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Tochi Field Force
Tochi or Tōchi may refer to: * Tochi Valley, a fertile area in North Waziristan, Pakistan * Gambila River, also called Tochi River, in Bannu District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan * The Japanese name for ''Aesculus turbinata'' (Japanese horse-chestnut) * Japanese destroyer ''Tochi'', a ''Tachibana''-class destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II, canceled in May 1945 * JDS ''Tochi'' (PF-16, PF-296), a ''Kusu''-class patrol frigate of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, formerly USS ''Albuquerque'' (PF-7) * The Japanese name for Douchi, a type of fermented and salted black soybean Surname * Brian Tochi (born 1963), American actor, screenwriter, film director and producer * Hiroki Tōchi (born 1966), Japanese voice actor * Iwuchukwu Amara Tochi (born 1985 or 1986), Nigerian national convicted of drug trafficking in Singapore Given name * Princess Tōchi was a Japanese imperial princess during the Asuka period who was Empress of Japan as the wife o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tochi Valley
The Tochi Valley, also known as Dawar (from Middle-Persian, Middle Iranic dātbar, meaning "Justice-giver"), is a fertile area located in the North Waziristan district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.Bosworth, Clifford Edmund. 2002. ''The Encyclopaedia of Islam''. Leiden: Brill. Zamindawar. p.439. In 1881, Nawab of Sarhad Nawab Gulmaizar Khan established the North Waziristan Tribal Agency with its headquarters at Miramshah in the valley. It was by this route that The Mahmud of Ghazni effected several of his raids into India and the remains of a road flanking the valley and of defensive positions can still be traced. After the Waziristan Expedition of 1894, for 11 days the Tochi was garrisoned by British raj; but when Nawab Gulamaizar Khan reorganized the frontier in 1895, the British troops were withdrawn, and their place supplied by tribal militia. The chief posts are Saidgi, Miramshah, Datta Khel and Sherani (town), Shirani. The valley was the scene of action for the T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gambila River
The Gambila River (Pashto and ), also called the Tochi River (), is located in Khost Province, Afghanistan, and North Waziristan and Bannu District, northwestern Pakistan. The source of the river lies in the hills six miles south of the Spīn Ghar range, the source of the Kurram River, to which it runs parallel and finally joins. It borders North Waziristan while the Gomal River borders South Waziristan South Mahsud Waziristan District () was a Districts of Pakistan, district in the Dera Ismail Khan Division of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan, before splitting into the Lower South Waziristan District and the Upper South Waziristan D .... The Gambila is an important river for the inhabitants of the Dawar valley, as it serves to irrigate a large area of land that it runs through, particularly that belonging to the Takhti Khel Marwats, Bakkakhel Wazirs, and Miri and Barakzai Bannuchis. See also * District Bannu * Tochi Valley * Ghoriwala References Ri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aesculus Turbinata
''Aesculus turbinata'', common name Japanese horse-chestnut (), is native to Japan but cultivated elsewhere. It is a tree up to tall. Flowers are white to pale yellowish with red spots. Capsules are dark brown, obovoid to pyriform. The seeds were traditionally eaten, after leaching, by the Jōmon people of Japan over about four millennia, until 300 AD.Harlan cites Akazawa, T & Aikens, CM, ''Prehistoric Hunter-Gathers in Japan'' (1986), Univ. Tokyo Press; and cites Aikens, CM & Higachi, T, ''Prehistory of Japan'' (1982), NY Academic Press. Today the seeds are used in Japanese cuisine to prepare "Tochimochi". Etymology ''Aesculus'' was named by Linnaeus, and the name is derived from the Roman Roman or Romans most often refers to: *Rome, the capital city of Italy *Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD *Roman people, the people of Roman civilization *Epistle to the Romans, shortened to Romans, a letter w ... name, ''aesculus'', of the durmast o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matsu-class Destroyer
The were a class of destroyer built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) in the late stages of World War II. The class was also designated the . Although sometimes termed Destroyer escorts, they were larger and more capable than contemporary United States Navy destroyer escorts or the Imperial Japanese Navy ''kaibōkan'' vessels. Background Even by 1942, the Imperial Japanese Navy General Staff realized that attrition of its destroyer force was not sustainable. There was a growing need for a simplified design which could be quickly mass-produced, and which could serve primarily as convoy escorts and as destroyer-transports in front-line locations, but would still be capable of working with the fleet if necessary. Emphasis was placed on anti-aircraft guns and anti-submarine weapons, and radar, as operations against surface targets was deemed unlikely. Forty-two vessels were ordered and work began in August 1943. In the middle of 1944, the orders for twenty-four of these vessels ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USS Albuquerque (PF-7)
USS ''Albuquerque'' (PG-115/PF-7), a patrol frigate in commission from 1943 to 1945 and from 1950 to 1953, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for Albuquerque, New Mexico. She also served in the Soviet Navy as ''EK-14'' and in the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force as JDS ''Tochi'' (PF-16/PF-296) and as ''YAC-15''. Construction and commissioning ''Albuquerque'', originally classified as a patrol gunboat, PG-115, but reclassified as a patrol frigate, PF-7, on 15 April 1943, was laid down under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 1425, on 20 July 1943, at the Permanente Metals Richmond Shipyard #4, Richmond, California. Launched on 14 September 1943, sponsored by Mrs. B. L. Livingstone, the ship was commissioned on 20 December 1943. Service history U.S. Navy, World War II, 1943–1945 After fitting out and shakedown training, ''Albuquerque'' stood out from Treasure Island, California, on 24 March 1944, bound for Seattle, Washington. She ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Douchi
