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Iwaki

American  
[ee-wah-kee] / iˈwɑ ki /

noun

  1. a city on northeastern Honshu, in Japan.


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His wife evacuated to her parents’ home in Yokohama, near Tokyo with their four children, but Okawa stayed in Iwaki to work on reopening the store.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 23, 2023

After studying outside the region for eight years, Sato now works for her hometown - though from an office in Iwaki, another city in the Fukushima prefecture.

From Washington Times • Mar. 8, 2021

Though much of Iwaki appeared as usual, tiles had fallen from the front of at least one building, and the sound of broken glass being swept up echoed from several shops and restaurants.

From Reuters • Feb. 14, 2021

United Brothers, from the Green Tea Gallery in Iwaki, Japan, are offering soup at lunchtime, made by the artists’ mother from vegetables grown after the radiation disaster in Fukushima.

From New York Times • Oct. 16, 2014

Ise-monogatari, 261 Italian cities, 226 Italians, 261, 350 Italy, 285 Iwaki, province, 104 Iwami, province, 305 Iwashiro, province, 104 Iyeyasu, Tokugawa, 267, 281ff.,

From An Introduction to the History of Japan by Hara, Katsuro

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