: According to the BIS, " The choice of Switzerland for the seat of the BIS was a compromise by those countries that established the BIS: Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States.

According to a decision by The Standing Conference of the Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs of the Länder in the Federal Republic of Germany of September 21, 2001, in the version from May 15, 2008, this also applies to PhDs that were awarded in Australia, Israel, Japan, or Canada.

According to Hideo Tokuoka, " When Americans think of incest, they think of fathers and daughters ; in Japan one thinks of mothers and sons " due to the extensive media coverage of mother-son incest there.

The economy of Japan is the third largest national economy in the world after the United States and the People's Republic of China and is the world's second largest developed economy According to the International Monetary Fund, the country's per capita GDP ( PPP ) was at $ 34, 739 or the 25th highest in 2011.

According to Japan Statistical Yearbook 2011, Japan has approximately 1, 203, 600 km of roads made up of 1, 012, 000 km of city, town and village roads, 129, 000 km of prefectural roads, 55, 000 km of general national highways and 7, 600 km of national expressways.

According to the survey conducted by the All Japan Kendo Federation, the number of active kendo practitioners in Japan is 477, 000 in which 290, 000 dan holders are included.

According to UBS AG, the Fukushima I nuclear accidents have cast doubt on whether even an advanced economy like Japan can master nuclear safety.

According to Dr. Sepp Linhart a hand-game using gestures in the particular form of the three conflicting elements of rock, paper and scissors-the most commonly-found modern version of the game-originated in the Edo to Meiji period in late 19th century Japan.

According to a computer bio screen, barely visible in the episode " In a Mirror, Darkly ", and taken from the memory banks of the USS Defiant, Sato was born in Kyoto, Japan.

According to an interview conducted by Japan Inc., he was a self-taught programmer until the end of high school.

* August 6 – According to Japanese government and TBS networks reports, torrential rain and mudslides kill 72 in Kagoshima, Japan.

According to the Nihon Shoki and Kojiki, a Korean scholar called Wani () was dispatched to Japan by the Kingdom of Baekje during the reign of Emperor Ōjin in the early 5th century, bringing with him knowledge of Confucianism and Chinese characters.

According to David E. Kaplan and Alec Dubro, burakumin account for about 70 % of the members of Yamaguchi-gumi, the largest yakuza syndicate in Japan.

According to Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things, by Lafcadio Hearn, a butterfly was seen in Japan as the personification of a person's soul ; whether they be living, dying, or already dead.

According to leading Chinese business magazine Caixin, North Korea accounts for 40 % of China's foreign aid budget and 50, 000 tonnes of oil exports per month to maintain a buffer state against Japan, South Korea, and the United States, but that the three nations were no longer China's enemies, and that trade and investment with them was worth billions of dollars, while its support of North Korea was expensive and internationally embarrassing to support due to its " unruly " behavior and defiance towards China.

According to a study by Goldman Sachs, a unified Korea could have an economy larger than that of Japan by 2050.

According to the Allied Supreme Commander Douglas MacArthur, the provision was suggested by Prime Minister Kijūrō Shidehara, who " wanted it to prohibit any military establishment for Japan — any military establishment whatsoever.

According to the Treaty of Shimonoseki Taiwan was part of Japan at the establishment of the ROC in 1912.

According to both the People's Republic of China and the Republic of China, this agreement was given legal force by the Instrument of Surrender of Japan in 1945.

According to this argument, the sovereignty of Taiwan was returned to the people of Taiwan when Japan renounced sovereignty of Taiwan in the Treaty of San Francisco ( also known as San Francisco Peace Treaty, SFPT ) in 1951, based on the policy of self-determination which has been applied to " territories which detached from enemy states as a result of the Second World War " as defined by article 76b and 77b of the United Nations Charter and also by the protocol of the Yalta Conference.

According to the study of ancient Indian skulls by scientists, these people display affinities with populations as diverse as the Ainu of Japan, peoples of central Asia, Australasia, India, southwest Asia, and the Neandertals of Europe.

According to the agreement, a list of its nuclear programs will be submitted and the nuclear facility will be disabled in exchange for fuel aid and normalization talks with the U. S. and Japan.

According to Joseph R. Strayer, the concept of feudalism can also be applied to the societies of ancient Persia, ancient Mesopotamia, Egypt ( Sixth to Twelfth dynasty ), Muslim India, China ( Zhou Dynasty, and end of Han Dynasty ) and Japan during the Shogunate.

According to the American Kennel Club ’ s breed standards, " the dachshund is clever, lively and courageous to the point of rashness, persevering in above and below ground work, with all the senses well-developed.

