The broadcast industry has been dominated by the Japan Broadcasting Corporation ( Nippon Hoso Kyokai — NHK ) since its founding in 1925.

Like most motorcycle manufacturers, Ural now sources pre-made components in many cases — buying alternators from Nippon Denso, brakes from Brembo, handlebar controls from Domino, forks from Paioli, ignitions from Ducati Energia, etc.

* Nippon Chinbotsu ( 1973 ) — Ambassador Warren Richards

No American company manufactured pipe of that specification, so three Japanese companies — Sumitomo Metal Industries Ltd., Nippon Steel Corporation, and Nippon Kokan Kabushiki Kaisha — received a $ 100 million contract for more than 800 miles ( 1280 km ) of pipeline.

* ( now ), a cruise ship operated by Nippon Yusen Kaisha 1991 — 2006.

On March 2, 2005 the complete original 1970 anime series was released by Nippon Columbia on 2 DVD box sets covering 33 hour 55 minutes of footage across 79 episodes spanning 16 disks.

The date ( expressed as the year in the reign of the emperor at the time the coin was stamped ) is on the reverse of all coins, and, in most cases, country name ( through 1945, 大日本 or Dai Nippon, " Great Japan "; after 1945, 日本国, Nihon koku, " State of Japan ") and the value in kanji is on the obverse, except for the present 5-yen coin where the country name is on the reverse.

To harmonize practice and ceremonial shooting ( sharei ) in 1953 the All Nippon Kyudo Federation ( ANKF ) formed an establishing committee from the main schools to take the best elements of each school and form the ANKF style that is used today throughout Japan and in most kyudo federations in the west.

Since then, most collegiate, amateur, and professional leagues have adopted the rule or some variant ; MLB's National League and Nippon Professional Baseball's Central League are the most prominent professional leagues that do not use a designated hitter.

In 2000, Takagi joined Nakajima Racing's Formula Nippon team, earning eight victories in ten races, the most dominant performance ever by a driver in the series.

For instance, Nippon Professional Baseball in Japan ( run like MLB ) has relocated several franchises out of crowded markets, the most recent being Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters ( originally based in Tokyo ) and Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks ( originally based in Osaka ).

When the Hunter × Hunter anime covered most of its source material by 2001, Nippon Animation made the decision to end the adaptation rather than continue it with filler.

Other slightly modified versions of the " Official Baseball Rules " are used in competitions operated by the International Baseball Federation ( IBAF ), including the Olympics and the World Cup, most leagues outside North America ( such as Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball ), and youth baseball organizations such as Little League, PONY League, and Cal Ripken League.

They are generally decorated with inspirational slogans, like 日本一 ( Nippon Ichi, " the best of Japan " or " Japan's best "), but most typically with the rising sun motif.

Of these games, Disgaea has been the most successful to date, and was the second Nippon Ichi game released in North America, the first being Rhapsody: A Musical Adventure ( published by Atlus ), even though La Pucelle was developed and released first in Japan.

It is the most heavily travelled roadway operated by Central Nippon Expressway Company, with some sections used by more than 100, 000 vehicles a day.

In late 2009, Nippon Oil announced its most recent merger activity.

Although Nippon Kogaku enjoyed a sterling reputation among professional photographers with their Nikon F2 of 1971, the F2 was far too massive, expensive and complicated for most amateurs and beginners.

The Japanese name Nippon is used for most official purposes, including on Japanese money, postage stamps, and for many international sporting events.

Though Nippon or Nihon are still by far the most popular names for Japan from within the country, recently the foreign words Japan and even Jipangu ( from Cipangu, see below ) have been used in Japanese mostly for the purpose of foreign branding.

His most critical loss came in August at Tokyo Nippon Budokan when, after a falling out, he was pinned by Silva in a singles match.

Although Nippon Kogaku enjoyed a sterling reputation among professional photographers with their Nikon F2 of 1971, the F2 was a slow seller to most amateurs and beginners, being fairly bulky, expensive, and complicated.

While rarely mentioned in the game, prinnies have been known to dispense a beverage known as prinny juice, which according to a Nippon Ichi Software America interview is produced from " the most flavorful and delicious parts of our fresh, vine-grown Prinnies ".

On August 17, 2005, StarFlyer announced a business agreement with All Nippon Airways, providing ANA support services for most StarFlyer aircraft and crews.

His most notable works are his soundtracks for Nippon Ichi Software games, such as Disgaea and Phantom Brave.

* The Nippon Sei Ko Kai ( Japan )

The All Japan Kendo Federation specify the dimensions of bokken for use in the modern kendo kata, called Nippon kendo kata.

The region is not an official administrative unit, but has been traditionally used as the regional division of Japan in a number of contexts: for example, maps and geography textbooks divide Japan into the eight regions, weather reports usually give the weather by region, and many businesses and institutions use their home region as part of their name ( Kinki Nippon Railway, Chūgoku Bank, Tohoku University, etc .).

