Kawakami was a town located in Maniwa District,Okayama Prefecture,Japan.
Kawakami is a village located in Yoshino District,Nara Prefecture,Japan.
Yoshihiro Togashi is a Japanese manga artist. He began drawing manga at an early age,before being recognized for his talent by the publishing company Shueisha while attending college. Togashi has authored several different manga series in different genres over the past three decades. He is best known for writing and illustrating the YuYu Hakusho (1990–1994) and Hunter ×Hunter (1998–present) series,which are some of the best-selling manga series of all time. Togashi is married to Naoko Takeuchi,the author of Sailor Moon.
Kenshin Kawakami is a Japanese former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Chunichi Dragons and in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Atlanta Braves.
Maiko Kawakami is a Japanese actress who has starred in numerous movies and TV serials. She is a graduate of Keio University through distance education.
Kotoura is a town located in Tōhaku District,Tottori Prefecture,Japan. As of 31 December 2022,the town had an estimated population of 16,434 in 6452 households and a population density of 120 persons per km2. The total area of the town is 139.97 square kilometres (54.04 sq mi).
Taisuke Sato is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan,a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet.
Kotaro Tamura is a Japanese former politician of the Liberal Democratic Party,and a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet (2002–2010). He was a member of Prime Minister Abe's government,serving as his Parliamentary Secretary in the Cabinet Office of Economic and Fiscal Policy,where he worked toward opening up Japanese businesses to foreign investment. A native of Tottori,he received his BA from Waseda University,his MBA from Keio University,his MA from Yale,and his LLM from Duke Law School. He was elected to the House of Councillors for the first time in 2002.
Takeo Nishioka was a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ),who served as a member of the House of Representatives and the House of Councillors in the Diet.
Yoshiki Yamashita is a Japanese politician who serves as a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet,representing the Japan Communist Party. A native of Kagawa Prefecture and graduate of Tottori University,he was elected to the House of Councillors for the first time in 1995 after running unsuccessfully in 1992. He lost the seat in the 2001 re-election and then ran unsuccessfully for the House of Representatives in 2003 and 2005. In 2007,he was elected to the House of Councillors for the second time. He is known for his left-wing radicalism.
Shinji Hirai is a Japanese politician,the governor of Tottori Prefecture in Japan,first elected in 2007. He graduated from the University of Tokyo with the B.L. degree in 1984 and joined the Ministry of Home Affairs upon graduation.
Tetsuharu Kawakami was a Japanese baseball player and manager,known for his red bat,and his nickname dageki no kamisama.
Yoshihiro is a Japanese masculine given name,and less commonly,a surname. There are dozens of different ways to write the name in kanji.
Kawakami Tetsuharu monogatari sebangō16 (川上哲治物語 背番号１６),literally:Story of Tetsuharu Kawakami:number 16,is a 1957 black-and-white Japanese film directed by Eisuke Takizawa.
Gunma At-Large District is a constituency of the House of Councillors in the Diet of Japan. It consists of Gunma Prefecture and elects two Councillors,one per election.
The Nagasaki at-large district is a constituency of the House of Councillors in the Diet of Japan. It consists of Nagasaki Prefecture and elects two Councillors,one every three years by a first-past-the-post system for a six-year term. In the first election in 1947,Nagasaki like all districts used single non-transferable vote to elect both its Councillors in one election. Similar to other small,rural Kyushu prefectures,it is a "conservative kingdom" in favor of the LDP. Since the Democratic Party folded,LDP candidates have consistently won with over 50% of the vote.
Tottori 1st district is a parliamentary constituency in Tottori Prefecture that was created in 1994. It has been represented in the House of Representatives of the National Diet of Japan since 1996 by Shigeru Ishiba,the Prime Minister and President of the Liberal Democratic Party since 2024.
Events in the year 2013 in Japan.
Yoshihiro Kawano is a Japanese politician with the Kōmeitōpolitical party. He has served in the House of Councillors as a national proportional representative since 2013.
Takeshi Kawakami is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 7-dan.
