(2002 est. pop. 5.5 million). Hyogo Prefecture is situated in the western region of Japan's island of Honshu. Once mainly agricultural, it has been overtaken by industry in the south. It occupies an area of 8,382 square kilometers....

Hyōgo Prefecture (兵庫県, Hyōgo-ken?) is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kinki region on Honshū island. The capital is Kobe. The prefecture's name was previously alternately spelled as...

ABSTRACT Landings of abalone (H. discus, H. gigantea, and H. madaka) in Chiba Prefecture, Japan exceeded 700 t in 1966 and fluctuated between 600-800 t until 1978. The landings started to decline in 1979 and reduced to less than 100 t in 1997....

Gunma's politics and budget are dominated by Liberal Democratic Party powers Keizo Obuchi and former Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone, whose campaign funds have always been dominated by agribusiness. The subsidization of declining silk, mulberry and timber industries is analyzed. SOMETIMES there seem to...