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	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Japan
		On 31 March, 1908, the total population of Japan was 49,092,000 inhabitants; that of Formosa 3,155,005; and that of the Ainus (aborigines) 17,632.
		The seas which surround Japan are the Pacific Ocean on the east, the Sea of Okhotsk on the North, the Sea of Japan on the west, and the China Sea on the south.
		However, popular instruction in Japan is not atheistic; it gives as the basis for private or social morality primitive history or Japanese mythology, which assigns the origin of all things to the gods or ancestors of the country.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/08297a.htm (17760 words)

	ninemsn Encarta - Search Results - Nagoya
		Nagoya, city of Japan, on the south coast of Honshu, capital of Aichi Prefecture.
		Located on Ise Bay, this is one of Japan's leading seaports and...
		Japan ranks among world leaders in the size of its merchant fleet, with 6,937 (2004) vessels, aggregating a total of about 13 million gross...
	au.encarta.msn.com /Nagoya.html (91 words)

	Kobe, Japan, hotels, cars, information, tips
		Kobe is the capital of Hyogo prefecture and is one of Japan's major ports.
		It is in the Kansai region of Japan, in Hyogo prefecture to the south-west of Osaka, and was one of the first cities to open for trade with the West, as of 1868.
		It is famous for its Kobe beef, the Arima Onsen (hot springs), nightview of the city both from the coast and the mountain, and the exotic atomosphere which mainly came from its history as a port city.
	www.flights-and-hotels.com /japan/kobe (478 words)

	Japan Transport
		In Japan, railways are a major means of passenger transportation, especially for mass and high speed transportation between major cities and for commuter transportation in metropolitan areas.
		Japan has 1,152,207 km of highways with 863,003 km (including 6,114 km of expressways) paved and 289,204 km of unpaved ways (1997 est.).
		Japan has 84 km of pipelines for crude oil, 322 km for petroleum products, and 1,800 km for natural gas.
	www.shododesigns.com /japaninformation/japantransport.htm (288 words)

	Kobe (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Kobe is the capital of Hyogo Prefecture and is one of Japan's major ports along with the ports of Yokohama, Osaka, Nagoya, Hakata, and Tokyo.
		It is in the Kansai region of Japan, in Hyogo Prefecture to the south-west of Osaka.
		Kobe was briefly the capital of Japan in 1180 A.D. at the end of the Heian period.
	www.apawn.com /search.php?title=Kobe (721 words)

	Sakai, Japan - Osaka Prefecture
		The current city was legally founded on April 1, 1889 according to the law of the Imperial Japan.
		In the Muromachi period Sakai was one of richest cities in Japan.
		In the modern Japan, Sakai is mainly a industrious city with a big port.
	www.japan-101.com /geography/osaka/sakai.htm (440 words)

	AP-Japan-Strengthening-Its-Forces
		Japan has embarked on an ambitious strengthening of its own forces, seeking everything from spy satellites to a mid-air refueler for its jet fighter fleet.
		Japan's sense of vulnerability was further heightened last March, when suspected North Korean spy ships entered its waters, ignored orders to stop and then raced home after coast guard patrol boats and navy vessels fired warning shots for the first time since World War II.
		Japan has a solid base upon which to build, with 267,000 servicemen, the most sophisticated array of weaponry in Asia and an annual defense budget that ranks third behind the United States and Russia.
	www.taiwansecurity.org /AP/AP-Japan-Strengthening-Its-Forces.htm (832 words)

	MOFA: U.S.-Japan Alliance: Transformation and Realignment for the Future
		Japan will defend itself and respond to situations in areas surrounding Japan, including addressing new threats and diverse contingencies such as ballistic missile attacks, attacks by guerilla and special forces, and invasion of remote islands.
		Japan contributes capabilities that are additional and complementary to those provided by the U.S. forces, while taking the leading role of providing for its own defense.
		Japan's Air Defense Command and relevant units, currently located at Fuchu, will be collocated with the headquarters of the U.S. 5th Air Force at Yokota Air Base, strengthening the coordination between air and missile defense command and control elements, and sharing relevant sensor data through the bilateral and joint operations coordination center described above.
	www.mofa.go.jp /region/n-america/us/security/scc/doc0510.html (4115 words)

