X-Nico

97 unusual facts about Tokyo


865th Technical Training Squadron

The squadron was engaged in transporting personnel and supplies in the Southwest Pacific, and moving necessary occupation support elements from Manila to Tokyo.

Adness Entertainment

Headquartered in Tokyo with offices in Los Angeles, Adness Entertainment is involved in the production, worldwide distribution and merchandise licensing of original kids-based television entertainment.

Allan Beekman

Beekman married Take Okawa, a former Japanese-language schoolteacher educated in Tokyo and Hawaii, who collaborated with her husband on several Japanese immigrant stories.

Australian rules football in Asia

Australian rules football has been played as an organised sport in Asia since the late 1980s, with the foundation of teams in Japan based around universities in Tokyo.

Azabu-Mamianachō, Minato, Tokyo

Azabu-Mamianachō borders Azabudai on the north and east, Azabu-Nagasakachō on the west, and Higashiazabu on the south.

Azabu, Tokyo

Its coverage roughly corresponds to that of the former Azabu Ward, presently consisting of nine official districts: Azabu-Jūban, Azabudai, Azabu-Nagasakachō, Azabu-Mamianachō, Nishi-Azabu, Higashi-Azabu, Minami-Azabu, Moto-Azabu and Roppongi.

Banknote counter

Modern banknote counting machines use a technology developed by Tokyo Calculating Machine Works of Shinagawa, Tokyo and introduced in 1962.

Best of the Best: Wild and Mild

It started on May 11, at Katsushika Symphony Hills Mozart Hall, and ended with three consecutive shows on July 7 at the Yokohama Arena, with twenty-two concerts in total, and attendance of eighty thousand people.

Boso Triple Junction

Tokyo is some 300 km from the Boso triple junction, and is subject to quakes and tsunamis generated from slips along this junction.

Burton Crane

Following stints with several newspapers in the United States, Crane went to Tokyo in 1925, to become financial editor of the Japan Advertiser.

Central Council of German Sinti and Roma

Along with delegates of minorities from the USA, Mexico, Argentina, Japan, India, Sri Lanka, France and the Netherlands Rose is also a member of the management committee of the International Movement Against Discrimination and Racism (IMADR) founded in Tokyo in 1988.

Charles Christian Georgeson

From the beginning of 1886 to near the close of 1889, he was in the employ of the Japanese government, as Professor of Agriculture at the Tokyo Imperial University, in Tokyo, Japan, in the College of Agriculture and Dendrology.

Crayon Pop

Returning to Japanese promotions, Crayon Pop held a mini-concert on January 6, 2013 in Shibuya, Tokyo.

CSA International

Atlanta, GA • Charlotte, NC • Chicago, IL • Cleveland, OH • Dallas, TX • Los Angeles, CA • Nashville, TN • Seattle, WA • Edmonton, AB • Montreal, PQ • Toronto, ON • Vancouver, BC • Arnhem, The Netherlands • Bangalore, India • Mumbai, India • Hong Kong, China • Guangzhou, China • Shanghai, China • Seoul, Republic of Korea • Tokyo, Japan • Frankfurt, Germany •

Doberman Deka

The burned remains of a young woman discovered in Shinjuku, Tokyo.

Dokonjō Gaeru

While frog Pyonkichi is hopping in an empty lot in Nerima, Tokyo's Shakujii Park, middle schooler Hiroshi trips over a rock and squashes him.

Dollan Baths

Buchanan Campbell admitted that he had been influenced by the architecture of the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan and the designs by Kenzo Tange for the gymnasium there.

Don Stark

In addition, he appeared in iCarly's movie: iGo to Japan as Freight Dog, the pilot who flies the gang over to Tokyo, Japan.

Dream Hunter Rem

Her headquarters, the Ayanokōji Detective Agency, is located on a side street off Aoyama in Tokyo.

Eleventh constituency for French residents overseas

Europe Écologie–The Greens has chosen Janick Magne, a long-term resident of Tokyo.

Endre Szász

He had several exhibitions all over the world, including the Museum of Modern Art (Mexico City), Auschwitz Museum (Poland), the Hungarian National Gallery (Budapest), and also exhibited in Madrid, Copenhagen, Brussels, Berlin, Rome, Oslo, Johannesburg, New Orleans, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Budapest, Amman (Jordan) and Tokyo.

Eurobond

London is one of the centers of the Eurobond market, but Eurobonds may be traded throughout the world - for example in Singapore or Tokyo.

