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  Yamaguchi Prefecture - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Yamaguchi Prefecture (山口県 Yamaguchi-ken) is located in the Chugoku region on Honshu island, Japan.
The capital is the city of Yamaguchi located in the center of the prefecture.
Yamaguchi Prefecture was formerly divided into Nagato and Suo provinces.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Yamaguchi_Prefecture   (466 words)

  
 Yamaguchi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Yamaguchi (山口, "mountain entrance/gateway") is the 15th most common Japanese surname.
It is also the name of Yamaguchi Prefecture and Yamaguchi-shi, the capital of that prefecture.
Yamaguchi Prefecture, westernmost prefecture of Honshu island of Japan
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Yamaguchi   (108 words)

  
 General Information about Yamaguchi Prefecture
Located in westernmost part of the main island of Honshu, Yamaguchi shares a border with Shimane and Hiroshima prefectures in the east and is surrounded on the other three sides by the sea, The Japan Sea in the north and west and the Seto Inland Sea to the south.
Yamaguchi and the island of Kyushu are connected by both a bridge and a tunnel from Shimonoseki.
Yamaguchi Ken is famous across Japan for Fugu (puffer fish) cuisine, The Kintaikyo bridge in Iwakuni, Hagiyaki pottery, Ouchi-nuri lacquerware and Ouchi family dolls.
www.ajet.net /yamaguchi/Ykeninfo.html   (734 words)

  
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Yamaguchi AJET is the Association of JETs within Yamaguchi prefecture.
Yamaguchi city enjoys a rich history as the alternate capital to Kyoto during the Warring States period and is home to Ruriko-ji, a beautiful five-story pagoda.
Yamaguchi is a great place to come and discover the quieter side of Japan, but Yamaguchi is also very well situated for travel to more up-beat areas.
homepage.mac.com /hellbag/yayjet/home_page_text.html   (641 words)

  
 Yamaguchi Travel Guide
Yamaguchi is a pleasant and friendly city in Western Honshu, founded by Ouchi Hiroyo in the 14th century.
Today it is the capital of Yamaguchi Prefecture, a region formerly known as Nagato (Choshu) and Suo province.
As the seat of the powerful Ouchi lords, Yamaguchi grew to culturally rival the war torn capital of Kyoto during Japan's age of warring states.
www.japan-guide.com /e/e6100.html   (131 words)

  
 Youngfox Canada: December 2004
Yamaguchi Prefecture decided the Plan of Management to Protect Specific Wildlife ('tsukinowaguma' (bear)) based on Wildlife Protection and Hunting Law enacted in 2002.
In this case, Yamaguchi prefecture discussed and discussed again with Shunan City and Yamaguchi Prefectural Police about the way to deal with the bear on the scene, and examined to release the bear.
Yamaguchi Prefecture believes we should release Wildlife in principle and we already released 5 bears (including bears that were parent and child) in this fiscal year based on the understanding of the people who live near the area bears appeared.
youngfoxredux.blogspot.com /2004_12_01_youngfoxredux_archive.html   (943 words)

  
 E-Budo.com - Typhoon Songda in Kyushu
As of 6 p.m., the typhoon was located 80 km north-northeast of Saigo, Shimane Prefecture, on the Sea of Japan coast, moving northeastward at 70 kph, according to the agency.
A 62-year-old man in Kagoshima Prefecture was found dead after he was buried in a landslide in the town of Togo as he was trying to clear away trees knocked down by the winds.
In Yamaguchi Prefecture, an 80-year-old man in the town of Mito died at a hospital after being found collapsed by his home.
www.e-budo.com /forum/showthread.php?t=27831   (1146 words)

  
 Pike's Western Japan Guidebook   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Hiroshima Prefecture is opposite Shikoku on the south side of Honshu between Yamaguchi Prefecture and Okayama Prefecture.
Tottori Prefecture is on the north side of Honshu between Shimane Prefecture and Hyogo Prefecture.
Located on the north side of Honshu and west of Tottori Prefecture, Shimane is one of the least densely populated prefectures in Japan.
apike.ca /japan.html   (399 words)

  
 Bird Flu in Japan, origin a mystery
Following the outbreak of bird flu in Yamaguchi Prefecture, a new case was confirmed Tuesday in Oita Prefecture.
The transmitting agent of the virus that caused the outbreak in Yamaguchi Prefecture initially was thought to be migratory birds because the location was close to South Korea, where a massive outbreak of bird flu was confirmed.
But the outbreak of bird flu in Yamaguchi Prefecture is the nation's first case in 79 years, and infections confirmed in Japan have been geographically limited.
www.medicalnewstoday.com /?newsid=5989   (599 words)

