Kushiro [city] - Kushiro

Japanese: 釧路[市] - くしろ

A city in eastern Hokkaido facing the Pacific Ocean. It was incorporated as a city in 1922. It is the location of the Kushiro Comprehensive Development Bureau. The city is connected to the Nemuro Main Line, the Senmo Main Line, and the Doto Expressway, and is home to Kushiro Airport. It started as a base for salmon and trout drift net and bottom trawl fishing, but after World War II, it developed into a major base for North Pacific fishing with the influx of large capital from Taiyo Fisheries, Nippon Suisan, and Nichiru Fisheries. It has a large catch of pacific saury, flounder, and Atka mackerel, and the salmon, trout, and crab canning industry is also thriving. Thanks to its favorable location, large factories for pulp, paper, lumber, woodworking, chemical fertilizers, and dairy products have also set up in the city. The Kushiro coalfield is located in the eastern part of the city, and as of 2013, the only Pacific coal mine in Japan is in operation, operated by Kushiro Coal Mine. The vast marshland has been designated as the Kushiro Marsh National Park, and Lake Harutori is famous as a habitat for the Hibuna crucian carp (a natural monument). A Ground Self-Defense Force garrison. In October 2005, the towns of Otobetsu, Shiranuka District, and Akan, Akan District, were incorporated. The city sustained damage during the Great East Japan Earthquake. Area: ^{1,362.92 km2} . Population: 181,169 (2010).
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Japanese:

北海道東部，太平洋に臨む市。1922年市制。釧路総合振興局所在地。根室本線，釧網(せんもう)本線，道東自動車道が通じ，釧路空港がある。サケ・マス流し網や機船底引網漁業の基地から第２次大戦後大洋漁業，日本水産，日魯漁業など大資本の進出で北洋漁業の大基地に発展した。サンマ，カレイ，ホッケなどの水揚げが多く，サケ・マス・カニの缶詰工業も盛んである。立地条件に恵まれ，パルプ，製紙，製材，木工業，化学肥料，製酪などの大工場も進出している。市域東部に釧路炭田があって2013年現在国内唯一の太平洋炭鉱が釧路コールマインによって稼動している。広大な湿原は釧路湿原国立公園に指定され，春採(はるとり)湖はヒブナ生息地（天然記念物）として有名。陸上自衛隊駐屯地。2005年10月白糠郡音別町，阿寒郡阿寒町を編入。東日本大震災で，市内において被害が発生。1362.92km²。18万1169人（2010）。
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