Jokichi Takamine (高峰 譲吉, Takamine Jōkichi; November 3, 1854 – July 22, 1922) was a Japanese chemist. He is known for…Jokichi Takamine (高峰 譲吉, Takamine Jōkichi; November 3, 1854 – July 22, 1922) was a Japanese chemist. He is known for being the first to isolate adrenaline in 1901.
Tatsuno Kingo (辰野 金吾; October 13, 1854 – 25 March 1919) was a Japanese architect born in Karatsu, Saga Prefecture…Tatsuno Kingo (辰野 金吾; October 13, 1854 – 25 March 1919) was a Japanese architect born in Karatsu, Saga Prefecture, Kyushu. He was a Doctor of Engineering; conferred as Jusanmi (従三位, Junior Third Rank) and Kunsanto (勲三等, Order of Third Class); and served as dean of Architecture Department at Tokyo Imperial University. Tatsuno is most widely known for his work as the designer of the Bank of Japan building (1896) and the Marunouchi building of Tokyo Station (1914).
Baron Furuichi Kōi (古市 公威; September 13, 1854 – January 28, 1934) was a Japanese civil engineer, who was president of…Baron Furuichi Kōi (古市 公威; September 13, 1854 – January 28, 1934) was a Japanese civil engineer, who was president of Kōka Daigaku, the present college of engineering of the University of Tokyo, and founding president of the Tokyo Underground Railway, "the first underground railway in the Orient".
Baron Takahira Kogorō (高平 小五郎; 29 January 1854 – 28 November 1926) was a Japanese diplomat and ambassador to the United…Baron Takahira Kogorō (高平 小五郎; 29 January 1854 – 28 November 1926) was a Japanese diplomat and ambassador to the United States from 1900 to 1909.
Baron Kitasato Shibasaburō (北里 柴三郎; January 29 [O.S. 17 January], 1853 – June 13, 1931) was a Japanese physician and…Baron Kitasato Shibasaburō (北里 柴三郎; January 29 [O.S. 17 January], 1853 – June 13, 1931) was a Japanese physician and bacteriologist. He is remembered as the co-discoverer of the infectious agent of bubonic plague in Hong Kong during an outbreak in 1894, almost simultaneously with Alexandre Yersin. Kitasato was nominated for the first annual Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1901. Kitasato and Emil von Behring, working together in Berlin in 1890, announced the discovery of diphtheria antitoxin serum. Von Behring was awarded the 1901 Nobel Prize because of this work, but Kitasato was not.
Sone Tatsuzō (曽禰 達蔵; January 3, 1853—December 6, 1937) was a Japanese architect noted for his use of western…Sone Tatsuzō (曽禰 達蔵; January 3, 1853—December 6, 1937) was a Japanese architect noted for his use of western architectural styles in the later Meiji period. One of the famous disciples of Josiah Conder.
Ōmori Harutoyo (大森 治豊; December 20, 1852 - February 19, 1912) was a Japanese surgeon who became the first president of…Ōmori Harutoyo (大森 治豊; December 20, 1852 - February 19, 1912) was a Japanese surgeon who became the first president of the Fukuoka Medical College that was founded in 1903 as a branch of the Medical Faculty of Kyōto University (Kyōto teikoku daigaku Fukuoka ika-daigaku, now the Faculty of Medicine, Kyushu University). Ōmori was born in Edo, but he grew up in the domain Kaminoyama (Dewa province, nowadays Yamagata prefecture) where his father Ōmori Kaishun served as a physician to lord Matsudaira Nobumichi. In 1879 he graduated from Tokyo University; the same year he went to a new post in the newly established Fukuoka Medical School. In 1888 when this school was abolished, he was appointed as the first director of the Fukuoka Prefectural Hospital. In 1885, he performed the first cesarean operation in Japan. Dr. Omori laid the foundation for Kyushu University Faculty of Medicine before retiring in 1909. He did from a kidney trouble and was buried in the Sōfuku-Temple (Sōfuku-ji (Fukuoka) next to the campus of the medical faculty.
