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The 100 Fishing Village Heritage Sites, more fully the 100 Select Fishing Industry Fishing Village Historical and Cultural Heritage Sites to be Preserved for the Future (未来に残したい漁業漁村の歴史文化財産百選), is an initiative of the National Association of Fisheries Infrastructure (全国漁港漁場協会) endorsed by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries ...
The island was originally called Isla Raza de Buena Gente [2] and later Rattlesnake Island. [3] It was renamed Terminal Island in 1891. [2]In 1909, the newly reincorporated Southern California Edison Company decided to build a new steam station to provide reserve capacity and emergency power for the entire Edison system and to enable Edison to shut down some of its small, obsolete steam plants.
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The U.S. ambassador to Japan, Tom Foley, personally apologized to both Premier Mori and to the Emperor of Japan. The public apologies to the Japanese from the highest American officials caused resentment among some American veterans of the Pacific War and their families, as well as among Asian victims of Imperial Japanese aggression and occupation.
Prior to the construction of Tsunoshima Bridge, Tsunoshima and the mainland were connected by a ferry that made seven daily round-trips. [5] The ferry was frequently delayed and cancelled due to inclement weather, particularly in the winter; [5] in 1983, a group of roughly 100 island residents formed a group to advocate for the construction of a bridge. [1]
Two-way traffic will resume by this weekend, but the opening of temporary lanes will not totally fix the gridlock.
The fishing village of Taiji 33°35′58″N 135°56′47″E / 33.599329°N 135.946498°E / 33.599329; 135.946498 The Taiji dolphin drive hunt is based on driving dolphins and other small cetaceans into a small bay where they can be killed or captured for their meat and for sale to dolphinariums
In a still from a video posted to a closed Facebook group by Brandon Lynaugh, a Pine Island resident cheers and chuckles as a Publix truck follows a police officer on a new, temporary bridge built ...