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Mitsubishi Chemical agrees to acquire Mitsubishi Rayon

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshimitsu Kobayashi (L), president of Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corp., and Masanao Kambara, president of Mitsubishi Rayon Co., shake hands during a press conference at a hotel in Tokyo on Nov. 19, 2009, at which they announced that Mitsubishi Chemical is aiming to turn Mitsubishi Rayon into a wholly owned subsidiary by next March in a deal that could be worth around 200 billion yen.

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Latest annexation drops number of villages, towns, cities

SHIZUOKA, Japan - An opening ceremony of the Kambara branch of the city of Shizuoka is held in the city's Shimizu Ward on March 31.

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Powerful typhoon moving close to Izu

KAMBARA, Japan - Waves wash the shore of Kambara, Shizuoka Prefecture, as powerful Typhoon Saola, the season's 17th, moved close to the Izu island chain in the Pacific on Sept. 24.

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(6)Special Olympics winter competition begins in Nagano

NAGANO, Japan - Tatsuya Kambara (L) lights the cauldron with the Special Olympics flame at the Nagano Memorial Arena (M-Wave) in Nagano on Feb. 26 during the opening ceremony of the 2005 Special Olympics World Winter Games, with Olympic medal-winning marathoner Yuko Arimori behind him. (Pool photo)

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(6)Special Olympics winter competition begins in Nagano

NAGANO, Japan - Tatsuya Kambara (L) lights the cauldron with the Special Olympics flame at the Nagano Memorial Arena (M-Wave) in Nagano on Feb. 26 during the opening ceremony of the 2005 Special Olympics World Winter Games, with Olympic medal-winning marathoner Yuko Arimori behind him. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

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Hiroshige - 53 Stations of the Tokaido - Print 16

16 Kambara - A mountain village at nightfall under deep snow, through which three people are toiling, one with his head buried in a half open umbrella. Utagawa Hiroshige (1797 - 1858). The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido - Hoeido edition (1831-4) Date: 1831 - 1834

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Powerful typhoon moving close to Izu

KAMBARA, Japan - Waves wash the shore of Kambara, Shizuoka Prefecture, as powerful Typhoon Saola, the season's 17th, moved close to the Izu island chain in the Pacific on Sept. 24. (Kyodo)

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Mitsubishi Chemical agrees to acquire Mitsubishi Rayon

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshimitsu Kobayashi (L), president of Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corp., and Masanao Kambara, president of Mitsubishi Rayon Co., shake hands during a press conference at a hotel in Tokyo on Nov. 19, 2009, at which they announced that Mitsubishi Chemical is aiming to turn Mitsubishi Rayon into a wholly owned subsidiary by next March in a deal that could be worth around 200 billion yen. (Kyodo)