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57-604: In April 1946, Kanto Auto Works was established in Yokosuka , Kanagawa Prefecture , Japan, as an independent company called Kanto Electric Motor Works which focused on repairing cars, assembling electric vehicles and producing bus bodies. In early 1948, it became a Toyota contractor, producing auto bodies. During its early years, the company also assembled some cars for Toyota ( Toyota SB , Toyota Master , Toyota Crown ). The company also diversified into other products such as yachts and prefabricated homes . In 1950, it adopted

114-637: A friendship city relationship with one city: Sarushima is an uninhabited island in the Tokyo Bay , accessible by ferry from Yokosuka. The Mikasa , flagship of Admiral Togo at the Battle of Tsushima , built in Britain by Vickers , is preserved on dry land at Yokosuka. It is a museum, complete with actors dressed like members of the original crew, and can be visited for an entrance fee of 600 yen. The Club Alliance enlisted club, which lies just inside

171-573: A large electrical power generating facility, and a midget submarine factory and warehouse were among the many facilities built. American occupation forces landed at Yokosuka on August 30, 1945, after the surrender of Japan , and the naval base has been used by the US Navy since that time. The caves were used for storage and as an emergency shelter during the Korean War. From the 1950s, United States Fleet Activities Yokosuka has been home port for

228-602: A major center for the Japanese telecommunications industry, and is where many of the wireless, mobile communications related companies have set up their research and development centers and joint testing facilities. Per Japanese census data, Yokosuka's population peaked around the year 1990 and has declined since then. Foreign citizens in Yokosuka are mainly Filipinos , Koreans , Chinese , and Americans . Yokosuka's public elementary and junior high schools are operated by

285-455: A military port next to the American base, as well as numerous training facilities at scattered locations around the city. For those reasons, there are a few hundred Americans and a thousand Filipinos in Yokosuka. In 2001, Yokosuka was designated as a core city , with increased autonomy from the central government. Aside from the economic impact of its various military facilities, Yokosuka

342-422: A native of Yokosuka, opened on July 20, 2000. It has been reported that Japan's former prime minister, Junichiro Koizumi , was influential in getting it built as he was a big fan of Hide's band X Japan . The museum stayed open, past its original three-year plan, for five years, before closing on 25 September 2005. Yokosuka is considered a place of origin of sukajan jackets. These embroidered satin bombers are

399-437: A popular souvenir from the city, especially the more expensive, handmade ones. Yokosuka, including Dobuita Street, is the setting for the 1999 video game Shenmue . Yokosuka is also depicted in the game's anime adaptation. City officials cooperated with animators. The 2000 PlayStation game Front Mission 3 , and Shohei Imamura 's 1961 New Wave film Pigs and Battleships take place in Yokosuka. Additionally, Yokosuka

456-510: A single company called Toyota Motor East Japan , Inc. This article about an industrial corporation or company is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about a Japanese corporation- or company-related topic is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Yokosuka Yokosuka ( 横須賀市 , Yokosuka-shi ) is a city in Kanagawa Prefecture , Japan . As of February 2024 ,

513-669: A single industrial complex with a concentration of light and heavy industry along Tokyo Bay . Other major cities in the area include Kawasaki (in Kanagawa Prefecture); Saitama (in Saitama Prefecture); and Chiba (in Chiba Prefecture). Smaller cities, farther away from the coast, house substantial light and automotive industries. The average population density reached 1,192 persons per square kilometer in 1991. The Kantō region largely corresponds to

570-534: Is a festival celebrating Japanese curry , which draws 50,000 attendees each year. The plant is adjacent to Nissan's Research and Development Center, the Oppama Proving Ground and the Oppama Wharf, from which Nissan ships vehicles made at Oppama and Nissan's other two Japanese vehicle assembly plants to other regions of Japan and overseas. The Yokosuka Research Park , established in 1997, is

