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| Nobutaka Machimura is a Japanese politician. He is a member of the House of Representatives of Japan and a member of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party. He was Chief Cabinet Secretary in the government of Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda from 2007 to 2008. Nobutaka_Machimura | |
| Hideo Higashikokubaru , born September 16, 1957 as in Miyakonojo, Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan, is a former Japanese comedian who is most known for his role in the popular game show, Takeshi's Castle and for being the governor of Miyazaki Prefecture since 23 January 2007 (as of December 2008.) Hideo_Higashikokubaru | |
| Gaijin Gaijin | |
| Gaijin Talk:Gaijin | |
| Wakanohana Masaru is a former sumo wrestler from Tokyo, Japan. As an active wrestler he was known as Wakanohana III Masaru (若乃花 勝), and his rise through the ranks alongside his younger brother Takanohana Koji saw a boom in sumo's popularity in the early 1990s. He is the elder son of the former ozeki Takanohana I, who was also his stablemaster, and the nephew of Wakanohana I, a famous yokozuna of the 1950s. Wakanohana_Masaru | |
| Toilets in Japan toilets commonly found in Japan. The oldest type is a simple squat toilet, which is still common in public conveniences. After World War II, modern Western-type flush toilets and urinals became common. The current state of the art for Western-style toilets is the bidet toilet, which, as of 2004, are installed in more than half of Japanese households. Toilets_in_Japan | |
| Yoshito Matsushige Yoshito Matsushige (松重美人) (1913Japanese photojournalist who survived the dropping of the atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima on 6 August 1945 and took five photographs on the day of the bombing in Hiroshima, the only photographs taken that day within Hiroshima that are known.Matsushige was born in Kure, Hiroshima in 1913. He took a job in a newspaper after finishing school and in 1943 entered the photography section of the newspaper Chugoku Shimbun. Yoshito_Matsushige | |
| Mad Max Talk:Mad_Max | |
| The 5.6.7.8's The 5.6.7.8's are an all-female Japanese garage rock trio, whose music is reminiscent of American surf music, rockabilly and garage rock. Each member is from Tokyo, Japan. The group have so named themselves because they play music reminiscent of 1950s, '60s, '70s, and '80s rock. The_5.6.7.8's | |
| Japanese war crimes Japanese war crimes occurred during the period of Japanese imperialism. Some of the incidents have also been described as an Asian Holocaust and Japanese war atrocities. Some war crimes were committed by military personnel from the Empire of Japan in the late 19th century, although most took place during the first part of the Shōwa Era, the name given to the reign of Emperor Hirohito, until the military defeat of the Empire of Japan, in 1945. Japanese_war_crimes | |
| USS Newport News (SSN-750) USS_Newport_News_(SSN-750) | |
| Aiko, Princess Toshi Aiko,_Princess_Toshi | |
| Yuta Tabuse Japanese professional basketball player. A point guard, Tabuse is 1.75 m (5'9") and 75 kg (165 pounds). He is the first Japanese-born basketball player to play in the National Basketball Association, Yuta_Tabuse | |
| Murder of Junko Furuta was a 1988-89 incident in which a Japanese girl, , 16 at that time, was murdered. This incident has a high level of notoriety in Japan. Murder_of_Junko_Furuta | |
| Jo Kamisaku Jo Kamisaku (神作 譲 Kamisaku Jō, born May 11, 1971) is a Japanese man who, as a youth, participated in the rape-murder of Junko Furuta. After he was released, he took the family name "Kamisaku" when he was adopted by a supporter of his.Kamisaku, who was 17 at the time, participated in the murder with three other people. He was imprisoned starting in 1991 for an indeterminate length, but was released in 1999. Jo_Kamisaku | |
| David Peace David Peace (born 1967) is a British author. He is well known for his novels GB84 and The Damned Utd. In 2003 David Peace was named as a Best of Young British Novelists by Granta.David Peace grew up in Ossett, West Yorkshire. He was educated at Batley Grammar School and Manchester Polytechnic, which he left in 1991 to go to Istanbul to teach English. He moved to Tokyo in 1994 and currently lives there. David_Peace | |
| Koreans in Japan Koreans_in_Japan | |
| Naicho Naichō (内調, an abbreviation for Naikaku Jōhō Chōsashitsu 内閣 情報 調査室, Cabinet Intelligence and Research Office) is the premier intelligence agency of Japan, reporting directly to the Prime Minister. The agency is said to be an equal to the American Central Intelligence Agency. Naicho | |
| Tsutomu Miyazaki , also known as The Otaku Murderer, The Little Girl Murderer, and Dracula, was a Japanese serial killer. Tsutomu_Miyazaki | |
