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Torii at Itsuku Island, Japan.
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Symbolic gateway marking the entrance to Shinto shrines or other sacred spots in Japan. It has many variations, but it characteristically consists of two cylindrical posts topped by a crosswise rectangular beam extending beyond the posts on either side and a second crosswise beam a short distance below. The top beam often curves upward. Some authorities relate the torii to the Indian torana, others to Manchurian and Chinese gates. Often painted red, the torii demarcates the boundary between sacred and ordinary space.



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Tokyo, Japan, Nov 30, 2006 - (JCN) - Toray, JT and Torii Pharmaceutical announced November 28 that the companies have filed for a new drug application in Japan for TRK-820, an antipruritic agent originally discovered by Toray.
The exercise was a culmination of months of training and included participants from all activities and units on Naha Military Port as well as the Army on Okinawa Fire Chief, Torii Station Provost Marshal's Office, and the Camp Kinser Marine Corps Base PMO.
The industry has come a long way in its brief 80-odd-year history, but if Suntory founder Torii Shinjo had heeded general opinion when he announced his plans to produce locally, it would probably not exist at all.
 
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