Subject: Database of Japanese prefectural disputes<br/>
Date: May 01, 2005 @ 17:48<br/>
Author: Henry Hirose (&quot;Henry Hirose&quot; &lt;silentcity@...&gt;)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-1127391562">I found a website, in Japanese, listing all existing cases of territorial<br/>
disputes between Japanese prefectures.<br/>
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<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.geocities.jp/unlocated_area/pref/pref.html">http://www.geocities.jp/unlocated_area/pref/pref.html</a><br/>
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There are 20 cases in all.  Perhaps the most famous case involves the<br/>
eastern slope of Mt. Fuji, which may be the only one discernable on non<br/>
Japanese source maps.  The boundary is between Yamanashi and Shizuoka<br/>
prefectures.  There is also the northern slope of Mt. Norikura, between<br/>
Nagano and Gifu, which has been resolved on 10/5/04.  Many of the others<br/>
involve mountainous areas, which seem odd given the presumed existance of<br/>
ridge lines and that these boundaries usually date back over a millenia.<br/>
There are also cases where land reclamation creates disputed land.<br/>
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I am throwing this out here so that this will be in our archive.<br/>
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Henry Hirose<br/>
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