* 1962 – Tsutomu Miyazaki Japanese serial killer ( d. 2008 )

On June 6, 2008, a bi-partisan, non-binding resolution was approved by the Japanese Diet calling upon the government to recognize the Ainu people as indigenous to Japan, and urging an end to discrimination against the group.

till 2008 ), a Japanese boyband managed by Johnny's and Associates

ASROC ' Matchbox ' mounting installed just aft of the Otobreda 76 mm | 76 mm gun turret on the Japanese Self Defense Force Asagiri class destroyer DD 158 Umigiri, photographed 28 July 2008 departing from Portsmouth Naval Base, UK.

ASROC ' Matchbox ' reload doors are visible in this photograph of the Japanese Asagiri class destroyer Asagiri, formerly DD 151, renumbered TV 3516 after reclassification as a training vessel, seen here on 28 July 2008 departing from Portsmouth Naval Base, UK.

In 2008, Coldcut remixed " Ourselves ", a Japanese # 1 hit from the single "&" by Ayumi Hamasaki.

* 1958 – Munetaka Higuchi, Japanese drummer ( d. 2008 )

In anime, Hayao Miyazaki directed Spirited Away in 2001, breaking Japanese box office records and winning several awards, followed by Howl's Moving Castle and Ponyo in 2004 and 2008 respectively.

In 2008, the Japanese Central Bank still has the lowest interest rates in the developed world, deflation has still not been eliminated and the Nikkei 225 has fallen over approximately 50 % ( between June 2007 and December 2008 ).

Japanese investment in Cambodia includes Phnom Penh Commercial Bank, a joint venture of Hyundai Switzerland and Japanese SBI Group, opened in 2008.

Approximately 5 % of Hawaii residents speak Japanese, with an estimated 12. 6 % of the population of Japanese ancestry in 2008.

* 1947 – Kazuyoshi Miura, Japanese businessman ( d. 2008 )

* 1915 – Kon Ichikawa, Japanese film director ( d. 2008 )

South Korea's trade with Japan was US $ 892. 1 million in 2008, with a surplus of nearly US $ 327. 1 million on the Japanese side.

* 1935 – Fujio Akatsuka, Japanese cartoonist ( d. 2008 )

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* I Survived a Japanese Game Show ( 2008 )

Street Fighter IV, which incorporated online multiplayer modes, was released in early 2009 to critical acclaim, having garnered praise since its release at Japanese arcades in 2008.

* August 22, 2008 – Somali Pirates hijack German, Iranian, and Japanese cargo ships off the coast of Somalia, in seven such attacks since June 20.

* July 20 – Ken Ogata, Japanese actor ( d. 2008 )

During his post-ABBA career Andersson won four Swedish Grammis awards, and together with Ulvaeus received the " Special International " Ivor Novello award from ' The British Academy of Composers and Songwriters ', twice " The Music Export Prize " from the Swedish Ministry of Industry and Trade ( 2008 ), as well as the " Lifetime Achievement " award from the Swedish Music Publishers Association ( SMFF ).

In April 2008, the Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation of Yemen and Comoros Ministry of Fishery and Environment signed a " Memo of Understanding " ( MOU ) concerning agricultural cooperation.

In March 2008, Japan's Foreign Ministry appointed Doraemon as the nation's first " anime ambassador.

Quoting the Indian Foreign Ministry, ' India was the largest export partner and ninth largest import partner of Jordan in 2008.

A Foreign Ministry delegation from Greece visited Dushanbe for talks, and had meetings with Tajikistans Foreign Minister Zarifi and First Deputy Foreign Minister Youldashev in 2008.

The Malian Equipment and Transport Ministry reported that the first half of 2008 saw 254 deaths and 1, 924 injuries on Mali's roads, following on 579 deaths in 2007 and 642 in 2006.

The U. S. Embassy in Rabat commented in 2008 that: ' Civilian control, if ascribed to the person of the King, is complete, but there is no real Defense Ministry.

According to Chékarou Bagoudou, Chief of the Division of Road Safety and Security of the Nigerien Ministry of Transport, there were 4338 officially reported road accidents in 2008, with 7443 victims, of which 616 were killed.