''Douchi'' is a type of fermented and salted black soybean most popular in the cuisine of China, where they are most widely used for making black bean sauce dishes. Shurtleff, W.; Aoyagi, Abr>History of Fermented Black Soybeans (165 B.C. to 2011) Lafayette, California: Soyinfo Center, 2011 ''Douchi'' is made by fermenting and salting black soybeans using Qu ( zh, c=麹, p=Qū), which is similar or identical to the Miso ferment, Koji. Douchi can be classified as ''Aspergillus''-type Douchi, '' Mucor''-type Douchi, ''Bacterial''-type Douchi, or '' Rhizopus''-type Douchi. There are two main stages to the Douchi making process; first you make the Koji, then there is a prefermentation stage. There can also be a maturation or post fermentation stage, were the Douchi is mixed with other ingredients, like brine, and allowed to age. The black type soybean is most commonly used. The process turns the beans soft, and mostly semi-dry (if the beans are allowed to dry). Regular soybeans ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Tochi
Brian Tochi (born Brian Keith Tochihara) is an American actor. During the late 1960s through much of the 1970s and 1980s, he was one of the most widely seen East Asian child actors working in U.S. television, appearing in various TV series and nearly a hundred advertisements. He is recognized around the world for starring in some of the most popular film franchises of all time, and best known for his characters Toshiro Takashi from the ''Revenge of the Nerds'' film franchise, Cadet (later Lieutenant) Tomoko Nogata from the third and fourth films in the ''Police Academy'' series, and as the voice of Leonardo in the first three live-action ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' films. Early life Tochi was born in Los Angeles, California. He is the son of Joe Isao Tochihara, a Beverly Hills celebrity hair salon owner, and Jane Yaeko (née Harada), Japanese-Americans who were forcibly interned during World War II. While Tochi was young, the family moved from Los Angeles to Orange C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hiroki Tōchi
is a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator affiliated with Office Osawa. He has frequently appeared in many anime and video games mainly created by tri-Ace. He won a Male Character Voice Prize in the 2011 Famitsu Awards. Some of his major characters include Abel Nightroad in ''Trinity Blood'', Baldroy in '' Black Butler'', Kokopelli in '' Bokurano'', Tesshin Kataoka in '' Ace of Diamond'', Cross Marian in '' D.Gray-man'', Panther Lily in ''Fairy Tail'', Kugo Ginjo in ''Bleach'' and Lasse Aeon in ''Mobile Suit Gundam 00''. In anime film series, he voices Daisuke Akimi in ''The Garden of Sinners'' and Dr. Easter in '' Mardock Scramble''. In live-action shows, he provides the Japanese voice for Dean Winchester in ''Supernatural'' and its animated adaptation. In video games, he voices the Japanese dub voice for Nathan Drake in ''Uncharted'' series, Chris Redfield in ''Resident Evil'' and ''Project X Zone'', Aluze in '' Valkyrie Profile'' and Desmond Miles in ''Assassin's Creed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iwuchukwu Amara Tochi
Iwuchukwu Amara Tochi (1985–26 January 2007) was a Nigerian national convicted of drug trafficking in Singapore. At quantities above certain weight thresholds, which varies for different types of drugs, drug trafficking carries a mandatory death sentence under Singapore's Misuse of Drugs Act, and despite pleas for clemency from Amnesty International, the United Nations, Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo, as well as other individuals and groups, he was executed by hanging on 26 January 2007 in Changi Prison. Background Tochi was born in Nigeria. He was given to his relatives at the age of five. He grew up and attended St. Anthony's Mission School in Ohafia, Abia State. In an interview with his lawyer, he stated that his brother dropped out of school to support his father. His mother died a couple of years later. Having a passion for football, he joined a football club in Senegal and subsequently played for Nigeria in the West African Coca-Cola Cup Championships when he wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Princess Tōchi
was a Japanese imperial princess during the Asuka period who was Empress of Japan as the wife of her cousin Emperor Kōbun. Her name Tōchi is derived from the Tōchi district, a neighbourhood located a few miles north of Asuka. Princess Tōchi was daughter of Emperor Tenmu and Princess Nukata. She married Prince Ōtomo, who became Emperor Kōbun. They lived in the capital of Ōtsu in the Ōmi Province (currently Ōtsu, Shiga). He succeeded after his father, Emperor Tenji, died. She subsequently was consort until Emperor Kōbun was killed by her father in the Jinshin War. After the war, she returned to Asuka and lived with her mother and her son in the Asuka Kiyomihara palace. In 675 she visited the Ise Grand Shrine with Princess Abe. In 678, she was appointed a Saiō by divination and was supposed to leave her residence to stay in in the 7th day of the 4th month, when she suddenly died in the residence. Upon her death, Prince Takechi composed three verses of lamenta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tochi Onyebuchi
Tochi Onyebuchi (born October 4, 1987) is an American science fiction and fantasy writer and former civil rights lawyer. His 2020 novella, '' Riot Baby'', received an Alex Award from the American Library Association and the World Fantasy Award in 2021. He is known for incorporating civil rights and Afrofuturism into his stories and novels.Krantz, Rachel. (2021, November 8). "Freedom Writer", ''Publishers Weekly'', ''268'' (45): 37–38. via EBSCO, accessed June 23, 2022. Early life Onyebuchi was born in Northampton, Massachusetts, United states. His parents were Nigerian Igbo immigrants Elizabeth Ihuegbu and Nnamdi Onyebuchi, who was a restaurant manager. His first name means "praise God" in Igbo. His family lived in New Britain, Connecticut, until 1998, when his father died at the age of 39. His family then moved to Newington, Connecticut, to a mostly white neighborhood. He attended the Choate Rosemary Hall school in Wallingford, Connecticut. He says: "Growing up as the so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
