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  Hiroshima Summary
Hiroshima was founded in 1589, on the coast of the Seto Inland Sea, and became a major urban center during the Meiji period.
In 1949, Hiroshima was proclaimed a City of Peace by the Japanese parliament, at the initiative of its mayor, Shinzo Hamai (b.
Hiroshima is the center of industry for the Chugoku-Shikoku region, and is by and large centered along the coastal areas.
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  Hiroshima Encyclopedia Article @ Befell.org   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Hiroshima was founded in 1589, on the coast of the Seto Inland Sea, and became a major urban center during the Meiji period.
Finally Asano was appointed the daimyo of this area and Hiroshima served as the capital of Hiroshima han during the Edo period.
Hiroshima is the center of industry for the Chūgoku-Shikoku region, and is by and large centered along the coastal areas.
www.befell.org /encyclopedia/Hiroshima   (1762 words)

  
 About Toyota: Community Care -- Education -- Toyota International Teacher Program 2001   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Today, while international borders can be crossed with the click of a mouse, Toyota recognizes that first-hand experience can be essential to understanding and appreciating issues important to all of us, especially educators.
In June 2001, the "Toyota International Teacher Program" provided 50 U.S. teachers the opportunity to "experience" Japan through an all-expenses-paid educational study program, administered by the Institute of International Education (IIE) in Washington, D.C., the nation’s largest nonprofit education exchange organization.
For summer 2002, the Toyota International Teacher Program is open to educators in seven states where Toyota operates major manufacturing, design and research facilities: Alabama, California, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Missouri and West Virginia.
www.toyota.com /about/community/education/doors2001.html   (1352 words)

  
 Hiroshima Prefecture - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hiroshima is a traditional center of the Chūgoku region and was the seat of the Mori clan until the Battle of Sekigahara.
On March 22, 2005, the town of Daiwa from the former Kamo District (dissolved by this action), the town of Kui from Mitsugi District, and the town of Hongo from Toyota District merged with the old city of Mihara to create the new city of Mihara.
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).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hiroshima_Prefecture   (844 words)

  
 Hiroshima - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
The city of Hiroshima (Shinjitai: 広島市; Kyūjitai: 廣島市; -shi) is the capital of Hiroshima Prefecture, and the largest city in the Chugoku region of western Honshu, the largest of Japan's islands.
After the nuclear attack, Hiroshima was rebuilt as a “peace memorial city”, and the closest surviving building to the location of the bomb's detonation was designated the "Atomic Bomb Dome," a part of the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park.
Hiroshima is known for its version of okonomiyaki, called "Hiroshima-yaki" or "Hiroshima pancake." The Hiroshima version of okonomiyaki is unique for its inclusion of yakisoba noodles.
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 Hiroshima
(From Hiroshima Peace Museum): “At the instant of detonation, the temperature of the air at the point of explosion exceeded a million degrees Celsius (the maximum temperature of conventional bombs is approximately 5,000 °C).
Since that day, the city of Hiroshima has been the heart of the now long tradition of Japanese nonviolence and insistent cry to route out the reasons for war, atmospheres that lead to war, its violence and as a method to solve problems.
Hiroshima has been a leading force in nuclear education and a constant advocate of the dismantlement of all nuclear weapons.
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 Hiroshima spans 2 eras: from atom to Mazda - column American Metal Market - Find Articles
Hiroshima spans 2 eras: from atom to Mazda - column
The Hiroshima King Kong looks south toward Aioi Boulevard, the local approximation of a mian drag, which is lined with American-style department stores and serviced by electrified streetcars that rumble and clang their paths eastward toward the Nagarekawa district, which in the old days was called a "licensed pleasure quarter."
A couple of miles south of the dome are the Hiroshima Airport, two Mitsubishi Heavy Industries works, a modern port facility and the Mazda complex--most of it constructed on land reclaimed from Hiroshima Bay.
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 Hiroshima and Nagasaki
In Hiroshima, of a resident civilian population of 250 000 it was estimated that 45 000 died on the first day and a further 19 000 during the subsequent four months.
The major source of exposure in both cities was from the penetrating gamma radiations, and to a lesser extent from the neutrons (mostly at Hiroshima), emitted during and shortly after fission.
On this basis of comparison, the Hiroshima bomb was of about 15 kilotonnes - that is, of 15 thousand tonnes of TNT equivalent - and that at Nagasaki was of 25 kilotonnes.
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 Brujula.Net - Your Latin Stating Point   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Hiroshima is a traditional center of the Chugoku region and was the seat of the
Toyota District merged into the expanded city of Mihara.
Toyota District merged into the expanded city of Kure.
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 Hiroshima Prefecture   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Hiroshima Prefecture (&24195;&23798;&30476; Hiroshima-ken) is located in the Chugoku region on Honshu island, Japan.
Hiroshima is home to two UNESCO World Heritage sites: the Atomic Dome in Hiroshima, one of the few remnants of prewar Hiroshima following the Atomic bombing of 1945 Itsukushima Shrine in Miyajima, famed for filling with water and appearing to "float" during high tide
On March 22, 2005, the town of Daiwa from the former Kamo District (dissolved by this action), the town of Kui from Mitsugi District, and the town of Hongo from Toyota District merged into the expanded city of Mihara.
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 Hiroshima at peace / Sixty years later, it's a city of serene parks dedicated to remembrance and disarmament
We were in the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum, outside a small theater showing almost unbearably gruesome footage of the day, 60 years ago, that my country dropped a nuclear bomb on her city.
That was the idea from the moment Hiroshima began to rebuild, and today it is one of the most pleasant of all Japanese cities, with expansive parks, wide boulevards, riverside greenbelts and floating restaurants specializing in Hiroshima's prized oysters.
Hiroshima's most moving symbols of the bomb, of course, are the 50,000 hibakusha, who, along with their counterparts in Nagasaki, are the only living witnesses to nuclear war.
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 Higashihiroshima, Hiroshima - Cleverpedia, the ultimate encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
East Hiroshima) is a city in the prefecture Hiroshima in Japan.
The city was formed on 20 April 1974 by pool of the four cities Nishijō, Hachihonmatsu, Shiwa and Takaya in the district Kamo.
On 7 February 2005 the cities Kurose, Kōchi, Toyosaka and Fukutomi in the district Kamo as well as the city Akitsu in the district Toyota were eingemeindet.
cleverpedia.com /Higashihiroshima,_Hiroshima   (88 words)

