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Yokohama
Seaport city (pop., 1995 est.: 3,307,000), SE Honshu, Japan, on W Tokyo Bay. It was a small fishing village when U.S. naval officer M. Perry visited in 1854 to negotiate Japanese trading possibilities. It was opened for foreign settlement and trade in 1859. It was destroyed by earthquake and fire in 1923 and severely damaged by U.S. air raids in 1945 during World War II, but it was rebuilt both times. It is Japan's principal port and part of the Tokyo urban-industrial region. It produces textiles, chemicals, ships, machinery, petroleum products, and automobiles.
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