The following is an overview of the year 2017 in Japan. Emperor: Akihito Prime Minister: Shinzō Abe Aichi Prefecture: Hideaki Omura Akita Prefecture:...
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codify the status of the Japan Self-Defense Forces and also opposes nuclear power. The party was formed in the run up to the 2017 general election from a...
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Japan is an island country in East Asia. It is located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asian mainland, and is bordered on the west...
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X Japan (Japanese: エックス・ジャパン, Hepburn: Ekkusu Japan) is a Japanese rock band from Chiba, formed in 1982 by drummer and pianist Yoshiki and lead vocalist...
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Japan Cup 2017". New Japan Pro-Wrestling (in Japanese). Retrieved 2017-03-12. "戦国炎舞 -Kizna- Presents New Japan Cup 2017". New Japan Pro-Wrestling (in...
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General elections were held in Japan on 22 October 2017. Voting took place in all Representatives constituencies of Japan – 289 single-member districts...
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Toilets in Japan are sometimes designed more elaborately than toilets commonly seen in other developed nations. European toilets occasionally have a separate...
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course of the year. 2017's missile tests are especially notable due to the several instances of North Korean missiles passing over Japan, provoking a response...
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Yahoo! Japan (ヤフー, Yafū) is a Japanese web portal. It was the most-visited website in Japan, nearing monopolistic status. According to The Japan Times...
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(AV) in Japan, so Japanese adult videos (JAV) refers to the Japanese Adult Video industry. Animated films are referred to as hentai in English, but in Japan...
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The 2017 Japan Series (known as the SMBC Nippon Series 2017 for sponsorship reasons) was the championship series of Nippon Professional Baseball's postseason...
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at least one Japanese parent are generally automatically nationals at birth. Birth in Japan does not by itself entitle a child to Japanese nationality...
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year 2017 in Japanese music. 68th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen Oricon number-one albums Oricon number-one singles Hot 100 number-one singles 59th Japan Record...
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The 2017 Japanese Grand Prix (formally known as the 2017 Formula 1 Japanese Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held on 8 October 2017 at the Suzuka...
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at Fuchū Air Station in Tokyo, Japan, on 1 July 1957 to replace the Far East Command. USFJ is headquartered at Yokota Air Base in Tokyo and is commanded...
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In Japan, suicide (自殺, jisatsu) is considered a major social issue. In 2017, the country had the seventh highest suicide rate in the OECD, at 14.9 per...
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Japan at Wikimedia Commons Japan Population Census 2010 Expatriates in Japan Archived 2017-06-08 at the Wayback Machine "The Dilemma Posed by Japan's...
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Christianity in Japan is among the nation's minority religions in terms of individuals who state an explicit affiliation or faith. In 2022, there were...
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According to the Japanese Ministry of Justice, the number of foreign residents in Japan has steadily increased in the post Second World War period, and...
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Television in Japan was introduced in 1939. However, experiments date back to the 1920s, with Kenjiro Takayanagi's pioneering experiments in electronic...
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on August 28, 2017. Retrieved August 29, 2017. "North Korea fires missile over Japan in 'unprecedented threat'". BBC News. August 29, 2017. Archived from...
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Education in Japan is managed by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) of Japan. Education is compulsory at the elementary...
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This is a list of earthquakes in Japan with either a magnitude greater than or equal to 7.0 or which caused significant damage or casualties. As indicated...
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chocolate bars produced in Japan since 2000, many exclusive to the country. Nestlé, which operates the Kit Kat brand in Japan, reports that the brand...
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The economy of Japan is a highly developed mixed economy, often referred to as an East Asian model. It is the fourth-largest economy in the world by nominal...
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tournament took place at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan from September 19 – 24, 2017 and had a total purse of $325,000. Son Wan-ho (semifinals)...
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games are a major industry in Japan, and the country is considered one of the most influential in video gaming. Japanese game development is often identified...
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Universe Japan 2017 (Japanese: 2017 ミス・ユニバース・ジャパン), the Miss Universe Japan pageant, took place in the Hotel Chinzanso Tokyo, Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan, on July...
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Kashimagari Tunnel "Japan". UNESCO. Retrieved 2017-05-08. (in Japanese) World Heritage Sites in Japan (in Japanese) Database of National Cultural Properties...
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Koreans in Japan (在日韓国人・在日本朝鮮人・朝鮮人, Zainichi Kankokujin/Zainihon Chōsenjin/Chōsenjin) (Korean: 재일 한국/조선인) are ethnic Koreans who immigrated to Japan before...
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