statistician, management consultantBorn: 10/14/1900Birthplace: Sioux City, Iowa After studying electrical engineering at the University of Wyoming and mathematical physics at Yale, he began his…
(Encyclopedia) SakurajimaSakurajimasäk&oomacr;ˈräˈjĭmä [key], peninsula, Kagoshima prefecture, S Kyushu, Japan, in Kagoshima Bay opposite Kagoshima. Formerly an island, Sakurajima became a…
violinistBorn: 1971Birthplace: Osaka, Japan Midori's mother, Setsu Goto, began teaching her daughter the violin at age three. When she was 11 Zubin Mehta invited her to be guest soloist with the…
Akihito was Emperor of Japan from 1989, when his father Hirohito died, until 2019, when Akihito abdicated, giving the throne over to his son, Naruhito. Emperor Akihito was the 125th emperor of Japan…
Kei Nishikori is the Japanese tennis player who came from relative obscurity to make the finals of the U.S. Open in 2014. Nishikori is a rarity as a Japanese man on the pro tennis tour, and also a…
(Encyclopedia) Adams, Will (William Adams), 1564?–1620, first Englishman to visit Japan. As pilot of a Dutch ship searching for gold and trade, he reached Japan in 1600. At first imprisoned and…
(Encyclopedia) MeijiMeijimāˈjē [key], 1852–1912, reign name of the emperor of Japan from 1867 to 1912; his given name was Mutsuhito. He ascended the throne when he was 15. A year later the shogun…
Japanese ski-jumping legend by Mike Morrison Related Links 2010 Winter Olympics2010 Ski Jumping Event Ski Jumping Through the YearsEncyclopedia: Ski JumpingMemorable Moments The…
Eldest son, and heir, of Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko of JapanBorn: 2/23/1960Birthplace: Tokyo, Japan Also known as Prince Hiro, Crown Prince Naruhito graduated from Gakushuin University in…
