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  2. List of regions of Japan - Wikipedia

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    In many contexts in Japan (government, media markets, sports, regional business or trade union confederations), regions are used that deviate from the above-mentioned common geographical 8-region division that is sometimes referred to as "the" regions of Japan in the English Wikipedia and some other English-language publications. Examples of ...

  3. Rising Sun Flag - Wikipedia

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    Naval Ensign of Japan. The Rising Sun Flag ( 旭日 旗, Kyokujitsu-ki) is a Japanese flag that consists of a red disc and sixteen red rays emanating from the disc. [1] Like the Japanese national flag, the Rising Sun Flag symbolizes the Sun. The flag was originally used by feudal warlords in Japan during the Edo period (1603–1868 CE). [2]

  4. Japanese asset price bubble - Wikipedia

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    t. e. The Japanese asset price bubble (バブル景気, baburu keiki, lit. ' bubble economy ') was an economic bubble in Japan from 1986 to 1991 in which real estate and stock market prices were greatly inflated. [1] In early 1992, this price bubble burst and Japan's economy stagnated. The bubble was characterized by rapid acceleration of asset ...

  5. Japanese numerals - Wikipedia

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    The Japanese numerals are the number names used in Japanese. In writing, they are the same as the Chinese numerals , and large numbers follow the Chinese style of grouping by 10,000. Two pronunciations are used: the Sino-Japanese (on'yomi) readings of the Chinese characters and the Japanese yamato kotoba (native words, kun'yomi readings).

  6. Ikebana - Wikipedia

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    Ikebana (生け花, 活け花, ' arranging flowers ' or ' making flowers alive ') is the Japanese art of flower arrangement. It is also known as kadō (華道, ' way of flowers '). The origin of ikebana can be traced back to the ancient Japanese custom of erecting evergreen trees and decorating them with flowers as yorishiro to invite the gods.

  7. Empire of Japan - Wikipedia

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    The Empire of Japan, [c] also referred to as the Japanese Empire, Imperial Japan, or simply Japan, was the Japanese nation-state [d] that existed from the Meiji Restoration in 1868 until the enactment of the reformed Constitution of Japan in 1947. [8] From 29 August 1910 to 2 September 1945, the Empire of Japan included present-day Japan, Kuril ...

  8. List of Japanese-run internment camps during World War II

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    Back of map of Imperial Japanese-run prisoner-of-war camps with a list of the camps categorized geographically and an additional detailed map of camps located on the Japanese archipelago. Published by the Medical Research Committee of American Ex-Prisoners of War, Inc., 1980.

  9. Yakuza - Wikipedia

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    Yakuza (Japanese: ヤクザ, IPA:; English: / j ə ˈ k uː z ə, ˈ j æ k uː z ə /), also known as gokudō (極道, "the extreme path", IPA: [gokɯꜜdoː]), are members of transnational organized crime syndicates originating in Japan. The Japanese police and media, by request of the police, call them bōryokudan (暴力団, "violent groups ...