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  Nagasaki. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
Nagasaki’s port, the first to receive Western trade, was known to Portuguese and Spanish traders before it was opened to the Dutch in 1567.
Nagasaki was gradually reopened to general foreign trade during the 1850s.
During World War II, on Aug. 9, 1945, Nagasaki became the target of the second atomic bomb ever detonated on a populated area; about 75,000 people were killed or wounded, and more than one third of the city was devastated.
www.bartleby.com /65/na/Nagasaki.html   (248 words)

  
  Sasebo, Nagasaki - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sasebo is a base of the United States Navy, as well as Japan's Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force.
Adjacent to the naval base is the Sasebo Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. (SSK) shipyard.
Sasebo Station is the westernmost station in the JR system.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sasebo,_Nagasaki   (252 words)

  
 Nagasaki - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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 outright with another 75,000 believed to have died of bomb-related causes in the decades that followed.
Nagasaki is the title and subject of a 1928 song with music by Harry Warren and lyrics by Mort Dixon.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Nagasaki   (1369 words)

  
 Sasebo
Sasebo is located on the Northwest coast of Kyushu, the third largest - and with the exception of the Ryukyu Island chain - the southernmost of the Japanese islands.
Sasebo is located in the northwestern part of Kyushu, the southernmost of the four islands that comprise the main portion of Japan.
Sasebo's climate is similar to that of Norfolk, Virginia.
www.globalsecurity.org /military/facility/sasebo.htm   (2155 words)

  
 Sasebo, Nagasaki - TheBestLinks.com - April 1, Japan, Military of Japan, Population, ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Sasebo, Sasebo, Nagasaki, April 1, Japan, Military of Japan, Population...
Sasebo (佐世保市; -shi) is a city located in Nagasaki, Japan.
Sasebo is a base of the United States Navy, as well as Japan's Maritime SDF.
www.thebestlinks.com /Sasebo.html   (126 words)

  
 Welcome to Sasebo
Nagasaki (Nagasaki Stn.) → (Express Bus) → Sasebo Stn., approx.
Nagasaki (Nagasaki Stn.) → Rapid Train Seaside Liner → Sasebo Stn., approx.
Nagasaki (Nagasaki Stn.) → Limited Express Siebold → Sasebo Stn., approx.
www.sasebo99.com /english/sasebo_access/access/index.html   (465 words)

  
 battleroyalefilm.com
SASEBO, Nagasaki -- The mental suffering of the father of a 12-year-old girl who was slashed to death with a paper cutter by one of her elementary school classmates has rendered him unable to function normally in his daily life, the man's lawyer said Monday.
SASEBO, Nagasaki -- A paramedic who saw the elementary school girl who was fatally slashed by a classmate early this month is suffering from what is believed to be stress from seeing the gruesome sight, the local fire department said Tuesday.
SASEBO, Nagasaki -- The teacher in charge when an 11-year-old girl slashed her classmate to death with a box cutter took the murder weapon from the attacker and tried to save the victim, it was revealed Tuesday.
www.battleroyalefilm.net /saseboarchive.html   (4720 words)

  
 Sasebo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sasebo Navy Yard, a base of the Imperial Japanese Navy in the city, later of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force
U.S. Fleet Activities Sasebo, a post-WWII United States Navy Base in the city
This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sasebo   (106 words)

  
 [RMSC Collections Department] Nagasaki Tamako - Miss Nagasaki
Miss Nagasaki is one of the 58 Doll Ambassadors (Torei Ningyo), sent to the United States from the children of Nagasaki Prefecture1, Japan in 1927.
Miss Nagasaki's head, limbs, and upper and lower body are made primarily of wood, with joints between the limbs provided by sections of cloth.
Nagasaki prefecture is at the westernmost edge of Kyushu, which is the southwesternmost of the major islands of Japan.
collections.rmsc.org /NagasakiTamako/MissNagasaki.html   (931 words)

  
 Nagasaki
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.
Sasebo is a town with dockyards and naval port, which is the home of U.S Navy.
www.jyh.or.jp /english/route/nagasaki.html   (896 words)

