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Japan Communist Party (Marxist-Leninist) Japan Communist Party (Marxist-Leninist) (in Japanese: 日本共産党 (マルクス・レーニン主義), Nihon Kyôsantô (Marukusu-Rêninshugisha)) was a communist party in Japan. The party was formed in July 1974, through the merger of the Japan Communist Party (Marxist-Leninist) Yamaguchi Prefucture Commission and the Reconstruction Preparation Committee of the Japan Communist Party.
Japan Composer's Association The Japan Composer's Association, or JACOMPA (日本作曲家協会 in Japanese) is an organization of Japanese composers, established in 1959. Among its members are some of Japan's most renowned composers of contemporary classical music.
Japan Corporate News Network Japan Corporate News Network (JCN) disseminates full-text news announcements from companies and organizations worldwide to news media, financial markets, disclosure systems, investors, information web sites, databases and other audiences.
Japan Cup The is a world premier horse race over 2,400 meters for invited champion thoroughbred racehorses. The champions are invited, usually two per country from typically the USA, England, Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, New Zealand and of course, Japan.
Japan Cup (cycling) The Japan Cup is a road bicycle racing one-day event held each October in Japan since 1992. The Japan Cup is a popular and early season stop on the UCI Asia Tour and often includes several teams from the UCI ProTour.
Japan domestic market The term JDM Japan domestic market (JDM) is used to describe Japan's economic market for Japanese-brand goods, chiefly automobiles and parts. A similar term, United States domestic market (USDM) is used for US-market, US-brand goods.
Japan during World War I Japan participated in from 1914-1917, as one of the major Entente Powers, played an important role in securing the sea lanes in South Pacific and Indian Oceans against the Kaiserliche Marine. Politically, Japan seized the opportunity to expand its sphere of influence in China, and to gain recognition as a Great Power in postwar geopolitics.
Japan Electronics and Information Technology Industries Association The is an electronics and IT industry trade organization. It was formed in 2000 from two earlier organizations, the Electronic Industries Association of Japan and the Japan Electronic Industries Development Association.
Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) is an independent parastatal corporation established by the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) in 1958 to consolidate Japan's efforts in export promotion. The government has provided more than half of JETRO's annual operating budget.
Japan Fantasy Novel Award The is an annual award which began in 1989 and is sponsored by the Yomiuri Shimbun and Shimizu Construction with the backing of publisher ShinchĹŤsha. The winner gets a contract to have their unpublished work published by ShinchĹŤsha and receives ÂĄ5 million.
Japan Foundation The was established in 1972 as a special legal entity to undertake international cultural exchange, and became an independent administrative institution on October 1, 2003. It aims towards comprehensive and effective development of its international cultural exchange programs in five categories:
Japan Golf Tour The Japan Golf Tour is a prominent golf tour. It was founded in 1973 and as of 2006 it offers the third highest annual prize fund out of the regular (that is not for seniors) men's professional tours after the PGA Tour and the European Tour.
Japan Grand Prix The Japan Grand Prix was an annual professional wrestling tournament held by the promotion All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling (AJW) to determine the number one contender for the promotion's highest achievement, the WWWA World Heavyweight Championship. The tournament was held in the summer every year from 1985 to 2004.
Japan High School Baseball Federation The Japan High School Baseball Federation (財団法人日本高等学校野球連盟 zaidan hōjin nihon kōtō gakkō yakyū renmei) is the governing body of high school baseball in Japan, and is composed of the High School Baseball Federations of each of the 47 prefectures.
Japan Institute of Labour The Japan Institute of Labour is the third sector under the supervision of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare of Japan. The institute is concerned with working conditions and safety for members of the Japanese work force.
Japan International Cooperation Agency The Japan International Cooperation Agency (独立行政法人国際協力機構 dokuritsu gyōseihōjin kokusai kyōryoku kikō) is an independent governmental agency that coordinates official development assistance (ODA) for the government of Japan. It is commonly known by the acronym "JICA".
Japan Le Mans Challenge The Japan Le Mans Challenge (JLMC) is an endurance sportscar series based in Japan built around the 24 Hours of Le Mans that began in 2006. It is run by the Sports Car Endurance Race Operation (SERO) sanctioning body and runs under the rules laid out by the Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO).
