"The YOKE" is a free bimonthly magazine, published by the Yokohama Association for International Communications and Exchanges (YOKE). "The YOKE" reports on the social and cultural life of Yokohama, Japan's second largest city after Tokyo.	NO. 88 February 1999
	FEATURE 1	"Behind the Scenes of the 2002 Soccer World Cup Co-hosted by Japan and Korea" By Yuji Ohshima, Freelance Journalist
	FEATURE 2	Noh and Kyogen in Yokohama By Masayuki Nakamura, Yokohama Noh Theater
	Personalities Events History "The characters start to speak" Hiroko Suehiro (calligraphist)   Yokohama's Professional Baseball Team, the Yokohama BayStars, Become the Number One Team in Japan Article provided by: Kanagawa Shimbun newspaper Education for Girls in the Early Days of the Port of Yokohama By Shunro Kusama Professor Emeritus, Kanagawa Prefectual Junior College of Nutrition Ranking Collections Daily Cuisine Vinegar Horse Racing and Coaches in Yokohama (by Hiroyuki Morita) Osechi Ryori(New Year's dishes) Yokohama Scene
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