* Osamu Maruoka, former leader, arrested November 1987 in Tokyo after entering Japan on a forged passport.

The Amazing 3, known in Japan as, is an Osamu Tezuka manga and a black and white anime series from the 1960s.

Created by Osamu Tezuka and based on his manga of the same title which began publication in 1950, it was the first color animated television series created in Japan.

Born in Japan, Shimomura is the son of Osamu Shimomura, winner of the 2008 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

First released in Japan in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump in 1998, Hikaru no Go achieved tremendous success, spawning a popular Go fad of almost unprecedented proportions ; it received the Shogakukan Manga Award in 2000 and its creators received the Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize in 2003 for the series.

The manga has been widely recognized for its excellence in Japan and throughout the world, winning the outstanding award at the sixth installment of Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize in 2002.

He then went to Japan, where he dropped Osamu Sato in round three of his second defense, but was only given a draw ( tie ) by the judges on February 5, 2002.

The Nishitetsu Lions were one of a dominant team in the Pacific League during the 1950s, winning four pennants three straight Japan Series against the Yomiuri Giants behind famed manager Osamu Mihara.

In 1984 another former New Japan wrestler, Osamu Kido, who had trained under Karl Gotch, joined the UWF.

On 26 October 2006, the Japan Rugby Football Union general manager Osamu Ota announced that John Kirwan would take over as head coach from 1 January 2007.

As a young child, Ken always felt that he was passed over by his parents in favor of his older brother Sam ( Osamu in Japan ), a child prodigy.

Adolf, known in Japan as is a manga series made by Dr. Osamu Tezuka.

* Osamu Dazai ( Japan )

Fukutani Osamu ( 福谷 修 Fukutani Osamu, born August 2, 1967 in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan ) is a film director.

A manga serial under the same name, drawn by Takahashi Osamu ( 高橋脩 ), has been released in Japan.

Jungle Emperor Leo, known in Japan as is a 1997 animated movie focusing on the last half of Osamu Tezuka's epic manga, Jungle Taitei ( known in earlier US productions as Kimba the White Lion and Leo the Lion ).

* 1974 – A powerful bomb explodes at the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries headquarters in Marunouchi, Tokyo, Japan.

Together with his daughter, Natalie Rogers, and psychologists Maria Bowen, Maureen O ' Hara, and John K. Wood, between 1974 and 1984, Rogers convened a series of residential programs in the US, Europe, Brazil and Japan, the Person-Centered Approach Workshops, which focused on cross-cultural communications, personal growth, self-empowerment, and learning for social change.

It was shelved until the following year, where it appeared with two songs removed from the original tracklist ( a live version of " Don't Cry No Tears " recorded in Japan in 1976, and a live version of " Pushed it Over The End " recorded in 1974 ).

Later that decade, stores opened in other parts of the world, including Japan ( 1974 ), Australia and Hong Kong ( 1975 ), Canada ( 1976 ) and Singapore ( 1978 ).

In November 1974, he received orders to report to the 3rd Marine Division at MCB Camp Butler, Okinawa, Japan, where he served as the commander of Company H, 2nd Battalion, 9th Marines, until December 1975.

* 1974 – Oil embargo crisis: Most OPEC nations end a five-month oil embargo against the United States, Europe and Japan.

The first season began airing in Japan on October 6, 1974.

Other Overseas tours included the United States in 1963, Japan in 1969 and 1979, the United States and Canada in 1974, Australia in 1975, the Philippines in 1980, Swaziland in 1981, and China in 1987.

The character's first appearance on an item, a vinyl coin purse, was introduced in Japan in 1974 and brought to the United States in 1976.

In November 1974, pressure from the United States contributed to Japan and the Soviet Union complying with the 1974-1975 quotas.

He was on Indian Delegation to Inter-Parliamentary Union Conference, Japan, 1974 ; Sri Lanka, 1975 ; and Switzerland, 1984.

In 1974, with the backdrop of the 1972 return of Okinawa to Japan and the 1973 oil crisis, Prime Minister Tanaka Kakuei hinted at a law being passed legalizing both symbols.

When Anne Klein herself died in 1974, Takihyo Corporation of Japan became the new owner and Karan, together with her former classmate and friend Louis Dell ' Ollio, became head designer of the house.

Japan were a British rock / pop group that formed in 1974 in Catford, South London.

* April 6 – Ultraman Taro premieres on TBS in Japan ( 1973 – 1974 ).

* April 12 – Ultraman Leo premieres on TBS in Japan ( 1974 – 1975 ).