Japan Live '94 Japan Live '94 (also known as Live in Japan) a live album that was recorded by Savatage. The show that was recorded for the release was held in Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan on November 12, 1994 and was the last show on the short Handful of Rain tour.
Japan Meteorological Agency The or JMA, is the Japanese government's weather service. Charged with gathering and reporting weather data and forecasts in Japan, it is a semi-autonomous part of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport.
Japan Meteorological Agency seismic intensity scale The Japan Meteorological Agency seismic intensity scale (震度 shindo) is a measure used in Japan and Taiwan to indicate the strength of earthquakes. Unlike the Richter magnitude scale (which measures the total magnitude of the earthquake, and represents the size of the earthquake with a single number) the JMA scale describes the degree of shaking at a point on the Earth's surface.
Japan MIDI Standards Committee The Japan MIDI Standards Committee is the body that ratifies and proposes MIDI standards within the Japanese manufacturing and developer community. It now operates within the Association of Musical Electronics Industry or AMEI.
Japan national baseball team The Japan national baseball team is the national team of Japan. It has participated in every Summer Olympic Games since the first demonstration tournament in 1984. Until 2000, the team was made up exclusively of amateur players. Starting with the 2000 Summer Olympics, the team has been comprised of players from Japanese Professional Baseball. The team playing in the 2006 World Baseball Classic also includes Japanese players from Major League Baseball. In the Classic, the team played in Pool A and placed second, advancing to round two. They went on to win the Classic.
Japan national futsal team The Japan national futsal team represents Japan in international futsal competitions and is controlled by Japan Football Association. It is one of the strongest teams in Asia, the champions in the 2006 Asian Futsal Championship.
Japan national rugby league team The Japan national rugby league team has been playing international competition since 1994. A regular domestic amateur competition has been held in Japan for several years (the first domestic competition kicked off in 1998).
Japan National Tourist Organization The Japan National Tourist Organization (国際観光振興機構 Kokusai Kankō Shinkō Kikō) or JNTO provides information about Japan to promote travel to and in the country. Its headquarters are in Yurakucho, Chiyoda, Tokyo.
Japan Patent Office The Japan Patent Office (JPO; 特許庁 Tokkyochō) is a Japanese governmental agency in charge of industrial property right affairs, under the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry. The Japan Patent Office is one of the world's three largest patent offices called Trilateral Offices.
Japan Post is a public corporation in Japan offering postal and package delivery services, banking services, and life insurance. It has over 400,000 employees and runs 24,700 post offices throughout Japan and is the nation's largest employer.
Japan Prize The Japan Prize is awarded to people from all parts of the world whose "original and outstanding achievements in science and technology are recognized as having advanced the frontiers of knowledge and served the cause of peace and prosperity for mankind."
Japan Pro Wrestling Alliance Nihon Puroresu Kyōkai (日本プロレス協会, Japan Pro Wrestling Alliance or Japan[ese] Wrestling Association) was the first professional wrestling promotion to be based in Japan. It operated from 1953 to 1973.
Japan Racing Association The Japan Racing Association (Japanese: 日本中央競馬会 Nippon Chūō Keiba Kai, or JRA) is a public company established to operate Chūō Keiba (中央競馬 Central horse racing) and to manage racecourses, betting facilities, and horse-training facilities.
Japan Railfan Magazine Japan Railfan Magazine (鉄道ファン Tetsudō-fan) is a Japanese language monthly magazine for railfans covering the mainly Japanese railways published by Koyusha. It has been published in Japan since 1961.
Japan Railways The Japan Railways Group, more commonly known as JR, is a government-subsidised group of eight private companies that took over most of the assets, operations, and liabilities of the government-owned Japanese National Railways on April 1, 1987.
Japan Renewal Party The Japan Renewal Party (also JRP)(新生党, Shinseitō) was a Japanese political party that existed in the early 1990s. It was founded in 1993 by 44 members of the Liberal Democratic Party led by Tsutomu Hata and Ichiro Ozawa.
