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Hokkaido Summary
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(2002 est. pop. 5.7 million). Hokkaido, the northernmost and second largest of Japan's four main islands (83,519 square kilometers, including the 5,010 square kilometers of the Japanese-claimed but, since 1945, Russian-occupied Southern...
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Northern Territories Summary
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(2001 est. pop. 29,000). The Northern Territories are a group of islands in the Kurile chain north of the Japanese island of Hokkaido. Historically the islands and the island of Sakhalin have been claimed by both Russia and Japan. In 1855, the two...


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Journal of Physical Oceanography
Coastal Oyashio South of Hokkaido, Japan
07/01/2004: 6,889 words, approx. 23 pages
ABSTRACT Coastal Oyashio Water (COW), the cold low-salinity water lying along the southeast coast of Hokkaido, sometimes flows into Funka Bay on the southwest coast in winter and spring. Because this water is low in density, a density current called the "Coastal Oyashio"...
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The Economist (US)
Caviar with currents. (Hokkaido Electric Power, Hokkaido, Japan develops caviar farming idea and will give away rights)
11/13/1993: 401 words, approx. 1 pages
Regulations will not permit Hokkaido to diversify, but the utility wants to make use of some of its inventions. Hokkaido has developed a method of injecting sturgeon with hormones to increase caviar production. Hokkaido expects to earn a profit from the electricity used. ...
 


 

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