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  Hiroshima Prefecture - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
Hiroshima is a traditional center of the Chugoku region and was the seat of the Mori clan until the Battle of Sekigahara.
Hiroshima prefecture lies in the middle of Chugoku, facing Shikoku across the Seto Inland Sea.
Hiroshima's main industries include automobiles (Mazda is headquartered in Hiroshima Prefecture) and shipbuilding (Kure was one of the main naval bases of the Imperial Japanese Navy and remains a major commercial yard).
www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Hiroshima_Prefecture   (851 words)

  
 Saka - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
The Saka/Scythians are considered by mainstream historians and linguists as being Indo-Europeans who spoke a language in the Northern branch of the Iranian branch of the Indo-Iranian family of the Indo-European languages.
The Sakas were also one of several tribes that conquered India from the northwest, where they established the rule of the Indo-Scythians.
The Saka Era is used by the Indian national calendar, a few other Hindu calendars, and the Cambodian Buddhist calendar—its year zero begins near the vernal equinox of 78.
www.startsurfing.com /encyclopedia/s/a/k/Saka.html   (1922 words)

  
 Saka - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
According to some, this Saka race, with an affiliated tribe under a different name, then emigrated to northern Europe, into the area of the Baltic Sea (Sakas are considered a branch of Scythians by most scholars).
In Babylonian Akkadian, the Saka were called the Gimirri; in the Assyrian dialect of Akkadian, they were referred to as the Khumri or Bit-Khumri, who were the Cimmerians known to the Greeks and Romans.
The Sakas or Shakyas were also one of several tribes that conquered India from the northwest, where they established the rule of the Indo-Scythians.
www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Saka   (757 words)

  
 Saka (disambiguation) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sakas, ancient peoples of Asia, considered branch of Scythians.
Saka, Hiroshima, a town in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan.
In addition, saka is a Japanese word meaning "slope." It appears as a component in many Japanese names and Japanese place names.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Saka_(disambiguation)   (108 words)

  
 Aki District, Hiroshima - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
There are other places with this name including districts in other prefectures, see Aki.
Aki (安芸郡; -gun) is a district located in Hiroshima, Japan.
As of 2004 population data but counting decreases due to the March 20, 2005 merger, the district has an estimated population of 116,573 and a density of 1588 persons per km².
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Aki_District,_Hiroshima   (139 words)

  
 PHOTOGRAPHS OF HIROSHIMA AND NAGASAKI (GENSUIKIN)
Many of them were students of the Hiroshima Prefectural Daiichi Middle School and the Hiroshima Girls' Commercial School who were exposed to and injured by the A-bomb while participating in the demolition of buildings.
The "The Hiroshima Tokuho" (the phantom newspaper) was published on August 6, 1980, faithfully reflecting the feeling of that time based on the news collected by three reporters and a cameraman who heated toward the hypocenter immediately after the detonation of the A-bomb.
Hiroshima, Nagasaki and surrounding areas are still the graveyards of the A-bomb victims.
www.gensuikin.org /english/photo.html   (5361 words)

  
 Recalling Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Hiroshima was bombed on August 6, 1945 and Nagasaki on August 9, 1945.
Fonds consists of a folder of 12 sheets of photographs which show the effects of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan in 1945.
Seven years after the A-bomb explosion, two hundred and fifty-two bodies of bones, of which many had been buried, or left on the ground, were excavated from five different places in Saka-machi, Angei-gun, Hiroshima, July 30, 1952.
www.trentu.ca /library/archives/01-1006.htm   (468 words)

  
 Hiroshima Bay Side Saka   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
This YH is located in the center of Hiroshima City and in a nice location with a view of the beautiful sun set and a night view.
The nearest station is Saka station, and it takes 15 minute by car from Hiroshima station.
The YH is conveniently located for sightseeing in Hiroshima City and many visitors stay for several nights.
www.jyh.or.jp /english/chugoku/bayside   (110 words)

  
 Saka   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
The Sakas or Saka race was a group of Iranian people who lived in present day Uzbekistan around 3000 BC.
At Aka Saka Sushi, we started with sushi and lots of it -- beautiful bites of raw fish and seasoned rice, which we ate as canapes.
YA Saka indicated that the amount realized was out of the N1.2bn target the command...
www.33beat.com /Saka.html   (478 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
The Scythians first appear in Assyrian annals as Ishkuzai, who are reported as pouring in from the north some time around 700 BC, settling in Ascania and modern Azerbaijan as far as to the southeast of Lake Urmia.
Sakas was the name given to Scythians in Asia, especially by Persians.
Herodotus describes them as Scythians, called by a different name: :"The Sacae, or Scyths, were clad in trousers, and had on their heads tall stiff caps rising to a point.
sarmatians.en.wikivx.com   (11435 words)

