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Article History

Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	Invalidated site: The ruined town of Kamaishi.	Aakanksha Gaur	Dec 22, 2014
	Population data updated.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Jul 08, 2014
	Article updated to add mention of the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami.	Kenneth Pletcher	Mar 11, 2011
	Population data updated.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Jul 11, 2007
	Article added to new online database.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Jul 20, 1998