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Tokyo officially Tokyo Metropolis , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan and located on the eastern side of the main island Honshū. The twenty-three special wards of Tokyo, each governed as a city, cover the area that was once the city of Tokyo in the eastern part of the prefecture, and [...]
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The atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were nuclear attacks near the end of World War II against the Empire of Japan by the United States at the order of U.S. President Harry S. Truman on August 6 and 9, 1945. After six months of intense fire-bombing of 67 other Japanese cities, the [...]
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Nagasaki is the capital and the largest city of Nagasaki Prefecture in Japan. It was formerly part of Nishisonogi District.
It was a center of European influence in the sixteenth century. Nagasaki became a major Imperial Japanese Navy base during the First Sino-Japanese War and Russo-Japanese War.
During World War II, the atomic bombings of [...]
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Hakata is a ward in Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan with a population of 176,585. It is best known as the location of Fukuoka’s main train station, Hakata Station. Hakata also houses the Fukuoka Prefecture offices, Fukuoka Airport, and the city’s ferry terminal Hakata Harbor (博多港 Hakata-kō).
Before 1889, Hakata was an independent town [...]
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Hakodate is a city and port located in Oshima, Hokkaidō, Japan. It is the capital city of Oshima Subprefecture.
As of March 2008, the city has an estimated population of 287,691 and a density of 442.24 persons per km². The total area is 677.77 km².
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Pre-Meiji restoration
Hakodate was founded in 1454, when Kono Kaganokami Masamichi [...]