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Kobe

Kobe (神戸市 Kōbe-shi, Japanese pronunciation: [koːꜜbe]) is the sixth-largest city in Japan and is the capital city of Hyōgo Prefecture. It is located on the southern side of the main island of Honshū, on the north shore of Osaka Bay and about 30 km (19 mi) west of Osaka. With a population around 1.5 million, the city is part of the Keihanshin metropolitan area along with Osaka and Kyoto.

The earliest written records regarding the region come from the Nihon Shoki, which describes the founding of the Ikuta Shrine by Empress Jingū in AD 201. For most of its history, the area was never a single political entity, even during the Tokugawa Period, when the port was controlled directly by the Tokugawa Shogunate. Kobe did not exist in its current form until its founding in 1889. Its name comes from "kanbe" (神戸), an archaic title for supporters of the city's Ikuta Shrine. Kobe became one of Japan's 17 designated cities in 1956.

Kobe was one of the cities to open for trade with the West following the 1853 end of the policy of seclusion and has since been known as a cosmopolitan port city. While the 1995 Great Hanshin earthquake diminished much of Kobe's prominence as a port city, it remains Japan's fourth busiest container port. Companies headquartered in Kobe include ASICS, Kawasaki Heavy Industries, and Kobe Steel, as well as over 100 international corporations with Asian or Japanese headquarters in the city such as Eli Lilly and Company, Procter & Gamble, Boehringer Ingelheim, and Nestlé. The city is the point of origin and namesake of Kobe beef, as well as the site of one of Japan's most famous hot spring resorts, Arima Onsen.

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Kobe (disambiguation)

Kobe or KOBE may refer to:

Places

  • Kobe, the fifth-largest city in Japan and capital of the Hyōgo prefecture
    • Kobe beef, traditionally raised beef from the prefecture surrounding Kobe in Japan
  • Kobe beef, traditionally raised beef from the prefecture surrounding Kobe in Japan
  • Kobe, California, a former community in Yolo County
  • Kobé, a department of the Wadi Fira region in Chad
  • People

  • Kobe Bryant (b. 1978), a professional American basketball player who plays for the Los Angeles Lakers
  • Kobe Doin' Work, Spike Lee's documentary film focused on Kobe Bryant
  • "Kobe Bryant" (song), a song by Lil Wayne written for Kobe Bryant
  • Kobe Paras (b. 1997), Filipino basketball player
  • Kobe Tai (b. 1972), pornographic actress
  • Masahiko Kobe (b. 1969), the Iron Chef Italian
  • Other

  • ICAO airport code KOBE: Okeechobee County Airport, in Okeechobee, Florida, United States
  • Language education

    Language education is the teaching and learning of a foreign or second language. Language education is a branch of applied linguistics.

    Need for language education

    Increasing globalization has created a large need for people in the workforce who can communicate in multiple languages. The uses of common languages are in areas such as trade, tourism, international relations, technology, media, and science. Many countries such as Korea (Kim Yeong-seo, 2009), Japan (Kubota, 1998) and China (Kirkpatrick & Zhichang, 2002) frame education policies to teach at least one foreign language at the primary and secondary school levels. However, some countries such as India, Singapore, Malaysia, Pakistan, and the Philippines use a second official language in their governments. According to GAO (2010), China has recently been putting enormous importance on foreign language learning, especially the English language.

    History of foreign language education

    Ancient to medieval period

    Although the need to learn foreign languages is older than human history itself, the origins of modern language education are in the study and teaching of Latin in the 17th century. Latin had for many centuries been the dominant language of education, commerce, religion, and government in much of the Western world, but it was displaced by French, Italian, and English by the end of the 16th century. John Amos Comenius was one of many people who tried to reverse this trend. He composed a complete course for learning Latin, covering the entire school curriculum, culminating in his Opera Didactica Omnia, 1657.

    Radio Stations - Kōbe-shi

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    GENRE
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    FM Nirai Okinawa Contemporary Japan
    FM Tachikawa 84.4 Varied Japan
    NHK Radio 1 News Japan
    FM Shiroishi WITH-s Varied Japan
    FM Uruma Oldies,Folk Japan
    FREEBIRD RADIO 1 (Classic Rock) Classic Rock Japan
    Retro AC GAME MUSIC Streaming Radio Electronica Japan
    Soryu's Stream Varied Japan
    BAN-BAN Radio Ambient,Talk Japan
    Retro PC GAME MUSIC Streaming Radio Experimental,Electronica Japan
    ChofuFM 83.8 Varied Japan
    T-WAVE (RAKIRAKI Beach Radio) Varied Japan
    Ozawa Akikazu's Ozawa Akikazu teki KOKORO Varied Japan
    Ohayo Michikami Youzou Sports Varied Japan
    Jp-Stream TOSHIBO'S WEB RADIO Varied Japan
    FM Mot.com, Fukushima Varied Japan
    Radio Shonan Varied,Talk Japan
    MBS News Japan
    Mumix Piano Varied Japan
    Old Stories Of Japan (T-WAVE) Varied Japan
    Miyazaki Sunshine FM Varied,Talk Japan
    Kuwahara Shohei Sui mo Amai mo Varied Japan
    FM Aizu Varied Japan
    NHK FM Varied Japan
    FM Takamatu 81.5 Varied Japan
    NOAS FM Rock,Varied,Talk Japan
    OTTAVA Classical Japan
    Narumi Happo Gokigensan Varied Japan
    Earth Dreaming - Save the glass Earth - Varied Japan
    FM GIG 81.8 Varied Japan
    NHK World Portuguese News Japan
    P-tomu.Comic Jack Varied Japan
    Goketsu P Varied Japan
    Uwasa no GIG Maizuru Varied Japan
    FM Mikky 76.1 Varied Japan
    Kosakin DE Waao! Varied Japan
    FM CASTLE Oldies,Pop Japan
    News Tantei Kyoku Varied Japan
    FM NishiTokyo 84.2 Varied Japan
    FM Odawara 78.7 News Talk,News,Talk Japan
    NHK news News Japan
    M Channel from Maizuru Varied Japan
    FM senri Varied,Talk Japan
    KOCO Radio 79.1 FM Varied Japan
    Anime-Q8 Varied Japan
    ENDLESS DREAM 7 Varied Japan
    FM River, Asahikawa Varied Japan
    Go J! Varied Japan
    FM Hirakata, Osaka Varied Japan
    Hardcore J Pop Japan
    Hitsujikai Radio Religious,Christian Japan

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