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Chiba

American  
[chee-bah] / ˈtʃiˈbɑ /

noun

  1. a city on SE Honshu, in central Japan, near Tokyo.


Chiba British  
/ ˈtʃiːba /

noun

  1. an industrial city in central Japan, in SE Honshu on Tokyo Bay. Pop: 880 164 (2002 est)

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With the Chiba Lotte Marines in 2022, he threw a perfect game with 19 strikeouts, then followed it up with eight more perfect frames in his next game.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 29, 2026

Nakai grabbed bronze as 20-year-old Japanese teammate Mone Chiba finished fourth, both competing in their first Olympics.

From Barron's Feb. 20, 2026

To tackle this issue, a research team led by Associate Professor Kien Nguyen from the Institute for Advanced Academic Research/Graduate School of Informatics, Chiba University, Japan, examined ways to improve efficiency in IoT blockchain networks.

From Science Daily Jan. 22, 2026

Officials urged residents in seven prefectures from Hokkaido in the north to Chiba in central Japan to stay on high alert for a potential megaquake.

From BBC Dec. 9, 2025

Mr. Chiba: “So how could the crew open the cages if they didn’t have the keys?”

From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel

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