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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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Passengers were stranded at metro stations, while around 1,800 people spent the night at the Chiba Prefectural Government building.

From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026

Hundreds spent the night in shelters in Chiba, NHK reported, showing cars in water up to the headlights in Kashiwa city.

From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026

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

The majority of the monologue in Tarantino’s film is adapted from the opening of the 1976 Japanese martial arts film “The Bodyguard,” with action star Sonny Chiba.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 16, 2026

Just outside of Chiba, at a refinery owned by Cosmo Oil, a huge storage tank had been filled with water—instead of the lighter natural gas it was meant to hold—for inspection.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland

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