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Koriyama

American  
[kaw-ree-yah-mah] / ˈkɔ riˈjɑ mɑ /

noun

  1. a city on E central Honshu, in Japan.


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She had become almost inured to such behavior as she went through trainings at Camp Koriyama in northeastern Japan.

From Washington Post Feb. 26, 2023

That sense of resignation could be felt at Takase Elementary School in Koriyama, where about 400 people sought shelter from the typhoon and more than 230 remained on Monday.

From New York Times Oct. 15, 2019

On July 8—chosen for the date of 7/8—the Fukushima prefecture city of Koriyama held a Daruma festival to inspire the refugees from the surrounding area.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 10, 2011

“I'm worried about my rice,” says Kuniei Kanno, a farmer in the town of Koriyama, south of Fukushima City.

From Time Aug. 8, 2011

Officials wearing protective suits chat as they usher people through a radiation emergency scanning center in Koriyama, Japan, Tuesday, March 15, 2011 four days after a giant quake and tsunami struck the country’s northeastern coast.

From Washington Post Mar. 15, 2011

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