Wikipedia:Requested articles/Japan

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Contents 1 Art and culture 1.1 Anime and manga 1.2 Artists 1.2.1 Designers 1.2.2 Music 1.2.3 Photographers 1.3 Authors 1.4 Clothing 1.5 Cultural Practices, Customs and Folkways 1.5.1 Festivals 1.6 Films, TV and video 1.6.1 Films 1.6.2 Actors 1.6.3 Seiyū 1.6.4 Fictional characters 1.6.5 TV 1.7 Games and toys 1.7.1 Computer and video games 1.8 Publications 1.8.1 Internet 1.8.2 Magazines 1.8.3 Newspapers 1.9 Theatre and stage 1.10 Other 2 Buildings, facilities, and places 2.1 Train related 3 Business 4 Food and drink 5 Government 6 History 7 Language 8 Law and politics 9 Organizations 10 People 11 Religion and philosophy 12 Sciences 12.1 Anthropology, Sociology, Psychology, Class Structure 13 Technology 14 Weapons

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• /Government related
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[edit] Art and culture

[edit] Anime and manga

See: /Anime and Manga

[edit] Artists

Mark Horiuchi (American of Japanese descent) - Carol Inouye (American of Japanese descent) - Shuza Kato (probably Shuzo Kato) - Saburo Muraoka (ja:村岡三郎) - Yoshikazu Nakata - Nobuyuki Nishihara - Isamu Ohto - Keiji Sugita - Fuko Ueda (Japanese surrealist) ja:上田風子 - Shunyo Yamauchi ja:山内瞬葉 -

[edit] Designers

Sori Yanagi (furniture and houseware designer) ja:柳宗理 - Miyuki Koizumi ja:小泉深雪 (fashion - model) -

[edit] Music

Pro Musica Nipponia (traditional instrument orchestra founded by Minoru Miki in 1964) - Trattoria Records - Tokyo No.1 Soul Set (ja:TOKYO NO.1 SOUL SET) - Scha Dara Parr (ja:スチャダラパー) - Neil & Iraiza (ja:NEIL&IRAIZA) - Escalator Records - P&art Sasanoooha (ja:P&ART SASANOOOHA) - Elektel (ja:ELEKTEL) - Readymade Records - Portable Rock (ja:ポータブル・ロック) - L⇔R (ja:L⇔R) - Qypthone - Sunaga t Experience - Hi-Posi - Original Love (ja:オリジナル・ラヴ) - Rōkyoku (a form of traditional storytelling) - Adenosine Tri-Phosphate (ATP)http://www.atpmania.com - Asia Engineer (ja:エイジアエンジニア)

[edit] Photographers

Erika Yasuda

[edit] Authors

Eiichi Hoashi (ja:帆足英一) -

[edit] Clothing

Kimono hiyoku layering - Nudity in Japanese culture - American Kajuaru

[edit] Cultural Practices, Customs and Folkways

Disaster drill day (ja:防災訓練) - dai gomi - blackened teeth fashion of the Edo period - Bowing in Japan, Sunayu (砂湯)

[edit] Festivals

Kagiya (fireworks competition ja:花火) - Countdown Japan (Year end music festival ja:COUNTDOWN JAPAN [[1]]) and Countdown Live (Year end solo concerts, as performed recently by Ayumi Hamasaki, Hitomi Yaida et al) - Hanamatsuri, separate from the stub section at Buddha's Birthday#Japan

[edit] Films, TV and video

Cinema, Contemporary - Japan - Drama - Japan - Kinema Junpo (ja:キネマ旬報) -

[edit] Films

Chushingura (film) Which one? (ja:忠臣蔵)- Director Infection (ja:監督感染) - Iden&Tity (ja:アイデン&ティティ) - Late Chrysanthemums (ja:晩菊) - Legendary Crocodile, Jake and His Fellows (ja:伝説のワニ ジェイク) - Mura no Shashinshuu (ja:村の写真集)

[edit] Actors

Noboru Mitani (ja:三谷昇) - Kaoru Oda (IMDb} - Mariko Okada (ja:岡田茉莉子) - Tsutomu Tatumi - Ayano Shiraishi - Yoshiko Shinohara - Akemi Yamaguchi - Yasuko Matsuyuki (ja:松雪泰子) - Riho Makise (ja:牧瀬里穂)