Hattori Ichizo (Japanese: 服部 一三, Hepburn: Hattori Ichizō; 13 March 1851 – 25 January 1929) was a Japanese politician…Hattori Ichizo (Japanese: 服部 一三, Hepburn: Hattori Ichizō; 13 March 1851 – 25 January 1929) was a Japanese politician who served as governor of Hiroshima Prefecture from July to December 1898. He was also governor of Iwate Prefecture (1891–1898), Nagasaki Prefecture (1898–1900) and Hyōgo Prefecture (1900–1916). He was the first president of the Seismological Society of Japan (1880–1882), as well as president of Kyoritsu Women's University (1886–1891). He was on the faculty of the University of Tokyo and Kyoto University.
Arinobu Fukuhara (福原 有信, Fukuhara Arinobu; May 10, 1848 – March 30, 1924) was a Japanese business tycoon and pharmacist…Arinobu Fukuhara (福原 有信, Fukuhara Arinobu; May 10, 1848 – March 30, 1924) was a Japanese business tycoon and pharmacist and cosmetician, who was the head of Apothecary Shiseidō (which in 1927 would be incorporated as Shiseidō Company, Ltd.) and Toku Fukuhara (福原 とく, Fukuhara Toku). Arinobu Fukuhara is known internationally because of the Arinobu Fukuhara House at Hakone, which Frank Lloyd Wright designed in 1918 as a Prairie-style vacation villa for the extended Fukuhara family. Born in Awa, Chiba-ken, he rose to become Chief Pharmacist of the Imperial Japanese Navy. In retirement, he embarked on a second career which would bring fame and fortune. He was also president of the Aikoko Insurance Company.
Kozo Iizuka (飯塚 幸三, Iizuka Kōzō; IPA: [iizuka koː(d)zoː]; June 1, 1931 – October 26, 2024) was a Japanese engineer who…Kozo Iizuka (飯塚 幸三, Iizuka Kōzō; IPA: [iizuka koː(d)zoː]; June 1, 1931 – October 26, 2024) was a Japanese engineer who served as Director of the AIST and President of the International Measurement Confederation and Human Frontier Science Program among other positions. On April 19, 2019, while driving his car, he caused a fatal accident that resulted in deaths of two people and injuries of nine people (including his wife on the car) in what is called the Higashi-Ikebukuro runaway car crash.
Kiyoshi Odawara (小田原 潔, Odawara Kiyoshi; born 23 May 1964) is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party…Kiyoshi Odawara (小田原 潔, Odawara Kiyoshi; born 23 May 1964) is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, who serves as a member of the House of Representatives.
Baron Tanakadate Aikitsu (田中舘 愛橘; 18 September 1856 – 21 May 1952) was a Japanese physicist with diverse interests and…Baron Tanakadate Aikitsu (田中舘 愛橘; 18 September 1856 – 21 May 1952) was a Japanese physicist with diverse interests and effect. His given name was also written as Aikitu.
Daisuke Nishino (西野太亮, Nishino Daisuke; born 22 September 1978) is a Japanese politician serving as a member of the…Daisuke Nishino (西野太亮, Nishino Daisuke; born 22 September 1978) is a Japanese politician serving as a member of the House of Representatives since 2021. He has served as parliamentary vice-minister of the Cabinet Office since 2024.