  
 Nagasaki Prefecture -
Nagasaki Prefecture, an unification of former provinces of Hizen, Tsushima, and Iki, has had close ties with foreign civilization for centuries.
Nagasaki borders Saga Prefecture on the east, and is otherwise surrounded by water, including Ariake Bay, the Tsushima Straits, and the East China Sea.
As of 2002, there are 68,617 Catholics in Nagasaki Prefecture, accounting for 4.52 percent of the total population of the prefecture.
psychcentral.com /psypsych/Nagasaki_Prefecture   (832 words)

  
 Nagasaki travel guide - Wikitravel
Nagasaki prefecture (長崎県 Nagasaki-ken, [1]) is on the island of Kyushu, Japan.
Nagasaki — an international port city of rich history and brief tragedy.
Sasebo is the second largest city in Nagasaki.
wikitravel.org /en/Nagasaki_(prefecture)   (142 words)

  
 NAGASAKI HOTELS & TRAVEL GUIDE
Nagasaki (長崎市; -shi, literally "long peninsula") is the capital and the largest city of Nagasaki Prefecture located at the south-western coast of Kyushu, Japan.
Nagasaki lies at the head of a long bay which forms the best natural harbour on the southern Japanese home island of Kyushu.
Nagasaki's most famous dish is Chanpon which is a dish of noodles with vegetable and seafood.
www.japaneselifestyle.com.au /travel/nagasaki.htm   (345 words)

  
 RADICALISM IN THE MIDST OF CONSERVATISM: ORGANIC FARMERS' GROUPS IN NAGASAKI PREFECTURE -- www.tsujiru.net/moen/
Although many people I talked with in Nagasaki Prefecture profess to have respect for the courage of the vocal minority of social activists who persevere in their efforts to effect progressive social change, many of these same people also admitted that they were afraid to become directly involved themselves.
Sasebo is about 90 minutes by train from the prefectural capital of Nagasaki and is the home of a major U.S. naval base, a national park comprising 99 picturesque islands, a major tourist attraction and resort complex called "Huis Ten Bosch" (House in a Forest), and a huge shipyard.
With the city of Sasebo within one hour by car from the Saikai-cho area, the farmers leave for their delivery rounds between 6:30am and 7:00am and are back by ll:30am.
www.tsujiru.net /moen/essays/nagasaki_farmers.html   (6167 words)

  
 Securing the Surrender: Marines in the Occupation of Japan (Sasebo-Nagasaki Landings)
Sasebo, the home of the third largest naval base in Japan, was a city of more than 300,000 prior to 29 June 1945.
When reports were received that the approaches to the originally selected landing beaches were mined but that Nagasaki's harbor was clear, the decision was made to land directly into the harbor area.
At Sasebo, Nagasaki, and Wakayama, there was ample evidence that the occupation of southern Japan would be bloodless.
www.nps.gov /archive/wapa/indepth/extcontent/usmc/pcn-190-003143-00/sec2a.htm   (1755 words)

  
 Literatureview.com: February 26, 2005 – A Visit to Nagasaki
Sasebo and Nagasaki are both on the western coast of Kyushu, Japan’s largest southern island.
Kyushu is separated from the main island of Honshu by a narrow stretch of water separating the smaller city of Shimonosek on Honshu from the larger city of Kitakyushu on Kyushu.
Sasebo is north and slightly west of Nagasaki—under 100 miles—about an hour and twenty minutes by train.
www.literatureview.com /blog/2005/02/february-26-2005-visit-to-nagasaki.html   (1056 words)

  
 USO | Sasebo About Us
We are located in Sasebo City on the island of Kyushu about one hour’s drive away from Nagasaki.
Sasebo is one of the best kept “little secrets” in the military.
The Sasebo USO was established in 1994 as a relocation site after closure of the USO in the Philippines as result of the volcano eruption there.
www.uso.org /Sasebo/default.cfm?contentid=317   (206 words)

  
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SASEBO — An elementary school in Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture, on Wednesday marked the first anniversary of the death of one of its sixth-grade students, who was killed by her classmate there.
SASEBO — A web site belonging to the 11-year-old girl in custody for killing a classmate at a primary school in Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture, was linked to a site featuring a horror story, investigative sources said Wednesday.
branch of the Nagasaki Family Court later in the day before being sent to a juvenile classification home while the court probes the case.
www.4law.co.il /sasebo1.htm   (896 words)

