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| Bomb the System Bomb the System is a drama film written and directed by Adam Bhala Lough, which was released to film festivals in 2002 (see 2002 in film) and American theaters in 2005. It revolves around a group of graffiti artists living in New York City who decide to make a mark on the city, and stars Mark Webber, Gano Grills, Jaclyn DeSantis, Jade Yorker, Bönz Malone and Kumar Pallana. Bomb_the_System | |
| Bid rigging Bid rigging is a form of fraud in which a commercial contract is promised to one party even though for the sake of appearance several other parties also present a bid. This form of collusion is illegal in most countries. It is a form of price fixing and market allocation, often practised where contracts are determined by a call for bids, for example in the case of government construction contracts. Bid_rigging | |
| Chris Aguila Christopher Louis Aguila (born February 23, 1979 in Redwood City, California) is a professional baseball outfielder for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks in Nippon Professional Baseball who has also played parts of three seasons in Major League Baseball with the Florida Marlins (-) and part of the season with the New York Mets. He plays all three outfield positions. Chris_Aguila | |
| Jeff Kent Talk:Jeff_Kent | |
| Kayōkyoku is a genre of Japanese music. The Japan Times's articles translated kayōkyoku as "standard Japanese pop" or "Showa era pop". Famous kayōkyoku singers included Kyu Sakamoto, The Peanuts, The Tigers, Momoe Yamaguchi, Candies, Pink Lady, Seiko Matsuda, The Checkers and Onyanko Club. Kayōkyoku | |
| Baruto Kaito Baruto Kaito (born November 5, 1984 as Kaido Höövelson) is a professional sumo wrestler from Rakvere, Estonia. He is one of only two Estonians ever to join the sport in Japan, and the first to reach the top division. His shikona or fighting name is a reference to the Japanese name of the Baltic sea. His highest rank has been sekiwake. Baruto_Kaito | |
| Shinzō Abe was the 90th Prime Minister of Japan, elected by a special session of the National Diet on 26 September 2006. He was Japan's youngest post-World War II prime minister and the first born after the war. He resigned abruptly on 12 September 2007 after months of mounting political pressure. Shinzō_Abe | |
| Tokyo Sky Tree The (originally referred to as New Tokyo Tower) is a broadcasting tower currently under construction in Sumida, Tokyo, Japan. If completed as planned, it will be the tallest artificial structure in Japan at 610.58 m (2,003 ft) tall. The present Tokyo Tower (333 m) is not tall enough for complete digital terrestrial television broadcasting coverage since the construction of many high rise buildings in the central part of the metropolis. Tokyo_Sky_Tree | |
| Genji monogatari (opera) Genji monogatari (The Tale of Genji) is an opera by the Japanese composer Minoru Miki, with the libretto by Colin Graham, based on the eponymous masterpiece of 11th-century classical Japanese literature by Murasaki Shikibu. The opera was composed in 1999 and premiered in June 2000 at Opera Theatre of Saint Louis (OTSL) in the United States, with Graham directing the production. Cast members from the OTSL production participated in the Japanese premiere of the opera on 20 September 2001. Genji_monogatari_(opera) | |
| Risshō Kōsei Kai Risshō Kōsei Kai (立正佼成会; until June 1960, 大日本立正交成会Dai-Nippon Risshō Kōsei Kai) is a Japanese Buddhist lay movement founded in 1938 and an offshoot of the Nichiren Buddhist Reiyūkai. Rissho Kosei-kai was established on March 5, 1938, by Nikkyo Niwano and Myoko Naganuma. Risshō_Kōsei_Kai | |
| Kiyomi Tsujimoto Kiyomi Tsujimoto (辻元清美 Tsujimoto Kiyomi) (born 28 April 1960) is a Japanese politician from the Social Democratic Party (SDP), formerly the Japan Socialist Party. Kiyomi_Tsujimoto | |
| Kunio Hatoyama is a Japanese politician who served as Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications under Prime Minister Taro Aso until June 12, 2009. Kunio_Hatoyama | |