	JapanCorner - The Benihana Guide to Japan
		Nagasaki, located along the Sea of Japan on the western edge of the island of Kyushu, is a modern seaport city with a population of nearly a half million residents.
		For the next 200 years, Japan’s contact with the West was limited to Dejima and the city of Nagasaki.
		It was constructed in 1634 by the Chinese Zen priest Mosu Ruting utilizing technology developed in ancient Rome and introduced to Japan by the Portuguese in the early 17th century.
	www.japancorner.com /nagasaki.asp (1238 words)

	JAPAN-INDIA STRATEGIC DIALOGUE REQUIRES MORE POLITICAL SYNERGY
		Japan’s sincerity in sustaining a “comprehensive security” strategic dialogue is evidenced by a flurry of ministerial visits, business delegations and delegations composed of high-ranking former diplomats and military officers.
		The political content of the strategic dialogue between Japan and India seems to be overly focused and restricted to political cooperation in ensuring the candidacy of Japan and India as Permanent Members of the UN Security Council with full veto powers.
		Japan today is at the cross roads in terms of mapping her strategic future and policies.
	www.saag.org /papers13/paper1264.html (2160 words)

	Japan CCG Body (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Japan is also engaged in a large expansion of public works projects both to enhance the business infrastructure and to help stimulate the economy.
		Prompt filing in Japan is important because printed publication of a description of the invention anywhere in the world, or knowledge or use of the invention in Japan, prior to the filing date of the Japanese application would preclude the grant of a patent on the application.
		Japan confirmed that the approval processing period for new drug applications will be shortened to 12 months by April 2000, and to further speed the introduction of innovative new pharmaceuticals, the approval period will be significantly shortened, particularly for priority drugs.
	www.mac.doc.gov /tcc/data/commerce_html/countries/Countries2/Japan/CountryCommercial/2000/body.htm (16831 words)

	AllRefer.com - Yokohama, Japan (Japanese Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
		Japan's second largest city and one of its leading seaports, Yokohama belongs to the extensive urban-industrial belt around Tokyo called the Keihin Industrial Zone.
		The capital has since expanded the facilities and operations of its own port, but Yokohama is still important in the export of machinery, iron, and steel and in the import of raw materials for the region.
		Virtually destroyed by an earthquake and fires in 1923, Yokohama was quickly rebuilt; the city was modernized, and extensive improvements were made in its harbor.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/Y/Yokohama.html (405 words)

	USARJ & 9th TSC Camp Zama, Japan - General Information
		Shipment of pets to Japan is expensive for the pet owner and is least expensive if they fly with you as excess baggage.
		i) Seaports: Keihin, Nagoya, Osaka, Kobe, Kanmon, and Naha.
		Primary emphasis is placed on microchipping, inactivated rabies vaccinations (one at 91 days of age followed by a second one at least 30 days after the first), and the FAVN test (must be drawn at least 30 days after the second inactivated rabies vaccination).
	www.usarj.army.mil /information/shipment/pets.htm (1808 words)

	Photographic Views of Meija, Richard Gadd
		It was not until the overthrow of the Shogun and his Samurai by imperial forces in 1868 that Japan began to modernize.
		The people of Japan, living in a society of extreme politeness and formality which regarded life as a series of ceremonial acts, showed little interest in Beato's fl and white documentary photographs of landscapes, village and trades-people.
		The stylized genre photographs made in Japan during the later part of the nineteenth century are in some ways similar to ethnographic studies made of other "exotic" people; Chinese, Africans, Native Americans and other nationalities were all photographed as native "types" showing their own special features.
	albumen.stanford.edu /gallery/gadd (931 words)

	RUSSIA'S SEAPORTS
		These stevedoring companies were established in the course of privatization of the seaports, when employees purchased controlling shares of the ports, with the state retaining 49 percent ownership.
		The St. Petersburg Seaport: Located on the Gulf of Finland, the St. Petersburg Seaport is the most active of the five ports in Northwest Russia in terms of total cargo volume and the largest Russian port on the Baltic Sea.
		Novorossiysk Seaport is the one of the largest ports in Russia and the largest oil and dry cargo port.
	www.bisnis.doc.gov /bisnis/bisdoc/9902PORT.htm (7260 words)

