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37-618: On the 8th of May, 1961 Akira Taue was born the eldest son of a construction worker, in Saitama, Japan . As a teenager and young adult in Kagemori Junior High School, Taue was quite active in various sports such as shotput , baseball and judo . After graduating, Taue would work as a part time auto-mechanic, while attending the Saitama Prefectural Chichibu High School. There Taue was sent a recommendation for

74-437: A "pouch", which serves as a "stomach substitute", reduced the incidence of dumping syndrome and reflux esophagitis by 73% and 63% respectively, and led to improvements in quality-of-life, nutritional outcomes, and body mass index. After Bilroth II surgery, a small amount of residual gastric tissue may remain in the duodenum. The alkaline environment causes the retained gastric tissue to produce acid, which may result in ulcers in

111-536: A directly elected mayor and a unicameral city council of 64 members. Saitama contributes 14 members to the Saitama Prefectural Assembly. In terms of national politics, the city is divided between the Saitama 1st district , Saitama 5th district and Saitama 15th districts of the lower house of the Diet of Japan . The executive mayor , who is directly elected, is Sōichi Aikawa, an independent backed by

148-424: A rare complication known as retained antrum syndrome . All patients lose weight after gastrectomy, although the extent of weight loss is dependent on the extent of surgery (total gastrectomy vs partial gastrectomy) and the pre-operative BMI. Maximum weight loss occurs by 12 months and many patients regain weight afterwards. The first successful gastrectomy was performed by Theodor Billroth in 1881 for cancer of

185-613: A suburb of Tokyo, and the day/night population ratio is particularly low in Minami ward and Midori ward, which are close to the center of Tokyo. In part for this reason, the southern part of the city, which is closer to Tokyo, tends to have a higher population density than the northern part. In addition, population tends to be concentrated along the Keihin Tohoku Line, Utsunomiya Line, Takasaki Line, and Saikyo Line, which directly connect to central Tokyo, and where both conditions overlap, there

222-483: A type of anaemia known as megaloblastic anaemia (can also be caused by folate deficiency , or autoimmune disease where it is specifically known as pernicious anaemia ) which severely reduces red-blood cell synthesis (known as erythropoiesis , as well as other haematological cell lineages if severe enough but the red cell is the first to be affected). This can be treated by giving the patient direct injections of vitamin B 12 . Iron-deficiency anemia can occur as

259-558: Is 1,371.3 mm (53.99 in) with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 27.0 °C (80.6 °F), and lowest in January, at around 3.9 °C (39.0 °F). See or edit raw graph data . Per Japanese census data, the population of Saitama has increased steadily over the past century. Saitama has ten wards ( ku ), which were assigned official colors as of April 2005: The city

296-463: Is Omiya Ward (Omiya Station area). Located approximately 20 km to 35 km from central Tokyo, Saitama City is a satellite city and bed town in the Tokyo metropolitan area, with a day-night population ratio of 92.8 in 2010, which is less than 100 despites being the prefectural capital and an ordinance-designated city (the southeastern part of Saitama Prefecture). Of the 747,000 commuters permanently residing in

333-464: Is a modification of the Billroth II operation developed by Eugen Pólya and Friedrich Paul Reichel . It involves a resection of 2/3 of the stomach with blind closure of the duodenal stump, and a retrocolic gastrojejunostomy . The most obvious effect of the removal of the stomach is the loss of a storage place for food while it is being digested. Since only a small amount of food can be allowed into

370-471: Is a series of high population density areas of over 20,000 people/km2 from Minami ward to Urawa and Chuo ward. Urban functions such as administration, commerce, and business are concentrated around major stations such as Urawa, Omiya, and Saitama-new urban stations, which have formed the central urban area since the time of the former Urawa and Omiya cities. The former Omiya City developed as a railroad town and commercial center, and Omiya Station in particular

407-471: Is concentrated in this city. See Mass media in Saitama Prefecture for details. Saitama has seven sister cities. Gastrectomy A gastrectomy is a partial or total surgical removal of the stomach . Gastrectomies are performed to treat stomach cancer and perforations of the stomach wall. For severe duodenal ulcers , it may be necessary to remove the lower portion of the stomach and

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444-493: Is cut into the next section of the small intestine (called the jejunum ), and the stomach is reattached at this hole. As the pylorus is used to grind food and slowly release the food into the small intestine, removal of the pylorus can cause food to move into the small intestine faster than normal, leading to gastric dumping syndrome . Also known as the Reichel–Polya operation, this is a type of posterior gastroenterostomy which

481-437: Is for general aviation and offers no scheduled transport services. Commuter helicopter flights to Narita Airport are offered from Kawajima . Saitama Prefectural Board of Education  [ ja ] operates prefectural high schools. The following municipal high schools are operated by the city: Saitama was one of the host cities for the playoffs and the final of the official 2006 Basketball World Championship . It

