Kawabata
Americannoun
noun
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To investigate these questions, Kawabata and colleagues studied how 50 species of true crabs move.
From Science Daily • May 2, 2026
Working with Japanese American woodworker Toshi Kawabata of Barrban Woodworks, Lizabeth Altounian realized her dream of living in a Kyoto-style dwelling, on a small scale.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 17, 2025
Kawabata gives us children who delight in “breaking off chunks of ice from the drains and throwing them down in the middle of the road.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 12, 2025
Kishida and Yoon will reportedly share a more formal dinner of sukiyaki beforehand, but the real ice-breaker could be when they sit down for omurice, Kawabata said.
From Reuters • Mar. 16, 2023
The academy awarded him the Nobel Prize in literature in 1994, making him the second Japanese author to receive the honor, after Yasunari Kawabata in 1968.
From Washington Post • Mar. 13, 2023
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