2008 also saw a Japan exclusive box set containing the band's first six albums, This is the Devo Box.

While the band toured Japan in April, the band's manager, Jim Beach, successfully negotiated the band out of their Trident Studios contract.

The band's A Night at the Opera Tour began in November 1975, and covered Europe, the United States, Japan, and Australia.

The Kung Fu label had grown since its founding in 1996 and was well-positioned to provide the recording, marketing, and touring support the band's popularity now necessitated, including marketing and touring opportunities in Japan.

Both albums, produced by Ray Singer, sold well in Japan ( where the band's name helped them to gain a devoted cult following ) and the Netherlands, where the single " Adolescent Sex " was a Top 30 hit.

By this time, the band's back catalogue had begun to sell steadily and both Hansa-Ariola and Virgin Records continued to release Japan singles into 1983, ultimately earning the band a total of nine Top 40 hits in the UK.

The band's profile was raised by extensive touring, including an appearance at the Glastonbury Festival and tours of Japan and the United States ( with Ride ).

Percussionist and singer Mino Cinélu replaced Rossy in the spring of 1984 and appeared on the band's video release Live in Japan ( reissued on DVD in 2007 ).

In addition to multiple swings through the United States and Europe, 2000 saw the band's first and only visits to Australia and Japan.

It included twelve ( twenty-eight on Japan pressing ) of the band's most successful or popular singles and one new track, a cover of The Beatles ' song " Magical Mystery Tour ", which was an outtake from the Lap Of Luxury sessions.

The origin of the band's name has been variously described as being inspired by a sign in a lift in a very tall building in the US ; the top level of the biggest car-park in the world, in Japan ; the floor on which Jonathan Pryce's character resides in the film Brazil ( which was released long after the band gained international recognition ); or after Tower 42 ( also known as the NatWest Tower ) formerly the tallest building in the City of London.

This charity is close the band's heart for the fan support that they have received in Japan.

Digital Underground toured nearly every year up until 2008 ; this consisted of thousands of live shows in Europe, Japan, Canada, Australia, and the U. S. While the group's origins lay mostly in Oakland and Berkeley, California, various characters and voices from around the U. S. appeared on the band's albums, while Shock G and Money-B were the only individuals to appear on every album.

There are four versions of this cover art, which consist of modified photographs of nature around the band's Mosfellsbær studio, sold in four parts of the world: Europe, the United States, Australia, and Japan.

The EP was aimed at the Japanese market in order to promote the band's Japan tour of January 1998.

By 1992 the band's success in Japan made an international breakthrough appear likely, leading to an American record contract with Atlantic Records and the renaming of the band from X to X Japan, in order to distinguish from the American punk group X.

Between 2008 and 2009, the company also sponsored ten of the band's concerts in Japan and other parts of Asia.

The album charted at number 8 in the band's home country and the single " Seven Doors Hotel " became a Top 10 hit in Japan.

It was released in Australia and Japan only, during the band's tour there.

A Japan only compilation album Singles Collection ( 2001 ) was released by Universal Music Japan containing all of the band's singles and b-sides released from 1987 to 1991.

1977's Draw the Line continued the band's success, and they were catapulted to international fame and recognition, launching tours in Europe and Japan.

However, the band's follow ups ( covers of " I Need Your Lovin '" and " Gimme the Sunshine ") flopped, which resulted in the album Back to Front only being released in Japan and selected overseas markets.

Mail was also common in East Asia, primarily Japan, with several more patterns being utilised and an entire nomenclature developing around them.

Though it was severely edited for its Western release, Godzilla became an international icon of Japan and spawned an entire industry of Kaiju films.

The effort to colonize and maintain territories scattered around the entire coast of Africa and its surrounding islands, Brazil, India and Indic territories such as in Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Japan, China, Indonesia and Timor was a challenge for a population of only one million.

During the World War II period in Japan, the more traditional tekiya / bakuto form of organization declined as the entire population was mobilised to participate in the war effort and society came under strict military government.