| Order of the Rising Sun Order of the Rising Sun (, Kyokujitsu shō ?Japanese Order, established in 1875 by Emperor Meiji of Japan. The Order was the first national decoration awarded by the Japanese Government, created on April 10, 1875 by decree of the Council of State. The badge features rays of sunlight from the rising sun. The design of the Rising Sun sym Order_of_the_Rising_Sun | |
| Hasekura Tsunenaga Hasekura_Tsunenaga | |
| Tujiko Noriko Tujiko Noriko (born Noriko Tsujiko (辻子紀子 Tsujiko Noriko) in Osaka, Japan) is a Japanese avant-pop, experimental musician, sometimes compared to múm, or Björk. Much of her music consists of repetitive layers of samples and electronic beats and melodies being gradually added on top of each other, with her singing on top of that. Tujiko_Noriko | |
| David Mitchell (author) David Mitchell (born 12 January 1969) is an English novelist. He has written four novels, two of which were shortlisted for the Booker Prize. The latest, Black Swan Green, was longlisted for the 2006 award. David_Mitchell_(author) | |
| Daigo Fukuryū Maru was a Japanese tuna fishing boat, which was exposed to and contaminated by nuclear fallout from the United States' Castle Bravo thermonuclear device test on Bikini Atoll, on March 1, 1954.Kuboyama Aikichi, the boat's chief radioman, died half a year later, on September 23, 1954, suffering from acute radiation syndrome. He is considered the first victim of the hydrogen bomb of Operation Castle Bravo. Daigo_Fukuryū_Maru | |
| Pink film is a style of Japanese softcore pornographic theatrical film. Films of this genre first appeared in the early 1960s, and dominated the Japanese domestic cinema from the mid-1960s through the mid-1980s. In the 1960s, the pink films were largely the product of small, independent studios. Pink_film | |
| Ryūkōka is a Japanese music genre. The term originally means "popular music" in Japanese. Therefore, "Imayō", supported by Emperor Go-Shirakawa in the Heian Period, was a kind of ryūkōka. As a specific musical genre, however, ryūkōka is regarded as Japanese popular music genre between late 1920s and early 1960s. Ryūkōka | |
| Hugh Cortazzi Sir Arthur Henry Hugh Cortazzi GCMG (May 2, 1924- ) is a British knight and diplomat. He is also distinguished as an international businessman, academic, author and prominent Japanologist. Sir Hugh has been the Ambassador from the United Kingdom to Japan (1980-84), President of the Asiatic Society of Japan (1982-1983) and Chairman of the Japan Society of London (1985-95).Cortazzi retired from public service after his years as British ambassador to Japan, but in private life, he has continued to work promoting better Anglo-Japanese relations. Hugh_Cortazzi | |
| Tsuyoshi Kusanagi is a Japanese entertainer. Kusanagi is member of the popular Japanese idol group SMAP and has also appeared in a number of television dramas, variety shows and movies. Tsuyoshi_Kusanagi | |
| Japanese settlement in the Philippines Japanese settlement in the Philippines refers to the branch of the Japanese diaspora having historical contact with and having established themselves in what is now the Philippines. This also refers to Filipino citizens of either pure or mixed Japanese descent currently residing in the country, the latter a result of intermarriages between the Japanese and local populations. Japanese_settlement_in_the_Philippines | |
| Great Hanshin earthquake Talk:Great_Hanshin_earthquake | |
| Coria del Río Coria del Río is a small town near Seville, on the shores of Guadalquivir river.It is popularly known because there are some descendants of the first-ever Japanese official envoy to Spain. In early 17th century, Daimyo Date Masamune of Sendai sent a delegation led by Hasekura Tsunenaga to Europe. An embassy was then set up and six samurai stayed on. Approximately 700 of Coria's 25,000 residents use the surname Japón (originally Hasekura de Japón), identifying them as their descendants. Coria_del_Río | |
| Jōyō kanji The is the guide to kanji characters announced officially by the Japanese Ministry of Education. Current jōyō kanji are those on a list of 1,945 characters issued on October 10, 1981. It is a slightly modified version of the tōyō kanji, which was the initial list of secondary school-level kanji standardized after World War II.The 1,945 kanji in the jōyō kanji consist of 1,006 kanji taught in primary school (these are known as the kyōiku kanji) 939 more kanji taught in secondary school Jōyō_kanji | |
| Tarento is a Japanese rendering (Wasei-eigo) of the English word "talent" and is used as a catch-all term for mass media personalities who regularly appear on television. Detractors of the phenomenon have referred to it in an English sense as "Famous just for being famous" due to the fact that many that fall into this career line have no discernible talent outside being featured on television. Tarento | |