Gary Gensler

He later became head of the company’s fixed income and currency trading operations in Tokyo by the mid-’90s, and eventually the company’s co-head of finance.

Gary P. Sampson

He also currently holds the Chair in International Economic Governance at the Institute of Advanced Studies at the United Nations University in Tokyo.

Graceful Party Vol 1

The last one, at Daikanyama UNIT in Tokyo, featured "Here", a new song in collaboration with hip-hop group Cliff Edge.

Guy J. Swope

After the war, he was a civilian chief of the National Government Division in Tokyo, Japan and later as an assistant to the American High Commissioner in Germany.

Hafele–Keating experiment

They carried a commercial cesium clock back and forth from the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan in Mitaka, at 58 m above sea level, to Norikura corona station, at 2876 m above sea level, corresponding to an altitude difference of 2818 m.

Hai!

The album was recorded in two parts: the drums were recorded by Budgie and Kodo drummer Leonard Eto in Tokyo in August 2002 and the rest of the recording was done in Europe.

Inagi local election, 2007

Inagi, Tokyo held an election for the city assembly on April 15, 2007.

Io Shirai

Odate was previously in a relationship with fellow professional wrestler Kazushige Nosawa; the two lived together in Koto, Tokyo.

Irshad Ashraf

After studying film theory in London in the mid 1990s, Irshad moved to Tokyo to teach English while finding time to make short films and take photographs.

Japan Bible Seminary

Japan Bible Seminary (Japanese:聖書宣教会、JBS) is an evangelical Christian seminary located in Hamura, Tokyo.

Joe Cipriano

From 1987 to 1992, Cipriano produced and hosted two shows that aired in Tokyo, Yokohama, Osaka and Kobe, Japan: the L.A. Express and Toyota California Classics.

John Zorn's Cobra: Tokyo Operations '94

John Zorn's Cobra: Tokyo Operations '94 is a live performance of John Zorn's improvisational game piece, Cobra recorded in Tokyo in 1994 featuring Japanese musicians and instruments.

Joseph Sutton

Upon completion of the program, he was commissioned a Lieutenant and sent to Tokyo to serve as a Japanese language officer in General Douglas MacArthur's headquarters.

Julissa Gomez

In May 1988, several months before the Olympics, she traveled with her coach to Tokyo, Japan, to compete in the World Sports Fair.

Kei Cozzolino

Kei Cozzolino (Ichigaya, Shinjuku, Tokyo, November 9, 1987) is Japanese-Italian racing driver who races under an Italian licence.

Kim Tschang Yeul

His works are shown at the Korean National Museum of Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, South Korea; National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo; Fondation Veranneman, Ghent, Belgium; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, the Netherlands; Bochum Museum Art Collection, Bochum, Germany; and elsewhere.

Kogoro Akechi

The Akechi stories are based mainly in the detective's home city of Tokyo, though some move the action to the Japanese countryside.

Leo Melamed

In Tokyo in March of 1941, he asked his father, Isaac Melamdovich, a mathematics teacher, to explain how the community of Jewish residents in that city had enough money to support the sudden influx of some 3,000 refugees such as themselves.

Line 2, Wuhan Metro

Stations of Line 2 provides female only waiting area during hours of operation, following the example of Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya, Tehran and Mexico City, to protect female riders from sexual harassment.

Lucille Carra

The film compares the degraded condition of the Park Inn Hotel with many of Wright's important works, and travels to Japan to offer contrast Wright's Imperial Hotel, Tokyo, now partially restored at Meiji-Mura, Japan.

Magnesium injection cycle

The engine development was led by Professor Takashi Yabe with the help of Professor Ikuta and others of Tokyo Institute of Technology with the cooperation of Ono Denki Seisakusho, K.K., a precision manufacturer located in Shinagawa, Tokyo.

Mai Hatsune

In August, She participated the Final of 2002 World Mahjong Championship Women Players Japanese National Team Qualifying tournament in Kanda, Tokyo, but she lost.

Mairzy Doates

Trained by future U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee, Horatio Luro, in 1981, Mairzy Doates competed successfully at racetracks in Florida, California and New York before going to Tokyo, Japan in November where she beat an international field to win the inaugural Japan Cup in course-record time.

Malpensa Airport

Alitalia didn’t pull out of Milan entirely; it continued to fly several domestic and European services from here as well as three intercontinental flights (to New York, Tokyo and Sao Paulo).

Mickey Curtis

Apart from his entertainment career he has also been a racecar driver and owns a motorcycle shop in Meguro, Tokyo.

