headquatered by the U.S. 7th Fleet.
Minamiashigara, Kanagawa -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Minamiashigara, Kanagawa -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
Minamiashigara (南足柄市 Minamiashigara-shi) is a (A large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts) city located in (additional info and facts about Kanagawa) Kanagawa, (A constitutional monarchy occupying the Japanese Archipelago; a world leader in electronics and automobile manufacture and ship building) Japan.
As of 2003, the ward has an estimated ((statistics) the entire aggregation of items from which samples can be drawn) population of 44,318 and the (The amount per unit size) density of 576.08 persons per (additional info and facts about km²;) km²;.
Man slays wife over allowance(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
MINAMIASHIGARA, Kanagawa -- A man who stabbed and strangled his wife because she would not give him any pocket money or obey his orders was arrested Saturday, police said.
Sato, 53, unemployed of Yamakita, Kanagawa Prefecture, apparently admits to the allegations.
It is common in Japan for women to control household finances and dole out a monthly allowance to their husbands.
Greater Tokyo Area - Open Encyclopedia(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The Greater Tokyo Area (東京圏 Tōkyō-ken), also the Tokyo-Yokohama area, is a large metropolitan area in Japan consisting of the prefectures of Tokyo, Chiba, Kanagawa and Saitama.
A list of these, together with a description of their governmental status, is available at 23 special wards.
These cities are in Chiba, Kanagawa and Saitama Prefectures:
Middle East Open Encyclopedia: Kawasaki, Kanagawa(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Kawasaki (Japanese: 川崎市; Kawasaki-shi) is a city located in Kanagawa, Japan.
The city was founded on July 1, 1924 and was designated on April 1, 1972 by government ordinance.
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Middle East Open Encyclopedia: Yokohama, Kanagawa(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Yokohama was designated as a foreign port instead of Kanagawa, which the Tokugawa shogunate feared was too close to the Tokaido, a strategic highway connecting Edo to Nagoya, Kyoto, and Osaka.
The Port of Yokohama was opened in 1859 and quickly became the base of most foreign trade in Japan.
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An 84-year-old patient died in a hospital in Matsudamachi, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, after a nurse mistakenly inserted a nutrient tube into his lungs instead of his stomach, prefectural authorities said Monday.
The incident occurred at about noon Thursday, and the man, from Minamiashigara, died Friday night at the Ashigarakami Hospital, run by the Kanagawa prefectural government.
The nurse had attempted to push the tube back into the man's stomach through the nose after pulling it out because it was loose, they said.
Mikio Ihama received his B. degree in Engineering from Osaka University in 1980 and a M. degree in Chemistry from Osaka University in 1982.
Since 1982 he has worked in the Research Laboratories of Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd. in Minamiashigara, Kanagawa.
His specialty has primarily been focused on silver halide emulsion technology, including precipitation of silver halide grains, chemical sensitization and spectral sensitization.
Dateline: YOKOHAMA, April 27 The owner of an automobile sheet metal manufacturing plant in Minamiashigara, Kanagawa Prefecture, was seriously injured in an explosion when he opened a cardboard box placed outside his factory Sunday morning, the police said.
The Kanagawa prefectural police said they have set up a task force to investigate the case as an attempted murder.
They believe someone might have set up the explosives targeting the 50-year-old owner, Seiichi Nakata.
Odawara, Kanagawa -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Odawara, Kanagawa -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
Odawara ((A native or inhabitant of Japan) Japanese: 小田原市; -shi) is a (A large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts) city located in (additional info and facts about Kanagawa) Kanagawa, (A constitutional monarchy occupying the Japanese Archipelago; a world leader in electronics and automobile manufacture and ship building) Japan.
As of 2003, the city has an estimated ((statistics) the entire aggregation of items from which samples can be drawn) population of 199,463 and the (The amount per unit size) density of 1,748.30 persons per (additional info and facts about km²;) km²;.
Matsuri Survey Results(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
And I guess a matsuri is a way of saying a prayer for good results.”-Yuji (M), 28 years old, Hyogo prefecture, Itami City
“Celebration.”-Yoshimi, Kanagawa Prefecture, Minamiashigara City, lived in Alabama for 7 years
Reminds me of my younger days in hometown.”-Koichi, over 50 years old, Fukushima (Inawashiro), Kanagawa (Yokahama), lived in Alabama for almost 4 years
