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| Laos |
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| This country was unified as a Laon Sarne Kingdom in 1353. |
H. Okada |
5/7 16:52 |
| The population is about 56.09 million. |
H. Okada |
5/7 16:57 |
| Became independent on October 22, 1953. (?) |
Y. Tabata |
5/8 11:48 |
| The flag has a white circle. |
Y. Tabata |
5/8 |
| The monetary unit is the kip. |
Y. Tabata |
5/8 |
| The major religion is Buddhism (at ?? %) |
Y. Tabata |
5/8 |
| Became independent on July 19, 1949. (?) |
A. Mori |
5/13 21:58 |
| This country relies heavily on economic support from foreign countries. |
S. Masutani |
5/11 11:53 |
| The country became a member of ASEAN in 1997. |
A. Ohtsuka |
5/12 12:27 |
| GDP is $13.43 billion. |
A. Ohtsuka |
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| This country has a hydraulic power plant called the "Battery of Southeast Asia" |
D. Ikebuchi |
5/12 16:03 |
| This country produced about thirty five thousand carats of Saphhire in 1991. |
D. Ikebuchi |
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| 60% of people in this country follow Theraveda Buddhism and 40% follow Animism. |
D. Ikebuchi |
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| The Independence Monument looks like the Arch of Triumph of Paris. |
S. Masutani |
5/12 17:19 |
| The capital is Vientiane. |
Yokoyama/Kanbara |
5/15 10:51 |
| The president is Choummaly Sayasone. |
M. Hirata |
5/28 14:29 |
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| Cambodia |
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| Phnom Penh is the capital. |
Y. Takimoto |
5/8 12:07 |
| Independence was proclaimed from France on November 9, 1953. |
Y. Takimoto |
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| 90% of the population is Khmer. |
T. Ohba |
5/14 11:12 |
| This country covers an area of 181.035 square km. |
G. Takuma |
5/18 12:50 |
| Khmer is the official language. |
A. Mori |
5/21 00:23 |
| The currency is the Riel. |
Yamazawa/Mori |
5/21 |
| The main religion is Buddhism. |
Y. Yamazawa |
5/21 03:16 |
| The population is about 13 million. |
A. Mori |
5/21 00:12 |
| The road to Angkor was paved by the Japanese. |
K. Miyazaki |
5/8 12:08 |
| The political leader is Samdech Hun Sen. |
Y. Takimoto |
5/8 12:07 |
| The time difference between Japan and this country is 2 hours. |
D. Ikebuchi |
5/24 23:46 |
| The constitution was promulgated on September 21, 1993. |
A. Ohtsuka |
5/27 09:15 |
| The Internet country code is .kh. |
A. Ohtsuka |
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| There were 41,000 Internet users in 2005. |
A. Ohtsuka |
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| Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council is Than Shwe. (Senior General?) |
K. Miyazaki |
5/23 17:07 |
| The king is Norodom Sihamoni. |
M. Hirata |
5/28 14:29 |
| The Mekong River flows through this country. |
M. Hirata |
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| 55.8 % of the population is engaged in agriculture. |
K. Takai |
6/1 14:25 |
| Tabacco and natural rubber are the main agriculture products. |
K. Takai |
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| China |
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| Portuguese is spoken in some areas of the country. ?% |
H. Lin |
5/14 00:07 |
| The government currently has a one-child policy. |
H. Lin |
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| This country has the third largest river in the world. |
T. Ohba |
5/14 11:12 |
| People who live deep in the mountains are excluded from the main population. |
A. Tamura |
5/14 14:34 |
| Ninety-two percent of the population is the Han race. |
T. Onoue |
5/21 16:59 |
| The political leader is Chairman Hu Jintao. |
T. Onoue |
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| The capital is Beijing but the greatest city is Shanghai. |
M. Hirata |
5/28 14:29 |
| This country has the largest population in the world. |
Hirata / Yokoyama |
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| This country was formed in 1949. |
M. Yokoyama |
5/28 21:50 |
| The population rose above 1.3 billion in January, 2005. |
M. Nukata |
6/1 14:54 |
| This country has one-fifth of the world's population. |
M. Nukata |
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| This country has 158 kinds of minerals. |
M. Nukata |
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| Mineral deposits in this country are third in the world. |
M. Nukata |
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| This country will host the Olympics in 2008. |
Ohishi /Kurosaki |
6/1 14:49 |
| This country is the fouth largest in the world. |
A. Otsuka |
6/1 18:22 |
| This country is 25 times the size of Japan. |
Natsuyama/Miyazaki |
6/4 01:25 |
| The economic growth rate was 10.7% in 2006. |
K. Natsuyama |
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| The most popular sport in this country is table tennis. |
Y. Kurosaki |
6/3 21:13 |
| The population is ten times larger than in Japan. |
K. Miyazaki |
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| The average temperature in the capital city is 12.3 degrees C. |