Hiroshi Yasuda (born 1944) is an Emeritus Professor at the University of Tokyo and works as a Consultant for Nippon…Hiroshi Yasuda (born 1944) is an Emeritus Professor at the University of Tokyo and works as a Consultant for Nippon Telegraph and Telephone. In the sphere of international standardization, together with Leonardo Chiariglione he founded the Moving Picture Experts Group which standardized MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3, better known as MP3. Prof. Hiroshi Yasuda received his B.E., M.E. and Dr.E. degrees from the University of Tokyo, Japan in 1967, 1969, and 1972 respectively. Thereafter, he joined the Electrical Communication Laboratories of NTT in 1972 where he has been involved in works on Video Coding, Facsimile Network, Image Processing, Telepresence, B-ISDN Network and Services, Internet and Computer Communication Applications. He worked four years (1988–1992) as the Executive Manager of Visual Media Lab. of NTT Human Interface Labs., and served three years (1992–1995) as the Executive Manager of System Services Department of NTT Business Communications Systems Headquarters and became vice president, Director of NTT Information and Communication Systems Laboratories at Yokosuka since July 1995. After serving twenty-five years for NTT (1972–1997) he left NTT to work at The University of Tokyo. From 2003 until 2005 he was acting director of The Center for Collaborative Research (CCR) and is now a Professor at Tokyo Denki University. He is a member of the IT Strategic Headquarters (Japan). Professor Yasuda also served as the International Organization for Standardization's chairperson of ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 29 (JPEG/MPEG Standardization) from 1991 - 1999. He has served as a guest editor of IEEE Journal on SAC several times, such as Vol.11, No.1. and has served as The Exhibition Chair of 1996 Multimedia Systems Conference sponsored by Computer Society. He also served as the president of DAVIC (Digital Audio Video Council) from 1996 -1998. He has received numerous awards, including the Takayanagi Award in 1987, the Achievement Award of EICEJ in 1995, The EMMY from The National Academy of Television Arts and Science in 1995, the IEEE fellowship grade in 1998 for contributions to the international standardization activities on video coding technologies and the research and development of visual communications and multimedia communications systems, the Charles Proteus Steinmetz Award from IEEE in 2000, the Takayanagi Award in 2005 and The Medal with Purple Ribbon from The Emperor of Japan in 2009. He is a Life Fellow of IEEE, Fellow of EICEJ and IPSJ, and a member of Television Institute. He wrote International Standardization of Multimedia Coding in 1991, MPEG/International Standardization of Multimedia Coding in 1994, The Base for the Digital Image Coding in 1995, The Text for Internet in 1996, The Text for MPEG" in 2002 and The Text for Content Distribution in 2003.
Katsuhiko Umehara (梅原 克彦, Umehara Katsuhiko; born 29 March 1954) is a Japanese politician who served as the mayor of…Katsuhiko Umehara (梅原 克彦, Umehara Katsuhiko; born 29 March 1954) is a Japanese politician who served as the mayor of Sendai, Miyagi. Upon graduation from the University of Tokyo in 1978, he joined the Ministry of International Trade and Industry. After leaving the ministry in 2005, he was elected mayor of Sendai in the same year.
Kazuhide Uekusa (植草 一秀, Uekusa Kazuhide; born December 18, 1960) is a Japanese economist, economic analyst, former…Kazuhide Uekusa (植草 一秀, Uekusa Kazuhide; born December 18, 1960) is a Japanese economist, economic analyst, former senior economist at Nomura Research Institute, and chairman of the Three-Nations Research Institute. He was arrested for sexual offenses in 2004 and 2006.
Motoo Noguchi is a Japanese judge and chairman of the Board of Directors of the Trust Fund for Victims at the…Motoo Noguchi is a Japanese judge and chairman of the Board of Directors of the Trust Fund for Victims at the International Criminal Court. His other and former positions include: Prosecutor in Japan (1985-1996) Professor at the Research & Training Institute of the Ministry of Justice (1996-2000) Counsel at the Office of the General Counsel of Asian Development Bank (2000-2004) Professor at UNAFEI (2004-2012) International judge of the Supreme Court Chamber at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC, 2006-2012)
Tsuneo Tamagawa (Japanese: 玉河 恒夫, Tamagawa Tsuneo, 11 December 1925 in Tokyo – 30 December 2017 in New Haven…Tsuneo Tamagawa (Japanese: 玉河 恒夫, Tamagawa Tsuneo, 11 December 1925 in Tokyo – 30 December 2017 in New Haven, Connecticut) was a mathematician. He worked on the arithmetic of classical groups. Tamagawa received his PhD in 1954 at the University of Tokyo under Shōkichi Iyanaga. Tamagawa was a visiting scholar at the Institute for Advanced Study in 1955/6, 1958, and 1970. He was on the Yale University faculty starting in 1963, and became emeritus in 1996. He introduced the Tamagawa numbers, which are measures for algebraic groups over algebraic number fields. These measures play an essential role in conjectures on arithmetic algebraic geometry, such as those of Spencer Bloch and Kazuya Kato. Tamagawa's doctoral students included Doris Schattschneider and Audrey Terras.
Mayuko Wakuda (和久田 麻由子, Wakuda Mayuko; born November 25, 1988) is a Japanese freelance announcer and news anchor. She…Mayuko Wakuda (和久田 麻由子, Wakuda Mayuko; born November 25, 1988) is a Japanese freelance announcer and news anchor. She is a former NHK announcer and she is known as one of the anchors hosting NHK General TV's primetime news program News Watch 9. She is represented by Cent. Force.