| Kyokutenhō Masaru Kyokutenhō Masaru (born September 13, 1974 as Nyamjavyn Tsevegnyam, in Nalaikh, Ulan Bator, Mongolia) is a professional sumo wrestler. He made his debut in 1992, with the first group of Mongolians ever to join the sport in Japan, reaching the top division in 1998. Kyokutenhō_Masaru | |
| Tissue-pack marketing Tissue-pack marketing is a type of guerrilla marketing that is a phenomenon in Japan. Companies use small, portable tissue packages to move advertising copy directly into consumers' hands. About 4¥75 Tissue-pack_marketing | |
| Eugenics in Japan Eugenics in Japan has influenced political, public health and social movements in Japan since the late 19th and early 20th century. The concept of «pure blood» as a criterion for the uniqueness of the Yamato minzoku began circulating around 1880 in Japan, while eugenism, translated as yuzenikkusu (science of race bettermen) in the sense of instrumental and selective procreation, clustered around two positions concerning blood, the junketsu («pure-blood») and the konketsu (mixed-blood). Eugenics_in_Japan | |
| Talkman Talkman | |
| Oricon , established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan. It started as , which was founded by Sōkō Koike in November 1967 and became known for its music charts. Oricon Inc. was originally set up as a subsidiary of Original Confidence and took over the latter’s Oricon record charts in April 2002. Oricon | |
| Luton Town F.C. Talk:Luton_Town_F.C. | |
| Katsuichi Honda is a Japanese journalist who is well known for his coverage of the Nanking Massacre. During the 1970s he wrote a series of articles on the atrocities committed by Japanese soldiers during World War II (including the Nanjing Massacre) called "Chūgoku no Tabi" (中国の旅, "Travels in China"). The series appeared in the Asahi Shimbun. Honda was a war correspondent in Vietnam from December 1966 through 1968. He published a book on the Vietnam War entitled Vietnam War in 1972. Katsuichi_Honda | |
| Kano Sisters Kano_Sisters | |
| Taiwan High Speed Rail Talk:Taiwan_High_Speed_Rail | |
| Christopher G. Moore Christopher George Moore (born July 8, 1952) is a Canadian novelist who has lived in Bangkok, Thailand since 1988. He formerly taught law at the University of British Columbia. His first book His Lordship’s Arsenal was published in New York in 1985. He has authored 20 novels and one collection of interlocked short stories. His Christopher_G._Moore | |
| Nanjing Massacre/Archives/2005 Talk:Nanjing_Massacre/Archives/2005 | |
| C. N. Annadurai Conjeevaram Natarajan Annadurai () (15 September 1909 Anna (which means elder brother in Tamil), was a former Chief Minister of the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu. He was the first member of a Dravidian party to hold that post and was also the first non-Congress leader to form a majority government in independent India.He was well known for his oratorical skills and was an acclaimed writer in the Tamil language. C._N._Annadurai | |
| Contest to kill 100 people using a sword The was a series of newspaper stories about a "contest" between two Japanese Army officers during the Japanese invasion of China. The contest was supposedly over which of them would first kill 100 people with his sword (See Kiri sute gomen). The stories would have lasting repercussions, including the execution of the two officers for war crimes. Contest_to_kill_100_people_using_a_sword | |
| Kenchō-ji Kenchō-ji (建長寺) is a Rinzai Zen temple in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, which ranks first among Kamakura's so-called Five Great Zen Temples (the Kamakura Gozan) and is the oldest Zen training monastery in Japan. These temples were at the top of the Five Mountain System, a network of Zen temples started by the Hōjō Regents. Still very large, it originally had a full shichidō garan and 49 subtemples Kenchō-ji | |
| Kenichi Shinoda , also known as is the sixth and current kumicho (supreme Godfather) of the Yamaguchi-gumi, Japan's largest yakuza organization. He is currently imprisoned for firearms possession.After graduating high school and working part time for a local firm, he drifted to Osaka in 1962 where he met Kodo-kai, a Yamaguchi-gumi affiliate. Kenichi_Shinoda | |