According to the American Kennel Club ( AKC ) a Bulldog's " disposition should be equable and kind, resolute and courageous ( not vicious or aggressive ), and demeanor should be pacific and dignified.

According to the American Kennel Club Rottweilers have a natural gathering style with a strong desire to control.

According to the American Kennel Club, it is likely that the GSP is descended from a breed known as the German Bird Dog, which itself is related to the old Spanish pointer introduced to Germany in the 17th century.

According to Fundamentals of Physics ( 4 ed., Wiley, 1993 ), by David Halliday, Robert Resnick and Jearl Walker, on page 30, Chapter Two, " Motion along a Straight Line ", Joe Sprinz, at the time in question, a member of the San Francisco Ball Club, and formerly of the Indians, attempted to beat the World Record for catching a baseball dropped from a great height, set by members of the 1938 Cleveland Indians, who had done so at 700 feet, with balls dropped from a building.

According to Havana Club:

According to the Fulham Football Club, he once resided in the original Craven Cottage, today the site of their stadium.

According to the Saintly Bible website, every Saint book published between 1928 and 1983 saw the first edition issued by Hodder and Stoughton in the UK ( a company that originally published only religious books ) and The Crime Club ( an imprint of Doubleday that specialized in mystery and detective fiction ) in the United States.

According to two Operation Blessing pilots who reported this incident to the state of Virginia for investigation in 1994, Robertson used his Operation Blessing planes to haul diamond-mining equipment to Robertson's mines in Liberia, despite the fact that Robertson was telling his 700 Club viewers that the planes were sending relief supplies to the victims of the genocide in Rwanda.

According to legend the decision was made by the toss of a coin, but it is probable that Bunbury, the Steward of the Jockey Club, deferred to his host.

According to the Sierra Club:

According to The Iron City Ladies Club, the first post office was established around 1889 with John L. Miller as the postmaster.

According to the Ladies Club, the first mayor was Ish Strickland who was appointed by the governor.

According to the Ladies Club, the first teacher was Linnie Keen Campbell Lane.

According to the event's Web site, Chilifest has donated more than $ 900, 000 to area organizations such as Burleson County Go-Texan, the Boys & Girls Club of Brazos Valley and the Snook Volunteer Fire Department.

According to Orwell biographer Bernard Crick, publisher Victor Gollancz first tried to persuade Orwell's agent to allow the Left Book Club edition to consist solely of the descriptive first half of the book.

According to tap dancer Howard “ Stretch ” Johnson, whose sister was one of the featured dancers at the Cotton Club in the early 1930s, the Shim-Sham or Shimmy was invented by chorus line dancers at the 101 Ranch on 140th Street in Harlem.

According to all the members of the Club, Arbuthnot was the one who contributed the most in ideas, and he was the only source they could draw upon when satirizing the sciences, and his was the idea for the Memoirs of Martinus Scriblerus, a pedantic man who, like Arbuthnot's earlier opponent, Dr. Woodward, would read three or four lines of Classical literature and deduce a universal ( and absurd ) truth from them.

According to the Slade Fan Club newsletter of August and September 1975, the band took twelve tons of equipment, worth approximately £ 45, 000 at the time.

According to the Jack Russell Club of Great Britain's breed standard, it is the same size as the standard for Jack Russells in the USA,.

According to its website, the Club of Rome is composed of " scientists, economists, businessmen, international high civil servants, heads of state and former heads of state from all five continents who are convinced that the future of humankind is not determined once and for all and that each human being can contribute to the improvement of our societies.

According to the Great Pyrenees Club of America, the Great Pyrenees is naturally nocturnal and aggressive with any predators that may harm its flock.

According to two Operation Blessing pilots who reported this incident to the Commonwealth of Virginia for investigation in 1994, Robertson used his Operation Blessing planes to haul diamond-mining equipment to his new mines in Liberia, despite the fact that Robertson was telling his 700 Club viewers that the planes were sending relief supplies to the victims of the genocide in Rwanda.

According to the Sierra Club, coal power plants are one of the nation's largest and dirtiest sources of energy, a leading cause of respiratory illness, and account for over 40 % of the nation's carbon dioxide emissions.

Huyton-with-Roby boasts two 18 hole golf courses: Huyton & Prescot Golf Club ( Founded in 1905, it can be found at Hurst Park, Huyton Lane ) and Bowring Golf Club ( According to a sign at the course, it is the oldest municipal golf course in England and can be found at Bowring Park, Roby Road ).