	The Terrible Power of Earthquakes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		A deadly earthquake struck Japan on the morning of January 17, 1995.
		The quake was centered 20 miles (32 kilometers) from downtown Kobe, a major industrial city and one of Japan's most important seaports.
		The severe damage raised doubts about the adequacy of Japan's building code provisions, which were supposed to ensure that structures could withstand earthquakes.
	worldbook.com /features/earthquakes/html/damage_deadly_1995japan.html (217 words)

	2004 International Whaling Commission report - ACS
		With the vote count as close as it was at this meeting and with Japan ceaselessly offering its "development aid," next year's meeting could very well prove to be critical to the future of whale conservation.
		Unless the effects of Japan's vote-buying are countered by diplomatic or economic pressure from anti-whaling countries, many of whom provide more foreign aid to these same countries than does Japan, pro-whaling nations could next year gain a majority in the IWC for the first time since the moratorium went into effect.
		In addition, many of the poor countries that Japan has been targeting with "aid" to pressure them to vote their way at the IWC meetings voted against Japan at the CITES meeting.
	www.acsonline.org /issues/whaling/iwc2004/iwc-2004-pg3.html (807 words)

	Kobe, Hyogo -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The emperor returned to (A city in central Japan on southern Honshu; a famous cultural center that was once the capital of Japan) Kyoto after about five months.
		Kobe was the second busiest port in the world and Japan's busiest (A place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country) port untill the (Click link for more info and facts about Great Hanshin Earthquake) Great Hanshin Earthquake ocurred.
		Since then, the (A place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country) port of (Port city on southeastern Honshu in central Japan) Yokohama became Japan's busiest port.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/k/ko/kobe,_hyogo.htm (1189 words)

	GAO-03-770, Container Security: Expansion of Key Customs Programs Will Require Greater Attention to Critical Success ...
		Customs also plans to expand CSI to an additional 20 to 25 strategic ports that ship a significant volume of containers to the United States and are considered to be strategic locations.
		In addition, after realizing that the early composition of CSI assessment teams and the survey instrument used by the teams were inadequate, Customs modified the teams by building in additional expertise and developed comprehensive and standardized port surveys.
		However, accomplishing the desired outcome of securing containers bound for the United States and achieving the long- term effectiveness of both programs would be aided by human capital planning, the development of performance measures, and strategic planning, elements that Customs has not fully incorporated into the programs.
	www.gao.gov /htext/d03770.html (16190 words)

	IMMIGRATION BUREAU
		The Immigration Bureau is responsible for administration of immigration control including examination of foreign and Japanese nationals entering or leaving Japan, control of status of residence of foreign nationals residing in Japan, and matters concerning deportation, recognition of refugee status as well as registration of resident foreign nationals.
		With the recent increase in the number of foreign nationals coming to Japan, their even more diversified activities have come to have a greater impact on the life and economic situation of the nation.
		At the time of entry into and departure from Japan, foreign and Japanese nationals are subject to landing and exit examination by immigration inspectors at seaports or airports.
	www.moj.go.jp /ENGLISH/IB/ib-01.html (334 words)

	Ancient Seaports
		If one inspects the world today for seaports, the results would be amazing when the total number was realized.
		Areas now underwater in Japan, off Florida and Bermuda show indications of old ports and or cities, however marine archeology is far more expensive than the land variety and investigation seems to be somewhat slow for this reason more than any other.
		Dive times are short and sea levels rose an estimated 300 feet from the last ice age, putting any lost ancient ports out of reach except for the special deep diving vehicles we have which are expensive to run.
	www.seanet.com /~julie321/seaports.html (1411 words)