  
 Iwakuni Marine Corps Air Station
It is located at the southern end of Honshu, the main island, in Yamaguchi prefecture, in the Nishiki River Delta.
Iwakuni is located in the Yamaguchi Prefecture, approximately 55 kilometers south of Hiroshima.
Yamaguchi, which means mountain country, aptly describes the magnificent scenery that gives Iwakuni its charm and beauty.
www.globalsecurity.org /military/facility/iwakuni.htm   (1093 words)

  
 Yamaguchi Ken Information
Yamaguchi does have a reputation as a very comfortable place to live in Japan.
In spite of being in a highly developed island nation, nature and agriculture abounds in the ken. Yamaguchi balances well between its multiple roles as a major industrial and technological region, an international and intranational crossroads, and a rural, agricultural, and natural haven.
Yamaguchi Ken is famous across Japan for Fugu (puffer fish) cuisine, The Kintaikyo bridge in Iwakuni, Hagiyaki pottery, Ouchi-nuri laquerware and Ouchi family dolls.
homepage.mac.com /hellbag/yayjet/pykeninfo.html   (643 words)

  
 Yamaguchi on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
New girl in town; Kristi Yamaguchi won two medals and stole the show at the skating nations.
Kristi Yamaguchi skates at the Winter Olympic Opening Ceremony Friday February 8, 2002 in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Kristi Yamaguchi remains a star in home area.
www.encyclopedia.com /html/Y/Yamaguch.asp   (672 words)

  
 Jonathan Dresner Ph.D. Dissertation Abstract   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
This dissertation examines the economic and social development of Yamaguchi prefecture, particularly southeastern Yamaguchi, through the lens of international labor migration.
Yamaguchi prefecture, though prosperous before the 1868 Meiji Restoration, was economically stagnant and politically quiescent by the 1880s.
The influx of income may not have contributed to an economic boom in southeastern Yamaguchi, but it prevented the area from becoming depressed, and draining government resources or impeding the growth of the prefecture-wide economy.
home.earthlink.net /~jdresner/abstract.html   (368 words)

  
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Dead roosters in Oita Prefecture raise bird flu fears ----------------------------------------------------- A case of bird flu is suspected in the town of Kokonoe in Oita Prefecture following the deaths of bantam roosters kept as pets, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries said Tuesday.
The bird flu outbreak in Yamaguchi Prefecture has been traced to the same strain as the H5N1 bird flu virus found in South Korea and Vietnam, which have seen large-scale bird flu epidemics since late in 2003.
The type of bird flu virus that caused Japan's first outbreak in 80 years in the Yamaguchi Prefecture town of Ato in January [2004] was one of the deadliest and killed 80 percent of birds infected with it.
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 Yamaguchi
50,618), Yamaguchi prefecture, W Honshu, Japan, on the delta of the Abu...
117,634), Yamaguchi prefecture, SW Honshu, Japan, on the Suo Sea.
109,530), Yamaguchi prefecture, SW Honshu, Japan, on the Aki Sea.
www.factmonster.com /ce6/world/A0852943.html   (158 words)

  
 About Kyushu/Yamaguchi   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
American Consulate Fukuoka's consular district consists of the seven prefectures of Kyushu Island and Yamaguchi prefecture on the main island of Honshu.
Fukuoka City, capital of Fukuoka Prefecture, is the cultural, economic, and educational center of Kyushu.
Its consular district consists of Kyushu Island (Fukuoka, Saga, Kumamoto, Nagasaki, Kagoshima, Miyazaki, and Oita prefectures) and Yamaguchi prefecture on the main island of Honshu.
japan.usembassy.gov /fukuoka/wwwh4kyushu.html   (781 words)

  
 Bloomberg.com: Japan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The Yamaguchi farm will slaughter its remaining 29,000 birds and the prefecture will restrict access to farms within 30 kilometers (19 miles) until tests are conducted at those locations, a local government official said yesterday.
The Yamaguchi government is recalling ``tens of thousands of eggs'' shipped from the affected farm and sold mostly within the prefecture, Satoshi Ito, the official at the Yamaguchi prefecture said yesterday.
Fukuoka prefecture is investigating two local farms that delivered chickens to the affected farm in Yamaguchi prefecture, Kyodo News reported.
quote.bloomberg.com /apps/news?pid=10000101&sid=aBAFEwuMY4dI&refer=japan   (891 words)