518-743: Is home to two J. League football teams: the Urawa Red Diamonds , formerly owned by Mitsubishi , and Omiya Ardija , formerly owned by NTT . The city and Tokorozawa are home to the Japan Professional Basketball League team the Saitama Broncos . Since 2013, the city has hosted the Saitama Criterium cycling race sponsored by the Tour de France , held at the end of October. Most of Saitama Prefecture's mass media presence

555-513: Is one of the busiest and most prominent terminal stations in the Tokyo metropolitan area, with all Shinkansen bullet trains stopping there. The Urawa area is also known as an educational district with Saitama University and Saitama Prefectural Urawa High School, as well as an upscale residential area. The Iwatsuki Station area on the Tobu Noda Line (Tobu Urban Park Line) is also a part of the former Iwatsuki City's central urban area. The center of

592-473: Is the capital and largest city of Saitama Prefecture , Japan . Its area incorporates the former cities of Urawa , Ōmiya , Yono and Iwatsuki . It is a city designated by government ordinance . As of 1 February 2021 , the city had an estimated population of 1,324,854, and a population density of 6,093 people per km² (15,781 people per mi²). Its total area is 217.43 square kilometres (83.95 sq mi). The name Saitama originally comes from

629-791: The All Asia Tag Team Championship , with Shinichi Nakano on June 5, 1990. He won the World Tag Team Championship for the first time on March 4, 1992, teaming with Jumbo Tsuruta . He formed a tag team with Toshiaki Kawada , called The Holy Demon Army , a team which ended up holding the World Tag Team Championship 6 times . The team split when Taue left AJPW for Mitsuharu Misawa 's new Pro Wrestling Noah promotion in August 2000, while Kawada decided to stay. In Noah Taue continued tag team wrestling, teaming mostly with Takuma Sano . On November 5, 2005, Taue

666-477: The Honda Legend at Sayama Plant ), food, optical, precision and pharmaceutical products. Calsonic Kansei , a global automotive company is headquartered in the city. Iwatsuki is famous for manufacturing of hinamatsuri dolls and ornate kabuto ( samurai helmets). The political and administrative center of the city is Urawa Ward (Urawa Station area), and the economic, commercial, and transportation center

703-582: The Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito . On May 24, 2009, Aikawa lost his bid for reelection against Hayato Shimizu , who was backed by the opposition DPJ . Saitama's economy is principally constituted by commercial business. The city is one of many commercial centers of the Greater Tokyo area and serves Saitama Prefecture, North Kanto, and northeast Honshu. Saitama is also home to various manufacturers, exporting automotive (Honda manufactures

740-764: The SWS , Taue would band with Mitsuharu Misawa , Kenta Kobashi and Toshiaki Kawada to form the Super Generation Army. Soon after their formation, Taue would defect to Jumbo Tsuruta's stable, otherwise known as Tsuruta-gun. The ensuing rivalry between the Super Generation Army and Tsuruta-gun would produce all time tag team, and 6-man tag team classic matches. On September 30, 1990, the Wrestling Observer Newsletter would award Taue and Tsuruta versus Misawa and Kawada, 5 stars. However, he became better known for tag team wrestling. He won his first championship,

777-403: The upper portion of the small intestine . If there is a sufficient portion of the upper duodenum remaining, a Billroth I procedure is performed, where the remaining portion of the stomach is reattached to the duodenum before the common bile duct . If the stomach cannot be reattached to the duodenum, a Billroth II is performed, wherein the remaining portion of the duodenum is sealed off, a hole

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814-512: The Sakitama District ( 埼玉郡 ) of what is now the city of Gyōda in the northern part of what is now known as Saitama Prefecture. Sakitama has an ancient history and is mentioned in the famous 8th century poetry anthology Man'yōshū . The pronunciation has changed from Sakitama to Saitama over the years. With the merger of Urawa , Ōmiya , and Yono it was decided that a new name, one fitting for this newly created prefectural capital,

851-458: The area mostly resides on the Ōmiya Plateau lying in the north-south direction. Dispersed in this region, major rivers flow southward, almost paralleling to one another. Saitama has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa ) characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light to no snowfall. The average annual temperature in Saitama is 15.2 °C (59.4 °F). The average annual rainfall

888-620: The center of the Kantō Plain . Situated in the southeast of Saitama Prefecture, the city is topographically comprised by lowlands and plateaus, at mostly less than 20 m above sea level, with no mountain ranges or hills within the city boundaries. The western portion of the city lies on the lowland created by the Arakawa River along with those created by small rivers such as the Moto-Arakawa River , Shiba River , and Ayase River . The rest of

925-480: The city, 175,000, or 23.5%, commute to the Tokyo Special Wards area, making the city home to many so-called "Saitama Tomin". On the other hand, the former Urawa and Omiya cities were designated as core business cities in 1988, and in 2000, Saitama New Urban Center was opened and local branches of various central government offices were relocated from Tokyo. The southeastern area of Saitama Prefecture tends to be