K. Miyazaki |
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| This country is the largest producer of hydro electric energy. |
S. Masutani |
5/30 9:46 |
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| Myanmar (Burma) |
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| This country lies to the south of China. |
Y. Kurosaki |
6/3 21:46 |
| April 17th marks the new year in this country. |
M. Nakashima |
5/31 21:47 |
| The Ayeyarwady River runs through the center of the country. |
M. Nakashima |
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| The capital of this country is Rangoon. |
T. Ohba |
5/14 11:12 |
| The main industry if farming. |
Y. Kawabata |
5/14 14:11 |
| The monetary unit is the kyat. |
Y. Kawabata |
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| Aung San Suu Kyi won the Nobel Prize for nonviolent democracy in 1991. |
K. Natsuyama |
5/14 02:00 |
| This country joined ASEAN in 1997. |
Y. Kawabata |
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| The telephone country code is 95. |
K. Natsuyama |
5/22 12:09 |
| This country exports more rice than any other country. |
K. Natsuyama |
5/21 & 6/4 |
| Seventy percent of families are the Burmese families. |
T. Onoue |
5/21 17:07 |
| The GDP is 54 million dollars. |
T. Onoue |
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| This country became independent from England on January 4, 1948. |
S. Nagata |
5/27 01:04 |
| The Prime Minister is Soe Win. |
M. Hirata |
5/28 14:29 |
| About 40% of the population is employed in agriculture. |
H. Okada |
5/28 16:46 |
| The official name is Pyidaungzu Myanma Naingngandaw. |
M. Kanbara |
6/4 14:44 |
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| Thailand |
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| This is the only southeast Asian country never to have been taken over by a European power. |
A. Otsuka |
6/1 18:22 |
| There are 3,219 kilometers of coastline. |
A. Otsuka |
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| The center of the country is dominated by the Cho Phraya delta and is a rich rice-growing area. |
M. Sakino |
6/4 10:37 |
| When you scold someone here, you must not scold him in public. |
K. Yoshikawa |
5/11 10:36 |
| The sole of the foot is considered to be the dirtiest part of the human body. |
K. Yoshikawa |
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| This country includes the Orplwan National Park. |
Y. Yamada |
5/14 14:42 |
| Ninety-five percent of the people believe in Buddhism. |
Y. Yamada |
5/18 16:17 |
| The length of the railways is 4,041 kilometers. |
Y. Yamada |
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| This country was called Siam in the past. |
Y. Yamada |
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| The smoking rate for women is 15% and for men is 3%. |
K. Yoshikawa |
5/21 08:44 |
| People use the right hand at the toilet and no toilet paper. |
K. Miyazaki |
5/8 12:08 |
| The currency is the bhat. |
Y. Yamada |
5/18 15:32 |
| Ten percent of the population are ethnic Chinese. |
Y. Yamada |
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| Vietnam |
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| This country joined the WTO in January 2007. |
A. Otsuka |
6/1 |
| The voting percentage in this country is 99%. |
Y. Ohishi |
6/1 14:49 |
| Mt. Fansipan is the highest in this country at ?? meters. |
K. Okumura |
5/13 17:14 |
| This country joined APEC in 1998. |
K. Okumura |
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| There is a star in the center of the national flag. |
T. Ohba |
5/14 11:12 |
| The currency is the Dong. |
S. Inoue/ S. Nagata |
5/27 00:38 |
| The population is about 76 million. |
S. Inoue |
5/22 21:21 |
| The capital of this country is Hanoi. |
S. Inoue |
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| This country is a former French colony. |
S. Inoue |
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| The population is about 83 million. |
S. Inoue |
5/28 17:19 |
| The GDP is about $251.8 billion. |
S. Inoue |
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| This country has an area of about 330,000 square kilometers. |
M. Yokoyama |
5/28 21:50 |
| The country was formed in 1976. |
M. Yokoyama |
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| This country went to war against America. |
M. Yokoyama |
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| The employment rate was 5.3% in 2006. |
K. Miyazaki |
5/29 11:15 |
| The price growth rate was 6.6% in 2006. |
K. Miyazaki |
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| The political leader is Nguyen Tan Dung. |
K. Miyazaki |
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| There are five world heritages in this country. |
Y. Ohishi |
6/1 14/49 |
| The economic growth rate was 8.17% in 2006. |
K. Miyazaki |
5/29 17:04 |
| The per capita GDP was 636 dollars in 2006. |
K. Miyazaki |
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| This country is a socialist republic. |
S. Ito |
6/4 13:44 |
| Rice growing is prosperous mainly in the delta areas around the Sonkoi River and Mekong River. |
S. Ito |
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