Japan Revolutionary Communist League, National Committee (Middle Core Faction) Japan Revolutionary Communist League, National Committee (Middle Core Faction) (in Japanese: Kakumeiteki Kyôsanshugisha Dômei, Zenkoku Iinkai (Chûkakû-ha)) is a Trotskyist group in Japan, often referred to as Chûkakû-ha (Middle Core Faction). Chûkakû-ha emerged in 1963, as the Japan Revolutionary Communist League, National Committee was divided.
Japan Rugby Football Union The Japan Rugby Football Union (JRFU; , Nihon Ragubi- Futtobo-ru Kyo-kai) is the governing body for rugby union in Japan. It was formed November 30, 1926 and is is currently one of only two federations from a "Tier 2" country with a seat on the International Rugby Board executive council, the sport's international governing body (the other is Rugby Canada).
Japan Samurai Bears The Japan Samurai Bears were a Golden Baseball League based in the Arizona Division. The team, which existed for one season, played all of its game on the road in order to keep an even number of teams in the league.
Japan Series The , or is a seven-game championship played by the winners of Japan's two professional baseball leagues (the Central League and Pacific League). It is the highest level of play in professional baseball in Japan.
Japan Shotokan Karate Association (Great Britain) The Japan Shotokan Karate Association (Great Britain) is a traditional and apolitical Shotokan karate association with roots through its international Chief Instructor, Keigo Abe sensei and his grandmaster Masatoshi Nakayama shihan, to the founder of Shotokan-ryu; Gichin Funakoshi.
Japan Shotokan Karate Association-Great Britain The JSKA (GB) is a traditional and apolitical Shotokan karate association with roots through its international Chief Instructor, Keigo Abe sensei and his grandmaster Masatoshi Nakayama shihan, to the founder of Shotokan-ryu; Gichin Funakoshi. The JSKA (GB) was formed to ensure that the tradition of authentic Japanese Shotokan karate under the auspices of one of the worlds most senior and sought after Shotokan instructors, Keigo Abe sensei 8th Dan (Japan), was available to British karate-ka.
Japan Sinks Japan Sinks (Sinking of Japan, ‎) (2006) is a Tokusatsu film directed by Shinji Higuchi, one of the top special effects masterminds in Japan, best known for his work on the Heisei Gamera trilogy. The film was released as Sinking of Japan in some countries.
Japan Society of New York Founded in 1907 Japan Society has evolved over nearly 100 years into an internationally recognized nonprofit, nonpolitical organization that offers opportunities to experience Japanese culture; fosters sustained and open dialogue on issues important to the United States, Japan, and East Asia; and improves access to information on Japan. Currently Japan Society presents over 100 events annually, engaging and informing executives, civic leaders, artists, educators, students, and a broad audience of global cultural consumers.
Japan Teachers Union Japan Teachers Union (日本教職員組合 Nihon Kyōshokuin Kumiai, JTU), often just called Nikkyoso (日教組 Nikkyōso), is Japan's largest and oldest labor union of teachers and school staffs. The union is known for its critical stance against the conservative corporatist Liberal Democractic Party government on such issues as Kimi Ga Yo, Flag of Japan, and screening of history text book since its near continuous one-party rule since 1945.
Japan Trench The Japan Trench is an oceanic trench, a part of the Pacific Ring of Fire, in the floor of the northern Pacific Ocean off northeast Japan. It extends from the Kuril Islands to the Bonin Islands and is 9,000 m (30,000 ft) at its deepest.
Japan wax Japan wax is a pale-yellow, waxy, water-insoluble solid with a gummy feel, obtained from the berries of certain sumacs native to Japan and China, such as Rhus verniciflua (Japanese sumac tree) and R. succedanea (Japanese wax tree).
Japan's Opium policy in Korea According to the advertisement of Korea, During World War II Japan had established some opium fields in northern Korea for Japan's opium operations in China. Allegedly, this was conducted with full approval from Tokyo under directives of a Japanese umbrella organization, The China Affairs Board.
