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Hashima

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Hashima (häshē`mä), city (1990 pop. 61,460), Gifu prefecture, central Honshu, Japan, on the Kijo River. It is a major center for the production of kimonos.

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The press release notes the island's "grim history of forced labor and exploitation" of human and natural resources, but Hashima doesn't push an overtly political message, though, along with the apocalyptic allusions, the harsh back-story is easily pieced together.
National survey data further reveal that the rate of sexual victimization is higher among youth as compared to adults (Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2001; Fisher, Cullen, & Turner, 2000; Hashima & Finkelhor, 1999; Kilpatrick, Edmunds, & Seymour, 1992; Kilpatrick & Saunders, 1997; Rennison 2001; 2002; Tjaden & Thoennes, 1998; 2000).
Meanwhile, Farhan and his wife, Hashima, remember the day 21 years ago that Suraida was born in George Washington University Hospital in Washington, DC.
 
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