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Yamaguchi Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Chūgoku region of Honshu. Yamaguchi Prefecture has a population of 1,377,631 (1 February 2018) and has a geographic area of 6,112 Square kilometre, km2 (2,359 Square mile, sq mi). ...

. As of July 24, 2013, the community has 16 residents. It is located in a mountainous, remote area.Wakatsuki, Yoko.
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''. July 23, 2013. Retrieved on August 8, 2013. In July 2013 the Yamaguchi arson and murders took place there. Five people, or about one-third of its population, died in the incident.

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