Hiroshima at-large district is a constituency of the House of Councillors in the Diet of Japan (national legislature). It consists of Hiroshima Prefecture...
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United States detonated two atomic bombs over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, respectively. The bombings killed between 150,000 and 246...
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The Hiroshima Peace Memorial (広島平和記念碑, Hiroshima Heiwa Kinenhi), originally the Hiroshima Prefectural Industrial Promotion Hall, and now commonly called...
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Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park (広島平和記念公園, Hiroshima Heiwa Kinen Kōen) is a memorial park in the center of Hiroshima, Japan. It is dedicated to the legacy...
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(Councillor for Nagano at-large district; Member of the Shin Seiken Kenkyūkai) Haruko Miyaguchi (Councillor for Hiroshima at-large district; Member of the Shin...
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Fukuyama (福山市, Fukuyama-shi) is a city in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. As of 31 March 2023[update], the city had an estimated population of 459,160 in...
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Hiroshima Prefecture. The domain office was located at Hiroshima Castle in Sato District, Aki Province (renamed Numata District in 1664), Hiroshima (present-day...
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House of Councillors from 1980 to 1992. He died in Kure on 23 January 2022, at the age of 85. "小西博行氏死去 元民社党参院議員". Jiji Press (in Japanese). 27 January 2022...
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Higashihiroshima (redirect from Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima)
and annual temperature range (summer and winter) are large. Hiroshima Prefecture Akitakata Hiroshima Kumano Kure Mihara Miyoshi Ōsakikamijima Sera Takehara...
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Hatsukaichi (redirect from Saeki, Hiroshima)
Hatsukaichi (廿日市市, Hatsukaichi-shi) is a city located in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 May 2023[update], the city had an estimated population of...
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Human Shadow Etched in Stone (category Monuments and memorials concerning the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki)
exhibition at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum. It is thought to be the shadow of a person who was sitting at the entrance of Hiroshima Branch of Sumitomo...
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Little Boy (redirect from Hiroshima bomb)
of the type of atomic bomb used in the bombing of the Japanese city of Hiroshima on 6 August 1945 during World War II, making it the first nuclear weapon...
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Sera (世羅町, Sera-chō) is a town located in Sera District, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. As of 31 March 2023[update], the town had an estimated population...
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bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on 6 August and 9 August 1945 respectively at the close of World War II (1939–45). On 26 July 1945 at the Potsdam Conference...
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Haruko Miyaguchi (category Politicians from Hiroshima Prefecture)
the Hiroshima at-large district. She is a member of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan. Haruko Miyaguchi was born Haruko Fukuda in Hiroshima Prefecture...
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Yoichi Miyazawa (category People from Fukuyama, Hiroshima)
of the following year he stood as the LDP candidate for the Hiroshima at-large district in the 2010 House of Councillors election and was elected. In...
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Koji Sato (politician) (category Politicians from Hiroshima Prefecture)
Councillors in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Mitsugi District, Hiroshima and graduate of Keio University, he was elected to the House of Representatives...
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Manhattan Project (redirect from Manhattan Engineer District)
at White Sands Proving Ground in New Mexico on 16 July 1945. Little Boy and Fat Man bombs were used a month later in the atomic bombings of Hiroshima...
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more single-member districts. In general, the block districts correspond loosely to the major regions of Japan, with some of the larger regions (such as...
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Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum (category Monuments and memorials concerning the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki)
Nagasaki a symbolic location for a memorial. The counterpart in Hiroshima is the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum. These locations symbolize the nuclear age...
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central business district (CBD) is the commercial and business center of a city. It contains commercial space and offices, and in larger cities will often...
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unusual following large fires and is commonly produced by pyrocumulus clouds during large forest fires. The rain directly over Hiroshima on that day is said...
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located in the Yoshiwa District of Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. "Kanmuri" is a common name for mountains in Japan; Hiroshima Prefecture has six...
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States Army Corps of Engineers, Manhattan Engineer District (1946). "The atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki". OCLC 77648098. Retrieved 23 January...
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Itsukushima (category Tourist attractions in Hiroshima Prefecture)
western part of the Inland Sea of Japan, located in the northwest of Hiroshima Bay. It is popularly known as Miyajima (宮島), which in Japanese means "Shrine...
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Oppenheimer (film) (category Films about the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki)
Mexico. Groves informs President Truman, who orders the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki two weeks later. Japan surrenders, and Oppenheimer is hailed...
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Kamo (redirect from Kamo District)
written with that character.) Kamo, Niigata Kamo District, Gifu Kamo District, Hiroshima Kamo District, Shizuoka Kamo, Kyoto Kamo, Okayama Kamo, Shimane...
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World Heritage site grounds. Annapolis, Maryland, United States Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan Viña del Mar, Valparaíso, Chile Nagato City, Yamaguchi...
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after the attack on Pearl Harbor, and prior to the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The raids that were conducted by the U.S. military on the...
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Harajuku (category Districts of Shibuya)
strategic location south of the Koshu Road. Other than the mansion of the Hiroshima Domain feudal lord Asano (current Jingūmae 4 and 5 chōme), there were...
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