Yamagata

American

[yah-mah-gah-tah] / ˈyɑ mɑˈgɑ tɑ /

noun

Prince Aritomo 1838–1922, Japanese field marshal and statesman.

Yamagata British

/ ˌjæməˈɡɑːtə /

noun

Prince Aritomo (ˌærɪˈtəʊməʊ). 1838–1922, Japanese soldier and politician. As war minister (1873) and chief of staff (1878), he modernized Japan's military system. He was premier of Japan (1889–93; 1898)

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One of the bodies was discovered elsewhere in the Iwate region on Thursday, while another was found in a forest in Yamagata prefecture on Tuesday, police said, without providing the cause of the deaths.

From Barron's • May 8, 2026

Eto is also a professor at Yamagata University, and all three scientists are affiliated with Keio University in Japan.

From Science Daily • Dec. 7, 2025

Shrines with other sokushinbutsu can be found around Japan, with more than half the known sokushinbutsu around the sacred mountains of Yamagata prefecture.

From National Geographic • Jan. 19, 2024

He uses rice from just one farm in Yamagata prefecture.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 8, 2022

Still, a stream of refugees made their way to Yamagata, the prefecture west of Fukushima, where they would sleep on floors in crowded gymnasiums and municipal buildings.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland

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