627-490: Is also an industrial city, with factories operated by Nissan Motors and its affiliated subsidiaries employing thousands of local residents. The Nissan Leaf , Nissan Cube , and Nissan Juke models are assembled in the 520,000-square-metre (5,600,000 sq ft) Oppama plant  [ ja ] in Yokosuka. The factory began operations in 1961 where the Nissan Bluebird was originally built. Every May, there

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684-716: Is bordered by the mouth of Tokyo Bay to the east and Sagami Bay on the Pacific Ocean on the west. The area around present-day Yokosuka City has been inhabited for thousands of years. Archaeologists have found stone tools and shell middens from the Japanese Paleolithic period and ceramic shards from the Jōmon and Kofun periods at numerous locations in the area. During the Heian period , local warlord Muraoka Tamemichi established Kinugasa Castle in 1063. He became

741-820: Is the largest plain in Japan. Just north of the Enna Hills is Japan's largest alluvial fan Nasuno at the foot of Mt. The Kujukuri Plain. The southern part of Chiba Prefecture is the Boso hills. The area around Kasumigaura in Ibaraki Prefecture is the Joso plateau and Hitachi plateau. Gunma Prefecture and the Chichibu region of Saitama Prefecture are basins. Rivers such as the Arakawa and Edo rivers pour into Tokyo Bay, and

798-520: Is the location of the climactic battle in the Godzilla film Terror of Mechagodzilla . Yokosuka is a major location in the Arpeggio of Blue Steel franchise, where it serves as one of Japan's few remaining naval facilities, the only one equipped with a functional shipyard and maritime academy. Due to rising sea levels, the port is built above the ruins of the submerged original city's remains. All

855-427: Is used for residential, commercial or industrial construction, it is still farmed. Rice is the principal crop, although the zone around Tokyo and Yokohama has been landscaped to grow garden produce for the metropolitan market. In between January 1918 and April 1920, Japan was afflicted by Spanish flu pandemic, which claimed more than 400,000 Japanese lives. A watershed moment of Japan's modern history took place in

912-612: The Kantō region . The proclamation of this decision happened on the same day Toyotomi Hideyoshi, the de facto ruler of Japan at that time, entered Odawara castle following the surrender of the Hōjō clan after the Siege of Odawara (1590) . The moment Ieyasu appointed to rule Kantō, he immediately assign his premier vassals such as Ii Naomasa , Honda Tadakatsu , Sakakibara Yasumasa , and Sakai Ietsugu, son of Sakai Tadatsugu, each to control large area of

969-645: The Greater Tokyo Area . As part of Japan's attempts to predict earthquakes , an area roughly corresponding to South Kantō has been designated an 'Area of Intensified Observation' by the Coordinating Committee for Earthquake Prediction . The Japanese House of Representatives ' divides it into the North Kantō ( 北関東 , Kita-Kantō ) electorate which consists of Ibaraki, Tochigi, Gunma, and Saitama prefectures, Tokyo electorate, and

1026-664: The Kamakura period . Kamakura is the political capital and it served as the seat of the Kamakura shogunate from 1185 to 1333, established by Minamoto no Yoritomo. It was the first military government in Japan's history. Kamakura flourished until the fall of the Kamakura Shogunate , and its political functions returned to Kyoto in 1392. In 1591, Tokugawa Ieyasu gave up control of his five provinces ( Mikawa , Tōtōmi , Suruga , Shinano , and Kai ) and moved all his soldiers and vassals to his new eight provinces in

1083-650: The Kanto Auto Works name. In 1960, the company became a permanent car assembler through a new Yokosuka plant. Later, the company replaced Yokosuka for car assembly with the Higashi-Fuji (established in 1968) and Iwate (established in 1993) plants. Kanto Auto Works was a public company until the 2011 Tohoku earthquake , Toyota announced it would make it a wholly owned subsidiary. On July 1, 2012, Kanto Auto Works and two other Toyota subsidiaries ( Central Motors and Toyota Motors Tohoku ) were combined into

