Due to intermarriage with the Japanese and ongoing absorption into the predominant culture, there are no truly Ainu settlements existing in Japan today.

In early 1950, the U. S. took its first efforts to oppose communist forces in Vietnam ; planned to form a West German army, and prepared proposals for a peace treaty with Japan that would guarantee long-term U. S. military bases there.

Post-World War II Japan has historically been dominated by the Liberal Democratic Party but there was a brief coalition government formed after the 1993 election following LDP's first loss of its overall House of Representatives majority since 1955.

Due in part to this recent exposure, there are now an estimated 100, 000 participants scattered around the rest of the world in countries including Australia, Canada, China, Colombia, Finland, France, Germany, Japan, the Netherlands, New Zealand and the United Kingdom.

During the Middle Ages, there were various systems involving elections or assemblies, although often only involving a small amount of the population, the election of Gopala in Bengal region of Indian Subcontinent, the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth ( 10 % of population ), the Althing in Iceland, the Løgting in the Faeroe Islands, certain medieval Italian city-states such as Venice, the tuatha system in early medieval Ireland, the Veche in Novgorod and Pskov Republics of medieval Russia, Scandinavian Things, The States in Tirol and Switzerland and the autonomous merchant city of Sakai in the 16th century in Japan.

In Japan, there appears to have been what probably constituted a long held ' official ' company bias against use of the name " Datsun ".

( In Europe and Japan however, there is still a significant presence of HDTV for theatrical presentations.

In ancient Japan, there were four noble clans, the Gempeitōkitsu ( 源平藤橘 ).

In ancient Japan, there were four noble clans, the Gempeitōkitsu ( 源平藤橘 ).

The relic was destined for Japan but religious persecution there persuaded the church to keep it in Macau's Cathedral of St. Paul.

In recent years flamenco has become popular all over the world and is taught in many countries: in Japan there are more academies than there are in Spain.

In an article about the film, it is incorrectly stated that there were two endings and " If you see King Kong vs Godzilla in Japan, Hong Kong or some Oriental sector of the world, Godzilla wins!

It was also noted that there was considerable negative publicity regarding economic tensions between the United States and Japan at the time the film was made.

Soon, Godzilla appears on an island off the coast of Japan, determined to feed off a nuclear power plant there.

Only women compete in rhythmic gymnastics although there is a new version of this discipline for men being pioneered in Japan ( see Men's rhythmic gymnastics ).

Hence, there are censoring mosaics in Japan, and scene removals and different ages of characters in America.

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.

In December there is a very pronounced sunshine gradient between the Sea of Japan and Pacific coasts, the former side can receive less than 30 hours and the Pacific side as much as 180 hours.

In the year 2005, the toll collecting companies, formerly Japan Highway Public Corporation, have been transformed into private companies in public ownership, and there are plans to sell parts of them.

It was never distributed because Emperor Hirohito had been depicted and labeled as a war criminal ; and as the film was due for release there had been an American government policy shift to keep the Emperor after the war as a means of maintaining order in post-war Japan.

Another German diplomatic historian, Wolfgang Michalka argued that there was a fourth alternative Nazi foreign policy programme, and that was Ribbentrop's concept of a Euro-Asiatic bloc comprising the four totalitarian states of Germany, the Soviet Union, Italy and Japan.

Although knitting needle diameter is often measured in millimeters, there are several different size systems, particularly those specific to the United States, the United Kingdom and Japan ; a conversion table is given at knitting needle.

Web Japan ( sponsored by the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs ) claims there are 50 million karate practitioners worldwide and the WKF claims there are 100 million practitioners.

Kyoto is the ancient capital of Japan and still its cultural center.

It, along with Nara, was untouched by the war -- and is now a beautiful example of the loveliness of prewar Japan.

This is a significant fact in Japan, for only a few years ago he would have had no choice.

It is the second largest city in Japan, with about four million people.

Our Masu is one of the very few architects in Japan who is trying to plan homes around family functions and women's needs.

Songs from China and Japan were reserved exclusively for Miss Mao, who is a native of China, and those of the British Isles were sung by Mr. Fuller, who is English by birth.

This leader must be a man who lives above illusions that heretofore have shaped the foreign policy of the United States, namely that Russia will agree to a reunited Germany, that the East German government does not exist, that events in Japan in June 1960 were Communist-inspired, that the true government of China is in Formosa, that Mao was the evil influence behind Khrushchev at the Summit Conference in Paris in May 1960, and that either China or Russia wants or expects war.

The abacus is still manufactured in Japan today even with the proliferation, practicality, and affordability of pocket electronic calculators.

The third is between Japan and western North America.

* 1875 – The Treaty of Saint Petersburg between Japan and Russia is ratified, providing for the exchange of Sakhalin for the Kuril Islands.

* 1945 – World War II: Hiroshima, Japan is devastated when the atomic bomb " Little Boy " is dropped by the United States B-29 Enola Gay.

* 1945 – World War II: Nagasaki, Japan is devastated when an atomic bomb, Fat Man, is dropped by the United States B-29 Bockscar.

* 1918 – Japan announces that it is deploying troops to Siberia in the aftermath of World War I.

Chinese philosophy is the dominant philosophical thought in China and other countries within the sinosphere, including Japan, Korea, and Vietnam.

The meat of this mollusk is considered a delicacy in certain parts of Latin America ( especially Chile ), France, New Zealand, Southeast Asia, and East Asia ( especially in China, Japan, and Korea ).

* Shinto, the traditional religion of Japan, is highly animistic.

* 1281 – Mongol invasion of Japan: The Mongolian fleet of Kublai Khan is destroyed by a " divine wind " for the second time in the Battle of Kōan.

* 1978 – The Treaty of Peace and Friendship between Japan and the People's Republic of China is signed.

This is due to confusion over mixed heritages and to ethnic issues in Japan resulting in those with Ainu backgrounds hiding their identities.

In Japan, because of intermarriage over many years with Japanese, the concept of a pure Ainu ethnic group is no longer feasible.

The only places outside of Japan in which Y-haplogroup D is common are Tibet and the Andaman Islands in the Indian Ocean.