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  • The Treaty of Shimonoseki (Japanese: 下関条約, "Shimonoseki ... Hotel on April 17, 1895, between the Empire of Japan and Qing Empire of China ...
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  • during the period following the signing of the Eulsa Treaty, when Korea ... in Haeju, Hwanghae Province (now part of North Korea). Born during the ...
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  • , also known as Jodo Buddhism, is a branch of Pure Land Buddhism, derived ... Shinran, were exiled to other regions of Japan away from Honen. ...
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  • The Yayoi period (弥生時代, Yayoi-jidai) is an era in the history ... The cultivation of rice allowed the development of a sedentary agricultural ...
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  • Buddhist custom to honor the spirits of one's ancestors. It has ... starting date varies within different regions of Japan. In modern Japan, it ...
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  • - 1898), also known as John Manjiro, was one of the first Japanese people to ... four other fishermen from Tosa Province, Japan, and rescued by the American ...
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  • is the capital of Kanagawa Prefecture and, with a population of 3 ... bombing during World War II. Today it is one of Japan’s major ports along ...
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  • The terms gyopo or dongpo in Korean refer to persons of Korean ethnic ... empires, Korea's history has been one of constantly fluctuating borders ...
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  • Spruce is the common name for any of the various coniferous evergreen ... Spruce trees provide a number of important values for human beings ...
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  • regarded as the holiest temple complex in Japan. Located in the city of Ise ... Jingū is in fact a shrine complex composed of over one hundred individual ...
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  • indigenous to Hokkaidō, northern Honshū (Japan), the Kuril Islands, much ... and autonomy of the different regions of Japan. During the Meiji period ...
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  • is the fourth largest city in Japan and one of the country's ... The city of Nagoya was established in 1610 when Tokugawa Ieyasu moved ...
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  • and Hawaiian English) is the third-largest of the Hawaiian Islands and most ... Since approximately 75 percent of the resident population of the state ...
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  • is a city in Japan, located at the mouth of the Yodo River on Osaka ... no daidokoro) or the gourmet food capital of Japan. The city has a long ...
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  • Infrared astronomy is the branch of astronomy and astrophysics that ... that occur during the birth and death of stars, as well as to observe ...
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  • The sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) is a member of the Convolvulaceae ... value for humans. Physically, they are one of the most nutritional vegetables ...
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  • Forsythia is the genus and common name for a taxon of deciduous shrubs ... Forsythia comprise a small genus of about 11 species, mostly native ...
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  • designed for the observation and study of objects and phenomena in outer ... are hampered by the filtering and distortion of electromagnetic radiation by ...
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  • to a traditional Korean fermented dish made of seasoned vegetables. The most ... Kimchi has been a mainstay of Korean culture for over 2,000 years ...
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  • [[File:KarlHaushofer.jpg|thumb|300px|Portrait of Karl Haushofer, circa ... who developed the German concept of Geopolitik. An army officer ...
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