The band has collaborated and performed with numerous artists, such as Jimmy Scott, Carol Channing, Rufus Wainwright, Martha Wainwright, Jane Powell, Henri Salvador, Chavela Vargas, New York performer Joey Arias, puppeteer Basil Twist, Georges Moustaki, Michael Feinstein, filmmaker Gus Van Sant, Courtney Taylor Taylor of The Dandy Warhols, clarinetist and conductor Norman Leyden, Japanese legend Hiroshi Wada, Italian actress and songwriter Alba Clemente, DJ Johnny Dynell and Chi Chi Valenti, NPR White House Correspondent Ari Shapiro, the original cast of Sesame Street, March Fourth Marching Band, the Bonita Vista High School Marching Band from Chula Vista, California, and the Pacific Youth Choir of Portland, Oregon.

The band has collaborated and performed with numerous artists, such as Jimmy Scott, Carol Channing, Rufus Wainwright, Martha Wainwright, Jane Powell, Henri Salvador, Chavela Vargas, New York performer Joey Arias, puppeteer Basil Twist, Georges Moustaki, Michael Feinstein, filmmaker Gus Van Sant, Courtney Taylor Taylor of The Dandy Warhols, clarinetist and conductor Norman Leyden, Japanese legend Hiroshi Wada, Italian actress and songwriter Alba Clemente, DJ Johnny Dynell and Chi Chi Valenti, NPR White House Correspondent Ari Shapiro, the original cast of Sesame Street, March Fourth Marching Band, the Bonita Vista High School Marching Band from Chula Vista, California, and the Pacific Youth Choir of Portland, Oregon.

These appearances contrast with those nearer the beginning of the decade: the much briefer nude ( side ) appearance of young mainland Chinese actor Cui Lin ( in which his genitals are shown ) at the beginning of the shower scene in Beijing Bicycle ( 2001 ), and the brief full-frontal appearance of a Singapore Chinese actor in the film 15 ( 2003 ), and of Japanese puppeteer Sota Sakuma, whose body and genitals are fully revealed but shown briefly, in a nude beach scene in EuroTrip ( 2004 ), and even the brief frontal view of mainland China lead actor Guo Xiaodong in Summer Palace, later in the decade ( 2006 ).

Later Japanese computer music compositions include a piece by Kenjiro Ezaki presented during Osaka Expo ' 70 and " Panoramic Sonore " ( 1974 ) by music critic Akimichi Takeda.

* 1521 – Takeda Shingen, Japanese warlord ( d. 1573 )

* May 10 – Nobuhiro Takeda, Japanese footballer and sportscaster

* May 13 – Takeda Shingen, Japanese warlord ( b. 1521 )

* March 30 – Takeda Nobukado, Japanese nobleman ( b. 1529 )

** Takeda Katsuyori, Japanese nobleman ( d. 1582 )

* December 1 – Takeda Shingen, Japanese warlord ( d. 1573 )

** Takeda Nobutora, Japanese warlord ( d. 1573 )

* Hara Toratane ( 原虎胤, 1497 – 1564 ), a Japanese general under Takeda Shingen

, originally called, is a Japanese martial art that first became widely known in the early 20th century under the headmastership of Takeda Sokaku.

Although the school's traditions claim to extend back centuries in Japanese history there are no known extant records regarding the ryū before Takeda.

The Takeda, under Takeda Shingen, developed the Japanese equivalent of the cavalry charge ; though debate continues today as to the force of his charges, and the appropriateness of the term, comparing them to Western cavalry charges, it is evident from contemporary sources that it was a revolutionary development, and powerful against defenders unused to it.

In February 2008, Takeda acquired the Japanese operations of Amgen and rights to a dozen of the California biotechnology company's pipeline candidates for the Japanese market.

Many Japanese gloved karate fighters have in recent years become well known as pro-kickboxers, and many of the most successful Japanese kickboxers in K-1, such as Kozo Takeda, Yoshihiro Sato, Yasuhiro Kido, Hinata, Yuya Yamamoto, originated in gloved karate.

Eventually, the Uesugi forces reached the Takeda command post, and one of the most famous single combats in Japanese history ensued.

was a Japanese daimyo of the Sengoku Period, who was famed as the head of the Takeda clan and the successor to the legendary warlord Takeda Shingen.

