Iwaki
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Places

  • Iwaki, Fukushima
    Iwaki, Fukushima
    is a city located in the southern part of the Hamadōri coastal region of Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.A designated "core city", Iwaki is also one of the growing number of hiragana cities. Its area is 1,231.35 km², making it the 10th largest city in Japan...

    : a city in Japan.
  • Iwaki, Akita
    Iwaki, Akita
    Iwaki was a town located in Yuri District, Akita, Japan.On March 22, 2005 the city of Honjō and the towns of Chōkai, Higashiyuri, Iwaki, Nishime, Ōuchi, Yashima and Yuri, all from Yuri District, merged to form the new city of Yurihonjō....

    : a town in Japan.
  • Iwaki Province
    Iwaki Province
    was an old province in the area that is today Fukushima Prefecture and Miyagi Prefecture.-History:This iteration of Iwaki Province lasted for a brief period of time in Nara period. Established in 718 with the division of Mutsu Province, it was composed of five district of Iwaki , Shineha , Namekata...

    : an old province of Japan.
  • Iwaki (volcano): a volcano on the Japanese island of Honshū
    Honshu
    is the largest island of Japan. The nation's main island, it is south of Hokkaido across the Tsugaru Strait, north of Shikoku across the Inland Sea, and northeast of Kyushu across the Kanmon Strait...

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  • Iwaki (computer server): a solaris server at the Australian National University
    Australian National University
    The Australian National University is a teaching and research university located in the Australian capital, Canberra.As of 2009, the ANU employs 3,945 administrative staff who teach approximately 10,000 undergraduates, and 7,500 postgraduate students...

     primarily used by the Department of Computer Science
    Computer science
    Computer science or computing science is the study of the theoretical foundations of information and computation and of practical techniques for their implementation and application in computer systems...

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Surname

  • Iwaki clan : a Japanese clan that ruled Hamadōri
    Hamadori
    is an area comprising the easternmost third of Fukushima Prefecture in Japan.The principal city of the area is Iwaki.-History:From the Heian period to the Tensho period, Hamadori was divided by the Iwaki clan and the Soma clan . After the Battle of Sekigahara, the Iwaki clan was banished to...

     Area.
  • Hiroyuki Iwaki
    Hiroyuki Iwaki
    was a Japanese conductor and percussionist.-Biography:Iwaki was born in Tokyo in 1932. Shortly after he entered an elementary school, he moved to Kyoto due to his father's transference. He came to play the xylophone at nine years old...

     : a Japanese musician and conductor.
  • Mirai Iwaki: a fictional character with the surname
  • Seiji Iwaki, a racer from Initial D
    Initial D
    is a manga by Shuichi Shigeno which has been serialized in Kodansha's Young Magazine since 1995. It has been adapted into a long-running anime series by OB Planning, Studio Comet, Studio Gallop, Pastel, and A.C.G.T, and a live action film by Avex and Media Asia...

     series

Companies and products

  • Iwaki, a brand of cell culture
    Cell culture
    Cell culture is the complex process by which cells are grown under controlled conditions. In practice, the term "cell culture" has come to refer to the culturing of cells derived from singlecellular eukaryotes, especially animal cells. However, there are also cultures of plants, fungi and microbes,...

     laboratory plasticware owned by Bibby-Sterlin Ltd having its origins in Asahi Glass Co.
    Asahi Glass Co.
    is a Japanese manufacturing company. It is one of the core Mitsubishi companies.Founded in 1907 by Toshiya Iwasaki, the second son of the second president of the original Mitsubishi Zaibatsu. It was the first Japanese producer of sheet glass. Asahi Glass Co...

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  • Iwaki Pumps a manufacturer of specialist pumping equipment.
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