Miki Yamada (山田美樹, Yamada Miki; born 15 March 1974) is a Japanese politician and member of the House of…Miki Yamada (山田美樹, Yamada Miki; born 15 March 1974) is a Japanese politician and member of the House of Representatives. She is a member of the Liberal Democratic Party. She was born in Shinagawa, Tokyo and received an LLB from the University of Tokyo, following which she joined the Ministry of International Trade and Industry. She attended business school at Columbia University and subsequently worked in the Cabinet Secretariat under Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, as a management consultant with Boston Consulting Group, and as a marketing executive for Hermès Japan. She was first elected to the Diet in the 2012 general election, in which she defeated former Economy Minister (and subsequent Democratic Party of Japan president) Banri Kaieda in the Tokyo 1st district. Her campaign was supported by Kaoru Yosano. Miki was re-elected to serve a further term in parliament in the 2014 general election. She was appointed (and remains) Vice-minister for foreign affairs in the 3rd cabinet re-shuffle of the Abe administration. In the 2017 general election, Kaieda defeated Yamada by a small margin in the Tokyo 1st district, but Yamada retained a seat in the Diet through the LDP proportional representation list.
Kimitake Hiraoka (平岡 公威, Hiraoka Kimitake; 14 January 1925 – 25 November 1970), known by his pen name Yukio Mishima (三島…Kimitake Hiraoka (平岡 公威, Hiraoka Kimitake; 14 January 1925 – 25 November 1970), known by his pen name Yukio Mishima (三島 由紀夫, Mishima Yukio), was a Japanese novelist, playwright, short story writer, actor, martial artist, model, and the leader of an attempted coup d'état that culminated in his seppuku. He is considered one of the most important postwar stylists of the Japanese language. Mishima was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature five times in the 1960s—including in 1968 when the award went to his countryman and benefactor Yasunari Kawabata. Mishima's works include the novels Confessions of a Mask and The Temple of the Golden Pavilion, and the autobiographical essay Sun and Steel. Mishima's work is characterized by "its luxurious vocabulary and decadent metaphors, its fusion of traditional Japanese and modern Western literary styles, and its obsessive assertions of the unity of beauty, eroticism, and death," according to the author Andrew Rankin. Mishima's political activities made him a controversial figure; he remains so in Japan to the present day. From his mid-30s onwards, Mishima's far-right ideology and reactionary beliefs became increasingly evident. He extolled the traditional culture and spirit of Japan, and opposed what he saw as Western-style materialism, along with Japan's postwar democracy, globalism, and communism, worrying that by embracing these ideas the Japanese people would lose their "national essence" (kokutai) and distinctive cultural heritage to become a "rootless" people. In 1968, Mishima formed the Tatenokai ("Shield Society"), a private militia, for the purpose of protecting the dignity of the emperor as a symbol of national identity. The Tatenokai are interpreted by scholars as attempting to reclaim Japan's prewar values of loyalty. Yukio Mishima believed the traditions that made Japan great had been weakened by postwar Japan. Although the Tatenokai were legally allowed in postwar Japan, their ideology directly opposed the newfound pacifism that was adopted. On 25 November 1970, Mishima and four members of his militia entered a military base in central Tokyo, took its commandant hostage, and unsuccessfully tried to inspire the Japan Self-Defense Forces to rise up and overthrow Article 9 of the 1947 Constitution to restore autonomous national defense and the divinity of the emperor. The incident ended with Mishima's suicide by seppuku, which had been planned.
Kiichirō Hatoyama (鳩山 紀一郎, Hatoyama Kiichirō; born 26 July 1976) is a Japanese academic and politician. He was a member…Kiichirō Hatoyama (鳩山 紀一郎, Hatoyama Kiichirō; born 26 July 1976) is a Japanese academic and politician. He was a member of the House of Representatives from 2024 to 2026.
Kiyoharu Aizawa is a full professor at the Department of Information and Communication Engineering of the University of…Kiyoharu Aizawa is a full professor at the Department of Information and Communication Engineering of the University of Tokyo. He was named a fellow of the Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers (2012) and a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in 2016 for contributions to model-based coding and multimedia life logging. Aizawa received B.E., M.E. and Dr.E. in electrical engineering all from the University of Tokyo in 1983, 1985 and 1988 respectively. From 1990 to 1992, he was a visiting professor at the University of Illinois and is known to serve as editor-in-chief of the Journal of ITE Japan and Senior Associate Editor of IEEE Trans. Image Processing.