1140-829: The Kantō Plain . The name Kanto literally means "East of the Barrier". The name Kanto is nowadays generally considered to mean the region east (東) of the Hakone Barrier (箱根関). An antonym of Kanto, "West of the Barrier" means the Kansai region , which lies western Honshu and was the center of feudal Japan. After the Great Kanto earthquake (1923), many people in Kanto started creating art with different varieties of colors. They made art of earthquake and small towns to symbolize

1197-650: The Muromachi period until their defeat at Arai Castle in a 1518 attack by Hōjō Sōun . Following the defeat of the Later Hōjō clan at the Battle of Odawara , Toyotomi Hideyoshi transferred Tokugawa Ieyasu to take control over the Kantō region , including Yokosuka in 1590. The English sailor William Adams , the first Briton to set foot in Japan, arrived at Uraga aboard the Dutch trading vessel Liefde in 1600. In 1612, he

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1254-602: The United States Seventh Fleet , and played a critical support role in the Korean War and the Vietnam War . Yokosuka was the site of many anti-war protests during the late 1960s and 1970s. The nuclear-powered USS George Washington , formerly based at Yokosuka, was the first U.S. nuclear-powered ship that had been permanently based in Japan. The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force also operates

1311-660: The Yokosuka Education System , a department of the Yokosuka City Department of Education. Many of Yokosuka's public high schools, including Yokosuka High School , are operated by the Kanagawa Prefectural Board of Education . The city operates one municipal high school, Yokosuka Sogo High School . On 26 October 2011 Yokosuka held its annual nuclear accident evacuation drill. This drill was first held in 2008 when

1368-469: The Bay Square complex by Kenzō Tange , is a venue for opera, orchestral concerts, chamber music, and films. Dobuita Street is situated in Yokosuka, close to the U.S. naval base. Therefore, this High Street has a very American influence, with many shops accepting U.S dollars. In the evening the street turns into the local bar and club district for the area. A museum in memory of rock musician Hide ,

1425-864: The Kantō Plain is the Quaternary alluvium and diluvium. The low mountain vegetation at an altitude of about 500 to 900 m in and around the plain is an evergreen broad-leaved forest zone. The distribution height range of laurel forests is 900 m in Hakone, about 800 m in Tanzawa and Takao, about 700 m in Okutama, Oku Musashi and Oku Chichibu, about 600 m in Nishijoshu, Akagiyama, Ashio Mountains and Tsukuba Mountains and about 500 m in Kitage and Nasu Mountains . Over

1482-789: The Kinugawa and Tone rivers flow into the Pacific Ocean in Inubōsaki. Tokyo Bay is surrounded by the Boso Peninsula and the Miura Peninsula, facing the west side of Chiba Prefecture, a part of Tokyo and the east side of Kanagawa Prefecture, and borders the Pacific Ocean from Uraga Suido. The coastal area is an industrial area. The south side of Kanagawa Prefecture faces Sagami Bay and Sagami Nada. The southern coast of Ibaraki Prefecture faces Kashima Nada. The Sagami Trough, which

1539-557: The South Kantō ( 南関東 , Minami-Kantō ) electorate which consists of Chiba, Kanagawa, and Yamanashi prefectures (note that Yamanashi is out of the Kantō region in the orthodox definition). Keirin 's South Kantō ( 南関東 , Minami-Kantō ) consists of Chiba, Kanagawa, and Shizuoka prefectures. This division is not often but sometimes used. This division is sometimes used in economics and geography. The border can be modified if

1596-587: The Tokyo Metropolitan Area with the exception that it does not contain Yamanashi prefecture. The Tokyo Metropolitan Area has the largest city economy in the world and is one of the major global center of trade and commerce along with New York City, Los Angeles, Shanghai, Paris, Seoul, and London. Source The agglomeration of Tokyo is the world's largest economy, with the largest gross metropolitan product at purchasing power parity (PPP) in

1653-512: The ancestor of the Miura clan , which subsequently dominated eastern Sagami Province for the next several hundred years. The Miura clan supported Minamoto no Yoritomo in the foundation of the Kamakura shogunate , but were later annihilated by Hōjō Tokiyori in 1247. However, the family name was reassigned to a supporter of the Hōjō clan , and the Miura continued to rule Miura Peninsula through

