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    Shibuichi (四分一) is a historically Japanese copper alloy, a member of the irogane class, which is patinated into a range of subtle greys and muted shades...
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    Tsuyoshi Yoshitake (吉武 剛, Yoshitake Tsuyoshi, born September 8, 1981) is a Japanese former football player. Yoshitake attended Tsu Technical High School...
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    Kanjin (勧進, Kanjin) (or Kange) ('temple sollicitation') is a Japanese term for the many and various methods of a Buddhist monk to solicit donations. It...
    11 KB (1,416 words) - 06:37, 25 September 2022
  • Minoru Kitani (木谷 実, Kitani Minoru, January 25, 1909 – December 19, 1975) was one of the most celebrated professional Go players and teachers of the game...
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    Ayashi Station (愛子駅, Ayashi-eki) is a railway station on the Senzan Line in Aoba-ku, Sendai in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway...
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    Xiangtang (Chinese: 向塘; pinyin: xiàngtáng; lit. 'face river bank'; Mandarin pronunciation: [ɕjɑ̃tʰɑ̃]) is a town located to the south of Nanchang, the...
    16 KB (1,530 words) - 23:18, 20 August 2022
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    Huang Yu-shan (Chinese: 黃玉珊; pinyin: Huang Yushan; born 1954) is a Taiwanese filmmaker. She has made significant contributions to Chinese cinema in the...
    24 KB (3,357 words) - 04:13, 23 April 2023
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    Musashi-Nitta Station (武蔵新田駅, Musashi-Nitta-eki) is a railway station on the Tokyu Tamagawa Line in Ōta, Tokyo, Japan, operated by Tokyu Corporation. The...
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  • The JNR dismissal lawsuit is a lawsuit that resulted from the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) in 1987, and its breakup into the seven...
    24 KB (3,208 words) - 13:37, 16 January 2023
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    Yaoli (Chinese: 瑶里; pinyin: Yáolǐ) is a town of Fuliang County, in the north-east of Jiangxi province, China, located on the mountainous border region...
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  • Gu Yidong (Chinese: 顾翼东; also known as Yih-Tong Ku, 1903–1996) was a Chinese chemist, considered a founder of inorganic chemistry in China.[citation needed]...
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    The Chichi no Shuen Nikki (父の終焉日記, Chichi no Shūen Nikki) is an account by Kobayashi Issa of his father's final days and death. It has been acclaimed as...
    3 KB (408 words) - 07:23, 31 March 2023