Tatsuo Ozawa (小沢 辰男, Ozawa Tatsuo; 7 December 1916 – 13 October 2013) was a Japanese politician who served as minister…Tatsuo Ozawa (小沢 辰男, Ozawa Tatsuo; 7 December 1916 – 13 October 2013) was a Japanese politician who served as minister of health and welfare, construction minister, and head of the Environment Agency. Born in Niigata City as the son of House of Representatives member Kuniji Ozawa, and a graduate of Tokyo Imperial University's Law Department (School of Political Science), Ozawa joined the Home Ministry upon graduation. When that ministry was abolished in 1947, he was transferred to the Welfare Ministry. He first won a seat in the House of Representatives in 1960, (on an LDP ticket) and served 13 consecutive terms. In 1994, he founded the Niigata University of International and Information Studies. Ozawa founded the Reform Club (Japanese: 改革クラブ) political party in 1998, and served as its leader until his retirement from politics in 2000.
Takahiro Kuroiwa (黒岩宇洋, Kuroiwa Takahiro; born 13 October 1966) is a Japanese politician. He has been a member of the…Takahiro Kuroiwa (黒岩宇洋, Kuroiwa Takahiro; born 13 October 1966) is a Japanese politician. He has been a member of the House of Representatives from 2024 to 2026, having previously served from 2009 to 2012 and from 2014 to 2021. From 2002 to 2007, he was a member of the House of Councillors.
Kaname Tajima (田嶋 要, Tajima Kaname; born 22 September 1961) is a Japanese politician serving in the House of…Kaname Tajima (田嶋 要, Tajima Kaname; born 22 September 1961) is a Japanese politician serving in the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature) as a member of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan. A native of Nagoya, Aichi he attended the University of Tokyo and also earned MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He was elected for the first time in 2003 after working at NTT for 20 years. Tajima is part of the CDP's shadow cabinet 'Next Cabinet' as the shadow Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry.
Kazuhiko Shigetoku (重徳 和彦, Shigetoku Kazuhiro; born 21 December 1970) is a Japanese politician who is a member of the…Kazuhiko Shigetoku (重徳 和彦, Shigetoku Kazuhiro; born 21 December 1970) is a Japanese politician who is a member of the House of Representatives of Japan. He is the fourth chair of the Policy Research Council of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan and concurrently serves as shadow Chief Cabinet Secretary alongside it. He is also the leader of the Direct Admonition Society, a faction in the CDP, and acts as representative of the CDP's Aichi Prefecture Federation.
Tamayo Marukawa (丸川 珠代, Marukawa Tamayo, born 19 January 1971) is a Japanese politician and former announcer of TV…Tamayo Marukawa (丸川 珠代, Marukawa Tamayo, born 19 January 1971) is a Japanese politician and former announcer of TV Asahi, who served as a member of the House of Councillors from 2007 to 2024. She is a member of the Liberal Democratic Party. She served as the head of the Women's Affairs Office of the LDP in October 2009. She graduated from the University of Tokyo with the Bachelor of Economics degree in 1993. The 2007 House of Councillors election marked her entry into politics. The documentary film "Pictures at an Election" covers some of her campaign. She is married to Taku Otsuka (a member of the House of Representatives). Their wedding ceremony was held in Meiji Shrine on 16 June 2008. They have one child. Marukawa has served twice as Minister of State for the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games. She first served in the role under Prime Minister Shinzo Abe from August 2016 until August 2017. She was named to the post a second time by Yoshihide Suga on 18 February 2021 to replace fellow LDP lawmaker and former Olympian Seiko Hashimoto, who had resigned from her Cabinet post in order to take over as President of the Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee. Marukawa stood as the LDP candidate for the Tokyo 7th district in the October 2024 House of Representatives election, intending to switch houses. She thus automatically lost her seat in the House of Councillors when the election was announced. Marukawa was defeated in the election. Marukawa again contested Tokyo 7th district in the 2026 general election and was elected. She was affiliated with the nationalist organisation Nippon Kaigi.