| Aizukotetsu-kai Aizu-Kotetsukai or Aizu Kotetsu-kai), based in Kyoto, is Japan's sixth-largest yakuza organization. Its name comes from the Aizu region, "Kotetsu", a type of Japanese sword, and the suffix "-kai", or society. Rather than a stand-alone gang, the Aizukotetsu-kai is a federation of approximately 100 of Kyoto's various yakuza groups, comprising an estimated 4,500 members.In 1992 the Aizukotetsu-kai became one of the first yakuza syndicates named under Japan's new anti-boryokudan legislation, which gave police expanded powers to crack down on yakuza. Aizukotetsu-kai | |
| Matsuba-kai Matsuba-kai (松葉会) is an Asakusa, Tokyo-based yakuza organization. Its name means "Pine Needle Association". In the early 2000's the gang was involved in a violent feud with the rival Kyokuto-kai, which led to a number of shootings. The gang gained some international prominence in early 2005, when it was revealed that the Urayasu-based cleaning company contracted to Tokyo Disney Resort was run by a member of the Matsuba-kai, Saburo Shiga (志賀 三郎). Matsuba-kai | |
| Nakano-kai Nakano-kai (中野会) was a notorious Osaka-based yakuza gang, founded by Taro Nakano in the years after World War 2.Before 1997, the Nakano-kai had been an affiliate of the Kobe-based Yamaguchi-gumi, Japan's largest yakuza group. But in July of that year, the Nakano-kai broke spectacularly from its parent in a violent attack that led to the group's disbanding. Nakano-kai | |
| Masaru Takumi Masaru Takumi (宅見 勝 Takumi Masaru; June 22, 1936 – August 28, 1997) was a powerful Japanese organized crime figure assassinated in 1997. Until his death, he was the second-in-command (wakagashira) and financial overseer of Japan's largest yakuza gang, the Yamaguchi-gumi. Known as "the man who never sleeps," he also headed his own sub-organization, the 1000-member Takumi-gumi. He was considered a likely successor to the Yamaguchi-gumi's godfather, Yoshinori Watanabe. Masaru_Takumi | |
| Noboru Ando Noboru Ando (安藤 昇 Ando Noboru) (1925 - ) is a Japanese film actor known for his yakuza roles.In fact, Ando was a real-life yakuza gang boss before becoming a movie star in 1965, when he appeared in a film about himself, "Chi to Okite" (Blood and Rules). Noboru_Ando | |
| United International Pictures United International Pictures (or UIP) is a joint venture of Paramount Pictures (owned by Viacom, which is owned by National Amusements, Inc.) and Universal Studios (owned by NBC Universal/General Electric), to distribute some of the two studios films theatrically outside United States (including territories) and Canada. United_International_Pictures | |
| Kazuhiko Matsumoto is a Japanese film director, credited with inventing the bukkake genre of Japanese AV (adult video). Because any graphic depiction of the pubic hair and genitals were long banned in Japanese pornography, directors had to find less direct ways of portraying sexual activity. Kazuhiko_Matsumoto | |
| Dead external links/404/j Wikipedia:Dead_external_links/404/j | |
| China Airlines Flight 140 China Airlines Flight 140 was a route from Taipei, Taiwan to Nagoya, Japan. On April 26, 1994, the Airbus A300 on the route was due to land at Nagoya Airport. The Airbus A300 was completing a routine flight and approach, however just before landing, the First Officer pressed the Take Off/Go-Around button (also known as a TOGA) which raises the throttle position to the same as take offs and go-arounds. China_Airlines_Flight_140 | |
| Tokkeitai The was the Imperial Japanese Navy's military police, they were equivalent to the Imperial Japanese Army's Kempeitai. They were also the smallest military police service.The original Tokeitai was known as the General Affairs Section and concerned itself with police and personnel work within the NavyKempeitai and Army from meddling in Navy affairs. Tokkeitai | |
| Australia–Japan relations Australia-Japan relations are generally warm, substantial and driven by mutual interests, and have expanded beyond strong economic and commercial links to other spheres, including culture, tourism, defence and scientific cooperation. There are some lingering tensions in the relationship, related to enmity in World War II, whaling and Japan's perceived economic domination, although such fears have fallen off in response to Japan's economic stagnation of the 1990s and a greater awareness of economic issues. Australia–Japan_relations | |
