Niigata

[ nee-ee-gah-tah ]

noun

1. a seaport on NW Honshu, in central Japan.

Niigata

/ ˈniːɪˌɡɑːtə /

noun

1. a port in central Japan, on NW Honshu at the mouth of the Shinano River: the chief port on the Sea of Japan. Pop: 514 678 (2002 est)

Example Sentences

Another 16,000 residents in the Niigata and Yamagata prefectures north of Ishikawa were also told to evacuate, the AFP news agency said.

From BBC

Published in Nature Communications, the research was led by teams at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and the Brain Research Institute at Niigata University in Japan.

From Science Daily

"We're hopeful that our work will put us on the path toward improving the lives of patients with RVCL," said the other lead author of this study Taisuke Kato, PhD, an associate professor of Molecular Neuroscience at Niigata University.

From Science Daily

The bread had been sold in various areas, including Ibaraki, Niigata, Kanagawa, Fukushima, Aomori and Tokyo, according to Pasco.

From Seattle Times

Niigata Gov. Hideyo Hanazumi has yet to make clear whether he will agree to restart No. 7 reactor.

From Seattle Times