  
 YayJet: Northern Towns in Yamaguchi Prefecture
Ato-cho, which is lovingly referred to as "Hokkaido of Yamaguchi Prefecture" by the locals, gets a fair amount of snow during winter and has a small ski hill with one chairlift (bus to Tokusagamine is available from Tokusa station).
The carps swimming in the canals along the main road are rumored to outnumber the town's population.
Shuho Town is a small town with a population of 6,900 located roughly in the center western portion of the prefecture.
www.ajet.net /yamaguchi/cities2.html   (2404 words)

  
 Iwakuni --  Encyclopædia Britannica
A castle town founded in 1603 by the Kikkawa daimyo family, Iwakuni has grown into a major industrial city and is the centre of a petrochemical-producing region that extends northward to Otake, in Hiroshima prefecture.
prefecture (ken), extreme western Honshu, Japan, bordered by the Sea of Japan (north), the Shimonoseki-kaikyo (Shimonoseki Strait; southwest), and the Inland Sea (south).
Setouchi is neither an administrative nor a political entity; it includes portions of the ken (prefectures) of Okayama, Hiroshima, and Yamaguchi on Honshu,...
www.britannica.com /eb/article-9043088   (311 words)

  
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Prior to the Yamaguchi Prefecture outbreak, the last AI outbreak reported in Japan was in 1952.
Kyoto prefecture asks the residence to remain calm since no case that the AI virus is transmitted to humans by eating poultry meat or eggs has been reported in the world.
As a result, the prefectures' poultry farmers are experiencing substantial revenue losses due to the expenses incurred from the maintenance of their unmarketable stock.
www.fas.usda.gov /gainfiles/200403/146105642.doc   (2344 words)

  
 Encyclopedia of Japanese History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Held the rank of admiral when he was shot down by American fighters in 1943.
A province in the area that is today Kyōto Prefecture.
A province in the area that is today Nara Prefecture.
www.openhistory.org /jhdp/encyclopedia/y.html   (1090 words)

  
 Securing the Surrender: Marines in the Occupation of Japan (Kyushu Occupation)
On 5 October, the division's zone of responsibility was extended to include Saga Prefecture and the city of Kurume in the center of the island.
Miyazaki Prefecture and the remaining portion of Kagoshima east of Kagoshima Wan were assigned to the 2d Marines.
The remaining half of Kagoshima Prefecture was added to the 8th Marines' zone; later, the regiment was also given responsibility for the Osumi and Koshiki Island groups, which lay to the south and southwest of Kyushu.
www.nps.gov /wapa/indepth/extContent/usmc/pcn-190-003143-00/sec3a.htm   (2619 words)

  
 CDC - Highly Pathogenic Avian Flu, Japan
Yamaguchi Prefecture also restricted transfer of the chickens and eggs within a 30-km radius of the infected hennery.
Since mid-February, an additional three outbreaks have occurred (one in Ohita Prefecture in Kyushu Island and two in Kyoto Prefecture in the Kansai Area).
Yamaguchi Prefecture is located 200 km southeast of South Cholla Province, South Korea, where avian influenza is epidemic.
www.cdc.gov /NCIDOD/eid/vol10no7/04-0116.htm   (744 words)

  
 CAAB - Japan, USFJ to discuss joint use of Iwakuni - 25/2/03
Yamaguchi Prefecture has one of the weakest economies in Japan.
“Private and public promotional organizations were formed, and the prefecture requested in 2000 that the Japan government consider the joint use of the facilities,” he said.
Politicians, including Iwakuni Mayor Katsusuke Ihara and Yamaguchi Gov. Sekinari Nii, were pleased by the recent decision to explore joint usage.
cndyorks.gn.apc.org /caab/articles/iwakuni.htm   (602 words)

  
 Tsuwano, Shimane - Psychology Central   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Though it is geographically closer to Yamaguchi city which is the prefectural capital of Yamaguchi prefecture, it is part of Shimane prefecture, which has a long thin shape.
Many tourists visit the town of Hagi on the Sea of Japan coast and Yamaguchi city together with Tsuwano as they are all close to each other.
Image:Church at Tsuwano.jpg The Catholic church in Tsuwano is probably an offshoot of the cathedral in Yamaguchi which is dedicated to the memory of Saint Francis Xavier who was a missionary in Japan 1549-50.
psychcentral.com /psypsych/Tsuwano   (430 words)

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