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<input type="hidden" name="nndb" value="1"></input> Search: <select name="omenu"> <option value="unspecified" selected>All Names</option> <option value="living">Living people</option> <option value="dead">Dead people</option> <option value="bands">Band Names</option> <option value="books">Book Titles</option> <option value="movies">Movie Titles</option> <option value="fulltext">Full Text</option> </select> for <input name="query" value="" size=24 maxlength=96> <input type=submit value="Search"> </form></td> </tr> </table>        </td></tr> <tr><td bgcolor=red height=2></td></tr> <map name=fool><area coords="102,0,240,14" href="/geo/831/000069624/bibliography/" alt="bibliography"></map><tr bgcolor=F0F0F0><td bgcolor=F0F0F0 style="padding: 0px 15px 15px 15px;"><img src="/red-profile-2.gif" align="right" height=15 width=240 border=0 usemap=#fool> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width=100%><tr><td bgcolor=F0F0F0> Tokyo, Japan LOCATION Official Website: <a href="http://www.metro.tokyo.jp/">http://www.metro.tokyo.jp/</a> Population: 12,527,115 (2003) SCHOOLS <table border=1 class="bordered"> <tr><th>School</th><th>Founded</th></tr> <tr><td><a href="/edu/940/000112604/">Gakushuin University</a></td><td><center>1950</center></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/edu/611/000119254/">Seikei University</a></td><td><center>1947</center></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/edu/946/000112610/">University of the Sacred Heart Tokyo</a></td><td><center>1916</center></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/edu/620/000111287/">Waseda University</a></td><td><center>1882</center></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/edu/623/000111290/">Meiji University</a></td><td><center>1881</center></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/edu/622/000111289/">Hosei University</a></td><td><center>1880</center></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/edu/281/000082035/">University of Tokyo</a></td><td><center>1877</center></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/edu/624/000111291/">Rikkyo University</a></td><td><center>1874</center></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/edu/621/000111288/">Keio University</a></td><td><center>1858</center></td></tr></table> ORCHESTRA <table border=1 class="bordered"> <tr><th>Orchestra</th><th>Founded</th></tr> <tr><td><a href="/org/123/000196532/">Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra</a></td><td><center>1965</center></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/org/192/000196601/">Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra</a></td><td><center>1962</center></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/org/932/000196344/">NHK Symphony Orchestra</a></td><td><center>1926</center></td></tr></table> COMPANY HEADQUARTERS <table border=1 class="bordered"> <tr><th>Company</th><th>Founded</th></tr> <tr><td><a href="/company/153/000125775/">Mizuho Financial Group</a></td><td><center>2003</center></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/company/649/000057478/">Square Enix</a></td><td><center>2003</center></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/company/967/000126589/">Millea Holdings</a></td><td><center>2002</center></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/company/161/000125783/">Sumitomo Mitsui Financial</a></td><td><center>2002</center></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/company/364/000124989/">Willcom</a></td><td><center>1994</center></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/company/148/000125770/">Nippon Telegraph & Telephone</a></td><td><center>1985</center></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/company/960/000126582/">Shinsei Bank</a></td><td><center>1952</center></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/company/517/000125142/">Japan Tobacco</a></td><td><center>1949</center></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/company/549/000119192/">Honda</a></td><td><center>1948</center></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/company/351/000178814/">Casio</a></td><td><center>1946</center></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/company/665/000355597/">Sega</a></td><td><center>1940</center></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/company/018/000178481/">Ricoh</a></td><td><center>1936</center></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/company/904/000061721/">Fujitsu</a></td><td><center>1935</center></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/company/118/000172599/">Canon</a></td><td><center>1933</center></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/company/453/000117102/">Nissan Motors</a></td><td><center>1932</center></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/company/415/000356344/">Bridgestone</a></td><td><center>1931</center></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/company/553/000119196/">7-Eleven</a></td><td><center>1927</center></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/company/987/000124615/">Shin-Etsu Chemical</a></td><td><center>1926</center></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/company/696/000164204/">Nomura</a></td><td><center>1925</center></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/company/330/000123958/">Nikon</a></td><td><center>1917</center></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/company/872/000124500/">Komatsu</a></td><td><center>1917</center></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/company/360/000123988/">Hitachi</a></td><td><center>1910</center></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/company/976/000276148/">NEC</a></td><td><center>1899</center></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/company/666/000061483/">Mitsubishi</a></td><td><center>1870</center></td></tr></table> BIRTHS <table border=1 class="sortable bordered" id="sort_births"> <tr><th>Name</th><th>Occupation</th><th>Birth</th><th>Death</th><th>Known for</th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/711/000023642/">Emperor Akihito</a></td> <td><center>Royalty</center></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Dec-1933</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Emperor of Japan</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/947/000112611/">Prince Akishino</a></td> <td><center>Royalty</center></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Nov-1965</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Second son of Emperor Akihito</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/799/000029712/">Masami Akita</a></td> <td><center>Musician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Dec-1956</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Merzbow, Destroyer of Worlds</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/648/000173129/">Rocky Aoki</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Oct-1938</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Jul-2008</tt></td> <td>Benihana founder</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/639/000129252/">Nobuyoshi Araki</a></td> <td><center>Photographer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>25-May-1940</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Tokyo Lucky Hole</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/165/000109835/">Samaire