MOJI  , a

town of Japan, on the Kiushiu side of the Shimonoseki Strait . The strait being only I m. in width, Moji and Shimonoseki would be practically the same port did not the swiftness of the current along the latter shore make it convenient for vessels to anchor off Moji . Moji is one of the places voluntarily opened by the Japanese for purposes of direct export . It is the starting-point of the Kiushiu railway, and as there is abundance of coal in its neighbourhood, it has become a town of considerable importance . In 1890 it was little more than a hamlet, but it had in 1901 a population of 25,274, and a considerable foreign trade .