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Ninomiya Sontoku (二宮 尊徳, September 4, 1787 – November 17, 1856), also known as Ninomiya Kinjirō (二宮 金次郎), was a Japanese agriculturalist. He lost his parents when he was a boy, but through hard work and diligence, he rebuilt his fallen family at the age of 20.
George Shima (1864 – March 27, 1926) was a Japanese American businessman in California who became the first Japanese American millionaire. [1] At one point, he produced about 85% of the state's potato crop, [ 2 ] which earned him the nickname "The Potato King".
In Feudal Japan between 1185 CE and 1868 CE [citation needed], vassals offered their loyalty and services (military or other) to a landlord in exchange for access to a portion of land and its harvest. In such a system, political power is diverted from a central monarch and control is divided up amongst wealthy landowners and warlords.
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Ken Eto (衛藤 健 Etō Ken; October 19, 1919 – January 23, 2004), also known as Tokyo Joe and "The Jap", was an American mobster with the Chicago Outfit and eventually an FBI informant who ran Asian gambling operations for the organization.
Farmers Insurance, the state's second-largest home insurer, said it expects to lose at least $600 million from the Los Angeles fires, a substantially smaller figure than some other major insurers ...
An arrest has been made in connection with the Kenneth Fire in the West Hollywood Hills.As firefighters continue battling flames near homes in Calabasas and West Hills, the Los Angeles Police ...
"gekokujō". Japan: An Illustrated Encyclopedia.Vol. 1: A–L.Tokyo: Kodansha. 1993. p. 447. ISBN 4062064898. OCLC 76078619. Since the medieval period mid-12th–14th centuries) writers have used the term to describe a variety of situations in which established authority was being challenged from below, such as the coup plots and insubordination the 1930s (see February 26 Incident; Militarism).