Armstrong</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>31-Oct-1980</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>The O.C. and Entourage</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/741/000022675/">Olivia de Havilland</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Jul-1916</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Gone With the Wind</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/785/000166287/">Dennis Felton</a></td> <td><center>Basketball</center></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Jun-1963</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>UGA Head Coach</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/487/000026409/">Joan Fontaine</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>22-Oct-1917</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Dec-2013</tt></td> <td>Suspicion</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/867/000111534/">Ryutaro Hashimoto</a></td> <td><center>Head of State</center></td> <td align=right><tt>29-Jul-1937</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Jul-2006</tt></td> <td>Prime Minister of Japan, 1996-98</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/746/000365648/">Tsutomu Hata</a></td> <td><center>Head of State</center></td> <td align=right><tt>24-Aug-1935</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Prime Minister of Japan, 1994</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/730/000095445/">Miho Hatori</a></td> <td><center>Musician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1970</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Vocalist, Cibo Matto</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/587/000206966/">Yukio Hatoyama</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Feb-1947</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Prime Minister of Japan, 2009-10</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/975/000086717/">Emperor Hirohito</a></td> <td><center>Royalty</center></td> <td align=right><tt>29-Apr-1901</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Jan-1989</tt></td> <td>Emperor of Japan 1926-89</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/819/000084567/">Hiroshige</a></td> <td><center>Artist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1797</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Oct-1858</tt></td> <td>Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/948/000112612/">Prince Hitachi</a></td> <td><center>Royalty</center></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Nov-1935</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Brother of Emperor Akihito</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/177/000044045/">Hokusai</a></td> <td><center>Artist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>Oct-1760</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>10-May-1849</tt></td> <td>Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/072/000398872/">Akira Iriye</a></td> <td><center>Historian</center></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Oct-1934</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Across the Pacific</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/184/000130791/">William H. Itoh</a></td> <td><center>Diplomat</center></td> <td align=right><tt>30-May-1943</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>US Ambassador to Thailand, 1996-99</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/137/000041014/">Toru Iwatani</a></td> <td><center>Computer Programmer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Jan-1955</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Created Pacman</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/991/000044859/">Chen Kenichi</a></td> <td><center>Chef</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1956</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Iron Chef Chinese</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/239/000136828/">Takeshi Kitano</a></td> <td><center>Film Director</center></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Jan-1947</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Zatoichi</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/944/000133545/">DJ Krush</a></td> <td><center>Musician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1962</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Japanese turntablist</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/326/000044194/">Akira Kurosawa</a></td> <td><center>Film Director</center></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Mar-1910</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Sep-1998</tt></td> <td>Yojimbo</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/267/000132868/">Ken Kutaragi</a></td> <td><center>Inventor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Aug-1950</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Father of the PlayStation</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/296/000106975/">William McDonough</a></td> <td><center>Architect</center></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Feb-1951</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Environmentalist Architect</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/943/000112607/">Empress Michiko</a></td> <td><center>Royalty</center></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Oct-1934</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Empress of Japan</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/941/000112605/">Prince Mikasa</a></td> <td><center>Royalty</center></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Dec-1915</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>27-Oct-2016</tt></td> <td>Son of Emperor Taisho</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/963/000113624/">Yukio Mishima</a></td> <td><center>Author</center></td> <td align=right><tt>14-Jan-1925</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Nov-1970</tt></td> <td>The Sea of Fertility</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/393/000135985/">Kenji Mizoguchi</a></td> <td><center>Film Director</center></td> <td align=right><tt>16-May-1898</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>24-Aug-1956</tt></td> <td>The Life of Oharu</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/689/000061506/">Ikue Mori</a></td> <td><center>Musician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Dec-1953</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Electronic music and drum machine innovator</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/263/000137849/">Tatsuya Nakadai</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>13-Dec-1932</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>The Sword of Doom</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/827/000177296/">Yoichiro Nambu</a></td> <td><center>Physicist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Jan-1921</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>5-Jul-2015</tt></td> <td>Spontaneous broken symmetry</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/939/000112603/">Prince Naruhito</a></td> <td><center>Royalty</center></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Feb-1960</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Crown Prince of Japan</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/119/000085861/">Sadaharu Oh</a></td> <td><center>Baseball</center></td> <td align=right><tt>20-May-1940</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Japan's