Japan-British Exhibition (1910) The Japan-British Exhibition of 1910 took place at White City in Great Britain from 14 May 1910 to 29 October 1910. It was the largest international exposition that the Empire of Japan had participated in to date, and was driven by a desire by Japan to develop a more favorable public image in Great Britain following the renewal of the Anglo-Japanese Alliance.
Japan-China Joint Declaration On Building a Partnership of Friendship and Cooperation for Peace and Development China-Japan Joint Declaration On Building a Partnership of Friendship and Cooperation for Peace and Development (Chinese: 中日关于建立致力与和平与发展友好合作伙伴关系的联合宣言; Japanese: 平和と発展のための友好協力パートナーシップの構築に関する中日共同宣言) was made on November 26, 1998 to reaffirm friendly and cooperative relations between the People's Republic of China and Japan .
Japan-Korea Annexation Treaty The Treaty of Annexation of Korea by Japan, also called in Korea 경술국치(庚戌國恥), meaning Humiliation of the Nation in the Year of the Dog, was signed on August 22, 1910 by the representatives of the Korean and Japanese Imperial Governments. This began the de facto period of Japanese rule in Korea.
Japan-North Korea Pyongyang Declaration The Japan-North Korea Pyongyang Declaration, signed in 2002, was the result of the first Japan-North Korea summit meeting. The declaration included issues related to resolving the poor relations that had marked the pasts of the two countries.
Japan-Oceania relations By 1990 Japanese involvement in the newly independent island nations of Oceania increased due to rising commercial and strategic interests. Japan's rapidly growing aid to the South Pacific was seen by many as a response to United States calls for greater burden-sharing and to the adoption of the 1982 Convention on the Law of the Sea, which gave states legal control over fishery resources within their 200-nautical-mile exclusive economic zones.
Japan-Republic of Korea Joint Declaration of 1998 Japan-Republic of Korea Joint Declaration A New Japan-Republic of Korea Partnership towards the Twenty-first Century (한일공동선언) was made on October 8, 1998 to reaffirm friendly and cooperative relations between Japan and the Republic of Korea.
Japancakes Japancakes is an American musical group based in Athens, GA. Rhythm guitarist Eric Berg formed the band with the idea of putting ten musicians in a band without any rehearsal, and performing a D chord for 45 minutes.
Japanese air attacks on Australia, 1942-43 Between February 1942 and November 1943, during the Pacific War, the Australian mainland, domestic airspace, offshore islands and coastal shipping were attacked at least 97 times by aircraft from the Imperial Japanese Navy and Imperial Japanese Army Air Force. These attacks came in various forms, from large scale raids by heavy bombers, to torpedo attacks on ships, to strafing runs by fighter planes.
Japanese aircraft carrier Amagi The Japanese aircraft carrier Amagi (天城) was a fleet aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy which served during World War II. Second vessel of the Unryū class, the Amagi was a lightly built carrier design based on the Hiryū class.
Japanese aircraft carrier Hiryū Hiryū (Japanese: 飛龍, meaning "flying dragon") was a Sōryū-class aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy. She took part in the attack on Pearl Harbor that started the Pacific War and she was destroyed on June 5, 1942 by air attack in the Battle of Midway.
Japanese aircraft carrier Hiyō Hiyō (Japanese: 飛鷹 "Flying Falcon") was a Hiyō-class aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy. She was laid down as the fast luxury passenger liner Idzumo Maru by Nippon Yusen Kaisha (Japan Mail Steamship company) but was purchased along with her sistership by the Japanese Navy in 1940 and converted to an aircraft carrier.
Japanese aircraft carrier HĹŤshĹŤ HĹŤshĹŤ (Japanese: éłłçż”, meaning "flying phoenix") was the first aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy, and while not the first aircraft carrier, it was the first purpose-designed aircraft carrier to be commissioned. The hull was still based on a cruiser design, but it was not a conversion.
Japanese aircraft carrier Junyō Junyō (Japanese: 隼鷹 junyō meaning "peregrine falcon") was a Hiyō-class aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy. She was laid down at Nagasaki as the passenger liner Kashiwara Maru but purchased by the Japanese Navy in 1940 and converted to an aircraft carrier.