* Cutey Honey ( Japan ) ( 1973 – 1974 )

* Majokko Megu-chan ( Japan ) ( 1974 – 1975 )

* Space Battleship Yamato ( Japan ) ( 1974 – 1975 )

* April 5 – Ultraman Taro ( Japan ) ( 1973 – 1974 ).

* March 28 – Ultraman Leo ( Japan ) ( 1974 – 1975 )

The group's second record, Orleans II, recorded at Bearsville Studios, was originally released in Japan and Europe in 1974 but ABC declined to release it in the US since they felt there were " no hit singles " on the album and dropped them from the label.

was a Japanese politician and the 64th and 65th Prime Minister of Japan from 7 July 1972 to 22 December 1972 and from 22 December 1972 to 9 December 1974 respectively.

* 1974 October-Tokushima-born Takeo Miki is elected as Prime Minister of Japan.

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.

In Japan in the 1980s, visual kei was strongly influenced by glam rock aesthetics.

After the success of The Strokes and The White Stripes, The D4 and fellow New Zealand garage rock band The Datsuns became a critical and popular hit in the UK and Japan.

* Rising Sun Rock Festival, an annual rock festivals in Otaru, Japan

The 2012 Golden Globe Awards ' theme song was written by YOSHIKI, a member of the popular rock group X Japan.

Also during the 80s, Japanese metal and rock bands gave birth to the movement known as visual kei, represented during its history by bands like X Japan, Buck-Tick, Luna Sea, Malice Mizer and many others, some of which experienced national, and international success in the latest years.

More conventional indie rock artists such as Eastern Youth, The Band Apart and Number Girl have found some success in Japan, but little recognition outside of their home country.

Early examples of punk rock in Japan include SS, The Star Club, The Stalin, Inu, Gaseneta, Bomb Factory, Lizard ( who were produced by the Stranglers ) and Friction ( whose guitarist Reck had previously played with Teenage Jesus and the Jerks before returning to Tokyo ) and The Blue Hearts.

Music Japan is shown each week with brand new Japanese pop, and rock acts.

Other products of the Detroit rock scene included ; The Von Bondies, Electric 6, The Dirtbombs and The Detroit Cobras Elsewhere, other acts such as Billy Childish and The Buff Medways from Chatham, England, The ( International ) Noise Conspiracy from Umeå, Sweden, The 5. 6. 7. 8's from Tokyo, Japan, and Jay Reatard and the Oblivians from Memphis, USA enjoyed moderate underground success and appeal.

They toured the US, Europe, Japan and Australia with Slash stating that " for the first time in years, touring was easy, band mates were loads of fun and low on drama, and every gig was about playing rock and roll.

Produced by Pip Williams, Sonic Origami, originally issued in Japan in 1998, then, a year later, in the U. S., had " a grand, epic tone throughout " that, according to rock critic Steve Huey, " doesn't always match Uriah Heep's journeyman-sounding prog-tinged hard rock ," still being " a solid entry in its chosen genre.

The Chantays toured Japan and the US joining the Righteous Brothers and Roy Orbison on a few occasions, and they were the only rock and roll band to perform on the Lawrence Welk Show.

RPO players have been involved with many performances away from the classical repertory, including Yanni Live at the Acropolis, a concert held in Greece in 1993, conducted by Shahrdad Rohani ; the Hooked on Classics series of records ; orchestral arrangements of rock music by the likes of Pink Floyd, Elkie Brooks ( on the album Amazing ), Oasis, Queen, George Michael, R. E. M., U2, and ABBA ; the song / album, Art of Life by Japanese rock band X Japan, composed by Yoshiki Hayashi ; the official theme music of the UEFA Champions League ( UEFA Champions League Anthem ), tracks on the British folk metal band Skyclad's 2004 album A Semblance of Normality the Symphonic Rock: A Symphony of Hits 2004 album ; and the BBC Grandstand Theme in 1982 ; Seotaiji Symphony, a concert held in Seoul in 2008, with South Korean rock star Seo Taiji, conducted by Tolga Kashif.

* Amplified ( band ), a Hong Kong rock band popular in Japan.

The band Japan also refuted any connection with the New Romantic movement and had adopted an androgynous look and worn make-up ever since their inception in the mid-1970s at the tail end of the glam rock era, many years before the New Romantic movement had begun.

* Sophia ( Japanese band ), a rock band from Japan

* " Alive ", a song by Japanese rock band X Japan on their debut album Vanishing Vision

The sea lions and seals left a lot of relevant place names all over the coast line of Japan such as Ashika-iwa ( アシカ岩, sea lion rock ) and Inubosaki ( 犬吠崎, lit.

* doa ( Japanese band ), a rock band from Japan