Microdrive

But in most developed Asian cities, such as Hong Kong and Tokyo, an 8GB version of the Seagate ST1 are selling at the price (as of second quarter 2006) as low as US$220 in retail shops, and under US$50 on eBay.

N.Y. Scum

It was later released on CD along with a performance in Tokyo performance as Thee City Ov Tokyo/Thee City Ov New York.

Nexon Co. Ltd.

Founded in Seoul in 1994, Nexon's headquarters is currently located in Tokyo, Japan.

Nichiyō Tōron

The debate is usually held in NHK's Chiyoda Hōsō Kaikan studio in Kioichō in central Tokyo, close to Nagatachō, where the Diet building, the national Liberal Democratic and Democratic party headquarters as well as the prime minister's office (Kantei) and residence (Kōtei) are located.

Nicholas Platt

Platt was assigned as chief of the political section, U.S. Liaison Office, Peking, China, 1973–1974, and then as deputy chief of the political section at the Embassy in Tokyo, Japan, 1974–1977.

North Pacific Coast Guard Agencies Forum

The first Forum was held in Tokyo in 2000 and has followed an alternating semi-annual cycle of technical experts and principals meetings since.

Okamoto's

Okamoto's is a psychedelic garage rock band made up of four 19-year-olds from Shinjuku, Tokyo, who first got together while still in middle school.

Paddy Nolan

In 1894, Nolan and his wife Mary Elizabeth Lee had a son, Henry Grattan Nolan, who would later go on to serve as Canada's judge on the 1945-1948 International Military Tribunal for the Far East in Tokyo and who was appointed to the Supreme Court of Canada in 1956.

Park Kyung-won

In January 1925, Park returned to Japan, where she finally enrolled in an aviation school in Kamata (present-day Ōta, Tokyo.

Penn effect

New York for one dollar as in Tokyo for 360 Yen, the pegged nominal exchange rate at the time.

Peppermoon

In early 2010, they toured in these countries for the first time, playing in Taipei, Shanghai, Beijing, Tokyo and Kyoto.

Peter Lord

In that same year, Lord (along with Sproxton) visited the "Aardman Exhibit" at the Ghibli Museum in Mitaka, Tokyo, Japan, where he met Hayao Miyazaki.

Phaidon Press

As of 2009, Phaidon's headquarters are in London, UK, though they were in Oxford for many years, with offices in New York City, Paris, Berlin, Milan, and Tokyo.

PINK de Thierry

In 1992's Direction Arcadia, under a road sign pointing to アルカヂア (Arcadia) MWC was stranded with their luggage at a crowded intersection in Shinjuku, Tokyo.

Pitavastatin

Pitavastatin (previously known as itavastatin, itabavastin, nisvastatin, NK-104 or NKS-104) was discovered in Japan by Nissan Chemical Industries and developed further by Kowa Pharmaceuticals, Tokyo.

Prince Arisugawa Taruhito

The Arisugawa Memorial Park in Minami-Azabu, Minato, Tokyo occupies the site of the Arisugawa palace and its extensive gardens are open to the public.

Public Pressure

Recorded = 16 October & 24 October 1979 at The Venue, London (tracks 1-4)
2 August - 4 August 1979 at the Greek Theatre, Los Angeles (track 5)
6 November 1979 at the Bottom Line, New York City (tracks 6-8)
19 December 1979 at the Nakano Sun Plaza, Nakano

Pueblo Magnet High School

In his welcoming speech to students, which included greetings to two students from Tokyo, Student Body President Rafael Arvizu likely explained the reason for the aggravating “bumps” in the parking lot.

Pujie

The engagement ceremony took place at the Embassy of Manchukuo in Tokyo on 2 February 1937 with the official wedding held in the Imperial Army Hall at Kudanzaka, Tokyo, on 3 April.

RAF Staverton

Various testing took place at Staverton, including a plan for Lancasters to tow Spitfires from their airfields to targets such as Tokyo.

Ray Cramer

He was a guest conductor on the faculty of the Musashino Academia of Music in Tokyo, Japan in the fall of 1990, the summer of 1992 and 1995.

Reiko Ohara

Born and raised in Tokyo, she became a famous actress who appeared in dramas after graduating from high school.

Richard Streeton

He remained at Reuters for over a decade, where his assignments included the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo and the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City; England cricket tours to Australia, New Zealand and the West Indies; and the Monte Carlo Rally.