[edit] Seiyū

See /Seiyū

[edit] Fictional characters

Satuki Kioka (or Satsuki Kioka?) - Mitsuki Kōyama (ja:神山満月 no ja wiki) (heroine of Full Moon (manga) (ja:満月をさがして)) - Kyoko Date (ja:伊達杏子) (The first virtual idol)

[edit] TV

TV Yamaguchi (ja:テレビ山口)

Akireta-Deka (ja:あきれた刑事)(actual title: a·ki·re·ta–DEKA (あきれた刑事, a·ki·re·ta–DEKA^? "The Exasperated Detective")), a Japanese crime drama from Toei Television. (Mirrored from Wikipedia:Requested articles/Culture and fine arts by B.C.Schmerker 16:35, 18 August 2007 (UTC).)

Ugo Ugo Lhuga (ja:ウゴウゴルーガ) (Early '90s children's show featuring heavy use of greenscreen)

Curriculumachine (ja:カリキュラマシーン) ('70s children's show)

Playgirl (ja:プレイガール (ドラマ)) (Late '60s action/drama featuring lots of women with guns)

[edit] Games and toys

Rement miniatures (ja:リーメント) - I-SOBOT (the smallest toy robot)

[edit] Computer and video games

Arc the Lad 4: Twilight of the Spirits (ja:アークザラッド 精霊の黄昏)- Chiritorie - Heiankyo Alien (puzzle game? for Game Boy) (ja:平安京エイリアン) -

[edit] Publications

• Cute but deadly: Women and violence in Japanese comics - Kanako Shiokawa

[edit] Internet

• Shift Japan (http://www.shift.jp.org/) - SM128c (redirect to Super Mario 128 Central) (http://www.sm128c.com) - jlist.com (http://www.jlist.com) -

[edit] Magazines

• Petit Enfant (ja:プチ・タンファン)

[edit] Newspapers

• Tokyo Weekender http://www.weekender.co.jp

[edit] Theatre and stage

• Ichikawa Danjūrō II (July 1704 - November 1735) - Eldest son of Danjūrō I; previously known as Ichikawa Ebizō II and Ichikawa Kuzō.
• Ichikawa Danjūrō III (November 1735 - February 1742) - Adopted son of Danjūrō II, previously known as Ichikawa Masugorō. Died young.
• Ichikawa Danjūrō IV (November 1754 - October 1770) - Adopted son of Danjūrō II, possibly biological son. Previously known as Matsumoto Kōshirō II and Ichikawa Ebizō III.
• Ichikawa Danjūrō VI (November 1791 - May 1799) - Son of Danjūrō V, previously known as Ichikawa Ebizō VI. Died young.
• Ichikawa Danjūrō X (posthumous 1962) - Son-in-law of Danjūrō IX; previously known as Horikoshi Fukusaburō and Ichikawa Sanshō V. Played only minor roles, but revived many plays of the Kabuki Jūhachiban.
• Ichikawa Danjūrō XI (April 1962 - November 1965) - Adopted son of Danjūrō X, his biological father was Matsumoto Kōshirō VII. Previously known as Ichikawa Komazō V and Ichikawa Ebizō IX.

[edit] Other

Thousand Cranes Vase (the 68th of the National Treasures of South Korea, totally unrelated to ja:千羽鶴) - Kinoko no Yama (product from Meiji Seika) (ja:明治製菓#食品) - Hobutsushu (classical text ja:宝物集) - Aokigahara Woods (below Mount Fuji) - Love Splash photobook - Showa nostalgia (ja:昭和ノスタルジー)

[edit] Buildings, facilities, and places

Ocean Dome - Zero-yen homes (small huts that some homeless people in Japan build) - Watakano-jima (ja:渡鹿野島) - Yūshūkan (ja:遊就館) - SHIBUYA-AX (ja:SHIBUYA-AX, a night-club in Tokyo) - Shiwaku Islands (ja:塩飽諸島), an archipelago in the Inland Sea - Bisan Seto (ja:備讃瀬戸) - Oomahiko Shrine, Shikoku - Nakano Sun Plaza (ja:中野サンプラザ) - Fukushima Racecourse (ja:福島競馬場) - Awa Odori Kaikan (阿波おどり会館, Awa Odori Kaikan^?) museum - Mount Bizan (眉山, Mount Bizan^?) - Ogasawara shoin (小笠原書院, Ogasawara shoin^?) - Meirinkan (明倫館, Meirinkan^?)