Japanese aircraft carrier Kaga Kaga (Japanese: 加賀, the ancient Kaga Province, in present-day Ishikawa Prefecture) was an aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy. She took part in the battle of Pearl Harbor and was sunk at the battle of Midway on 4 June 1942.
Japanese aircraft carrier Ryūjō Ryūjō (Japanese: 龍驤, "prancing dragon") was a light aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy. She was laid down by Mitsubishi at Yokohama in 1929, launched in 1931 and commissioned in 1933.
Japanese aircraft carrier Ryuho The Ryuho was a Japanese naval vessel which started life as the submarine depot ship Taigei, and was taken out of service in December 1941 for conversion into a light aircraft carrier. During conversion at Yokosuka, the Ryuho gained the distinction of being the only major warship damaged in the Doolittle Raid on April 18 1942.
Japanese aircraft carrier Shōhō Shōhō (Japanese: 祥鳳 shōhō, meaning "auspicious phoenix") was an aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy, the lead ship of her class. She and her sister ship Zuihō were laid down in 1934 with a flexible design that could be completed as an oil tanker, submarine tender, or aircraft carrier as needed.
Japanese aircraft carrier Shōkaku Shōkaku (Japanese: 翔鶴 shōkaku meaning "flying crane") was an aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy, the lead ship of her class. Along with her sister ship Zuikaku, she is most famous for taking part in many key engagements of the World War II Pacific Theatre, including the battles of Pearl Harbor and the Coral Sea.
Japanese aircraft carrier Sōryū Sōryū (Japanese Kyūjitai: 蒼龍, Shinjitai: 蒼竜, sōryū, meaning "blue (or green) dragon") was an aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy. She took part in the attack on Pearl Harbor and was sunk at the battle of Midway.
Japanese aircraft carrier Unryū The Japanese aircraft carrier Unryū (雲龍) was a fleet aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy which served during World War II. The name Unryū means literally "cloud dragon", and bears the allusion "Heavenward Bound Dragon Riding the Clouds".
Japanese aircraft carrier Zuikaku Zuikaku (Japanese: ずいかく Kanji: 瑞鶴 "fortunate crane") was a Shōkaku-class aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Her planes took part in the attack on Pearl Harbor that formally brought the United States into the Pacific War, and she fought in several of the most important naval battles of the war, finally being sunk in the battle off Cape Engaño.
Japanese angelshark The Japanese angelshark, Squatina japonica, is an angel shark of the family Squatinidae found in the western Pacific from Japan, the Yellow Sea, Korea, northern China, and the Philippines between latitudes 41° N and 19° N. Its length is up to 2 m.
Japanese armorhead The Japanese armorhead or Japanese boarfish, Pentaceros japonicus, is an armorhead of the genus Pentaceros, found around Japan, southern Australia, and the North Island of New Zealand, at depths of between 200 and 650 m on the continental shelf. Its length is between 15 and 25 cm.
Japanese art Japanese art covers a wide range of art styles and media, including ancient pottery, sculpture in wood and bronze, ink painting on silk and paper, and a myriad of other types of works of art. It also has a long history, ranging from the beginnings of human habitation in Japan, sometime in the 10th millennium BCE, to the present.
Japanese atomic program During the 1930s, the scientific community in the world started to understand the power of nuclear energy, and Imperial Japan, like many other governments, was made aware of the possibility of developing a weapon which utilized nuclear fission as the source of its energy. The central figure of the Japanese atomic program is Dr.
Japanese attempt on Nauru (1942) The "Japanese Attempt of Nauru and Ocean occupation" was about refer about why how one certain response at loss of Battle of Coral Sea,the Japanese operative Commander-in-Chief Shigeyoshi Inouye,still ordered the general retireing, poses intentions of following how stayed in plans of Operation Mo the occupation of Nauru and Ocean islands originally intended how annex action for taken Phospate sources and secondary bases for operations against Australians.
Japanese Aero Engines Corporation The Japanese Aero Engines Corporation is a consortium of large Japanese companies (Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries) formed, in the late 1970's, as a partner to Rolls-Royce, originally to help develop the 20000lbf RJ500 civil turbofan.
