Kenji Miyazawa was a Japanese novelist and poet of children's literature from Hanamaki, Iwate, in the late Taishō and early Shōwa periods. He was also known as an agricultural science teacher, a vegetarian, cellist, devout Buddhist, and utopian social activist.
Kiichi Miyazawa was a Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan from 1991 to 1993. He was a member of the National Diet of Japan for over 50 years.
Rie Miyazawa is a Japanese actress and former teen idol, modeling for hundreds of photo shoots. She is regarded as one of Japan's top actresses, and her accolades include six Japan Academy Film Prizes and three Kinema Junpo Awards.
The Recruit scandal was an insider trading and corruption scandal that forced many prominent Japanese politicians to resign in 1988.
Spring and Chaos is a 1996 Japanese anime television special inspired by the life of poet Kenji Miyazawa, released in Japan to mark the 100th anniversary of Miyazawa's birth. It was directed by Shoji Kawamori. It was released in North America by Tokyopop. Miyazawa and the other characters in the program are depicted as cats, similar to the anime adaptation of Miyazawa's story Night on the Galactic Railroad.
Tanaka Chigaku was a Japanese Buddhist scholar and preacher of Nichiren Buddhism, orator, writer and ultranationalist propagandist in the Meiji, Taishō and early Shōwa periods. He is considered to be the father of Nichirenism, the fiercely ultranationalistic blend of Nichiren Buddhism and Japanese Nationalism espoused by such figures as Nissho Inoue, Kanji Ishiwara and Ikki Kita. Notably, however, the children's writer, poet, and rural activist Kenji Miyazawa also idolized Tanaka, and both Miyazawa and Ishiwara joined his flagship organization, the Kokuchūkai, in 1920.
Sae Miyazawa is a Japanese actress, television personality and former singer, signed under the entertainment agency Horipro. She is best known for her affiliations with AKB48 and its various sister- and subgroups. Between 2006 and 2016, she was a part of the promoting line up of 33 AKB48 and 4 SKE48 single releases.
"Sakura no Shiori" is the 15th single by Japanese idol girl group AKB48; it was released on February 17, 2010. The title track is a school graduation song. The song was used as the theme song to the AKB48-related drama Majisuka Gakuen, which stars Atsuko Maeda and many members from AKB48 and its sister groups.
Events in the year 1981 in Japan.
Events in the year 1980 in Japan. It corresponds to Shōwa 55 (昭和55年) in the Japanese calendar.
The Murayama Cabinet governed Japan under the leadership of Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama from 1994 until a 1995 Cabinet Reshuffle. Murayama was elected prime minister by the National Diet on 29 June 1994 after the threat of a no-confidence vote had brought down the previous minority Hata Cabinet. Murayama's and his cabinet's formal investiture by the Emperor took place one day later.
Hikaru Matsunaga was a Japanese the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) politician who briefly served as finance minister from 27 January to 30 July 1998.
Tatsuo Murayama was a Japanese politician who was a member of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and finance minister for two times.
Yoshiro Hayashi was a Japanese politician. In addition to being a National Diet member, he served as Minister of Finance from 1992 to 1993 and Minister of Health and Welfare from 1982 to 1983.
Pupipō! (プピポー!) is a Japanese supernatural horror comedy manga series by Rensuke Oshikiri. It was serialized in Flex Comix's free web comic FlexComix Blood from April 11, 2007, to August 5, 2009. It was collected in three tankōbon volumes from March 6, 2008, to November 10, 2009. A 15-episode anime television series adaptation by AIC Plus+ aired between December 20, 2013, and March 28, 2014, on TV Tokyo.
The Second Abe Cabinet governed Japan under the leadership of Prime Minister Shinzō Abe from December 2012 to December 2014. Following the return to power of the LDP in the 2012 general election, Abe, as party president, was elected Prime Minister by the National Diet on December 26, 2012, and presented his cabinet for swearing in by the Emperor later that day. Abe formed a coalition with the New Komeito Party, which has partnered with the LDP since the late 1990s, appointing former leader Akihiro Ota as Minister of Land. Together the two parties controlled a two-thirds majority in the House of Representatives, allowing the new government in most matters to override the veto of the upper house which was controlled by the opposition parties until July 2013.
Masaharu Gotōda was a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the diet, Minister of Justice, and Chief Cabinet Secretary. A native of Yoshinogawa, Tokushima and graduate of Tokyo University.
Kōchikai is a leading faction within Japan's Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), founded by bureaucrat-turned-politician Hayato Ikeda in 1957. Currently headed by Japanese prime minister Fumio Kishida, it has produced five prime ministers, two LDP presidents, and a large number of cabinet officeholders.
The Third Satō Cabinet is the 63rd Cabinet of Japan headed by Eisaku Satō from January 14, 1970, to July 7, 1972.