* Takeda Katsuyori no Saiki ( in Japanese )

* Yamanashi Prefecture page on Takeda Katsuyori ( in Japanese )

This was demonstrated at the Battle of Nagashino in 1575, where carefully positioned ashigaru with tanegashima ( Japanese matchlocks ) thwarted Takeda's repeated heavy cavalry charges against the Oda clan's defensive lines and broke the back of the Takeda war machine.

** Takeda Shingen, one of the most famous daimyo in Japanese history.

Assuming the lower figure for the big blast and one shot estimated by the Japanese at 10 megatons, a conservative computation is that the 24 announced tests produced a total yield of at least 60 megatons.

In 2004, NHK ( Japanese public TV network ) produced a 39 episode anime series titled Agatha Christie's Great Detectives Poirot and Marple, as well as a manga series under the same title released in 2005.

From 2004 to 2005, Japanese TV network NHK produced a 39 episode anime series titled Agatha Christie's Great Detectives Poirot and Marple, which features both Miss Marple and Hercule Poirot.

This design was introduced by Japanese manufacturer Olfa Corporation in 1956 as the world's first snap-off blade and was inspired from analyzing the sharp cutting edge produced when glass is broken and how pieces of a chocolate bar break into segments.

Since the introduction of the comic book format in 1933 with the publication of Famous Funnies, the United States has produced the most titles, along with British comics and Japanese manga, in terms of quantity of titles.

* 1991: Niijima Floats, six-foot spheres of intricate color inspired by Japanese glass fishing floats from the island of NiijimaNiijima Chihuly. com from Chihuly's website * 1992: Chandeliers, starting modestly but by the middle of the decade involving a ton of glass orbs and shapes that in some works look like flowers, others like breasts, and still others like snakes Chihuly has also produced a sizable volume of " Irish cylinders ", photo from lakeview-museum. orgwhich are more modest in conception than his blown glass works.

is a 1962 Japanese science fiction kaiju film produced by Toho Studios.

Ebirah, Horror of the Deep, ( released in Japan as ) is a 1966 Japanese science fiction kaiju film produced by Toho.

Son of Godzilla, ( released in Japan as ), is a 1967 Japanese science fiction kaiju film produced by Toho.

Destroy All Monsters, ( released in Japan as, is a 1968 Japanese Science fiction Kaiju film produced by Toho.

is a 1973 Japanese science fiction kaiju film produced by Toho.

is a 1989 Japanese science fiction kaiju film produced by Toho.

Terror of Mechagodzilla, ( released in Japan as ) is a 1975 Japanese science fiction kaiju film produced by Toho.

, is a 1991 Japanese Science Fiction Kaiju film produced by Toho.

is a 1992 Japanese Science Fiction Kaiju film produced by Toho.

The Return of Godzilla ( released in Japan as simply )), is a 1984 Japanese science fiction kaiju film produced by Toho.

The Japanese Takarazuka Revue produced a musical adaptation of the novel.

Despite the arrival of serious competitors — namely, the Ford Falcon, Chrysler Valiant, and Japanese cars — in the 1960s, Holden's locally produced large six-and eight-cylinder cars remained Australia's top-selling vehicles.

During a meeting with General Douglas MacArthur, Dr. Honma produced blades from the various periods of Japanese history and MacArthur was able to identify very quickly what blades held artistic merit and which could be considered purely weapons.

Hoffmann-La Roche then licensed the invention to the Swiss manufacturer Brown, Boveri & Cie who produced displays for wristwatches during the 1970s and also to Japanese electronics industry, which soon produced the first digital quartz wrist watches with TN-LCDs and numerous other products.

The series was originally produced in Japan, and when translated into English, the name the Japanese had rendered as " Ma-ri-n-chi-e " was transliterated into " Marinche.

In 2007, Mazda produced almost 1. 3 million vehicles for global sales, the majority of which ( nearly 1 million ) were produced in the company's Japanese plants, with the remainder coming from a variety of other plants worldwide.

Toyo Kogyo produced weapons for the Japanese military throughout the Second World War, most notably the series 30 through 35 Type 99 rifle.