This plan would divide the entire republic into fifty or sixty city-or county-level administrations, similar to the system in Japan.

The Japanese " civilizing project ", partially fueled by public demand in Japan to know more about the empire, would be used to benefit the Imperial government by consolidating administrative control over the entire island, opening up vast tracts of land for exploitation.

Because of their derivational process, the entire set of Japanese kana can be considered to be of this type of characters, hence the name kana ( 仮名 ; 仮 is a simplified form of 假 used in Korea and Japan, and 假借 is the Chinese name for this type ).

The Sperry UNIVAC System 80 series: The entire 90 / xx series was eventually replaced in 1981 by the System 80, a Sperry-badged, IBM / 360-like mainframe actually developed and engineered by Mitsubishi in Japan.

The first suggestion was given by Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiromu Nonaka that, due to the new status of emperor as established in Article 1 of the Constitution of Japan, kimi meant the " emperor as the symbol of Japan ," and the entire lyrics wish for the peace and prosperity of Japan.

The regional autonomy of local powers remained throughout the period, particularly in places such as Kibi ( current Okayama prefecture ), Izumo ( current Shimane prefecture ), Koshi ( current Fukui and Niigata prefecture ), Kenu ( northern Kantō ), Chikushi ( northern Kyūshū ), and Hi ( central Kyūshū ); it was only in the 6th century that the Yamato clans could be said to be dominant over the entire southern half of Japan.

The " Superfight " would eventually completely phase out tournament matches ; by UFC Brazil, the UFC abandoned the tournament format for an entire card of singles matches ( aside from a one time UFC Japan tournament featuring Japanese fighters ).

The Emperors during this time, which spanned the entire Meiji and Taishō, and the lesser part of the Shōwa eras, are now known in Japan by their posthumous names, which coincide with those era names: Emperor Meiji ( Mutsuhito ), Emperor Taishō ( Yoshihito ), and Emperor Shōwa ( Hirohito ).

However, considering the wholesale enthusiastic support for the war expressed by the entire religious establishment in Japan at the time, this fact is significant in showing something of the character of the man.

While recently released on DVD by Toei Video in Japan ( the entire series was previously issued on laserdisc in the 1990s ), the complete series has yet to be released on Region 1 DVD ; only ten episodes ( some out of broadcast order ) had been released on videocassette by Orion Home Video in the United States, which have long since gone out of print.

In winter, there are high densities around the Mediterranean – including the entire Iberian Peninsula and extending west to Mauretania –, on Japan and Taiwan, as well as in South Asia.

President Roosevelt had three objectives to resolve the situation: show Japan that the policies of California did not reflect the ideals of the entire country, force San Francisco to remove the segregation policies, and reach a resolution to the Japanese Immigration problem.

They were the only fighter aircraft available with the range to cover the entire Korean peninsula from bases in Japan.

In 1979, the Yashica Contax 139 Quartz ( Japan ) introduced more precise digital piezoelectric quartz ( shortly followed by ceramic ) oscillator circuits ( ultimately under digital microprocessor control ) to time and sequence its entire exposure cycle – including its vertical FP shutter.

In 1986, the Olympus OM-4T ( Japan ) introduced a system that could synchronize a specially dedicated accessory Olympus F280 Full Synchro electronic flash to pulse its light at a 20 kilohertz rate for up to 40 ms, to illuminate its horizontal FP shutter's slit as it crossed the entire film gate – in effect, simulating long-burn FP flashbulbs – allowing flash exposure at shutter speeds as fast as 1 / 2000 sec.

Inō's magnum opus, his 1: 216, 000 map of the entire coastline of Japan, remained unfinished at his death in 1818, but was completed by his surveying team in 1821.

And now they transgress upon the Muslims in the entire world, from America to Japan to Australia, to every place and to every ( Muslim ) society, and to all forms of destruction, and evils.

Japan would be the center and main promulgator of this faith, which would encompass the entire world.