prewar period
81Agriculture, forestry, and fishing in Japan — Agriculture, forestry, and fishing form the Primary sector of industry of the Japanese economy, together with the Japanese mining industry, but together they account for only 1.3% of gross national product. Only 15% of Japan s land is suitable… …
82Jinja gappei — Shrine merger. Also referred to as jinja goshi joint enshrinement . It refers to a process where shrines (and their kami) A and B are merged with shrine C, such that shrine C remains as the place of enshrinement of all the kami, and shrines A… …
83LIDA — LIDA, town in Grodno district, Belarus. Jews are first mentioned in the mid 16th century, and in 1579 King Stephan Batory gave them a Bill of Rights and allowed them to build a synagogue. According to a decision of the Lithuanian council (see… …
84Robert P. Briscoe — Military careerWorld War I and between the warsAdmiral Briscoe graduated from the United States Naval Academy in June 1918. During World War I he served on the battleship USS Alabama (BB 8) of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet and on the destroyer USS Roe… …
85Yasukuni Jinja — The Yasukuni (the name means pacification of the country) Shrine was constructed after the Meiji Restoration to enshrine the 7,751 spirits of those loyalists who had died during battles related to the restoration. It was first known (until… …
86immediate — im|me|di|ate [ ı midiət ] adjective *** 1. ) happening or done now, without any delay: Our government must take immediate action. Restrictions on advertising had an immediate impact on rates of teenage smoking. The rebels demanded the immediate… …
87Rono Faction — The Rono Faction constituted one position in a fierce debate, which began in the period 1927–37, between Japanese Marxist economists and historians regarding the nature of Japanese capitalism and the modern Japanese state. The Rono faction… …
88immediate */*/*/ — UK [ɪˈmiːdɪət] / US [ɪˈmɪdɪət] adjective 1) happening or done now, without any delay Our government must take immediate action. The rebels demanded the immediate release of the prisoners. Restrictions on advertising had an immediate impact on… …
89AUERBAKH, ROKHL — (Rachel; 1903–1976), prolific Yiddish and Polish author, historian, and essayist. Born in Lanovtsy (Galicia), in the prewar period Auerbakh founded and edited the literary journal Tsushtayer in Lemberg (Lvov). In Warsaw from 1933, she published… …
90Plastic — is the general common term for a wide range of synthetic or semisynthetic organic solid materials suitable for the manufacture of industrial products. Plastics are typically polymers of high molecular weight, and may contain other substances to… …