| Yasuo Takei Yasuo Takei (武井保雄, Takei Yasuo) (January 4, 1930 August 11, 2006), was the founder and former chairman of Takefuji (武富士), Japan's number one consumer finance group.On 17 November 2004 he was given a three year suspended sentence for wiretapping and defamation of character, after ordering the phones of two freelance journalists who had written articles critical of Takefuji to be bugged between December 2000 and February 2001. Yasuo_Takei | |
| Cabinet Office (Japan) is an agency in the Cabinet of Japan. It is responsible for handling the day to day affairs of the cabinet. The Cabinet Secretary position is usually given to a sitting minister. Cabinet_Office_(Japan) | |
| Bae Yong Joon Bae Yong Joon (born August 29 1972 in Seoul, South Korea), is a South Korean actor best known for his roles in numerous television dramas. He is also known as the abbreviated BYJ to many of his fans, or as Yon-sama (ヨン様), with the "sama" being an honorific suffix in Japanese. Bae_Yong_Joon | |
| Kiyoshi Itō (September 7 1915 10 November 2008) was a Japanese mathematician whose work is now called Itō calculus. The basic concept of this calculus is the Itō integral, and the most basic among important results is Itō's lemma. It facilitates mathematical understanding of random events. His theory is widely applied, for instance in financial mathematics.Although the standard Hepburn romanization of his name is Itō, the spellings Itô (as in Kunrei-shiki romanization) or Ito are often seen in the West as well. Kiyoshi_Itō | |
| Eiko Koike is a Japanese idol. Outside of Japan, her best-known work is the film 2LDK. She has worked as a ringside commentator and spokesperson for Japan's PRIDE Fighting Championships from 2000 to 2006. Recently, she has been making appearances for the comedic HUSTLE wrestling promotion supporting her husband, Wataru Sakata, and the New Generation HUSTLE Army as which means "Fairy" in Japanese. Eiko_Koike | |
| Sally Yoshino is a Japanese striptease dancer, model, and AV idol who has been called "one of the true legends of AV Sally_Yoshino | |
| 2011 in rail transport 2011_in_rail_transport | |
| Kobe Steel Kobelco Steelers For the American football team, see Pittsburgh Steelers. For other uses, see Steelers (disambiguation).Kobe Steel Kobelco Steelers (神戸製鋼コベルコスティーラーズ Kobe Seiko Koberuko Suti-ra-zu) are a Japanese rugby union team owned by Kobe Steel, Ltd., Kobe_Steel_Kobelco_Steelers | |
| Toshiba Brave Lupus Toshiba Brave Lupus (Lupus is wolf in Latin) is a Japanese rugby union team in the Top League. They are based in Fuchu, Tokyo, as is their local rival Suntory Sungoliath. They won the second ever Top League championship in the 2004-5 season and the Microsoft Cup in 2005 under their innovative and inventive coach Masahiro Kunda, himself a former hooker for Toshiba and Japan. Toshiba_Brave_Lupus | |
| Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity The Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity was a list maintained by UNESCO with pieces of intangible culture considered relevant by that organization. It was started in 2001 with 19 items and a further 28 were added in 2003. On November 25, 2005 another list was issued. Each item was nominated by a country or more than one country. Some other items are nominated by one country but supported by one or more others. Masterpieces_of_the_Oral_and_Intangible_Heritage_of_Humanity | |
| Shirase (icebreaker) Shirase_(icebreaker) | |
| Microsoft Cup Microsoft Cup is a knock-out Japanese rugby union tournament sponsored by Microsoft Japan, first played in February 2004. For the first three seasons the top eight teams of the Top League participated and it was a separate competition to the Top League, but in 2007 this was cut to the top four teams, making two semi-finals and the final. Microsoft_Cup | |
| University championship rugby rugby union championships are held annually. The 2004-5 championships were the 41st in the series. Waseda University beat Kanto Gakuin University 31-19 in the final on January 9 2005. University_championship_rugby | |
| Yamaha Jubilo Yamaha Jubilo rugby union team came second behind Toshiba Brave Lupus in the second season of Japanese rugby's Top League (2004-5). They were coached by former All Black Grant Batty and Fijian player-coach Tabai Matson.Slogan for 2006 season Yamaha_Jubilo | |
| Boris Berezovsky (pianist) Boris Vadimovich Berezovsky (; born January 4, 1969, in Moscow) is a Russian pianist. Boris_Berezovsky_(pianist) | |
| NEC Green Rockets NEC Green Rockets is a Japanese rugby union team in the Top League. The team's captain is Ryota Asano. The previous captain was Takuro Miuchi, who is currently the captain of the Japan national rugby union team. Before the semi-professional Top League was created, the team was just known as "NEC". NEC_Green_Rockets | |
| Kiyoshi Itō Talk:Kiyoshi_Itō |
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