Japanese
Kanto is a simplified spelling of , a Japanese word, only omitting the diacritics.
In Japan
Kantō may refer to:
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Kantō Plain
The , in the Kantō region of central Honshu, is the largest plain in Japan. Its 17,000 km2 covers more than half of the region extending over Tokyo, Saitama Prefecture, Kanagawa Prefecture, Chiba Prefecture, Gunma Prefecture, Tochigi Prefe ...
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Kantō region
The is a geography, geographical region of Honshu, the largest island of Japan. In a common definition, the region includes the Greater Tokyo Area and encompasses seven prefectures of Japan, prefectures: Chiba Prefecture, Chiba, Gunma Prefe ...
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Kantō-kai, organized crime group
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Kanto (Pokémon), a geographical region in the ''Pokémon'' media franchise, named after the Japanese region of the same name
Kantō is a festival held in
Akita every year.
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Akita Kanto (Japanese: 竿燈)
In Northeast China or Manchuria
Kantō may refer to the region of
Jiandao
Jiandao or Chientao, known in Korean as Gando or Kando, is a historical border region along the north bank of the Tumen River in Jilin, Jilin Province, Northeast China that has a high population of ethnic Koreans. The word "Jiandao", literall ...
(Japanese: 間島 ''Kantō'') in Manchuria, now known more commonly as Yanbian.
Kantō (関東) is an alternate name for Northeast China or Manchuria used in the following:
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Kwantung Army
The Kwantung Army (Japanese language, Japanese: 関東軍, ''Kantō-gun'') was a Armies of the Imperial Japanese Army, general army of the Imperial Japanese Army from 1919 to 1945.
The Kwantung Army was formed in 1906 as a security force for th ...
(Japanese: 関東軍 ''Kantōgun''), a unit of the Imperial Japanese Army
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Kwantung Leased Territory
The Kwantung Leased Territory () was a Concessions in China, leased territory of the Empire of Japan in the Liaodong Peninsula from 1905 to 1945.
Japan first acquired Kwantung from the Qing dynasty, Qing Empire in perpetuity in 1895 in the Tre ...
(Japanese: 関東州 ''Kantōshū''), a Japanese possession in Northeastern China until the end of World War II
Italian
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Kanto (music) is a form of
Italian theatre and opera popular in Turkey.
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Kanto (comics)
Kanto is a supervillain appearing in media published by DC Comics. A New God from the planet Apokolips, he is a servant of Darkseid and a master assassin.
Kanto has appeared in various media outside comics, primarily in association with the Ne ...
, a fictional character in the Mr. Miracle series.
Korean
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Kanto (rapper), a South Korean rapper under
Brand New Music.
Other uses
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KANTO - National Agent Data authority file and name database for persons and corporate bodies
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Subtropical Storm Kanto of the 2024–25 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season
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