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Aki, Keiiti

(Encyclopedia) Aki, Keiiti, 1930–2005, American seismologist, b. Yokohama, Japan, Ph.D. Univ. of Tokyo, 1958. Associated with the Univ. of Tokyo 's Earthquake Research Institute from 1963, Aki joined…

Shirakawa, Hideki

(Encyclopedia) Shirakawa, Hideki, 1936–, Japanese chemist, Ph.D. Tokyo Institute of Technology, 1966. Shirakawa was a research assistant at the Tokyo Institute of Technology from 1966 to 1979. He…

Suzuki, Daisetz Teitaro

(Encyclopedia) Suzuki, Daisetz TeitaroSuzuki, Daisetz Teitarodīˈsĕts tātäˈrō s&oomacr;z&oomacr;ˈkē [key], 1870–1966, Japanese Buddhist scholar, educated at Tokyo Univ. After studying (1897–…

Hatogaya

(Encyclopedia) Hatogaya Hatogaya hätōˈgäyä [key], city, Saitama prefecture, E central Honshu, Japan. It is a…

Niiza

(Encyclopedia) NiizaNiizanēˈzä [key], city (1990 pop. 138,919), Saitama prefecture, E central Honshu, Japan, on the Yonase River. It is a suburb of Tokyo.

Kajita, Takaaki

(Encyclopedia) Kajita, Takaaki 1959–, Japanese physicist, Ph.D. Univ. of Tokyo, 1986. In 1988 he joined the faculty at the Univ. of Tokyo, where he is now professor and director of the Institute for…

Viñoly, Rafael

(Encyclopedia) Viñoly, Rafael, 1944–, Uruguayan-American architect, b. Montevideo. Even before receiving his architectural degrees (1968, 1969) from the Univ. of Buenos Aires, he and six associates…

Matsudo

(Encyclopedia) MatsudoMatsudomäts&oomacr;ˈdō [key], city (1990 pop. 456,210), Chiba prefecture, E central Honshu, Japan. A suburb of Tokyo, it has several ironworks factories.

Higashimatsuyama

(Encyclopedia) Higashimatsuyama Higashimatsuyama hēgäˈshēmäts&oomacr;yäˈmä [key], city, Saitama prefecture, E…

Soka

(Encyclopedia) SokaSokasōˈkä [key], city (1990 pop. 206,132), Saitama prefecture, E central Honshu, Japan. It is a suburb of Tokyo that produces pulp, leather, and metal.