Shunji Shimizu (清水俊二 Shimizu Shunji?), (1906-1988), is a well-known Japanese subtitler and translator, referred to by…Shunji Shimizu (清水俊二 Shimizu Shunji?), (1906-1988), is a well-known Japanese subtitler and translator, referred to by one scholar as 'practically a household name in Japan'. He translated popular authors including Erskine Caldwell and Agatha Christie. He had a long working relationship with the Hollywood studio Paramount Pictures. He was a mentor to the eminent subtitler Natsuko Toda.
Ryōkichi Sagane (嵯峨根 遼吉, 27 November 1905 – 16 April 1969) was a Japanese nuclear physicist who played a prominent role…Ryōkichi Sagane (嵯峨根 遼吉, 27 November 1905 – 16 April 1969) was a Japanese nuclear physicist who played a prominent role in the development of nuclear power generation in Japan. In 1945 he was the recipient of a letter written by American physicists working on the Manhattan Project, which was dropped over Japan during the atomic bombing of Nagasaki.
Kōnosuke Matsushita (松下 幸之助, Matsushita Kōnosuke; 27 November 1894 – 27 April 1989) was a Japanese industrialist who…Kōnosuke Matsushita (松下 幸之助, Matsushita Kōnosuke; 27 November 1894 – 27 April 1989) was a Japanese industrialist who founded Panasonic, the largest Japanese consumer electronics company. Matsushita is referred to as the "God of Management" in Japan.
Masaharu Homma (本間 雅晴, Homma Masaharu; November 27, 1887 – April 3, 1946) was a lieutenant general in the Imperial…Masaharu Homma (本間 雅晴, Homma Masaharu; November 27, 1887 – April 3, 1946) was a lieutenant general in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II. Homma commanded the Japanese 14th Army, which invaded the Philippines and perpetrated the Bataan Death March. After the war, Homma was convicted of war crimes relating to the actions of troops under his direct command and executed by firing squad on April 3, 1946.
Léonard Tsuguharu Foujita (藤田 嗣治, Fujita Tsuguharu; 27 November 1886 – 29 January 1968) was a Japanese-French painter.…Léonard Tsuguharu Foujita (藤田 嗣治, Fujita Tsuguharu; 27 November 1886 – 29 January 1968) was a Japanese-French painter. After studying Western-style painting in Japan, Foujita travelled to Paris, where he encountered the international modern art scene of the Montparnasse neighbourhood and developed an eclectic style that borrowed from both Japanese and European artistic traditions. With his unusual fashion and distinctive figurative style, Foujita reached the height of his fame in 1920s Paris. His watercolour and oil works of nudes, still lifes, and self-portraits were a commercial success and he became a notable figure in the Parisian art scene. Foujita spent three years traveling through South and North America before returning to Japan in 1933, documenting his observations in sketches and paintings. Upon his return home, Foujita became an official war artist during World War II, illustrating battle scenes to raise the morale of the Japanese troops and citizens. His oil paintings won him acclaim during the war, but public perception of him became mixed following the Japanese defeat. Without significant prospects in the post-war Japanese art scene, Foujita returned to France in 1950, where he would spend the rest of his life. He received French nationality in 1955 and converted to Catholicism in 1959. His latter years were spent working on the frescoes for a small, Romanesque chapel in Reims that he had constructed. He died in 1968, shortly after the chapel officially opened. In France, Foujita is remembered as part of the années folles of the 1920s, but public opinion of him in Japan remains mixed due to his monumental depictions of the war. Retrospective exhibitions organized since 2006 in Japan have sought to establish Foujita's place in Japanese twentieth-century art history.
Jinzaburō Masaki (真崎 甚三郎, Masaki Jinzaburō; 27 November 1876 – 31 August 1956) was a general in the Imperial Japanese…Jinzaburō Masaki (真崎 甚三郎, Masaki Jinzaburō; 27 November 1876 – 31 August 1956) was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army in World War II. He was regarded as a leader of the Imperial Way Faction within the Japanese military.
Inokuchi Ariya (井口 在屋; November 27, 1856 - March 25, 1923) was a mechanical technologist and professor. He was born in…Inokuchi Ariya (井口 在屋; November 27, 1856 - March 25, 1923) was a mechanical technologist and professor. He was born in Kanazawa, and graduated from the University of Tokyo Kōgakubu (mechanical course). In Meiji 29 (1896), he was installed in the University of Tokyo professor. He invented an Inoguchi shiki turbine pump (Inokuchi type turboalternator). He established Nihon Kikai Gakkai (Japan Institute of Mechanical Engineers) He is founder of Ebara Corporation (former: Inokuchi Seisakusho- lit. Inokuchi manufacturing/works) in 1920.