  
 Informat.io on Hiroshima Prefecture   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
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.
On April 1, 2004, the town of Kawajiri from Toyota Distrcit merged into the expanded city of Kure.
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 Toyota Awards $900,000 in Grants to K-12 Teachers Across America for Innovative Science and Math
"Toyota puts a strong emphasis on innovation and education, both within the company and in our community outreach efforts," said Michael Rouse, TMS corporate manager of philanthropy and community affairs.
Toyota awards $550,000 to kindergarten through twelfth-grade teachers each year -- 50 teachers received grants of up to $10,000 each and at least 20 teachers receive $2,500 mini-grants.
The 2003 TIME (Toyota's Investment in Mathematics Excellence) grant recipients will be recognized on April 10, 2003 at the NCTM Annual Meeting in San Antonio.
www.theautochannel.com /news/2003/04/07/158800.html   (808 words)

  
 Nishikamo District, Aichi - Cassiopedia, The True Encyclopedia
As of 2006, the district has an estimated population of 54,098.
The town of Sarunage was merged into the city of Toyota on April 1, 1967.
The towns of Fujioka and Obara were both merged into the City of Toyota on April 1, 2005.
www.cassiopedia.org /wiki/index.php?title=Nishikamo_District,_Aichi   (172 words)

  
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Hiroshima is known for its version of okonomiyaki, called "Hiroshima-yaki" or "Hiroshima pancake." The Hiroshima version of okonomiyaki is unique for its inclusion of yakisoba or udon noodles.
Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park, which includes the Hiroshima Peace Memorial, brings many visitors from all around the world, especially around the time of the annual commemoration.
Hiroshima is the center of industry for the Chugoku-Shikoku region, and is by and large centered along the coastal areas.
www.nagalandin.org /wiki-Hiroshima   (2372 words)

  
 Aichi Prefecture - Free net encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
On 1 April 1, 2005, the towns of Fujioka and Obara from Nishikamo District and the towns of Asuke, Shimoyama, Asahi and Inabu from Higashikamo District merged into the city of Toyota.
Atsumi District was dissolved as a result of this merger.
Minamishitara District was dissolved as a result of this merger.
www.netipedia.com /index.php/Aichi_Prefecture   (832 words)

  
 hiroshima resources -
It was the second such device to be detonated, and the first ever to be used in military action.
For the most part, however, Hiroshima has updated its streetcars over the years.
Sanfrecce Hiroshima is the city's J. League football team.
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 hiroshima resource page - hiroshima bombing
Although it lies outside the city of Hiroshima, it is accessible by streetcar or railroad (and ferry) from the central train station.
This will be their last visit to this watery grave to share stories, exchange smiles, find peace and salute their fallen friends.
Recently, the Daily Yomiuri carried an article about an auto parts manufacturer in Akitakata, Hiroshima, which is being investigated for hiring more foreign "trainees" than allowed by the rules.
www.bizhisto.com /hiroshima.php   (1685 words)

  
 toyota
Sakichi Toyoda (1867–1930), a Japanese inventor and the founder of Toyota Industries Corporation Co., Ltd.
The Toyota Mega Cruiser is Toyota's response to the Hummer : Image gallery, movies, specifications and price...
The Toyota site for all of Canada - General information about their products, services, and guarantees.
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 Toyota District, Hiroshima - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the district in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan.
As of 2003 (before the mergers), the district had an estimated population of 69,210 and a density of 210.12 persons per km².
On April 1, 2004, the town of Kawajiri merged into the city of Kure.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Toyota_District,_Hiroshima   (157 words)

