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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Another 16,000 residents in the Niigata and Yamagata prefectures north of Ishikawa were also told to evacuate, the AFP news agency said.

From BBC • Sep. 22, 2024

Researchers from the University of Oulu, Nagoya University, Yamagata University and ETH Zurich also contributed to the study.

From Science Daily • Apr. 4, 2024

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

The strain, known as Yamagata, has not been detected since March 2020, and some scientists suspect it went extinct because of social distancing measures imposed during the pandemic.

From Science Magazine • Oct. 4, 2023

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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