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This is a list of notable Japanese people. To be included in this list, the person must have a Wikipedia article showing they are Japanese. ... Modern Japan (Imperial ...
The program featured the results of a survey that asked Japanese people to choose their favorite great person from history. The show featured several re-enactments of scenes from the lives of the people on the list. [2] The survey asked Japanese people to name their most-liked historical figures, not the most influential.
See also List of Japanese comedians. Idols (male) Arino Shinya; Daiki Arioka; Goro Inagaki; Hamaguchi Masaru; Hamada Asahi; Hikaru Yaotome; Hiroki Uchi; Jin Akanishi;
[1] [2] [3] There are several theories as to who was the first Japanese ruler supported by historical evidence: notable candidates are Emperor Yūryaku (r. 456–479) and Emperor Kinmei (r. 539–571), among others. [4] [5] The terms Tennō ('Emperor', 天皇), as well as Nihon ('Japan', 日本), were not adopted until the late 7th century AD.
A Portuguese Jesuit who established the first western hospital in Japan and negotiated the opening of the port of Yokoseura to Portuguese traders. [4] Gaspar Vilela (1556, Portugal). A Portuguese Jesuit who, in a departure from Xavier's methods, learned the Japanese language and talked directly with daimyos, opening the center of Japan to the ...
List of Japanese spies, 1930–1945; List of spouses of prime ministers of Japan; List of people on the postage stamps of Japan; Japanese students in the United Kingdom; List of Japanese supercentenarians
Tomiko Itooka (糸岡富子, Itooka Tomiko, 23 May 1908 – 29 December 2024) was a Japanese supercentenarian. She was Japan's oldest-living person since the death of Fusa Tatsumi on 12 December 2023. [73] Tomiko Itooka was born in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Empire of Japan on 23 May 1908. [73] She moved into a nursing home in Ashiya, Hyōgo in ...
Charles J. Pedersen has half Japanese ancestry (listed under the Diaspora), but Yuan T. Lee is not. Physiology or Medicine 5-5-Literature 2: 1: 3-Kazuo Ishiguro became a British citizen in 1983. [3] [4] Peace 2-2-Total 26 4 30 2 Japanese media usually count 29 laureates (excluding Kazuo Ishiguro).