  
 XI LOK SABHA DEBATES, Session V (Monsoon)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Thousands of people were killed and millions maimed, depicting to the world how dangerous could be the wars and how harmful were the unbridled ambitions of human beings and nations.
Todate, the after-effects of radioactivity released by the two atomic bombs continue to haunt the survivors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Hiroshima and Nagasaki stand as reminders to the world's conscience that weapons of mass destruction such as nuclear weapons should never be used.
parliamentofindia.nic.in /ls/lsdeb/ls11/ses5/01060897.htm   (477 words)

  
 Dharma School Anniversary Ryoga Message
Because the 260 students from the Nakajima Elementary School that I attended was relocated to one of seven temples or shrines in the Mira saka area roughly 70 kilometers from the city I was saved.
Because there were children from the area closest to the epicenter or Nakajima Machi, Zaimoku-cho at Kouzen-ji, the temple that took care of me in my evacuation, there were many who lost their parents and their entire families to the bomb.
As I looked at the scene, at the red burned field that was Hiroshima, the only scenery that didn’t change was Nino-jima (island), the little Mt. Fuji that floats on the Hiroshima gulf.
www.vhbt.org /dharma_school/Anniversary/ryoga.htm   (1624 words)

  
 Brujula.Net - Your Latin Stating Point   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Aki provinces, has been a center of trade and culture since the beginning of Japan's recorded history.
Hiroshima is a traditional center of the Chugoku region and was the seat of the
On February 3, 2003, Shin'ichi from Ashina District merged into the expanded city of Fukuyama.
www.brujula.net /english/wiki/Hiroshima_Prefecture.html   (364 words)

  
 Saka
These Sakas followed the Aryan race into present day Iran, and returned back to their original area in Uzbekistan.
This Saka race and especially their affiliated tribe whose name is more correlated to the word Saxon, gave rise (supposedly)to the Saxons tribe in the area of present day Germany.
The Indian National Calendar starts from the first year of the Saka Era (ACE 78).
www.askfactmaster.com /Saka   (217 words)

  
 Osaka   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Honshu, at the mouth of the Yodo river on Osaka Bay.
The capital is the city of Osaka Osaka prefecture () Osaka prefectural symbol Osaka prefectural symbol Capital Osaka Region: Kinki Island: Honshu Area  - Total  - % water...
Sendai Aoba-ku, Yokohama Arakawa-ku, Tokyo Asahi-ku, Osaka Asahi-ku, Yokohama Asakita-ku, Hiroshima Asaminami-ku...
www.exploringedo.com /japan/Osaka   (931 words)

  
 FOREIGN OBJECTS! (Brought To You By Wrestling-News.com)
HIROSHIMA -- A Hiroshima Prefectural Government official was arrested on Thursday for biting his girlfriend's head after she told him off over the messy way he used the shower at her home, police said.
"I didn't like the way she lectured me," the 30-year-old, of Saka, Hiroshima Prefecture, was quoted by police as saying.
Investigators said the attack occurred at the apartment of Semoto's girlfriend in the neighboring city of Kure on the night of Feb. 7.
www.wrestling-news.com /ForeignObjects2.html   (582 words)

  
 Indonesia Monitor - Indonesia History
Soon after, on August 6 and 9, the United States dropped Atom bombs on two Japanese cities, Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Guided by these fundamental principles, the basic aims of the state are to establish an Indonesian Government which shall protect all the Indonesian people and their entire motherland, advance the public welfare, develop the intellectual life of the nation, and contribute towards the establishment of a world order based on freedom, peace and social justice.
The Indonesian national flag is called "Sang Saka Merah Putih." As provided for in Article 35 of the 1945 Constitution, the flag is made up of two colors, red on top of white.
www.indonesia-pusaka.com /imonitor/100republic.htm   (3891 words)

  
 Nuibe Family - Gary's Genealogy
It will be updated from time to time as new members are added to the family or further information becomes available.
The source of much of the information on Gary's family is the koseki-touhan (official family register) that we were able to obtain from the village of Saka-cho in Japan, with the kind help of Dr. Yoshinori Nuibe of Hiroshima City.
Nuibe is not a direct relation to us, but his father knew Gary's family when he was a child.
www.nuibe.com /lynne/geninfogary.html   (416 words)