962-544: The former Yono City is Yono-honmachi Station Representative station is Urawa Station . Saitama is a regional transportation hub for both passengers and freight train lines. Ōmiya Station , part of the Shinkansen high-speed train network, serves as the biggest railway hub in the prefecture. The closest major airports are Haneda Airport and Narita International Airport , both about two hours away. Honda Airport in Okegawa

999-454: The high school's sumo club. He joined the club in his second year of high school, and he won the third place in the national sumo high school championship. Taue was then invited in the Oshiogawa stable , and made his professional sumo debut, in January 1980. For the first six years of Taue's sumo career he went under his real name, until May 1986, when he was promoted to the rank of jūryō , he

1036-416: The new city Saitama in hiragana , not kanji . In third place in the poll was Ōmiya ( 大宮市 ) . In fourth was Saitama ( 彩玉市 ) , written with an alternative kanji for sai ( 彩 ) which means "colorful". The sai ( 埼 ) used in the prefectural name is a rare form of a common character ( 崎 ) that means " cape " or " promontory ". The city is located 20 to 30 km north of central Tokyo, roughly at

1073-526: The ring in December. On December 7, 2013, Taue wrestled his retirement match, where he, Takeshi Morishima , Takashi Sugiura , and Genba Hirayanagi defeated Genichiro Tenryu , Tatsumi Fujinami , Masao Inoue , and Kentaro Shiga , with Taue pinning Inoue for the final win of his career. Taue served as the Noah president until November 1, 2016, when the company was sold to IT development company Estbee, after which he

1110-430: The small intestine at a time, the patient will have to eat small amounts of food regularly in order to prevent gastric dumping syndrome . Another major effect is the loss of the intrinsic-factor -secreting parietal cells in the stomach lining. Intrinsic factor is essential for the uptake of vitamin B 12 in the terminal ileum , and without it the patient will develop a vitamin B 12 deficiency . This can lead to

1147-574: The stomach normally converts iron into its absorbable form. Another side effect is the loss of ghrelin production, which has been shown to be compensated after a while. Lastly, this procedure is post-operatively associated with decreased bone density and higher incidence of bone fractures. This may be due to the importance of gastric acid in calcium absorption. Post-operatively, up to 70% of patients undergoing total gastrectomy develop complications such as dumping syndrome and reflux esophagitis. A meta-analysis of 25 studies found that construction of

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1184-531: Was able to defeat Takeshi Rikio with his Ore ga Taue finisher to capture the GHC Heavyweight Championship , which he held into the new year before losing it to Jun Akiyama on January 22, 2006. On June 27, 2009, following the June 13 death of Mitsuharu Misawa, Akira Taue was appointed as the new president of Pro Wrestling Noah. On May 12, 2013, Taue announced that he would be officially retiring from

1221-407: Was founded on May 1, 2001, and was designated on April 1, 2003 as a government ordinance . For the histories of Urawa, Ōmiya and Yono before the merger, see: On April 1, 2005, Saitama absorbed the city of Iwatsuki to its east, which became a new ward , Iwatsuki-ku . The city evaded the major impact of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami . Saitama has a mayor-council form of government with

1258-542: Was given the shikona of Tamakirin Yasumasa. He fought in the second highest jūryō division for seven tournaments before retiring from sumo in July 1987. After his debut, Taue would mostly wrestle in the tag team division of AJPW . During this time he along with Shinichi Nakano would win the All Asia Tag Team Championship belts on June 5, 1990. After many from All Japan's roster would leave for Genichiro Tenryu 's new promotion,

1295-541: Was given the new role of an advisor. He would resign from his position in February 2017. In June 2017, after studying with Mitsuhiro Matsunaga , Taue opened his own steakhouse in Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan, called Steak Izakaya Champ, where he personally cuts and cooks the steak, as well as greeting customers. On August 22, 2018, Taue announced at a press conference that he was battling stomach cancer. The diagnosis came from when he

1332-517: Was needed. The prefectural name "Saitama" ( 埼玉県 ) was changed from kanji into hiragana , thus Saitama City ( さいたま市 ) was born. It is the only prefectural capital in Japan whose name is always written in hiragana , and belongs to the list of hiragana cities . However, Saitama written in hiragana ( さいたま市 ) actually finished in second place in public polling to Saitama written in kanji ( 埼玉市 ). Despite this, government officials decided to name

1369-658: Was originally hospitalized from a fall at his home on March 2 that caused bleeding from the stomach, which required an emergency blood transfusion. He also revealed that on April 16, he underwent a gastrectomy after discovering the cancer during an examination. Sanshō key: F =Fighting spirit; O =Outstanding performance; T =Technique     Also shown: ★ = Kinboshi ; P = Playoff (s) Divisions: Makuuchi — Jūryō — Makushita — Sandanme — Jonidan — Jonokuchi Saitama (city) Saitama ( さいたま市 , Saitama-shi , pronounced [saꜜitama] )

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