Saad Mohseni

Mohseni was born on 23 April 1966 in London, United Kingdom, where his father, Yassin Mohseni, was serving as an Afghan diplomat who throughout a 25 year career served in Kabul, Washington DC, London, Islamabad and Tokyo.

Sagami Trough

Earthquakes associated with the Sagami Trough are a threat to Tokyo and the Kanto Region because of the proximity to a population center (with over 36 million living in Tokyo's metro area, with a total of 43 million living in the Kanto Region) and the magnitude the Sagami Trough can create.

Sagiyama virus

Sagiyama virus is an arthropod borne virus recovered from mosquitoes collected during July and August 1956 and 1957 near Tokyo, Japan.

Saintsations

The Saintsations are no secret to the international stage as their first border-crossing performance was in 1990 at London when the Saints played the Oakland Raiders in a pre-season contest where they did countless appearances during the week leading into the game and on game day, they would repeat this in 1993 when the Saints played in Tokyo for a pre-season game vs the Philadelphia Eagles.

Sapporo Ichiban

Sanyo Foods had previously kept their headquarters and R&D all in their original town of Maebashi city, Gunma prefecture, but their headquarters have legally moved to Minato-ku, Tokyo.

Scott Mutter

His work has been exhibited at the San Francisco International Airport and at the opening of the Beam Performing Arts Center in Tokyo.

Scott Rothbort

Prior to working at Merrill Lynch, within the financial services industry he worked for County Nat West Securities and Morgan Stanley, where he had international assignments in Tokyo, Hong Kong, and London.

T. Jackson King

He helped lead the first anti-Vietnam War demonstration by expatriates in Tokyo in 1968, and started up the Shinjuku Sutra, the first English language underground newspaper in Japan.

Takakusu Junjiro

The institution evolved on the principle of "Buddhist-based human education," moving in 1929 to its present location in Nishitōkyō, Tokyo and becoming Musashino Women's University.

Takanobu Otsubo

In the 10,000 metres his personal best time is 28:14.92 minutes, achieved in November 2005 in Hachiōji.

Telê Santana

In those same two seasons, São Paulo also claimed the world club title in Tokyo, beating first Johan Cruyff's FC Barcelona and then Fabio Capello's A.C. Milan.

Temple University, Japan Campus

TUJ has classrooms and student facilities in two buildings in Minato, Tokyo, Japan.

Terminal 21

It is decorated based on well-known streets in cities such as Rome, Paris, Tokyo, London, Istanbul.

The BOC Group

With the plan of expanding into the Far East, it set up British Oxygen (Far East) Ltd, based in Tokyo.

The Codetalkers

In May 2008, the band played two shows in Tokyo and were invited back for a full-blown tour in early 2009 following the release of their next album.

The Lost Lolli

A First Press version of the album was sold exclusively at Tower Records, in Shibuya.

Tokio, North Dakota

However, some believe it is named after the city of Tokyo in Japan.

Tokyo Daishōten

It is run over a distance of 2,000 meters (about 10 furlongs) at Ōi Racecourse in the Shinagawa, Tokyo in the end of the year.

Tokyo Derby

It is run over a distance of 2000 meters (about 10 furlongs) at Oi Racecourse in the Shinagawa, Tokyo in June.

Tokyo Designers Week

Tokyo Designers Week is an annual design event that takes place at Meiji Jingu Gaien in central Tokyo, Japan.

Tomio Aoki

I Was Born, But... (1932), Passing Fancy (1933) and An Inn in Tokyo (1935) were three other Ozu films in which Aoki had notable roles.

Tonkin Street

Although the name in Chinese character is currently only used by Tokyo, eastern capital of Japan, a hint from its English name suggests that the name is associated with the eastern capital of Vietnam, Tonkin, namely modern-day Hanoi.

Tropical cyclone scales

Any tropical cyclone that develops within the Northern Hemisphere between 180° and 100°E is monitored by the Japan Meteorological Agency's Regional Specialized Meteorological Center in Tokyo, Japan, on behalf of the WMO/ESCAP's Typhoon Committee.

Victor Merzhanov

He sat as a jury member in more than 40 international competitions including the Rachmaninov Competition (which he founded), the International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow, the Chopin Competition in Warsaw, the Bartók-Liszt Competition in Budapest, and international competitions in Montreal, Tokyo, Brussels and others.

Vladimir Bougrine

From 1969, Vladimir Bougrine participated in over 40 exhibitions, 12 personal ones, in Leningrad, Vienna, Salzburg, Paris, Tokyo, Milan, Bologna, Bari, Bochum, Hamburg, Aubonne, Switzerland, and in the following museums: Russian Museum, Leningrad; Cathedral and diocesan museum, Vienna; Musée du Luxembourg, Paris; Museum of Tokyo, Japan; Museum of the city Bochum, BRD.

