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Sasebo City
佐世保市
alternative words: Saseboshi city, Sasebo, Saseboshi, Sasebo-shi
keywords:
harbor
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kyushu
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military base
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town
related topics:
Nagasaki Prefecture
related web sites:
http://nagasaki.sasebo.tao.go.jp/home.htm
explanation: Town located in the north-west of Nagasaki Prefecture, facing East China Sea. Its population is 250,000. Since the Japanese government chose it as the headquarters of 3rd naval district in 1886, it has developed always as a military harbor. Though during WWII, most of the town had been destroyed, it has been restored as a merchant and fishing harbor. Nevertheless, used by Japanese and American navies, it still keeps a role of military harbor.
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French version