  
 Articles - Nagasaki Prefecture   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
During the 16th century, missionaries and traders from Portugal arrived and became active in Hirado and Nagasaki, which became a major center for foreign traders.
The city of Isahaya and the towns of Tarami, Moriyama, Iimori, Takaki and Konagai merged to form the new city of Isahaya.
The towns of Ikitsuki and Tabira and the village of Oshima (all from Kitamatsura District) merged into the city of Hirado.
www.ezorange.com /articles/Nagasaki_Prefecture   (702 words)

  
 Teresa Williams, An Engaging Look at Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Militarization and Montgomery
I could also fully witness the movement of Japanese people in Hiroshima and Nagasaki and their passion for demilitarization of U.S. bases in Japan, non-violence and all forms of nuclear testing and development in the world as throngs of people marched in both cities on August 6th and August 9th respectively.
The American soldiers and military personnel in Sasebo clearly did NOT want to hear what Japanese people wanted to say or to know why they were at the main entrance gate as was exemplified in their behavior and reaction to the peace marchers.
In brief, the peace march was successful in that we maintained the commitment to non-violence and social action on the anniversary of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
www.hartford-hwp.com /archives/55a/447.html   (1633 words)

  
 Japan Atlas: Nagasaki and Sasebo
Nagasaki Prefecture, situated in the westernmost part of Japan, consists of a peninsula and numerous islands extending into the East China Sea.
In this way, Nagasaki was the point of first contact with European cultures, and various knowledge and technology from the West entered and spread throughout the country from here.
Nagasaki City, together with Hiroshima City, was suffering the disaster of the atomic bombing in 1945 and has supplied the driving force for the international peace movement after the war.
web-jpn.org /atlas/communities/com19.html   (344 words)

  
 Sasebo, Japan News - Topix
Top-secret data on Aegis destroyers obtained by a Maritime Self-Defense Force petty officer 2nd class were found to have been obtained after he copied obscene images to his hard disk from a colleague's...
The first time I ate sushi was in Sasebo, Japan, in the early 1970s when I was in high school.
Five local political and peace groups urged Sasebo city officials Wednesday to oppose this weekend's visit by the USS Ronald Reagan, according to a city official.
www.topix.net /jp/sasebo   (465 words)

  
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In order for the students to lead a fruitful school life, various events are arranged for the newly enrolled students during the orientation period.
Since the opening of Nagasaki International University, in April 2000, there are currently 12 physical type clubs, and 11 cultural type clubs actively going on.
Among them are activities designed to meet the characteristic of Nagasaki, as well as those engaged in international exchange.
www.fulbright.jp /cgi-bin/search/usa.cgi?mode=detail&no=38   (510 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | World | Asia-Pacific | Japan in shock at school murder
The girl's body was found by a teacher in an empty study room during lunch hour after her killer returned to their classroom covered in blood.
That prompted the country's parliament to lower the age of criminal responsibility from 16 to 14.
Last year a 12-year-old boy in Nagasaki was accused of murdering a four-year-old boy by pushing him off a roof.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/asia-pacific/3768983.stm   (381 words)

  
 Friendship Visit with Miss Nagasaki Homecoming Committee
This summer two members of the Miss Nagasaki Homecoming Committee invited me to visit Nagasaki Prefecture's two remaining Blue-eyed Dolls, one at Shimabara Daiichi Elementary School and the other at Hirado Kindergarten.
The citizens of Nagasaki Prefecture are anxiously waiting for the exhibition of Miss Nagasaki from February to April 2003 in the cities of Nagasaki, Sasebo, Hirado, and Shimabara.
The most surprising meeting was in Sasebo, where I went from the train station to the bus station in order to take a bus to Hirado.
wgordon.web.wesleyan.edu /dolls/visits/oct2002/nagasaki/index.htm   (1186 words)

  
 Sasebo, Nagasaki Public Relations Firms - Publicity Firm   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Sasebo, Nagasaki Public Relations Firms - Publicity Firm
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 Stuck in Sasebo! US Navy Midshipman Needs Daytrip Ideas! - Japan Forum
I am a US Navy midshipman who may be stationed in Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture for a month starting May 31st.
The famous hot spring which is near to Sasebo is Takeo-onsen and uresino-onsen.
You can enjoy a panoramic view of all of Sasebo, with the 99 Islands visible in the west, Sasebo Port in the south, and the town in the east.
www.jref.com /forum/showthread.php?p=205280   (1838 words)

  
 Sasebo, Nagasaki Copywriters - Copy Writer   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
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