The following article is from The Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1979). It might be outdated or ideologically biased.

Miyagi

a prefecture in Japan on northeastern Honshu. Area, 7,300 sq km (including the Ojika Peninsula); population, 1,820,000 (1970 census, 50 percent urban). The capital is Sendai.

Miyagi’s principal economic sectors are agriculture and fishing. The prefecture is one of Japan’s most important rice-growing regions; more than 76 percent of the prefecture’s arable land—mainly on the Sendai lowland—is planted with rice. The rice harvest in 1970 was 586,000 tons. The average annual fish catch (tuna, bonito, and sardines) is 400,000–500,000 tons. Miyagi supplies sea products primarily to Tokyo and its satellite cities. The main fishing ports are Ishinomaki and Shiogama.

The prefecture’s main branches of manufacturing include food processing (fish canning and processing of agricultural products) and the production of electrical equipment, pulp and paper, and wood products. There is also aircraft industry. There are deposits of uranium ore, zinc, and lead (lead and zinc are mined in the Hosokura region). Miyagi’s major industrial centers are Sendai, Ishinomaki, and Shiogama. The Matsushima Islands are tourist centers.

N. A. SMIRNOV

Mentioned in

References in periodicals archive

Asian F&B outlet Mr Miyagi's is set to open its doors at the Studio One Hotel in Dubai on the 20 June 2019.

Dubai's Studio One Hotel set to open Mr Miyagi's F&B outlet

ALLERTON restaurant Miyagi has announced its closure - alongside its sister restaurant in Ormskirk.

Restaurants close their doors

The seven men, who are collectively known as N-Shrync, serve and entertain guests at Mr Miyagi's restaurant located on the 9th floor of the Media One Hotel in Media City.

Dubai restaurant and the seven dwarfs

The quake occurred off the Pacific coast of Miyagi Prefecture in the southern Tohoku Region at 6:32 a.m., according to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA).

5.1-magnitude quake strikes off Japan

TOKYO, Japan, March 16 (KUNA) -- Governor of Japan's Miyagi Prefecture on Friday expressed a renewed appreciation for Kuwait's heartwarming support following the 2011 earthquake-tsunami disaster, which made a great contribution to its recovery efforts.

Japan's quake-hit Miyagi Gov. thanks Kuwait for heartwarming support

Meanwhile, Filipino-Spanish striker Angel Guirado scored in his return to the national side, while Kintaro Miyagi was on target in his debut as the Philippines crushed a youthful Laos side, 3-1, last Friday at the start of the Chinese Taipei Football Association Invitational Tournament at Municipal Stadium in Taipei.

Global trips Meralco in PFL semis first leg; Guirado scores in Azkals return

The automaker has taken this step because of heavy rains that earlier on Friday burst the banks of a river in the city of Osaki, in Miyagi prefecture.

Toyota cancels day shift at three factories in northeastern Japan

ISLAMABAD -- Commercial Counsellor of Pakistan to Japan Shahzad Ahmed on Monday visited Miyagi Prefecture to pursue promotion of Pakistans interests in trade, foreign investment and economic cooperation.

Pakistan Counsellor visits Miyagi Prefecture to pursue trade promotion

Nobuo Miyagi as Head of the Business Development Office at SATO Holdings Corporation.

Nobuo Miyagi Appointed to New Position of Head of Business Development Office at SATO Holdings Corporation

The quake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.0 struck shortly after midday, and was centered off the coast of Miyagi Prefecture, and 50 kilometres (30 miles) below the seabed.

Quake shakes northeastern Japan, no tsunami risk

A powerful earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.0 hit parts of Miyagi Prefecture in northeastern Japan on Sunday, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.

UPDATE2: M6 quake hits northeastern Japan, no tsunami warning issued