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This is a list of slums. A slum as defined by the United Nations agency UN-Habitat , is a run-down area of a city characterized by substandard housing, squalor, and lacking in tenure security. According to the United Nations, the percentage of urban dwellers living in slums decreased from 47 percent to 37 percent in the developing world between ...
San'ya (山谷, San'ya) is an area in the Taitō and Arakawa wards of Tokyo, located south of the Namidabashi intersection, around the Yoshino-dori.A neighborhood named "San'ya" existed until 1966, but the area was renamed and split between several neighborhoods.
Crossroads (十字路, Jūjiro), also known as Crossways, Shadows of the Yoshiwara or Slums of Tokyo, is a 1928 silent Japanese drama film directed by Teinosuke Kinugasa. [1] [2] [3] It is believed to be the first [4] or one of the first [5] [6] Japanese films to be screened in Europe, and often mentioned in conjunction with Kinugasa's other avant-garde film, the two years earlier A Page of ...
Most of the remaining House seats are in Western states, where vote tallying typically takes longer than elsewhere in the country. (Reporting by Leah Douglas and Moira Warburton; Editing by Will ...
A teahouse in the Nanjing Presidential Palace garden, China. This is a list of teahouses.A teahouse is an establishment which primarily serves tea and other light refreshments.
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum on Tuesday warned U.S. President-elect Donald Trump of dire economic consequences for both countries from tariffs and suggested possible ...
Just Words. If you love Scrabble, you'll love the wonderful word game fun of Just Words. Play Just Words free online! By Masque Publishing
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