1710-670: The arsenal was taken over by the Imperial Japanese Navy , and the area of modern Yokosuka was reorganized into Uraga Town and numerous villages within Miura District , Kanagawa Prefecture . Yokosuka Village was elevated to town status in 1878 and was made the capital of Miura District. In 1889, the Yokosuka Line railway was opened, connecting Yokosuka to Yokohama and Tokyo. Yokosuka was elevated to city status on February 15, 1907. From 1916, Oppama in Yokosuka

1767-485: The city also annexed the neighboring towns and villages of Uraga, Kitashitaura, Okusu, Nagai and Takeyama, as well as Zushi . During World War II , Yokosuka was bombed on April 18, 1942, by American B-25 bombers in the Doolittle Raid with little damage as a retaliation to the attack on Pearl Harbor . Aside from minor sporadic tactical air raids by United States Navy aircraft, it was not bombed again during

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1824-401: The city has a population of 373,797, and a population density of 3,708 inhabitants per square kilometre (9,600/sq mi). The total area is 100.7 km (38.9 sq mi). Yokosuka is the 11th-most populous city in the Greater Tokyo Area , and the 12th in the Kantō region . The city is home to United States Fleet Activities Yokosuka . Yokosuka occupies most of Miura Peninsula , and

1881-424: The climate emergency. These coal-fired power plants are being built without a full environmental review, and local residents are suing the government of Japan over its construction. Environment minister Shinjirō Koizumi has been "a target of the activists' wrath" because of his support for this project. Yokosuka has twin-town relationships with four other cities. They are (in chronological order): Yokosuka has

1938-739: The entrance to Tokyo Bay , the Shogunate established the post of Uraga Bugyō in 1720, and all shipping into the bay was required to stop for inspection. As concerns over the increasing number of incursions by foreign vessels and attempts to end Japan's self-imposed national seclusion policy , the Shogunate established a number of coastal artillery batteries around Yokosuka, including an outpost at Ōtsu in 1842. However, despite these efforts, in 1853, United States naval Commodore Matthew Perry arrived in Tokyo Bay with his fleet of Black Ships and came ashore at Kurihama, in southern Yokosuka, leading to

1995-539: The evergreen broad-leaved forest are deciduous broad-leaved forests such as beech, birch, and Quercus crispula . In addition, coniferous forests such as Abies veitchii and Betula ermanii spread above the deciduous broad-leaved forest from an altitude of about 1100 m higher than the lower limit of the deciduous broad-leaved forest. Mountains are spread out such as the Taishaku Mountains, Mt. Takahara, Mt. Nasu, Mt. Yamizo, and Mt. The Kantō Plain, which

2052-526: The first modern arsenal to be created in Japan. The construction of the arsenal was the central point of a global modern infrastructure, that was to prove an important first step for the modernization of Japan's industry. Modern buildings, the Hashirimizu waterway, foundries, brick factories, and technical schools to train Japanese technicians were established. After the Meiji Restoration ,

2109-513: The former Hōjō clan territories in Kantō. Historian such as Kawamura saw this step was meant to bring order the newly subdued population of the area, while also to guard the eastern domains from the influence or threat from the Satomi clan which was not yet submit to the rule of Toyotomi at that time. The governors of Kantō region under Ieyasu rule: Meanwhile, Ieyasu himself establish his personal new seat of power on Edo town, which at that time

2166-476: The land area within its boundaries is the Kantō Plain . The rest consists of the hills and mountains that form land borders with other regions of Japan . As the Kantō region contains Tokyo , the capital and largest city of Japan, the region is considered the center of Japan's politics and economy. According to the official census on October 1, 2010, by the Statistics Bureau of Japan , the population

2223-475: The late Taishō period: the Great Kantō earthquake of 1923 . The quake, which claimed more than 100,000 lives and ravaged Greater Tokyo area, occurred at a time when Japan was still reeling from the economic recession in reaction to the high-flying years during World War I . Operation Coronet , part of Operation Downfall , the proposed Allied invasion of Japan during World War II , was scheduled to land on