Motojirō Kajii (梶井 基次郎, Kajii Motojirō; also Motojirou Kajii, February 17, 1901 – March 24, 1932) was a Japanese writer…Motojirō Kajii (梶井 基次郎, Kajii Motojirō; also Motojirou Kajii, February 17, 1901 – March 24, 1932) was a Japanese writer in the early Shōwa period known for his poetic short stories. Kajii's works included Remon (檸檬; "Lemon"), "Shiro no aru machi nite" (城のある町にて; "In a Castle Town"). Fuyu no hi (冬の日; "Winter Days") and Sakura no ki no shita ni wa (櫻の樹の下には; "Beneath the Cherry Trees"). His poetic works were praised by fellow writers including Yasunari Kawabata and Yukio Mishima. Today his works are admired for their finely tuned self-observation and descriptive power. Despite the limited body of work he created during his short lifetime, Kajii has managed to leave a lasting footprint on Japanese culture. "Lemon" is a staple of literature textbooks. According to a report in major daily newspaper Asahi Shimbun, many high school students have emulated the protagonist's defiant act of leaving a lemon in the book section of Maruzen, a department store chain. The opening line of "Under the Cherry Trees" (Dead bodies are buried under the cherry trees!) is popularly quoted in reference to hanami, the Japanese custom of cherry blossom viewing.
Yasunari Kawabata (川端 康成, Kawabata Yasunari; Japanese pronunciation: [ka.wa.ba.ta (|) ja.sɯꜜ.na.ɾʲi], 11 June 1899 – 16…Yasunari Kawabata (川端 康成, Kawabata Yasunari; Japanese pronunciation: [ka.wa.ba.ta (|) ja.sɯꜜ.na.ɾʲi], 11 June 1899 – 16 April 1972) was a Japanese novelist and short story writer whose spare, lyrical, subtly-shaded prose works won him the 1968 Nobel Prize in Literature, the first Japanese author to receive the award. His works have enjoyed broad international appeal and are still widely read.
Kenji Eda (江田 憲司, Eda Kenji; born 28 April 1956) is a retired Japanese politician who was a member of the House of…Kenji Eda (江田 憲司, Eda Kenji; born 28 April 1956) is a retired Japanese politician who was a member of the House of Representatives from 2002 to 2003 and again from 2005 to 2026.
Hideo Hiraoka (平岡 秀夫, Hiraoka Hideo; born 14 January 1954) is a Japanese politician and lawyer in the House of…Hideo Hiraoka (平岡 秀夫, Hiraoka Hideo; born 14 January 1954) is a Japanese politician and lawyer in the House of Representatives who served as the Minister of Justice from 2011 to 2012. He is a member of the Constitutional Democratic Party, having previously being a member of the Democratic Party of Japan. As a representative, he has represented the 2nd District of Yamaguchi prefecture and the Chūgoku proportional representation block.
Tsugumasa Muraoka (Japanese: 村岡 嗣政, Hepburn: Muraoka Tsugumasa; born December 7, 1972) is a Japanese politician who has…Tsugumasa Muraoka (Japanese: 村岡 嗣政, Hepburn: Muraoka Tsugumasa; born December 7, 1972) is a Japanese politician who has been governor of Yamaguchi Prefecture since 2014.
Morihiko Saitō (斎藤 盛彦, Saitō Morihiko, born 1961) is a Japanese mathematician, specializing in algebraic analysis and…Morihiko Saitō (斎藤 盛彦, Saitō Morihiko, born 1961) is a Japanese mathematician, specializing in algebraic analysis and algebraic geometry.
Hiroshi Ogushi (大串 博志, Ōgushi Hiroshi; born 31 August 1965) is a Japanese former politician who served as a member of…Hiroshi Ogushi (大串 博志, Ōgushi Hiroshi; born 31 August 1965) is a Japanese former politician who served as a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Kishima District, Saga and graduate of the University of Tokyo, he joined the Ministry of Finance in 1989 and received an MBA from University of California, Los Angeles in the United States while in the ministry. Leaving the ministry in 2005, he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in the same year. In June 2007, Ogushi was blamed for attending the funeral of a yakuza member. The yakuza member, Zenji Tsurumaru, was a senior member of the designated yakuza group Kyushu Seido-kai, who was murdered by the group's rival syndicate Dojin-kai. Ogushi said that he never met Tsurumaru and was compelled to attend by a political supporter. In 2017, he ran in the Kibō no Tō leadership election, losing against Yuichiro Tamaki. When Kibō merged with the Democratic Party in May 2018 to form the Democratic Party for the People, Ogushi decided not to join the new party and became an independent member instead.
