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12,287 Articles of interest in Japan

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  • Toyama Maru

    Toyama Maru (富山丸) was a 7,089-ton Japanese troop transport during World War II. On 29 June 1944, Toyama Maru was transporting over 6,000 men of the Japanese 44th Independent Mixed Brigade when she was torpedoed and sunk by the submarine USS Sturgeon…

  • Shōdo Island

    Shōdo Island (小豆島, Shōdoshima) is an island located in the Inland Sea of Japan. The name means literally "Island of Small Beans".

  • Osaka-jō Hall

    Osaka-jō Hall (大阪城ホール, Ōsaka-jō Hōru), is a multi-purpose arena, in the Kyōbashi area, of Osaka, Japan. The hall opened in 1983 and can seat up to 16,000 people.

  • Ochanomizu University

    Ochanomizu University (お茶の水女子大学, Ochanomizu Joshi daigaku) is one of only two national women's universities in Japan. The other is Nara Women's University.

  • Narita-san

    Narita-san (成田山 "Narita mountain") Shinshō-ji (新勝寺 "New victory temple") is a Shingon Buddhist temple located in central Narita, Chiba, Japan. It was founded in 940 by Kanchō Daisōjō, a disciple of Kōbō Daishi. It is a lead temple in the Chisan bran…

  • Narita Airport Station

    Narita Airport Station (成田空港駅, Narita Kūkō eki) is an underground train station located beneath Terminal 1 of Narita International Airport in Narita, Chiba, Japan.

  • Namco Namja Town

    Namco Namja Town is an indoor theme park in the Sunshine City shopping complex in east Ikebukuro, Toshima, Tokyo, Japan. The park was opened in 1996 by Namco, a Japanese company best known for producing video games, although the park itself does not…

  • Musashino Art University

    Musashino Art University (武蔵野美術大学, Musashino Bijutsu Daigaku, MAU) is a university in Kodaira, western Tokyo, founded in 1962 and having roots going back to 1929.

  • Mount Kita

    Mount Kita (北岳, Kita-dake) is a mountain of the Akaishi Mountains−"Southern Alps" (南アルプス Minami-Arupusu), in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan.

  • Ministry of Justice (Japan)

    The Ministry of Justice (法務省, Hōmu-shō) is one of the cabinet level ministries of the Japanese government. It is responsible for the judicial system, correctional services, household, property and corporate registrations.

  • Kiyosu Castle

    Kiyosu Castle (清洲城, Kiyosu-jō) is a Japanese castle located in Kiyosu, eastern Aichi Prefecture, Japan. It is noted for its association with the rise to power of the Sengoku period warlord, Oda Nobunaga. The kanji in the name of the castle was writt…

  • Kerama Islands

    The Kerama Islands (慶良間諸島, Kerama-shotō, Okinawan: キラマ Kirama) are a group of 22 islands located 32 kilometres (20 mi) southwest of Okinawa Island in Japan. Four of the islands are inhabited: Tokashiki Island, Zamami Island, Aka Island, and Geruma I…

  • Inaba Province

    Inaba Province (因幡国, Inaba-no kuni) was an old province of Japan in the area that is today the eastern part of Tottori Prefecture. It was sometimes called Inshū (因州).

  • Hiroshima Station

    Hiroshima Station (広島駅, Hiroshima-eki) is a railway station located in Minami-ku, Hiroshima, Japan, operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West).

  • Hibiya High School

    Tokyo Metropolitan Hibiya High School (東京都立日比谷高等学校, Tōkyō Toritsu Hibiya Kōtōgakkō) is a Japanese high school founded in 1878 as the Tokyo First Middle School or Tokyo First Junior High School (東京府立第一中学校, Tōkyō Furitsu Daiichi Chūgakkō).

  • Furano, Hokkaido

    Furano (富良野市, Furano-shi) is a city in the prefecture of Hokkaido located in the southern reaches of Kamikawa Subprefecture, under whose jurisdiction it resides.

  • Bandai Museum

    The Bandai Museum (バンダイミュージアム, Bandai Myūjiamu) is a museum devoted to Bandai characters located in Mibu, Shimotsuga District, Tochigi, Japan.

  • Ariake Coliseum

    Ariake Coliseum (有明コロシアム, Ariake Koroshiamu) is an indoor sporting arena in Ariake Tennis Forest Park (有明テニスの森公園, Ariake Tenisu no Mori Kōen) located in Ariake, Kōtō, Tokyo, Japan. It has a capacity of 10,000. The arena is used as the center court f…

  • 2006 Japanese Grand Prix

    The 2006 Japanese Grand Prix was the seventeenth race of the 2006 Formula One season. It was held between 6–8 October at Suzuka International Racing Course, Suzuka. It was won by Fernando Alonso, his last win for the Renault team before he moved to …

  • Tomonoura

    Tomonoura (鞆の浦), formerly known as Tomonotsu (鞆の津), is a port in the Ichichi ward of Fukuyama, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan.

  • Tama River

    The Tama River (多摩川, Tama-gawa) is a major river in Yamanashi, Kanagawa and Tokyo Prefectures on Honshū, Japan. It is officially classified as a Class 1 river by the Japanese government.

  • Shinjuku Park Tower

    The Shinjuku Park Tower (新宿パークタワー, Shinjuku Pāku Tawā) is the second-tallest building in Shinjuku, Tokyo. It was designed by Kenzo Tange and completed in 1994. Shinjuku Park Tower has 3 elements; S tower, which is 235 m (771 ft) tall with 52 storeys…

  • Niigata Airport

    Niigata Airport (新潟空港, Niigata Kūkō) (IATA: KIJ, ICAO: RJSN) is a second class airport located 6.7 km (4.2 mi) northeast of Niigata Station in Niigata, Japan.

  • Mazda Stadium

    Hiroshima Municipal Stadium (広島市民球場, Hiroshima Shimin Kyūjō), officially called MAZDA Zoom-Zoom Stadium Hiroshima (MAZDA Zoom-Zoom スタジアム広島, Matsuda Zūmu-Zūmu Sutajiamu Hiroshima), is a baseball stadium in Minami-ku, Hiroshima, Japan. It is used prim…

  • Kanmon Straits

    The Kanmon Straits (関門海峡, Kanmon-kaikyō) or the Straits of Shimonoseki is the stretch of water separating two of Japan's four main islands. On the Honshu side of the water is Shimonoseki (下関, which contributed "Kan" (関) to the name of the strait) an…

  • San Juan Bautista (ship)

    San Juan Bautista ("St. John the Baptist") (originally called Date Maru, 伊達丸 in Japanese) was one of Japan's first Japanese-built Western-style sailing ships. She crossed the Pacific in 1614. She was of the Spanish galleon type, known in Japan as na…