	History of the Flying Tigers
		Japan had attacked China in the late 1930s, and by the end of 1940 had captured vast land areas of China as well as her seaports.
		With Japan controlling the seaports and blockading the entire coast, vital military supplies could no longer be brought in from countries friendly to her cause, including the United States.
		From the seaport of Rangoon, supplies could be shipped by rail to northern Burma, then transferred to trucks for the perilous journey on to Kunming.
	www.usshawkbill.com /tigers (3836 words)

	The Jakarta Post - The Journal of Indonesia Today
		Besides observing the monorail in Japan, Sutiyoso also visited Yokohama seaport, one of the largest seaports in Japan.
		The governor said he was impressed by the seaport and would transform Tanjung Priok Port in North Jakarta into a modern one in a foreign direct investment scheme amounting to $75 million.
		He claimed that once Jakarta had a new seaport, businessmen could reduce their expenses for loading activities by up to 10 times from current costs.
	www.thejakartapost.com /yesterdaydetail.asp?fileid=20040303.G01 (501 words)

	Jefferson Law Republicans - Jefferson Digest - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Additionally, the city of Nagasaki had been one of the largest seaports in southern Japan and was of great wartime importance because of its wide-ranging industrial activity, including the production of ordnance, ships, military equipment, and other war materials.
		Japan had anticipated just such a plan from the U.S. and they were ready and waiting.
		U.S. military force, whether in dropping the nuclear bomb over Imperial Japan, dropping smart bombs at Al Qaeda in Afghanistan, or attacking the murderous Baathists of Saddam Hussein’s regime in Iraq, is always just when it is used to end evil and attack tyranny.
	www.tjslgop.org /jeffersondigest.html (3245 words)

	VII. In Ôsaka
		Through all the feudal era, the merchants of Ôsaka were the bankers and creditors of the Japanese princes: they exchanged the revenues of rice for silver and gold;--they kept in their miles of fireproof warehouses the national stores of cereals, of cotton, and of silk;--and they furnished to great captains the sinews of war.
		As for Japan, he is familiar with the special products of every district, their comparative merits, their history.
		in Kitahama,--the Lombard Street of Japan the dry-goods trade monopolizes Honmachi; the timber merchants are all in Nagabori and Nishi-Yokobori; the toy-makers are in Minami Kiuhojimachi and Kita Midômae; the dealers in metal wares have Andojibashidôri to themselves; the druggists are in Doshiômachi, and the cabinet-makers in Hachimansuji.
	www.sacred-texts.com /bud/gbf/gbf08.htm (8036 words)

	NucNews-World-3 9/12/99
		After unloading part of their cargo at Iwaki, the ships will round the northern tip of Japan's main island of Honshu to haul the remainder to a nuclear power plant in Fukui prefecture, on the Japan Sea in northwest Japan, with arrival likely on September 27, Kyodo news agency said.
		Japan relies heavily on imports for its energy needs and buys some 80 percent of its energy resources from overseas.
		Japan favours using MOX fuel partly because it enables reactors to cut their use of primary nuclear fuel by 20 to 30 percent.
	nucnews.net /nucnews/1999nn/9909nn/990912nn.world3.htm (6997 words)

	U.S. Officials Working Toward Stronger Security at Sea (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Participants of the meeting from both the public and private sector discussed also ideas for sharing the cost of increased security, identifying ship ownership, and exchanging information on best practices.
		The United States has already gotten ahead of other countries on container security by trying to place its customs inspectors in foreign seaports with the highest volumes of U.S.-bound container traffic.
		U.S. Customs Commissioner Robert Bonner said in January that the United States was seeking cooperation on security from 10 "mega-ports" that account for nearly half of all containers coming into U.S. seaports.
	japan.usembassy.gov /e/p/tp-se1180.html (1044 words)

	Honolulu Star-Bulletin Editorials
		JAPAN has just reaffirmed its defense alliance with the United States, a gesture that should not go unnoticed in this country, particularly at a time when Sino-American relations are strained.
		The action came in the form of approval by the lower house of parliament of new guidelines that in effect strengthen the alliance.
		Japan's less powerful upper house of parliament is expected to approve the guidelines in a largely symbolic vote next month.
	starbulletin.com /1999/04/28/editorial/editorials.html (933 words)

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