Yolanda Foster

After she signed with Ford, she modeled all over the world, modelling internationally in Paris, Milan, Sydney, Cape Town, Tokyo, New York, Los Angeles and Hamburg.

Yuriko Takeshita

Yuriko Takeshita (born November 23, 1988 in Fussa, Tokyo) is a Japanese slalom canoer who has competed since the mid-2000s.


A-Train

Map construction adds the ability to build custom maps and terrains, and included pre-built cities Tokyo, Yokohama, Nagoya, Kyoto, Osaka, Kobe.

Alternative Investment Market

On 29 January 2009 it was announced that AIM is to form the basis of an Asian-orientated growth or incubator market called 'Tokyo AIM', which will be run as a joint venture between the Tokyo Stock Exchange and LSE.

Ampere balance


(right) Ampere balance constructed at the former National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Japan, now in the National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo, Japan.

Amuza

Amuza Motors Pty Ltd of Perth is an Australian automotive company which exhibited its Ford Falcon-based stretch limo at the 2003 Tokyo Auto Salon.

Anne Allison

She wrote the book Nightwork on hostess clubs and Japanese corporate culture after having worked at a hostess club in Tokyo.

Arlene Sierra

Performers of her work have included New York City Opera VOX, the American Composers Orchestra, the London Sinfonietta, the New Music Players, Psappha, the International Contemporary Ensemble, Chroma, the Schubert Ensemble, the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, and the Tokyo Philharmonic.

Asoka Handagama

Novel in the form, this minimalist film travelled all around the world, was critically acclaimed at more than 50 international film festivals, and won numerous awards in Singapore, Chonju, Delhi, Houston, Bangkok and Tokyo.

Bangkok Doll Museum

The Bangkok Dolls Museum was established in 1957 by Khunying Thongkorn Chanthawimol, who was a renowned doll maker who trained in the Ozawa Doll School, in Tokyo, Japan.

Banking in Vietnam

In 1987 the bank also agreed to establish a finance company in Tokyo in partnership with a Japanese bank.

Bao Guancheng

In a speech given in Manchukuo before his departure for Tokyo in September 1932, he derided the League of Nations as a failure and called for the creation of an "Asiatic League of Nations" as an alternative.

Barrio 19

Barrio 19 is a television program shown on MTV showcasing a diversity of street talents and urban underground pursuits in cities such as Tokyo, Paris, Berlin, London, Osaka, Hamburg, Mexico City, Rio de Janeiro, and São Paulo.

Beverly Hills Film Festival

In March, it set off to host the first of many international stops for Beverly Hills Film Festival in Tokyo, Japan.

Buck Jam Tonic

Buck Jam Tonic is a double album of improvised music by John Zorn, Bill Laswell & Tatsuya Nakamura released on the Japanese Wild Disc label in 2003 and consists of one disc mixed in Tokyo and another mixed in New York City.

Color and/or Monochrome

This Exhibition was organized in collaboration with the Goethe-Institut Tokyo and The British Council

Deutz Suspension Bridge

It reportedly later served as inspiration for American bridge engineers and was specifically cited as a design influence on the Three Sisters bridges in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania as well as for the Kiyosu Bridge on the Sumida River in Tokyo.

Edward and Henry Schnell

While travelling in an open coach through Edō in September 1867 the brothers were attacked by anti-foreign samurai from Numata, who, by drawing his sword, in a private vendetta was trying to enforce the Sonnō jōi policy.

Electronic News

The paper eventually grew to have a staff of three dozen full time journalists, working out of headquarters staffed by full time journalists in New York and bureaus in Boston, Washington DC, Miami, Atlanta, Dallas, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Denver, Chicago, Minneapolis and Tokyo.

Fake passport

In May 2001 Kim Jong-nam (the eldest son of the former leader of North Korea Kim Jong-il) was arrested on arrival at New Tokyo International Airport (now Narita International Airport), accompanied by two women and a four-year old boy identified as his son.

Hanzawa Naoki

Kin'ya Kitaōji as Ken Nakanowatari, the chairman of Tokyo Central Bank.

Hill Top, Cumbria

In 2007 a replica of Hill Top was built in a children's zoo near the grounds of Daito Bunka University in Tokyo, Japan.