Speaking before a National Assembly session, Bagoudou said that the 42. 2 billion CFA francs spent on medical costs for road accident victims accounted for around 25 % of the 2008 budget of the Nigerien Ministry of Public Health.

The Soviet-time " Ministry of communications of the RSFSR " was through 1990s transformed to " Ministry for communications and informatization " and in 2004 it was renamed to " Ministry of information technologies and communications ( Mininformsvyazi )", and in 2008 – " Ministry of connections and mass commnunications ( Minkomsvyaz )".

On August 28, 2009, a Swedish public news outlet reported that Romanov family jewelry, found in 2008 in the archives of the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs, was returned.

A licence for the removal of human remains at Stonehenge had been granted by the Ministry of Justice in May 2008, in accordance with the Statement on burial law and archaeology issued in May 2008.

In 2008, Halonen nominated SDP-affiliated Ritva Viljanen for a second term in the Interior Ministry.

During Bildt's time as Foreign Minister the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has opened up a channel on YouTube which has been active since early 2008.

Later in 2008, members of his administration, including Chiou I-jen, a former National Security Council secretary-general, and Yeh Sheng-mao, former director-general of the Ministry of Justice's Investigation Bureau, were arrested on corruption charges.

On 20 February 2008, the Uganda Ministry officially announced the end of the epidemic in Bundibugyo, with the last infected person discharged on 8 January 2008.

* Algerian Ministry of Foreign Affairs about the meeting between both presidents in November 2008 ( in French only )

On June 4, 2008, the Ministry of Communications published a concession for operating a system which would enable broadcasting of digital radio transmissions in Israel.

On February 21, 2008, British Foreign Secretary David Miliband admitted that two US extraordinary rendition flights refuelled on Diego Garcia in 2002.

On November 16, 2008, the Foreign Minister of Ecuador Maria Isabel Salvador met her counterpart, Pranab Mukherjee, with a close relationship in oil and defence between these geographically distant countries high on the agenda.

* 1922 – Francis Pym, British Foreign Secretary 1982-83 ( d. 2008 )

This announcement was made during a surprise visit by the United Arab Emirates ' Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan to Baghdad on 5 June 2008.

The Foreign Press Center / Japan sites a total length of expressways at: 7, 641 km ( fiscal 2008 ).

Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis met with Tajikistans Foreign Minister Zarifi during the 1st EU-Central Asia Forum on security issues in Paris in September 2008.

From Colony to Superpower: U. S. Foreign Relations Since 1776, Oxford University Press, 2008 ISBN 0-19-976553-7

The Guru and The 40-Year-Old Virgin also feature Indian-style song-and-dance sequences ; the Bollywood musical Lagaan ( 2001 ) was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film ; two other Bollywood films Devdas ( 2002 ) and Rang De Basanti ( 2006 ) were nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Language Film ; and Danny Boyle's Academy Award winning Slumdog Millionaire ( 2008 ) also features a Bollywood-style song-and-dance number during the film's end credits.

The current Minister of Foreign Affairs is Datuk Seri Anifah Aman, who assumed office on 18 March 2008.

At a press conference in November 2008, Nicaraguan Foreign Minister Samuel Santos Lopez said, " Certainly, we think that the decision recognize independent Abkhazia and South Ossetia was fair and appropriate.

At a press conference in November 2008, Nicaraguan Foreign Minister Samuel Santos Lopez said, " Certainly, we think that the decision recognize independent Abkhazia and South Ossetia was fair and appropriate.

The secretary of state for Foreign and Political Affairs ( Antonella Mularoni, since 3 December 2008 ) has assumed many of the prerogatives of a prime minister or head of government.

In August 2008, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review ruled that the President and the Congress had the authority to wiretap international phone calls and intercept e-mail messages without a specific court order.

This announcement was made during a surprise visit by the United Arab Emirates ' Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan to Baghdad on 5 June 2008.

Pinker was named one of Time Magazine's 100 most influential scientists and thinkers in the world in 2004 and one of Prospect and Foreign Policys 100 top public intellectuals in both years the poll was carried out, 2005 and 2008 ; in 2010 and 2011 he was named by Foreign Policy magazine to its list of top global thinkers.