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Kagoshima

Industrial city and port on Kyushu island, southwest Japan, 150 km/93 mi southeast of Nagasaki; population (2005) 604,400. It is the seat of the prefecture of the same name. Satsumayaki porcelain, starch, caramel, vegetable oil, tobacco, wood crafts, and a silk fabric called tsumugi are produced here. Kagoshima is often compared to Naples, its twin city.

St Francis Xavier landed here 1549. It was a rebel base in the Seinan (or Satsuma) Rebellion of 1877.



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Kamato Hongo of the city of Kagoshima, Kagoshima Prefecture, who will be 115 on Monday, is the oldest person in Japan, followed by Yukichi Chuganji, 113, of Ogori, Fukuoka Prefecture, and Mitoyo Kawate, 113, of Hiroshima.
Kamato Hongo of Kagoshima, Kagoshima Prefecture in southwestern Japan, became the record holder after the death of Maude Farris-Luse at the age of 115 years and 56 days, according to the official Web site of Guinness World Records.
 
 
 
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