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Hirohito
(Encyclopedia)Hirohito hērōˈhētō [key], 1901–89, emperor of Japan. He was made regent in 1921 and succeeded his father, Yoshihito (the Taishō emperor), in 1926. He married (1924) Princess Nagako Kuni (1903...Aso, Mount
(Encyclopedia)Aso, Mount, Kyushu, Japan: see Aso-san. ...De-jima
(Encyclopedia)De-jima, island, Japan: see De-shima. ...East Sea
(Encyclopedia)East Sea: see Japan, Sea of.Fujiyama
(Encyclopedia)Fujiyama, mountain, Japan: see Fuji, Mount. ...Taisha
(Encyclopedia)Taisha sīˈshä [key], town, Shimane prefecture, SW Honshu, Japan, on the Sea of Japan. It is a religious center, famous as the site of the ancient Izumo shrine. The shrine, said to be the oldest in ...Kiso Ontake, Mount
(Encyclopedia)Kiso Ontake, Mount, volcano, Japan: see Ontake, Mount. ...Shenyang
(Encyclopedia)Shenyang mo͞okˈdŭn [key], city (1994 est. pop. 3,762,000), capital of Liaoning prov., NE China, on the Hun River. It is China's fourth largest city and the leading manufacturing hub in a highly ind...plum, in botany
(Encyclopedia)plum, common name for a tree of any of many species of the genus Prunus of the family Rosaceae (rose family) and for its fruit, a drupe. The plum is generally cultivated in the temperate zones, though...Naruhito
(Encyclopedia)Naruhito, 1960–, Japanese emperor (2019–), son of Akihito. He is the first Japanese emperor to have studied abroad, attending Oxford from 1983 to 1985. In 1991 he was officially invested as crown ...Browse by Subject
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