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  2. Yoshiko Kawashima - Wikipedia

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    Yoshiko Kawashima (川島 芳子, Kawashima Yoshiko, 24 May 1907 – 25 March 1948), born Aisin Gioro Xianyu, was a Qing dynasty princess of the Aisin-Gioro clan. She was raised in Japan and served as a spy for the Japanese Kwantung Army and Manchukuo during the Second Sino-Japanese War.

  3. Marriage in Japan - Wikipedia

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    Marriage in Japan is a legal and social institution at the center of the household ().Couples are legally married once they have made the change in status on their family registration sheets, without the need for a ceremony.

  4. Wedding anniversary - Wikipedia

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    Associating a wedding anniversary with precious metals such as "gold" (50 years) or "silver" (25 years) has been documented in Germanic countries since the 1500s. [1] In English-speaking countries, the tradition of associating gift-giving with wedding anniversaries became more prevalent in the nineteenth century. [2]

  5. National Archives of Japan - Wikipedia

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    Since the Meiji Period (1868–1912), administrative documents had been preserved respectively by each government ministry. A library for the cabinet of the early Meiji government was established in 1873; and in 1885, this became the Cabinet Library (Naikaku Bunko), which evolved as the nation's leading specialized library of ancient Japanese and Chinese classical books and materials.

  6. Sharifah Rodziah Barakbah - Wikipedia

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    Sharifah Rodziah was actually the younger sister of Tunku's university mate in England, Syed Omar Barakbah.Tunku and Sharifah Rodziah married in 1939 when he returned to Kedah from England upon hearing news that World War II was about to erupt in Europe.

  7. Culture of Japan - Wikipedia

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    There are two competing hypotheses that try to explain the lineage of the Japanese people. [3] [4]The first hypothesis proposes a dual-structure model, in which Japanese populations are descendants of the indigenous Jōmon people and later arrivals of people from the East Eurasian continent, known as the Yayoi people.

  8. Keimin Bunka Shidōsho - Wikipedia

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    Keimin Bunka Shidōsho Office in Djakarta. Keimin Bunka Shidōsho (啓民文化指導所, lit."Cultural Enlightenment and Guidance Center", but more correctly "Institute for People's Education and Cultural Guidance", Indonesian: Poesat Keboedajaan) was a Japanese-sponsored art and cultural institution in the Dutch East Indies during the Japanese Occupation in World War II.

  9. Rahmah el Yunusiyah - Wikipedia

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    El Yunusiyah was born on 26 October 1900 in Bukit Surungan, Padang Panjang, West Sumatra, Dutch East Indies. [1] [2] She was the youngest child of an elite Minangkabau family which belonged to the ulama; her father was a well-known qadi named Muhammad Yunis bin Imanuddin and her mother was named Rafi'ah.