2280-537: The main cast lived and attended school there before forming the privateer fleet Blue Steel that uses it as their home port. Kant%C5%8D region The Kantō region ( 関東地方 , Kantō-chihō , IPA: [ka(ꜜ)ntoː tɕiꜜhoː] ) is a geographical region of Honshu , the largest island of Japan . In a common definition, the region includes the Greater Tokyo Area and encompasses seven prefectures : Gunma , Tochigi , Ibaraki , Saitama , Tokyo , Chiba , and Kanagawa . Slightly more than 45 percent of

2337-614: The main gate of Yokosuka Naval Base, opened in 1983. It replaced the old Club Alliance which was demolished to make way for the Prince Hotel . The old Club Alliance is where Ryudo Uzaki got his start playing rock and roll . "The Honch", a mecca for shopping and nightlife and located just outside the Yokosuka Naval Base's main gates, is a popular attraction for tourists and sailors stationed nearby, as well as local Japanese residents. The Yokosuka Arts Theatre , part of

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2394-448: The national government is responsible for eight prefectures generally (Ibaraki, Tochigi, Gunma, Saitama, Chiba, Tokyo, Kanagawa, Yamanashi) and parts of the waterways in two others (Nagano and Shizuoka). The Kantō Bureau of Economy, Trade and Industry ( 関東経済産業局 , Kantō keizai-sangyō-kyoku ) is responsible for eleven prefectures: Ibaraki, Tochigi, Gunma, Saitama, Chiba, Tokyo, Kanagawa, Niigata, Yamanashi, Nagano and Shizuoka. In

2451-500: The nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS George Washington was employed at the US naval base near this city. About 70 people, residents and firefighters took part in the drill. Firefighters ordered the residents of the city to stay indoors, assuming abnormally high levels of radiation around the US base. Radioactive contamination was controlled in the emergency response center by city officials. The US Navy refused to take part this, because of

2508-666: The opening of diplomatic and trade relations between Japan and the United States. The Kanrin Maru sailed from Yokosuka in 1860 with the first Japanese diplomatic embassy to the United States in 1860. During the turbulent Bakumatsu period , the Shogunate selected Yokosuka as the site for a modern naval base, and hired the French engineer Léonce Verny in 1865 to oversee the development of shipbuilding facilities, beginning with Yokosuka Iron Foundry. Yokosuka Naval Arsenal became

2565-576: The police organization of Japan, the National Police Agency 's supervisory office for Kantō ( 関東管区警察局 , Kantō kanku keisatsu-kyoku ) is responsible for the Prefectural police departments of Ibaraki, Tochigi, Gunma, Saitama, Chiba, Kanagawa, Niigata, Yamanashi, Nagano and Shizuoka. Tokyo is not part of Kantō or any NPA region, its police has a dedicated liaison office with the national agency of its own. The surface geology of

2622-757: The prefectures are Mt. Sanpo (2,483 m) in Saitama, Mt. Kumotori (2,017 m) in Tokyo, Mt. Hiru (1,673 m) in Kanagawa, Mt. Yamizo (1,022 m) in Ibaraki, and Mt. Atago (408 m) in Chiba. Atagoyama in Chiba Prefecture is the lowest among the highest peaks in each prefecture. The region experiences a humid subtropical climate with a summer to fall precipitation maximum ( Cfa/Cwa ). The heartland of feudal power during

2679-409: The privately owned Uraga Dock Company . Yokosuka Naval District was the home port of the IJN 1st Fleet . The Great Kantō earthquake of 1923 caused severe damage to Yokosuka, including the naval base which lost two years' operations of oil supplies. The city continued to expand in 1933 with the annexation of neighboring Kinugasa Village and Taura Town in 1933 and Kurihama Village in 1937. In 1943,