Note: If you're looking for a city, town, or village, you might find a link to it from the article on the prefecture.

[edit] Train related

See also: List of Railway Stations in Japan

Train platform (Japan) (ja:プラットホーム)

[edit] Business

Sony vs Nintendo (description of lawsuits) - Gakken (ja:学習研究社) - Kenkyūsha (ja:研究社) - Posren　{ja:ぽすれん), Tsutaya discas.

[edit] Food and drink

[edit] Government

Requests about current or recent politicians: /Government

Government by assassination (Japan 1930s) - Japan-Latin America Relations - Japan-China Joint Communique - Immigration in Japan - Michinoku (a region including Fukushima, Aomori, Iwate, and Miyagi prefectures; literally "the inner part"; mentioned at Tōhoku region, which gives it as a synonym but includes 6 rather than 4 prefectures)

[edit] History

Japanese slave labor in the Soviet Union/Forced labor of Japanese in the Soviet Union - Yasushi Aizawa (EB link: [2]). - Ryoko the pirate (mythic?) who chased off the Mongols during the Mongol invasions of Japan and became a heroine - Historical Japanese name (currently redirected to Japanese name), Kokka (国家) - modernization of Japan

[edit] Language

English Language in Japan - Japanese profanity - Mantarō Hashimoto - Translating English Names to Kanji - Shinmura Izuru (ja:新村出) - YesJapan.com (Popular website for studying Japanese) - batsu & maru (currently they are disambigs. We could extend this to an article describes the Japanese way of marking correct and incorrect, maybe relating to "Maru-Batsu-Game"=Tic-tac-toe.)

[edit] Law and politics

Showa Denko Scandal (ja:昭和電工) - Illegal drug trade in Japan

[edit] Organizations

Japanese Swordsmith Association (official name: All Japan Swordsmith Association (http://www.tousyoukai.jp/index.shtml) (ja:全日本刀匠会) - Ogasawara etiquette school [3] - Tokushima City Tourist Association (徳島市観光協会, Tokushima-shi Kankō Kyōkai^?) - Chief Scout of Japan - Japan Scout Parliamentary Association - Japan Civil Aviation Bureau