Hinohara, Tokyo

Communities surrounding Hinohara are: to the east, Hachiōji and Akiruno and, to the north, (Okutama) in Tokyo; to the west, Fujino in Kanagawa Prefecture; and to the south, Uenohara in Yamanashi Prefecture.

Interactive Brokers

(IB) is a U.S. based online discount brokerage firm headquartered in Greenwich CT in the United States and with offices in Budapest, Chicago, Hong Kong, London, Montreal, Mumbai, Shanghai, Saint Petersburg, Sydney, Tallinn, Tokyo, and Zug.

Jōetsu

Jōetsu Shinkansen, a high-speed shinkansen railway line connecting Tokyo and Niigata

Jun Tsuji

In this passage Tsuji describes the birth of an Epicurean out of someone who experienced the transience of such eternal-seeming icons as the Ryōunkaku and greater Tokyo.

Kick the Can Crew

Kick the Can Crew is a mainstream hip hop group from Tokyo, Japan, consisting of members Kreva, MCU, and Little.

M. C. Bradbrook

She held visiting professorships at numerous universities, including Santa Cruz, Tokyo, and Rhodes, South Africa, and received honorary degrees from many more.

Michel Tapié

Tapié organized and curated scores of exhibitions of new and modern art in major cities all over the world, including not only Paris and Turin but also New York, Rome, Tokyo, Munich, Madrid, Amsterdam, Buenos Aires, Milan, and Osaka.

Nicolas Cesbron

A sculptural wooden staircase he created is installed in the Christian Louboutin Ginza boutique in Tokyo.

Pasaje Del Terror

Pasaje Del Terror is an interactive walk-through horror attraction with branches in thirty different cities in Spain, including Madrid, Barcelona, Bilbao, Seville, Malaga, Salou, Santander, etc. as well as some of the major cities of the world, such as Rome, Lisbon, Blackpool, Buenos Aires, Bariloche, Cancun, San Salvador and Tokyo.

Prada gender discrimination case

Tokyo Press Conference - On April 19, the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan (FCCJ) organized a press conference inviting international press for the first time after the women's rights civil lawsuit was filed against Prada at Tokyo District Court.

Rica Takashima

After graduating with a Design Degree from Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, Takashima worked as a stage set artist and a freelance illustrator before she founded and launched the avant-garde street art show troupe and studio Aozora Art on Tokyo’s Harajuku Pedestrian Street.

Sakuma drops

They are flavored with real fruit juice and are made by Sakuma Candy Co. based in Ikebukuro, Tokyo.

Shan Serafin

His 2011 film, Forest of the Living Dead, formerly entitled The Forest, is a ghost story set in the high fashion world of modern Japan, filmed on location in Tokyo, Cancun and Los Angeles, through his production company 611 Films, starring Aidan Bristow and Johnny Young and features Michael Madsen.

Sharon Au

She left for Japan to further her studies in 2005 in the School of International Liberal Studies, Waseda University in Tokyo on a MediaCorp scholarship.

Shijō-mae Station

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government originally planned to complete this move by 2012, but Democratic Party of Japan legislators cut the budget for the move in 2010; the budget was reinstated in 2012 and the move is currently expected to be complete by 2018.

Shisei Kuwabara

-- Like most Japanese exhibition catalogues, "Works by 25 Photographers" has no ISBN. --> In 1960 he graduated from the Tokyo University of Agriculture and Tokyo Photo School (later Tokyo College of Photography).

Steve Finley

He was named MVP in the All-Stars Series between Japan and United States (Tokyo, 1996).

Tadateru Konoe

In 1994, he was lecturer on Micro study on International Relief Organizations at the Graduate School of Toyo Eiwa University, in Tokyo, Japan, and he is a lecturer, panelist, commentator, and speaker at various academic and other forums on topics including humanitarian aid, IHL, disasters, development, and bio-ethics.

Tamawashi Ichirō

On a visit to see his sister in Japan, they went to Ryōgoku where Tokyo's official tournaments are held.

Telecom Center Station

It is named after the adjacent Telecom Center building, which was previously the headquarters for Tokyo Metropolitan Television (Tokyo MX).

The Broken Commandment

With his pregnant wife and three daughters Toson left Komoro and moved to Minami Toshima-gun in Tokyo to complete his work.

Xie Jishi

Itō was so impressed with the young Xie that he recommended him for a scholarship to Meiji University in Tokyo, from which he graduated from the law school.

Yi Un

He was enrolled at Gakushūin and the Imperial Army Academy, both in Tokyo.