  
 Places to visit between Hiroshima and Tokyo?
We have two days to travel from Hiroshima back to Tokyo by train.
I've heard that there are gigantic whirlpools in the Naruto bay.
Coming from Hiroshima toward Tokyo, it is roughly half-way and you would get off the shinkansen at Shin-Kurashiki station.
www.flyertalk.com /forum/showthread.php?t=428271   (760 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
They place does scream "artifical" though, not helped by the piped music and seemingly constant announcements.
5 min walk from Mizushiri Station on the JR Kure Line (20 min from Hiroshima Station)
If you would like to be the first to review this place, click here.
www.gethiroshima.com /en/Places/Seasonal/details?placeid=50261   (99 words)

  
 Geihoku Kokusai Ski Park, Hiroshima Misc, A-Z of Tourism, Misc in Hiroshima Japan Asia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Geihoku Kokusai Ski Park, Hiroshima Misc, A-Z of Tourism, Misc in Hiroshima Japan Asia
Geihoku Kokusai is Hiroshima's largest ski park, with three separate ski and snowboard areas, a new Snowboard Park complete with a Boarder Cross Course and Table Top for air maneuvers, ski and snowboard schools.
Located about 90-minutes' drive from central Hiroshima, the nearest town is Geihoku.
www.a-zoftourism.co.uk /Misc-in-Hiroshima-id14228-p0.htm   (253 words)

  
 Implication of Pkc1p protein kinase C in sustaining Cln2p level and polarized bud growth in response to calcium ...
Implication of Pkc1p protein kinase C in sustaining Cln2p level and polarized bud growth in response to calcium signaling in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
and rho1-4 mutants are not (Saka et al., 2001
Saka, A., Abe, M., Okano, H., Minemura, M., Qadota, H., Utsugi, T., Mino, A., Tanaka, K., Takai, Y. and Ohya, Y. Complementing yeast rho1 mutation groups with distinct functional defects.
jcs.biologists.org /cgi/content/full/118/18/4219   (5690 words)

  
 Encyclopedia of Japanese History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Sided against Tokugawa Ieysasu but was not present at the Battle of Sekigahara.
Terumoto was in ōsaka Castle at the time and surrendered to Ieyasu soon after Sekigahara.
Ieyasu reduced Terumoto's domains, leaving him only Nagato and Suō Provinces, worth 369,000 koku total.
www.openhistory.org /jhdp/encyclopedia/m.html   (1568 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Samurai!: Books: Saburo Sakai,Martin Caido,Fred Saito   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Sakai, in describing his journey from a rookie pilot to the final surrender, also chronicles the rise and fall of the Japanese Imperial Naval Air Force as seen from one of the most spectacular cogs in its vast apparatus.
Saka, who was never decorated for his actions, was a truly amazing fighter who was held in adulation by his mechanics and wingmen.
Indeed, of all Japan's aces, Saburo Sakai was the only one who never lost a wingman in combat.
www.amazon.com /Samurai-Saburo-Sakai/dp/1596870869   (2173 words)

  
 Misc in Hiroshima Japan Asia, Hiroshima Misc   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
This is one of the bigger beaches near Hiroshima C.....
Geihoku Kokusai is Hiroshima's largest ski park, w.....
Holiday guide to Hiroshima offering a wealth of information including Hiroshima accommodation, Hiroshima transport, Hiroshima entertainment, Hiroshima visa's, Hiroshima weather, Hiroshima travel tips and advice
www.a-zoftourism.co.uk /Misc-in-Hiroshima.htm   (182 words)

  
 Saka, Hiroshima, Japan - Location on world map, coordinates and short facts   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Saka, Hiroshima, Japan - Location on world map, coordinates and short facts
/ Explore / Japan / Locations / Saka, Hiroshima
Maps and coordinates for Saka, Hiroshima, Japan are approximative and not valid for navigation.
www.traveljournals.net /explore/japan/map/m366632/saka.html   (70 words)

  
 Saka, Nagasaki, Japan - Location on world map, coordinates and short facts   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Saka, Nagasaki, Japan - Location on world map, coordinates and short facts
/ Explore / Japan / Locations / Saka, Nagasaki
Maps and coordinates for Saka, Nagasaki, Japan are approximative and not valid for navigation.
www.traveljournals.net /explore/japan/map/m366634/saka.html   (70 words)

  
 Approach to inhibit the growth of human hepatocellular...
Approach to inhibit the growth of human hepatocellular carcinoma derived cell lines by transforming growth factor alpha anti-sense DNA oligonucleotide
Kira MD,ÊT. Nakanishi MD Kitamoto MD, G.Kajiyama MD Internal Medicine, Saiseikai Hiroshima Hospital, Saka-cho, Aki-gun, Hiroshima, Japan.
AIM: Previous studies have indicated that transforming growth factor alpha (TGF-α) play an important role in liver regeneration and hepatocarcinogenesis.
www.cancerprev.org /Journal/Issues/22/101/36/2390   (354 words)

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