The two main airlines are Japan Airlines and All Nippon Airways.

* 1971 – An All Nippon Airways Boeing 727 and a Japanese Air Force F-86 collide over Morioka, Iwate, Japan killing 162.

Funakoshi changed the names of many kata and the name of the art itself ( at least on mainland Japan ), doing so to get karate accepted by the Japanese budō organization Dai Nippon Butoku Kai.

Ogawa named the element nipponium, after Japan ( which is Nippon in Japanese ).

The Asia Leaders Programme, a Dual Campus Master Programme, is a shared initiative between the Nippon Foundation and the University for Peace, in collaboration with Ateneo de Manila University, which aims to provide students from Japan and other Asian countries with an opportunity to pursue a peace studies post graduate degree with a content-based language-training module.

* July 30 – In Japan, an All Nippon Airways Boeing 727 collides with a Japanese fighter jet ; 162 people are killed.

** Two Japanese government-owned corporations, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Public Corporation, and Japan Tobacco and Salt Public Corporation, are privatized and change their names to Nippon Telegraph and Telephone, and Japan Tobacco.

Since Japan has a demand for fiber to the home, Japan is looking into tapping a fiber-optic backbone line of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone ( NTT ), a domestic backbone carrier, in order to deliver this service at cheaper prices.

Seitei Iaido ( 制定 ) (" basis of the Iaido ") or Zen Nippon Kendo Renmei Iaido is the standard set of iaido kata created in 1968 by a committee formed by the All Japan Kendo Federation ( AJKF, Zen Nippon Kendo Renmei or ZNKR ).

*" Zen Nippon Kendo Renmei Iai ", English Version Manual, 3rd edition, published December 2009, by All Japan Kendo Federation, Tokyo, Japan.

* Japan Iaido Federation ( Nippon Iaido Renmei / NIR ).

This process of standardization of martial training continued when, in 1895, a body for martial arts in Japan, the Dai Nippon Butoku Kai, was established.

Miyazaki left Toei in 1971 for Mushi Production, A Pro, Nippon Animation, and TMS Entertainment where he co-directed six episodes of the first Lupin III series with Isao Takahata.

The renovation of the gallery where the painting now resides was financed by the Japanese broadcaster Nippon Television.

Notable spectator sports events where events regularly sell out well in advance and are broadcast to large audiences include the K-League, Nippon Professional Baseball, Korea Professional Baseball, J.

A similar double play occurred in the interleague game in Nippon Professional Baseball on June 14, 2009, where Hiroshima Toyo Carp against Saitama Seibu Lions, which Carp placed a five-man infield with left fielder covered the place between pitcher and 2nd base, and finally grounded into a rare " 7-2-3 " double play when the ball grounded to the shifted man.

After failing to latch on to a major league team, in 1995, Rhodes went on to a successful career playing in Nippon Professional Baseball in Japan, where he currently is the career NPB home run leader by a non-Japanese player with 430 home runs.

Matsui was chosen third overall by the Seibu Lions of Nippon Professional Baseball's Pacific League in the 1994 Japanese League Draft, where he would wear number 32.

The band became increasingly popular and in 1997 signed with Nippon Columbia, where they released a number of successful singles, a short film ( Bel Air ~ Kuuhaku no Shunkan no Naka De ~ de L ' image ), and, in 1998, their third album, Merveilles.

The only exception to this is in Nippon Professional Baseball, where the game ends in a draw after 12 innings if the score is tied.

Until recently, Formula Nippon was an open formula, where a variety of chassis builders and engine manufacturers could compete.

With his mother and younger brothers, he visited Shanghai, where his father was then working for the shipping company Nippon Yusen.

Japan is the only country where Sony does not have rights to the Columbia name as it is controlled by Nippon Columbia, an unrelated company.

Both Nippon and Nihon literally mean " the sun's origin ", that is, where the sun originates, and are often translated as the Land of the Rising Sun.

He then signed with the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters of Japan, where he played in.

In November 1993, the Yankees sold Meulens ' contract to the Chiba Lotte Marines of Nippon Professional Baseball, where he spent the 1994 season, hitting 23 home runs and driving in 69 runs while accumulating 135 strikeouts.

A giant Prinny will appear as a special attack in the upcoming company-collaborative RPG, Hyperdimension Neptunia Mk2, where the in-game character Nisa ( named Nippon Ichi in the Japanese version ) throws a bunch of kunais at enemies, then throws the giant Prinny at the enemies, which results in a nuclear bomb type explosion.

Currently, he produces music for Nippon Ichi, which is where he has gained his greatest recognition, for games such as the Marl Kingdom series, Disgaea: Hour of Darkness, La Pucelle: Tactics, and Phantom Brave.