Kazuhiro Haraguchi (Japanese: 原口 一博, Hepburn: Haraguchi Kazuhiro; born 2 July 1959) is a Japanese politician of the Tax…Kazuhiro Haraguchi (Japanese: 原口 一博, Hepburn: Haraguchi Kazuhiro; born 2 July 1959) is a Japanese politician of the Tax Cuts Japan and Yukoku Alliance, and a former member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature).
Hiroshi Imai (Japanese: 今井 宏, Hepburn: Imai Hiroshi) is a Japanese Formula One and motorsports engineer. He is…Hiroshi Imai (Japanese: 今井 宏, Hepburn: Imai Hiroshi) is a Japanese Formula One and motorsports engineer. He is currently the Vice President of Motorsport at the Bridgestone tyre company.
Fusakichi Omori (大森 房吉, Ōmori Fusakichi; 30 October 1868 – 8 November 1923) was a pioneer Japanese seismologist, second…Fusakichi Omori (大森 房吉, Ōmori Fusakichi; 30 October 1868 – 8 November 1923) was a pioneer Japanese seismologist, second chairman of seismology at Tokyo Imperial University and president of the Japanese Imperial Earthquake Investigation Committee. Omori is also known for his observation describing the aftershock rate of earthquakes, now known as Omori's law.
Toshitaka Kajino (梶野 敏貴) is a Japanese astronomer from Kashiwazaki, Niigata Prefecture, Japan. His specialty is…Toshitaka Kajino (梶野 敏貴) is a Japanese astronomer from Kashiwazaki, Niigata Prefecture, Japan. His specialty is theoretical astronomy, especially nuclear astrophysics and cosmology. Organizer of Cosmology and Nuclear Astrophysics (COSNAP) group in the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan. Doctor of Science (Physics). He was a student of Akito Arima who was a President of the University of Tokyo and a Minister of Education. Many cosmologists have been produced from Toshitaka Kajino's laboratory.
Kumiko Tanaka-Ishii is a computational linguist and a professor in Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology…Kumiko Tanaka-Ishii is a computational linguist and a professor in Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology at the University of Tokyo, Japan. She is the author of Semiotics of Programming, an award-winning book semiotically analyzing computer programs along three axes: models of signs, kinds of signs, and systems of signs.
Takatoshi Tsujimura is a Japanese scientist and businessman known for display and lighting commercialization. He is the…Takatoshi Tsujimura is a Japanese scientist and businessman known for display and lighting commercialization. He is the president of SID (Society for Information Display), world's largest information display society, located in Campbell, CA, USA. He was selected as one of the "10 best engineers/researcher in 10 best Japanese companies" by Nikkei Electronics Magazine in 2001. Tsujimura demonstrated high color reproduction OLED technology using so called "White + Color Filter" method. Tsujimura has also made the world's first manufacturing of roll-to-roll OLED lighting using plastic barrier film technology. He has been awarded Fellow titles from both SID and IEEE and has received SID Special Recognition Award in 2007 and IEEE-EDS Paul Rappaport Award in 2016.
Hantaro Nagaoka (長岡 半太郎, Nagaoka Hantarō; August 19, 1865 – December 11, 1950) was a Japanese physicist and a pioneer…Hantaro Nagaoka (長岡 半太郎, Nagaoka Hantarō; August 19, 1865 – December 11, 1950) was a Japanese physicist and a pioneer of Japanese physics during the Meiji period.
Git ( ) is a distributed version control software system that is capable of managing versions of source code or data.…Git ( ) is a distributed version control software system that is capable of managing versions of source code or data. It is often used to control source code by programmers who are developing software collaboratively. It was originally created by Linus Torvalds for version control in the development of the Linux kernel. Design goals of Git include speed, data integrity, and support for distributed, non-linear workflows—thousands of parallel branches running on different computers. As with most other distributed version control systems, and unlike most client–server systems, Git maintains a local copy of the entire repository, also known as the "repo", with history and version-tracking abilities, independent of network access or a central server. A repository is stored on each computer in a standard directory with additional, hidden files to provide version control capabilities. Git provides features to synchronize changes between repositories that share history; for asynchronous collaboration, this extends to repositories on remote machines. Although all repositories (with the same history) are peers, developers often use a central server to host a repository to hold an integrated copy. Today, Git is the version control system most commonly used by software developers. It is the most popular distributed version control system, with nearly 95% of developers reporting it as their primary version control system as of 2022. It is the most widely used source-code management tool among professional developers. Several different software forges offer Git repository services, including GitHub, SourceForge, Bitbucket and GitLab.
