Route 398 (Japan) — Infobox road state=Japan type=National route=398 maint= name notes= 国道398号 length km=273.6 length round= length ref= established= direction a= terminus a= junction= direction b= terminus b= browse= commons=category customcommons=Route 398… … Wikipedia
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Japan — /jeuh pan /, n. 1. a constitutional monarchy on a chain of islands off the E coast of Asia: main islands, Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu, and Shikoku. 125,716,637; 141,529 sq. mi. (366,560 sq. km). Cap.: Tokyo. Japanese, Nihon, Nippon. 2. Sea of, the… … Universalium
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