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Yawata

American  
[yah-wah-tah] / ˈyɑ wɑˌtɑ /
Japanese Yahata

noun

  1. Kitakyushu


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On June 1, with the approval of Japan's rather toothless antitrust watchdog, the Fair Trade Commission, Fuji and Yawata will form the New Japan Steel Co., the world's second largest steel company after U.S.

From Time Magazine Archive

One day it announced the sinking of a 16,500-ton liner of the Yawata class.

From Time Magazine Archive

Yawata Iron & Steel Co. is supplying 49% of the capital for a $16 million steel mill in Malaya.

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Fuji and Yawata together account for 34% of Japan's burgeoning steel production.

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At the same time, the old government monopoly, Japan Steel & Iron Co., was broken up into Yawata Iron & Steel Co. and Fuji Iron & Steel Co., currently Japan's two largest producers.

From Time Magazine Archive