Toshiki Mabuchi (kanji: 満渕俊樹, hiragana: マブチ トシキ, Mabuchi Toshiki, born in 1950) is a Japanese mathematician…Toshiki Mabuchi (kanji: 満渕俊樹, hiragana: マブチ トシキ, Mabuchi Toshiki, born in 1950) is a Japanese mathematician, specializing in complex differential geometry and algebraic geometry. In 2006 in Madrid he was an invited speaker at the International Congress of Mathematicians. Mabuchi is known for introducing the Mabuchi functional.
Toshifumi (Toshi) Yokota (Japanese: 横田俊文, romanized: Yokota Toshifumi) is a biomedical scientist and Distinguished…Toshifumi (Toshi) Yokota (Japanese: 横田俊文, romanized: Yokota Toshifumi) is a biomedical scientist and Distinguished Professor of medical genetics at the University of Alberta, holding the titles of the Friends of Garrett Cumming Research & Muscular Dystrophy Canada Endowed Research Chair. Yokota is widely recognized for pioneering work in antisense therapy for muscular dystrophy and other genetic diseases, which led to the development of viltolarsen, an FDA-approved treatment for Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). With over 100 peer-reviewed publications and several patents, Yokota has made significant contributions to the field of precision medicine. Yokota also co-edited three volumes in the Methods in Molecular Biology series by Humana Press, Springer-Nature and is on editorial boards of multiple scientific journals. In 2023, Yokota was elected as a fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences, an honor that recognizes outstanding achievements in health sciences. In addition, Yokota is Chief Scientific Officer at OligomicsTx, is a co-founder of the Canadian Neuromuscular Network (CAN-NMD), and contributes as a member of the Medical and Scientific Advisory Committee of Muscular Dystrophy Canada.
Kaichi Watanabe (渡邊 嘉一, Watanabe Kaichi; 22 March 1858 – 4 December 1932) was a Japanese engineer who studied and…Kaichi Watanabe (渡邊 嘉一, Watanabe Kaichi; 22 March 1858 – 4 December 1932) was a Japanese engineer who studied and worked in Scotland, United Kingdom during the 1880s. He was one of the first Japanese engineers who came to study in the UK. He is best known for his work with Sir John Fowler and Sir Benjamin Baker in cantilever bridge construction, notably on the Forth Bridge. Watanabe studied under Henry Dyer, the Scottish engineer associated with technical education in Japan. After obtaining a degree from the Faculty of Technology of the University of Tokyo, he studied at the University of Glasgow from 1885 and graduated with a Civil Engineering and Bachelor of Science degree, and worked as a construction foreman on the Forth Bridge, which crossed the Firth of Forth in eastern Scotland in 1890. Watanabe's image became well known in the 1887 photograph illustrating the cantilever principle, in which he poses with Fowler and Baker, suspended between the engineers who form a cantilever structure with their arms. Watanabe returned to Japan in 1888, where he became the chief engineer of the Nippon Doboku Company. He then worked at a number of other companies, including the Hokuestsu Railway Company. He was president of the Sangu Railway Company, Keio Electric Tramway, the Ishikawajima shipyard in Tokyo, and the Kansai Gas company. Conductor Takashi Asahina was the illegitimate son of Watanabe.
Yuichi Goto (born 25 March 1969) is a Japanese politician and former civil servant at the Ministry of International…Yuichi Goto (born 25 March 1969) is a Japanese politician and former civil servant at the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) and the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI). He is a member of the House of Representatives representing the Democratic Reform Party and serves as the caucus's Chair of the Committee on Diet Affairs. Has served as the official in charge of policy pledges for the Party of Hope, Acting Policy Research Council Chair for the former Democratic Party for the People, and both Chief of the Executive Office and Acting Secretary-General of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan.
