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Akashi

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Akashi (ä'kä`shē), city (1990 pop. 270,722), Hyogo prefecture, W Honshu, Japan, on the Harima Sea and the Akashi Channel. Overfishing and marine pollution have hurt what was formerly an important fishing port. Akashi now has a productive heavy steel industry, which dates back to the Korean War.


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There is always a need for more candid dialogue with international friends," Akashi said.
Japan, Sri Lanka's largest single aid donor, was sending Yasushi Akashi on a three-day visit starting Monday to assess Colombo's moves to re-settle the war-displaced civilians, a diplomat said.
Akashi called for civilians in the war zone to be protected and for the government to give greater assistance to those refugees from the region who are living in state-run camps in the northeast.
 
 
 
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