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  • Cai Qian (Chinese: 蔡牽; pinyin: Cài Qiān; 1761–1809) was a Chinese sea merchant, considered by some a pirate during the Qing dynasty era. Cai Qian was born...
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    Uki (宇城市, Uki-shi) is a city in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan. As of March 31, 2017, the city has an estimated population of 59,928, with 23,724 households...
    8 KB (329 words) - 03:47, 24 June 2023
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    Camp Foster, formerly known as Camp Zukeran (Japanese: キャンプ・フォスター), is a United States Marine Corps camp located in Ginowan City with portions overlapping...
    7 KB (787 words) - 08:58, 8 June 2022
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    Rikuchū-Noda Station (陸中野田駅, Rikuchū-Noda-eki) is a railway station on the Rias Line in the village of Noda, Iwate, Japan, operated by the third-sector...
    3 KB (196 words) - 23:15, 20 May 2020
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    Toyomane Station (豊間根駅, Toyomane-eki) is a Sanriku Railway Company station located in Yamada, Iwate Prefecture, Japan. Toyomane Station is served by the...
    3 KB (264 words) - 04:10, 26 December 2022
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    Ōtsuchi Station (大槌駅, Ōtsuchi-eki) is a Sanriku Railway Company station located in Ōtsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, Japan. Ōtsuchi Station was served by the...
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  • Kyota Sugimoto (杉本 京太, Sugimoto Kyōta, September 20, 1882 – December 26, 1972) was a Japanese inventor who developed the first practical Japanese typewriter...
    3 KB (279 words) - 06:57, 13 May 2022
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    Kadonohama Station (角の浜駅, Kadonohama-eki) is a railway station on the Hachinohe Line in the town of Hirono, Kunohe District, Iwate Prefecture, Japan. It...
    3 KB (167 words) - 01:17, 14 December 2022
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    Hokkaido Sapporo Minami High School (北海道札幌南高等学校, Hokkaidō Sapporo Minami Kōtō Gakkō) is a high school in Chuo-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaidō, Japan, founded in...
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  • Madak was a blend of opium and tobacco used as a recreational drug in 16th- and 17th-century China. It emerged in southern coastal areas in the first half...
    4 KB (542 words) - 17:26, 18 March 2023
  • Princess Meng (Chinese: 孟王后) was a princess of the Xiongnu-led Chinese Northern Liang dynasty. Her husband was Juqu Mengxun (Prince Wuxuan). Very little...
    2 KB (234 words) - 00:04, 18 February 2023
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    23°18′56″N 120°26′42″E / 23.31556°N 120.44500°E / 23.31556; 120.44500 The Baihe Taiwan Film and TV Town (traditional Chinese: 白河台灣電影文化城; simplified...
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    The Sasaki Institute (佐々木研究所, Sasaki Kenkyūjo) is an ancillary establishment of the Sasaki Foundation in Chiyoda, Tokyo, involved in cancer research. The...
    2 KB (267 words) - 03:48, 7 September 2021