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unusual facts about Furukawa


Shirokane, Minato, Tokyo

Along Furukawa river, small factories and shopping streets are developed, and upon the southern hill, a quiet residential area is developed with apartments and schools such as Seishin Joshi Gakuin.


1985–86 Japan Soccer League

Led by their star player Yasuhiko Okudera, who had returned to the club after successful periods in Europe, Furukawa Electric won a second title.

Fuji Electric

The name “Fuji” is derived from Furukawa's “Fu” and Siemens' “Ji”, since German pronunciation of Siemens is written jiimensu in Japanese romanization.

Furukawa Ichibei

Furukawa's school education began and ended before Commodore Perry's ships entered Japanese waters.

Maeda Genzō

Maeda and Furukawa succeeded in taking a photograph with these materials on 28 October 1860, a day which is still commemorated in Fukuoka where the photograph was taken.

Peter C. Schultz

He serves as senior advisor and Board member of OFS (the Lucent fiber optics business unit acquired by Furukawa in 2001).

Takaharu Furukawa

At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Furukawa finished his ranking round with a total of 663 points, which gave him the 17th seed for the final competition bracket in which he faced Maksim Kunda in the first round.

Takashi Taniguchi

On December 28, 2012, fellow voice actor Toshio Furukawa announced Taniguchi's death through Twitter after receiving the news through Office Ōsawa.

Tomo Furukawa

Tomo Furukawa (better known as Full) is a Japanese musician best known for being the lead vocalist of visual kei rock band Guniw Tools.

Toyosato, Shiga

Tetsujirō Furukawa donated ferroconcrete school buildings designed by William Merrell Vories for the Toyosato Elementary School in 1937.

Uchimura Kanzō

Uchimura's fame as a popular writer became solid as he launched a series of sharp criticism against industrialist Ichibei Furukawa over one of modern Japan's first industrial pollution cases involving Furukawa's Ashio Copper Mine.

Yoshihide Sasaki

He released his first mini-album titled Spark in November after announcing his artist debut during the Summer Live tour with his good friend Yūta Furukawa (Sasaki and Furukawa also met during Tenimyu).


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