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Hitachi

American  
[hi-tah-chee] / hɪˈtɑ tʃi /

noun

  1. an industrial city in E Honshu, Japan.


Hitachi British  
/ hɪˈtætʃɪ /

noun

  1. a city in Japan, in E Honshu: a centre of the electronics industry. Pop: 193 080 (2002 est)

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Everton made league history when Hafnia, a Danish tinned meat company, was the first sponsor to appear on a shirt, followed days later by Liverpool, who had signed up with Japanese electronics firm Hitachi.

From BBC Aug. 13, 2026

An EMR spokesperson said any suggestion that the Hitachi Rail Class 810 fleet did not meet the required safety standards was "incorrect", and added it continued "to engage in discussions with RMT regarding this dispute".

From BBC Jul. 21, 2026

These companies are household names in Japan, and often in the United States: Hitachi.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 6, 2026

Cisco is a “winder” at Hitachi Energy’s transformer factory in southern Virginia where she twists wire by hand around a giant cylinder.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 16, 2025

Just a few months before the accident my dad had finally bought this $350 Hitachi bread machine he’d seen in a catalog and had been wanting and that my mom thought was unnecessary and ridiculous.

From "The Miseducation of Cameron Post" by emily m. danforth

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