[edit] People

Tadashi Kume (ja:久米是志) (president of Honda) - Makoto Nakajima (ja:中嶋誠 no ja wiki) (head of Japanese Patent Office) - Toshitaka Nomi (ja:能見俊賢) - Shinjirō Ono (ja:小野新次郎 no ja wiki) (Deputy commissioner of the Japanese Patent Office) - Toshimitsu Takagi (ja:高木敏光 no ja wiki) - Takejirō Tokonami (ja:床次竹二郎) (politician) - Tamao Yoshida (ja:吉田玉男) (theatre/cinema, 1919) - Yoshihisa Komori (journalist ja:古森義久)[4] [5] - Yuuri Morishita (ja:森下悠里) (Gravure idol) - Daishi Kataoka (ja:片岡大志 [6] Record Producer) - Hidesaburo Kurushima - Taizo Ishizaka - Saburo Matsukata - Shintaro Negishi - Yorihiro Matsudaira - August S. Narumi - Ichiro Terao - Yutaka Akino - Noted Japanese scholar of Central Asian history. Murdered in 1998 in Tajikistan working for United Nations Mission of Observers in Tajikistan. See [7] for a great deal of information about Akino. It would help if someone who can read Japanese wrote article about Akino. - Maiko Hashimoto (ja:橋本舞子) (singer) - Kyusaku Hori (ja:堀久作) (former president of Nikkatsu) - Maki Asakawa (ja:浅川マキ) (singer) - Yuiko Tsubokura (ja:坪倉唯子) (singer) - Kutsuki Harutsuna (ja:朽木晴綱) - Keizo Nakanishi (ja:中西圭三, singer) - Hideaki Tokunaga (ja:徳永英明) - - Shoko Hikage (koto player) - - Deputy Foreign Minister Mitoji Yabunaka - APF News' president Toru Yamaji - Kohyu Nishimura - Yoshihisa Komori - Ando Masatsugu - Tatsuro Shigaki - Fujima Takuya - Sho Kazakura - Reitaro Ito - Taku Yamada - Yuji Takeuchi - Yu Hanai - Ikuo Shimano - Tadayuki Inoue - Karia Nomoto (ja:野本かりあ) (singer, DJ, model) - Hideki Kaji (ja:カジヒデキ) (singer, musician) - Nona Reeves (ja:ノーナ・リーヴス) (musician) - Takkyu Ishino (ja:石野卓球) (DJ) - Cubismo Grafico (ja:CUBISMO GRAFICO) (DJ) - Ayumi Tanabe (model) - Ayuse Kozue (ja:AYUSE KOZUE) - Yasutaka Nakata (ja:中田ヤスタカ) - Yukihiro Fukutomi (ja:福富幸宏) - haiku poet Emiko Miyashita - Izumi Yukimura (ja:雪村いづみ) - Takao Tajima (ja:田島貴男) - Keitarō Takanami (ja:高浪敬太郎) (usually known as just K-Taro) - Kishida Toshihiko (ja:岸田俊子Meiji era feminist, 1863-1901) - Yuichi Fukunaga (ja:福永祐一) - Kazuko Kojima (recently deleted) - Ayako Miyake (3-time Kunoichi (TV series) champion - Ken Harada Diplomat - Yamada Bimyo - Bizan Ueda - Bizan Suzuki - Asako Toki (ja:土岐麻子) (singer) - Masayoshi Takanaka (ja:高中正義) guitarist - Mayumi Gojo (ja:五條真由美) (singer) - Yuka Uchiyae (ja:うちやえゆか) (singer) -

[edit] Religion and philosophy

Confucianism - Japan (ja:儒教#日本における展開と変容) - Religion, Folk - Japan (ja:民俗宗教 no ja wiki) - Eichi Osawa (head of Jiseiin, or cat temple) - Shinto Wedding Etiquette, what's involved? - Yuki Jourou ("Snow Harlot"), a snow spirit that kills for pleasure and sex - Reigning Emperor (ja:今上天皇）

[edit] Sciences

[edit] Anthropology, Sociology, Psychology, Class Structure

Japanization - Social Relations - Japan

• Ino Kanori (ja:伊能嘉矩) -

[edit] Technology

• Recycling in Japan, or Waste management in Japan

[edit] Weapons

Masahiro Katana - Arisaka Year 29 (Japan - Bolt Action Rifle - 6.5 x 50 mm) (ja:二十九年式歩兵銃 no ja wiki) - Arisaka Year 30 (Japan - Bolt Action Rifle - 6.5 x 50 mm) (ja:三十年式歩兵銃) - Arisaka Year 30 Cavalry Carbine (Japan - Bolt Action Carbine - 6.5 x 50 mm) (ja:三十年式騎銃 no ja wiki) - Arisaka Year 35 Infantry Rifle (Japan - Bolt Action Rifle - 6.5 x 50 mm) (ja:三十五年式海軍銃) - Arisaka Type 0 Parachutists' Rifle (Japan - Bolt Action Rifle - 7.7 x 58 mm) - Arisaka Type 1 Parachutists' Rifle (Japan - Bolt Action Rifle - 6.5 x 50 mm) - Arisaka Type 2 Parachutists' Rifle (Japan - Bolt Action Rifle - 7.7 x 58 mm) - Browning M71 (Japan - Lever Action Rifle) - Howa M1500 - Howa M3000 - Japanese Type 100 - Japanese Type 30 - Japanese Type 38 - Japanese Type 92 - Japanese Type 96 - Japanese Type 98 - Japanese Type 99 - Ya - Yanone (Japanese arrowheads) -