  
 Japanese Film Directors Want People to Remember Hiroshima Bombing - Pravda.Ru   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Several films dedicated to the memory of the nuclear bombing were shown in Hiroshima this year.
The commission for cinematography at the Hiroshima municipality founded in December 2002 reports that now three films about Hiroshima are being made.
As non-Japanese film directors cannot reproduce the exact scene of Hiroshima after the bombing, US cinematographers engaged Masaaki Tanabe, 65, the man who remained alive after the nuclear explosion, as a consultant for the films.
english.pravda.ru /society/showbiz/3517-1   (495 words)

  
 NucNews - August 6, 2003
HIROSHIMA, Japan - Hiroshima marked the anniversary of the world's first atomic bombing on Wednesday with condemnation of a global trend toward nuclear proliferation and an invitation to North Korean leader Kim Jong-il to visit the Japanese city destroyed in a nuclear inferno 58 years ago.
HIROSHIMA -- Hiroshima Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba warned that the world is moving toward war and accused Washington of "worshipping" nuclear weapons during Wednesday's ceremony marking the 58th anniversary of the atomic bombing of the city.
Tyne Daly was born a year after the first atom bomb fell on Hiroshima, but she remembers the worldwide shadows it cast: the practice air-raid drills, the duck-and-cover exercises, the generic Strangelovian foreboding.
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 Project Descriptions: Asia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
A preliminary view of the Setagaya district of Tokyo was drafted in time for the Vision Plus 7 conference in October 1999.
Peace and ecology after 1945 are the themes of the Green Map of Hiroshima, Japan, which is being created by Shoichiro Sendai, Associate Professor and his students at Laboratory of Architectural History and Design Theory, Hiroshima University.
Toyota City, Japan's Green Map is being created by members of Toyota Seinen Kaigisho (Toyota Junior Chamber of Commerce) and Green Map Aichi project.
www.greenmap.org /grmaps/asia.html   (6715 words)

  
 Fifty Toyota-Sponsored Teachers Make Global and Personal Connections in Japan
In its third year, the Toyota International Teacher Program, an annual all-expense paid educational study trip to Japan, aims to build global awareness and appreciation for foreign cultures via one of America's most influential groups: its educators.
This year's group has just returned from its two-week excursion to Japan, a trip that included visits to Tokyo, Hiroshima, Toyota City, Kyoto and the island of Shikoku.
"Toyota is committed to fostering international understanding," explained Jim Press, TMS executive vice president and chief operating officer.
www.theautochannel.com /news/2001/07/23/025921.html   (801 words)

  
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Firstly, take in the delightful baroque architecture of Budapest’s Castle district or sink into spa heaven with hundreds of hot springs in sight.
Hiroshima is just a ferry away from one of the best scenic spots in Japan, Miyajima island.
Surrounded by artificially 'ordered' parks, its tall housing projects are populated by more than 80% of the population - whose smiling native charms often belie underlying tensions of the way the island is progressing after 30 years of development.
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 Japan Today - Discussion Board   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
From everything I've seen and heard about that school, school politics regarding the cut in ALT'S working hours aside, it is an example of everything that is being done right in the Japanese education system.
Just so sell-out Hiroshima City can show their "the children are our future" message to the media is extorting the kids for free publicity is bastardizing the whole peace memorial.
A sad act of aggression and forced labor from the Hiroshima BOE.
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 mazda   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
As of 2006, the company is expected to produce 1.25 million vehicles per year with sales evenly divided among Japan, Europe, and North America.
The early-80s 323 (GLC in North America) and 626 were massive hits, with the 323 taking the number one spot in Japanese car sales, overtaking the Toyota Corolla.
The number of brands was also an attempt to match Toyota and Nissan, both of which had multiple chains in Japan.
www.hondparts.com /wiki/?title=Mazda   (3592 words)

  
 'My God! What have we done!?' - Pravda.Ru
This phrase was the death sentence to Hiroshima.
As a result of the bombardment, over 240 citizens of Hiroshima died (at that time, there were about 400,000 citizens in Hiroshima).
Washington issued an order: within 9 days, to inform Japanese population about the Hiroshima fate, to write leaflets in Japanese with describing results of the bombardments and photographs of the destroyed city and drop them on Japanese territory.
english.pravda.ru /main/2002/08/06/33966.html   (1013 words)

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