Japanese Agricultural Standards Japanese Agricultural Standards () are industrial standards for the agriculture industry maintained by the Japanese Government. They are comparable to Japanese Industrial Standards but for food and agricultural products.
Japanese Alps The Japanese Alps is a mountain range in Japan that bisects the main island of Honshu. It consists of the Hida Mountains (飛騨山脈), the Kiso Mountains (木曽山脈), and the Akaishi Mountains (赤石山脈).
Japanese American Citizens League The Japanese American Citizens League was formed in 1929 to protect Asian Americans from the state and federal government. It fought for civil rights for Japanese Americans and assisted those in internment camps.
Japanese American internment Japanese American Internment was the forced removal of approximately 120,000 Japanese and Japanese Americans (62 percent of whom were United States citizens) Semiannual Report of the War Relocation Authority, for the period January 1 to June 30, 1946, not dated. Papers of Dillon S.
Japanese American National Museum The Japanese American National Museum opened its doors in 1992 is located in the Little Tokyo area near downtown Los Angeles, California, is devoted to preserving the history and culture of Japanese-Americans. The museum is home to a moving image archive, which contains over 100,000 feet of 16 mm and 8 mm home movies of Japanese-Americans from the 1920s to the 1950s.
Japanese Amusement Machine Manufacturers' Association The Japanese Amusement Machine Manufacturers' Association (JAMMA) is a trade association based in Japan; it also the namesake of a trade show hosted in Japan; additionally, JAMMA is a wiring standard for arcade machines.
Japanese Animation Club of Orlando The Japanese Animation Club of Orlando (JACO) serves as the officially sanctioned anime club for the University of Central Florida (UCF) in Orlando, Florida (Union Park campus). Currently JACO has well over 100 members, and to compliment the annual event JACON, they have regular meetings at the UCF campus.
Japanese Archipelago The which forms the country of Japan extends from north to south along the eastern coast of the Eurasian Continent, the western shore of the Pacific Ocean. The term Home Islands was used at the end of World War II to define the area of Japan to which its sovereignty and the constitutional rule of the Emperor would be restricted; it is not commonly used today.
Japanese Army and Navy Strategies for South Seas areas (1942) Immediately after the fall of Singapore in 1942 the view mounted within certain Army circles that now was the best time for Japan's military to exploit their advantage and seek peace with Great Britain. The heart of this reasoning was the fact that Japan could not knock out both the United States and England, judging from such factors as national strength and geographical location.
Japanese Association of Rosario The Japanese Association of Rosario (in Spanish, Asociación Japonesa de Rosario, AJR; in Japanese, ロサリオ日本人会 Rosario Nihonjinkai) is a community devoted to the promotion of Japanese culture, located in Rosario, province of Santa Fe, Argentina. The Association was founded by immigrants from Japan and their descendants.
Japanese battleship Aki The IJN Aki (安芸) was a dreadnought type battleship of the Imperial Japanese Navy, designed and built in Japan by the Kure Naval Yards. The name Aki comes from Aki Province, now a part of Hiroshima prefecture.
Japanese battleship Asahi The IJN Asahi was the second of the Shikishima-class of battleships. It was laid down in Glasgow, Scotland in Great Britain by Clydebank Engineering & Shipbuilding Company, and completed by John Brown & Company.
Japanese battleship Fuji IJN Fuji (富士) was the lead ship of the Fuji-class of early pre-dreadnought battleships of the Imperial Japanese Navy, and one of the six battleships (Shikishima, Yashima, Hatsuse, Fuji, Asahi, and Mikasa) that formed the main Japanese battle line in the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-1905. It was named after Japan's famed Mount Fuji.
Japanese battleship Fusō Fusō (Japanese: 扶桑, an old name for Japan), was a battleship of the Imperial Japanese Navy, the lead ship of her class. She was laid down by the Kure Kaigun Koshō on 11 March 1912, launched on 28 March 1914 and completed on 18 November 1915.
Japanese battleship Haruna Haruna (榛名) was a Kongō class battleship laid down by the Kawasaki Shipbuilding Company at Kobe on 16 March 1912, launched on 14 December 1913 and completed on 19 April 1915. She was named after Mount Haruna, an active volcano.
