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  2. List of Japanese people - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of notable Japanese people. To be included in this list, the person must have a Wikipedia article showing they are Japanese. ... Modern Japan (Imperial ...

  3. The Top 100 Historical Persons in Japan - Wikipedia

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    The program featured the results of a survey that asked Japanese people to choose their favorite great person from history. The show featured several re-enactments of scenes from the lives of the people on the list. [2] The survey asked Japanese people to name their most-liked historical figures, not the most influential.

  4. List of Japanese celebrities - Wikipedia

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    See also List of Japanese comedians. Idols (male) Arino Shinya; Daiki Arioka; Goro Inagaki; Hamaguchi Masaru; Hamada Asahi; Hikaru Yaotome; Hiroki Uchi; Jin Akanishi;

  5. Category:Lists of Japanese people - Wikipedia

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    List of Japanese spies, 1930–1945; List of spouses of prime ministers of Japan; List of people on the postage stamps of Japan; Japanese students in the United Kingdom; List of Japanese supercentenarians

  6. Hayao Miyazaki - Wikipedia

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    Hayao Miyazaki was born on January 5, 1941, in the town Akebono-cho in Hongō, Tokyo City, Empire of Japan, the second of four sons. [1] [2] [3] [note 1] His father, Katsuji Miyazaki (born 1915), [1] was the director of Miyazaki Airplane, his brother's company, [5] which manufactured rudders for fighter planes during World War II. [4]

  7. List of Japanese Nobel laureates and nominees - Wikipedia

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    Number of People by Degree Granting Institutions By degree (bachelor, master, doctorate) awarded, the number of Japanese alumni awarded by each university is as follows (including those with Japanese nationality and those of Japanese origin; as of October 9, 2019): Kyoto University 11; The University of Tokyo 11; Nagoya University 5; Osaka ...

  8. List of Westerners who visited Japan before 1868 - Wikipedia

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    A Portuguese Jesuit who established the first western hospital in Japan and negotiated the opening of the port of Yokoseura to Portuguese traders. [4] Gaspar Vilela (1556, Portugal). A Portuguese Jesuit who, in a departure from Xavier's methods, learned the Japanese language and talked directly with daimyos, opening the center of Japan to the ...

  9. List of Major League Baseball players from Japan - Wikipedia

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    A total of 71 Japanese-born [1] [2] players have played in at least one Major League Baseball (MLB) game. Of these players, twelve are on existing MLB rosters.The first instance of a Japanese player playing in MLB occurred in 1964, when the Nankai Hawks, a Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) team, sent three exchange prospects to the United States to gain experience in MLB's minor league system.