the Middle East (region comprising Western Asia without the South Caucasus and additionally including all of Egypt and all of Turkey)

Kōtō (one of 23 special wards in Tokyo prefecture, Japan) / Jiangdong (a district of Zhejiang, China)

the Near East

invest, speculate

chilli pepper

Abbreviation of Tokyo Stock Exchange

the Far East (East and Southeast Asia)

a derogatory term referring to a white person (it was originally applied to a person from China).

the modern world; this world; the contemporary world / Clipping of 当世風 (tōseifū).

Kyūjitai form of 国民党 (“Kuomintang”)