Japanese battleship Hatsuse Hatsuse (初瀬) was a Shikishima-class pre-dreadnought battleship in the Imperial Japanese Navy, and one of the six battleships (Fuji, Yashima, Shikishima, Hatsuse, Asahi, and Mikasa) that formed the main Japanese battle line in the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-1905. The Hatsuse had a very brief career.
Japanese battleship Hiei Hiei (比叡), named for Mount Hiei north-east of Kyoto, was a Kongō-class battleship of the Imperial Japanese Navy. She was laid down by the Yokosuka Kaigun Kosho on 4 November 1911, launched on 21 November 1912 and completed on 4 August 1914.
Japanese battleship Hyūga Hyūga (日向), named for Hyūga Province in Kyūshū, was an Ise class battleship laid down by Mitsubishi on 6 May 1915, launched on 27 January 1917 and completed on 30 April 1918. She was initially designed as the fourth ship of Fusō class but was heavily redesigned to fix shortcomings.
Japanese battleship Ise Ise (伊勢) was the Imperial Japanese Navy's first Ise-class battleship. She was laid down at the Kawasaki Heavy Industries shipyard in Kobe on May 5, 1915, launched on November 12, 1916, and completed on December 1, 1917.
Japanese battleship Iwami Japanese battleship Iwami () was one of eight Russian pre-dreadnought battleships captured by the Imperial Japanese Navy during the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-1905. It was built as the Borodino class battleship Russian battleship Orel (), and was commissioned into the Imperial Russian Navy's Baltic Fleet.
Japanese battleship Kashima The IJN Kashima (鹿島) was a pre-dreadnought class battleship of the Imperial Japanese Navy, designed and built by Armstrong Whitworth at the Elswick Yard, in the United Kingdom. The name Kashima comes from the famous Kashima Jingu Shinto shrine in Ibaraki prefecture, located to the northeast of Tokyo.
Japanese battleship Katori The IJN Katori (香取) was a pre-dreadnought class battleship of the Imperial Japanese Navy, designed and built by Vickers shipyards, in the United Kingdom. The name Katori comes from a famous Shinto shrine in Ibaraki prefecture, located to the northeast of Tokyo.
Japanese battleship Kōtetsu Kōtetsu (Japanese: 甲鉄, literally "Ironclad", later renamed Azuma 東, "East") was the first ironclad warship of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Built in France in 1864, and acquired from the United States in February 1869, she was an ironclad ram warship.
Japanese battleship Kongō Kongō (金剛, "vajra" or "indestructible") was the Imperial Japanese Navy's first super-dreadnought type battlecruiser, and the name-ship of her class, which also included the Hiei, Kirishima, and Haruna. She was upgraded to a battleship rating in the 1930s and served in several major naval operations during World War II before being sunk by enemy action in 1944.
Japanese battleship Mikasa Mikasa (三笠) is a pre-Dreadnought battleship, formerly of the Imperial Japanese Navy, launched in 1900. It served as the flagship of Admiral Togo Heihachiro during the Battle of Tsushima in 1905, during the Russo-Japanese War.
Japanese battleship Musashi Musashi (武蔵), named after the ancient Japanese Musashi Province, was a battleship belonging to the Imperial Japanese Navy, and was the second and final ship of the Yamato class to be completed as a battleship. With her sister ship, Yamato, she was a member of the largest and most heavily armed and armored class of battleships ever constructed.
Japanese battleship Mutsu Mutsu (陸奥) named after Mutsu Province, was the Imperial Japanese Navy's second Nagato class battleship, laid down at the Yokosuka Naval Arsenal on June 1, 1918, launched on May 31, 1920, and completed on October 24, 1921.
Japanese battleship Nagato Nagato (Japanese: 長門, named after Nagato province) was a battleship of the Imperial Japanese Navy, the lead ship of her class. She was the first battleship in the world to mount 16 inch (406 mm) guns, and she was the flagship of Admiral Yamamoto Isoroku during the attack on Pearl Harbor.

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