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Shimane

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Shimane (shĭmä`nā), prefecture (1990 pop. 781,005), SW Honshu, Japan, on the Sea of Japan. Matsue Matsue (mäts`ā), city (1990 pop.
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 (the capital), Hamada Hamada (hämä`dä), city (1990 pop. 49,135), Shimane prefecture, SW Honshu, Japan, on the Japan Sea. It is a fishing and commercial port.
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, and Izumo are the most important cities. Stock raising, lumbering, and rice growing are important activities. The Oki Islands are part of Shimane.


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Tokyo, Japan, Mar 28, 2006 - (JCN) - Hitachi announced on March 24 that San-In Godo Bank of Shimane Prefecture has adopted its proprietary finger vein authentication system and will offer the bank's customers a biometric service starting on May 15.
55) Similar campaigns have been waged against the reclamation of Japan's fifth-largest lake, Lake Nakaumi in Shimane Prefecture, with over half a million people signing a petition to have the project halted.
Located in the western Japanese prefecture of Shimane, Mihonoseki was, at that time, a small fishing village with a dwindling population.
 
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