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Team, Place & City Details
Nishi Nippon Pirates
The Nishi Nippon Pirates were a former Nippon Professional Baseball team and a founding member of the Central League in 1950. The team was owned by the Nishinippon Shimbun and played their home games in Heiwadai Stadium in Fukuoka.
Nishogakusha University
Nishogakusha University is a private university in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. The predecessor of the school was founded in 1877, and it was chartered as a university in 1949.
Nishi-Nippon Railroad
The Nishi-Nippon Railroad Company, Ltd. , also called Nishitetsu (西鉄) or NNR, TYO: 9031 is one of Japan's "Big 16" private railroad companies.
Nishi-nippon Junior College
Nishi-nippon Junior College is a private junior college in Fukuoka, Fukuoka, Japan, established in 1957. The predecessor of the school, a juku, was founded in 1948.
Arakawa, Tokyo
Arakawa is a special ward located in Tokyo Metropolis, Japan. The ward takes its name from the river, the Arakawa, though the Arakawa River does not run through or touch the ward.
Nishinippon Shimbun
The Nishinippon Shimbun is a Japanese language daily newspaper published by the Nishinippon Shimbun Co., Ltd (株式会社西日本新聞社, Kabushiki-gaisha Nishinippon Shinbunsha). As of 2013, it had a circulation of about 875,000 (total of morning and evening editions).
Nishi-Nippori Station
Nishi-Nippori Station is a railway station in Arakawa, Tokyo, Japan, operated jointly by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and the two Tokyo subway operators Tokyo Metro and Toei.
Nishinippon Institute of Technology
Nishinippon Institute of Technology is a private university in the city of Kitakyushu in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. It was established in 1967.
Nishinippon Broadcasting
Nishinippon Broadcasting Co., Ltd. is a Japanese television and radio broadcaster in Kagawa and Okayama.
Mine Circuit
Mine Circuit was a 3.331 km motor racing circuit in Nagao, Nishiatsu-cho, Mine, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. It used to be known as Nishinihon.