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    The Kantō region (関東地方, Kantō-chihō, IPA: [ka(ꜜ)ntoː tɕiꜜhoː]) is a geographical region of Honshu, the largest island of Japan. In a common definition...
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    The Kantō Massacre (關東大虐殺, Korean: 간토 대학살) was a mass murder in the Kantō region of Japan committed in the aftermath of the 1923 Great Kantō earthquake...
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    The Great Kantō earthquake (関東大地震, Kantō dai-jishin, Kantō ō-jishin) also known in Japanese as Kantō daishinsai (関東大震災) struck the Kantō Plain on the main...
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    charge of the Kanto region, killed Uesugi Noritada of Kantō kanrei (関東管領), Kantō kubō's assistant. The various forces in the Kanto region divided and fought...
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    Kansai region is often compared with the Kantō region, which lies to its east and consists primarily of Tokyo and the surrounding area. Whereas the Kantō region...
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    Tochigi Prefecture (category Kantō region)
    (栃木県, Tochigi-ken) is a landlocked prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Tochigi Prefecture has a population of 1,897,649 (1 June 2023)...
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    post Kantō Kanrei (shogun's deputy in Kantō). Through their dominance of this position, the clan gained a large amount of power in the Kantō region. In...
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    Iwaki Yumoto Onsen Aomori Nebuta Matsuri Hachinohe Sansha Taisai Akita Kantō Yamagata Hanagasa Festival Goshogawara Tachineputa Festival Gallery Oirase...
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    Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle (/də ˈɡoʊl, də ˈɡɔːl/ də GOHL, də GAWL, French: [ʃaʁl(ə) də ɡol] ; 22 November 1890 – 9 November 1970) was a French...
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    most populated city in the Kantō region. Utsunomiya is located in south-central Tochigi Prefecture in the northern Kantō plains. It is approximately...
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    assets due to the Great Kantō Earthquake in 1923, Kamakura continues to be one of the major tourist attractions in the Kanto region, known for its historical...
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    Simone Lucie Ernestine Marie Bertrand de Beauvoir (UK: /də ˈboʊvwɑːr/, US: /də boʊˈvwɑːr/; French: [simɔn də bovwaʁ] ; 9 January 1908 – 14 April 1986)...
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    1923 Great Kantō earthquake. View of Yokohama after the bombing in 1945 Much of Yokohama was destroyed on September 1, 1923, by the Great Kantō earthquake...
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    for statistical purposes without administrative autonomy, such as the Kantō region in Japan or the eight federal districts of Russia, are not included....
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    Kanagawa Prefecture (category Kantō region)
    Prefecture (神奈川県, Kanagawa-ken) is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Kanagawa Prefecture is the second-most populous prefecture...
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    celebrated around the 15th of July in eastern Japan (Kantō region such as Tokyo, Yokohama and the Tōhoku region), coinciding with Chūgen. Hachigatsu Bon (Bon...
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  • Retrieved September 29, 2023. Japanese TV animation weekly ratings in the Kantō region: Episodes 1–4: Pineda, Rafael Antonio (October 7, 2023). "Japanese Animation...
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    Catherine de' Medici (Italian: Caterina de' Medici, pronounced [kateˈriːna de ˈmɛːditʃi]; French: Catherine de Médicis, pronounced [katʁin də medisis];...
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  • Retrieved March 6, 2022. Japanese TV animation weekly ratings in the Kantō region: Episode 1: Pineda, Rafael Antonio (April 11, 2022). "Spy×Family Anime...
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    Kansai dialect (category Kansai region)
    center of Japan was moved to Edo under the Tokugawa Shogunate and the Kantō region grew in prominence, the Edo dialect took the place of the Kansai dialect...
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    Miguel de Unamuno y Jugo (Spanish pronunciation: [miˈɣ̞el ð̞e̞ u.naˈmu.no i ˈxu.ɣ̞o] 29 September 1864 – 31 December 1936) was a Spanish essayist, novelist...
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    Louis de Bernières (born 8 December 1954) is an English novelist. He is known for his 1994 historical war novel Captain Corelli's Mandolin. In 1993 de Bernières...
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    local governments in the Tokyo metropolitan area are the Kantō regional governors' association (Kantō chihō chijikai) and the "Shutoken summit" (formally "conference...
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  • (東京滅亡編) was released in August 1986 while the second one, Kanto Slum-gai Hen (関東スラム街編, kantō suramu gai hen), was released in April 1987. In July 1995...
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    Alexis Charles Henri Clérel, comte de Tocqueville (/ˈtɒkvɪl, ˈtoʊkvɪl/ TO(H)K-vil, French: [alɛksi də tɔkvil]; 29 July 1805 – 16 April 1859), was a French...
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    Freddie Mercury (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    concerts was the large scale involved. He once explained, "We're the Cecil B. DeMille of rock and roll, always wanting to do things bigger and better." The...
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    with Madame de Raimond, one of his father's former lovers, at the château de Longeville in the Champagne region. There, he met Madame de Saint-Germain...
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  • Thumbnail for Honoré de Balzac
    Honoré de Balzac (/ˈbælzæk/ BAL-zak, more commonly US: /ˈbɔːl-/ BAWL-, French: [ɔnɔʁe d(ə) balzak]; born Honoré Balzac; 20 May 1799 – 18 August 1850) was...
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    Bartolomé de las Casas, OP (US: /lɑːs ˈkɑːsəs/ lahss KAH-səss; Spanish: [baɾtoloˈme ðe las ˈkasas] ; 11 November 1484 – 18 July 1566) was a Spanish clergyman...
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    António de Oliveira Salazar GCTE GCSE GColIH GCIC (/ˌsæləˈzɑːr/, US also /ˌsɑːl-/, Portuguese: [ɐ̃ˈtɔni.u ðɨ ɔliˈvɐjɾɐ sɐlɐˈzaɾ]; 28 April 1889 – 27 July...
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