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Kawasaki(dictionary)
kawasaki(medicine)
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Kawasaki flights(tourism)
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Kawasaki's syndrome(medicine)

Kawasaki (sh)




City (pop., 2000 prelim.: 1,249,851) and port, Honshu, Japan.

It lies on Tokyo Bay, between Tokyo and Yokohama. Almost completely destroyed in World War II, it has since been rebuilt. It is a major industrial centre for machinery and chemicals manufacturing and has large shipbuilding facilities. It is the site of a 12th-century Buddhist temple.