japan — japanner, n. /jeuh pan /, n., adj., v., japanned, japanning. n. 1. any of various hard, durable, black varnishes, originally from Japan, for coating wood, metal, or other surfaces. 2. work varnished and figured in the Japanese manner. 3. Japans,… … Universalium
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
Japan — This article is about the country. For other uses, see Japan (disambiguation) … Wikipedia
National highways of Japan — See also: Expressways of Japan A structure of a blank national shield … Wikipedia
Toyohashi, Aichi — Infobox City Japan Name= Toyohashi JapaneseName= 豊橋市 Map Region= Chūbu Prefecture= Aichi District= Area km2= 261.26 PopDate= October 1, 2005 Population= 379,830 Density km2= 1413.94 Coords= LatitudeDegrees= 34 LatitudeMinutes= 46 LatitudeSeconds … Wikipedia
Hamamatsu — Infobox City Japan Name= Hamamatsu JapaneseName= 浜松市 Map Region= Chūbu Prefecture= Shizuoka District= Area km2= 1511.17 PopDate= March 2007 Population= 808,182 Density km2= 534.81 Coords= LatitudeDegrees= 34 LatitudeMinutes= 43 LatitudeSeconds=… … Wikipedia
Task Force 31 — (TF 31) was a US Navy task force active with the United States Third Fleet during World War II, and still ready to be activated today with today s Third Fleet. Task Force numbers were in constant use, and there were several incarnations of TF 31… … Wikipedia
Chōnan, Chiba — Chōnan 長南町 Town Location of Chōnan in Chiba Prefecture … Wikipedia
List of Allied ships at the Japanese surrender — These ships of the Allied navies of World War II were present in Tokyo Bay on Victory over Japan Day (2 September 1945) when the Japanese Instrument of Surrender was signed on board the battleship USS Missouri (BB 63). Battleships * USS Colorado… … Wikipedia
United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… … Universalium