| Randy Bass (born March 13, 1954 in Lawton, Oklahoma) is a former American baseball player and current politician. He is less notable for his career in Major League Baseball than for his success in Japan's Hanshin Tigers of Central League, where he had the most spectacular run of any American to ever play in Japan. Currently, Bass is a Democratic State Senator from Oklahoma, representing District 32 since 2004. Randy_Bass | |
| Human rights in Japan Japan is a liberal democracy. According to Ministry of Justice (MOJ) figures, the Japanese Legal Affairs Bureau offices and civil liberties volunteers dealt with 359,971 human rights related complaints and 18,786 reports of suspected human rights violations during 2003. Many of these cases were ultimately resolved in the courts. Human_rights_in_Japan | |
| Battle of Changde Battle_of_Changde | |
| Criminal justice system of Japan Three basic features of Japan's system of criminal justice characterize its operations. First, the institutions—police, government prosecutor's offices, courts, and correctional organs— maintain close and cooperative relations with each other, consulting frequently on how best to accomplish the shared goals of limiting and controlling crime. Criminal_justice_system_of_Japan | |
| Tenjimbashisuji Rokuchōme Station is located in Tenjimbashi Rokuchome, Kita Ward, Osaka, Japan. Nicknamed, "Ten-roku", it is located on the Osaka Municipal Subway Tanimachi Line, the Sakaisuji Line and the Hankyu Senri Line (also through trains to the Kyoto Line).The world's largest covered shopping street, known as the Tenjimbashisuji Shotengai, begins at Ten-roku. It is 2.6 km long. Tenjimbashisuji_Rokuchōme_Station | |
| Mei Shigenobu is the daughter of Japanese Red Army communist Fusako Shigenobu. Some news agencies have given her name as May Shigenobu. She was born in Lebanon, though she was not a citizen of any country until March 2001, when she received Japanese citizenship. Shigenobu lived her first eight or nine years in Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon; Fusako Shigenobu was absent for months at a time and Mei was raised in those periods by her mother's colleagues in the Japanese Red Army. Mei_Shigenobu | |
| Junichi Kakizaki Junichi Kakizaki (柿崎順一, born January 4, 1971 Nagano) is a floral designer. He exhibits regularly both in Japan and internationally. Since 2006, he has mainly worked on stage decorations. Junichi_Kakizaki | |
| Japan–Korea relations Japan–Korea_relations | |
| Kuchisake-onna ("Slit-Mouth Woman") refers to both a story in Japanese mythology, as well as a modern version of the tale of a woman, mutilated by a jealous husband, and returned as a malicious spirit bent on committing the same acts done to her. Kuchisake-onna | |
| Karl Beattie Karl Beattie (born c. 1967) is the husband of Yvette Fielding, main presenter of Living TV's Most Haunted , a programme which investigates psychic and paranormal phenomena. Beattie and Fielding co-own Antix Productions, the TV Production Company that produces Most Haunted.In 2004, Beattie was the subject of media attention when he claimed to be the only living samurai outside of Japan, as one of only eight foreigners to have ever been awarded the title, however this is disputed by martial arts enthusiasts. Karl_Beattie | |
| December 2005 December_2005 | |
| Yasuo Fukuda was the 91st Prime Minister of Japan, serving from 2007 to 2008. He was previously the longest-serving Chief Cabinet Secretary in Japanese history, serving for three and a half years (2000Yoshiro Mori and Junichiro Koizumi. Following the resignation of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Fukuda was elected as President of the Liberal Democratic Party and became Prime Minister in September 2007. Fukuda was the first son of a former Japanese Prime Minister (Takeo Fukuda) to also take up the post. Yasuo_Fukuda |
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