all-time Home Run King</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/180/000159700/">Masi Oka</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>27-Dec-1974</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Hiro Nakamura on Heroes</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/087/000023018/">Yoko Ono</a></td> <td><center>Artist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Feb-1933</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Impenetrable musician, wife of John Lennon</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/693/000122327/">Edwin O. Reischauer</a></td> <td><center>Diplomat</center></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Oct-1910</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Sep-1990</tt></td> <td>US Ambassador to Japan, 1961-66</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/509/000032413/">Franklin J. Schaffner</a></td> <td><center>Film Director</center></td> <td align=right><tt>30-May-1920</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Jul-1989</tt></td> <td>Patton and Planet of the Apes</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/846/000100546/">Hideki Shirakawa</a></td> <td><center>Chemist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Aug-1936</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Metallic polymers</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/666/000231970/">Arne M. Sorenson</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1959</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>President and COO of Marriott</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/135/000401926/">Genki Sudo</a></td> <td><center>Martial Arts</center></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Mar-1978</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Neo-Samurai, World Order</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/054/000366950/">Seijun Suzuki</a></td> <td><center>Film Director</center></td> <td align=right><tt>24-May-1923</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>13-Feb-2017</tt></td> <td>Branded to Kill</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/306/000028222/">Suzi Suzuki</a></td> <td><center>Pornstar</center></td> <td align=right><tt>3-May-1972</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Suzi Bung Holee-O</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/746/000161263/">Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>27-Sep-1950</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Mortal Kombat</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/661/000118307/">Toru Takemitsu</a></td> <td><center>Composer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Oct-1930</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Feb-1996</tt></td> <td>A Way A Lone</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/863/000402654/">Yoko Tawada</a></td> <td><center>Author</center></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Mar-1960</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Memoirs of a Polar Bear</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/950/000091677/">Hideki Tojo</a></td> <td><center>Head of State</center></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Dec-1884</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Dec-1948</tt></td> <td>Prime Minister of Japan, 1941-44</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/240/000085982/">Liv Ullmann</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Dec-1938</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>The Passion of Anna</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/556/000180016/">Helen Waddell</a></td> <td><center>Author</center></td> <td align=right><tt>31-May-1889</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>5-Mar-1965</tt></td> <td>The Wandering Scholars</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/431/000122065/">Linda E. Watt</a></td> <td><center>Diplomat</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1951</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>US Ambassador to Panama, 2002-05</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/924/000111591/">Shigeru Yoshida</a></td> <td><center>Head of State</center></td> <td align=right><tt>22-Sep-1878</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Oct-1967</tt></td> <td>Prime Minister of Japan, 1948-54</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/759/000099462/">Hideki Yukawa</a></td> <td><center>Physicist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Jan-1907</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Sep-1981</tt></td> <td>Predicted existence of mesons</td> </tr> </table> DEATHS <table border=1 class="sortable bordered" id="sort_deaths"> <tr><th>Name</th><th>Occupation</th><th>Birth</th><th>Death</th><th>Known for</th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/885/000206267/">Hildegard Behrens</a></td> <td><center>Singer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Feb-1937</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Aug-2009</tt></td> <td>Operatic soprano</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/743/000050593/">Louis Calhern</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Feb-1895</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>12-May-1956</tt></td> <td>Duck Soup</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/831/000347787/">Donald "Duck" Dunn</a></td> <td><center>Bassist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>24-Nov-1941</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>13-May-2012</tt></td> <td>Booker T & the M.G.'s</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/826/000092550/">Bernard Edwards</a></td> <td><center>Musician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>31-Oct-1952</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Apr-1996</tt></td> <td>Founding member of Chic</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/939/000358862/">Jun Fukuda</a></td> <td><center>Film Director</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Feb-1923</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>3-Dec-2000</tt></td> <td>Godzilla movies</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/867/000111534/">Ryutaro Hashimoto</a></td> <td><center>Head of State</center></td> <td align=right><tt>29-Jul-1937</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Jul-2006</tt></td> <td>Prime Minister of Japan, 1996-98</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/348/000082102/">Sessue Hayakawa</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Jun-1889</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Nov-1973</tt></td> <td>The Bridge on the River Kwai</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/819/000084567/">Hiroshige</a></td> <td><center>Artist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1797</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Oct-1858</tt></td> <td>Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/177/000044045/">Hokusai</a></td> <td><center>Artist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>Oct-1760</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>10-May-1849</tt></td> <td>Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/879/000262093/">Ishirô Honda</a></td> <td><center>Film Director</center></td> <td align=right><tt>7-May-1911</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Feb-1993</tt></td> 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