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Amagasaki

American  
[ah-mah-gah-sah-kee] / ˈɑ mɑ gɑˈsɑ ki /

noun

  1. a city on SW Honshu, in S Japan.


Amagasaki British  
/ əˌmɑːɡəˈsɑːkɪ /

noun

  1. an industrial city in Japan, in W Honshu, on Osaka Bay. Pop: 463 256 (2002 est)

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Also missing, embarrassed officials in Amagasaki, an industrial city northwest of Osaka, explained at a news conference, were the names, birthdays and ID numbers of about 460,000 people: the entire population of the city.

From New York Times • Jun. 28, 2022

"We deeply regret that we have profoundly harmed the public's trust in the administration of the city," an Amagasaki city official told a press conference.

From BBC • Jun. 24, 2022

He also examined the derailment of a commuter train in Amagasaki, western Japan that killed 107 people in 2005, according to the database.

From BusinessWeek • Jun. 17, 2011

His father does not own a car but he does have a sushi restaurant in Amagasaki – not a career path his son was ever going to want to follow.

From The Guardian • Mar. 21, 2011

Two thousand shivering workers gathered outside the steel plants and shipyards of Amagasaki one day last week, crowding and craning for a look at an old, partly paralyzed man bundled inside a black Chrysler Imperial.

From Time Magazine Archive

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