2736-434: The small towns destroyed in the quake. The most often used subdivision of the region is dividing it to "North Kantō" ( 北関東 , Kita-Kantō ) , consisting of Ibaraki, Tochigi, and Gunma prefectures, and "South Kantō" ( 南関東 , Minami-Kantō ) , consisting of Saitama (sometimes classified North), Chiba, Tokyo Metropolis (sometimes singulated), and Kanagawa prefectures. South Kantō is often regarded as synonymous with

2793-490: The supposed impossibility of radiation leaking outside the base. In December 2011, another drill was scheduled with Yokosuka and other cities to prepare for the possibility that people on board the ship might be exposed to radiation. One unintended consequence of anti-nuclear sentiment is the construction of coal fired power plants, which causes air pollution and worsens global warming . As of 2020, two coal-fired power plants are proposed to be built in Yokosuka, even despite

2850-495: The topography is taken for prefectural boundaries. The Japanese national government defines the National Capital Region ( 首都圏 , Shuto-ken ) as the Kantō region plus Yamanashi Prefecture. Japan's national public broadcaster NHK uses Kantō-kō-shin-etsu ( 関東甲信越 ) involving Yamanashi, Nagano, and Niigata prefectures for regional programming and administration. The Kantō region is the most highly developed, urbanized, and industrialized part of Japan. Tokyo and Yokohama form

2907-425: The war; however, from 1938 to 1945 more than 260 caves in more than 20 separate tunnel/cave networks were built throughout the area, with at least 27 kilometers of known tunnels within the grounds of Yokosuka Naval Base. Many more tunnels are scattered throughout the surrounding areas. During the war, these tunnels and caves provided areas in which work could be done in secrecy, safe from air attacks. A 500-bed hospital,

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2964-420: The world according to a study by PricewaterhouseCoopers . Sources:, Conversion rates - Exchange rates - OECD Data The population of Kantō region is very similar to that of the Greater Tokyo Area except that it does not contain Yamanashi Prefecture and contains the rural populations throughout the region. Per Japanese census data, and the Kantō region's data, population has continuously grown but

3021-458: Was 42,607,376, amounting to approximately one third of the total population of Japan. The Kantō regional governors' association ( 関東地方知事会 , Kantō chihō chijikai ) assembles the prefectural governors of Ibaraki, Tochigi, Gunma, Saitama, Chiba, Tokyo, Kanagawa, Yamanashi, Nagano, and Shizuoka. The Kantō Regional Development Bureau ( 関東地方整備局 , Kantō chihō seibi-kyoku ) of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism in

3078-410: Was an underdeveloped town in Kantō. In the Edo period , Kanto became the center of modern development. Within the Greater Tokyo Area and especially the Tokyo- Yokohama metropolitan area, Kanto houses not only Japan's seat of government but also the nation's largest group of universities and cultural institutions, the greatest population and a large industrial zone. Although most of the Kanto plain

3135-432: Was developed as the Yokosuka Naval Air Technical Arsenal , and many of the combat aircraft subsequently operated by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service were developed or tested at Yokosuka. Yokosuka Naval Arsenal also continued to expand in the early 20th century, and its production included battleships such as Yamashiro , and aircraft carriers such as Hiryū and Shōkaku . Smaller warships were constructed at

3192-430: Was granted the title of samurai and a fief in Hemi within the boundaries of present-day Yokosuka, due to his services to the Tokugawa shogunate . A monument to Adams (called Miura Anjin in Japanese) is a local landmark in Yokosuka. During the Edo period , Yokosuka tenryō territory was controlled directly by the Tokugawa shogunate , but administered through various hatamoto . Due to its strategic location at

3249-475: Was the epicenter of the two Kanto earthquakes, passes through Sagami Bay. Efforts are being made to take safety measures against earthquakes in various places. The highest point is the summit of Mt. Nikko-Shirane (Mt. Oku-Shirane) on the border between Nikko City, Tochigi Prefecture and Katashina Village, Gunma Prefecture. It is the eighth highest point in Japan's prefectures. It is also the highest point north of Kanto (Kanto, Tohoku, Hokkaido). The highest points of

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