It was not until June 6, 2008 that Japan formally recognised the Ainu as an indigenous group ( see Official Recognition, below ).

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.

In a June 2008 issue of the journal Autoimmunity Reviews, researchers S Planque, Sudhir Paul, Ph. D, and Yasuhiro Nishiyama, Ph. D of the University Of Texas Medical School at Houston announced that they have engineered an abzyme that degrades the superantigenic region of the gp120 CD4 binding site.

* June 8, 2008: The Akihabara massacre takes place on the Sunday-pedestrian-zoned Chūō street.

As of June 2008, 823, 502 companies were so registered ( of which 445, 865 were ' active ').

The trial concluded on 3 June 2008, with a conviction and fine of € 15, 000, the largest of her fines to date.

* The meaning of the butterfly: Why pop culture loves the ' butterfly effect ,' and gets it totally wrong, Peter Dizikes, Boston Globe, June 8, 2008

On 7 September 2008 he took part in Soccer Aid 2008, and on 6 June 2010 in Soccer Aid 2010, playing for the Rest of the World vs a team of England celebrities and ex pros.

The fabrication methods and device characteristics were described at the 50th Electronic Materials Conference in Santa Barbara on June 25, 2008.

Chaosium released a new version of BRP on June 24, 2008 as single comprehensive book.

Ellas Otha Bates ( December 30, 1928 – June 2, 2008 ), known by his stage name Bo Diddley, was an American rhythm and blues vocalist, guitarist, songwriter ( usually as Ellas McDaniel ), and rock and roll pioneer.

Bo Diddley died on June 2, 2008 of heart failure at his home in Archer, Florida.

His funeral, a four-hour " homegoing " service, took place on June 7, 2008, at Showers of Blessings Church in Gainesville, Florida and kept in tune with the vibrant spirit of Bo Diddley's life and career.

* 2008: Although confirmed before his death in June 2008, an honorary degree was posthumously conferred upon Diddley by the University of Florida in August 2008.

* Mobile Edition of the CIA World Factbook, last updated 10 June 2008

There is a Fly TACV website, though as June 2008 no bookings can be made.

), Challenges of Security Sector Governance in West Africa, Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces / Lit Verlag, June 2008, pp 75 – 92

In an interview with the magazine N ' Digo published in late June 2008, he spoke of today's mainstream urban music seemingly relishing the addictive euphoria of materialism and sexism, perhaps being the primary cause of many people harboring resentment towards the genre and its future.

Annual celebrations also take place in Hong Kong, entitled Canada D ' eh and held on June 30 at Lan Kwai Fong, where an estimated attendance of 12, 000 was reported in 2008 ; in Afghanistan, where members of the Canadian Forces mark the holiday at their base ; and in Mexico, at the American Legion in Chapala, and the Canadian Club in Ajijic.

In the April – June, 2008, issue of IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing, computer scientists describe a potential new way to combat internet worms.

It was recovered in June 2008.

Just a few weeks later, Le bassin aux nymphéas ( from the water lilies series ) sold at Christie's 24 June 2008 auction in London, lot 19, for £ 36, 500, 000 ($ 71, 892, 376. 34 ) ( hammer price ) or £ 40, 921, 250 ($ 80, 451, 178 ) with fees, nearly doubling the record for the artist and representing one of the top 20 highest prices paid for a painting at the time.

On 22 June 1984, Virgin Atlantic operated its inaugural scheduled service between Gatwick and Newark using a leased Boeing 747-200 ( registration G-VIRG ), christened Maiden Voyager, formerly operated by Aerolíneas Argentinas.

On 18 June 2010, it was reported that CalPERS, California's and the US's biggest state pension fund, had bought a 12. 7 % equity stake in Gatwick Airport from GIP.

* 6 June 1936: Gatwick airport officially reopened ; The Beehive officially opened.

* June 1969: Westward Airways commenced the first inter-airport air shuttle between Gatwick and Heathrow using Britten-Norman Islanders.

* 2 June 1982: At the end of his first visit to the British Isles, Pope John Paul II departed Gatwick on board a BCal Boeing 707 bound for Rome.

* 18 June 2010: It was announced that Californian state pension fund CalPERS had spent approximately US $ 155 million (£ 104. 8 million ) on acquiring a 12. 7 % stake in Gatwick Airport from GIP, marking the US $ 200 billion fund's first direct infrastructure investment.

* 22 June 2010: Gatwick Airport Limited launched a new competitive brand featuring the tagline " YOUR LONDON AIRPORT – Gatwick " alongside a rebrand from " London Gatwick Airport " to the original " Gatwick Airport ".

In June 2008 Gatwick Express ceased to exist as a separate franchise, being merged into the Southern franchise, although continuing to maintain its own identity.

The origins of the Gatwick Express service come from the initial opening of Gatwick Airport railway station in June 1958.

In April 2007 the Department for Transport announced that the Gatwick Express franchise was to be incorporated into the South Central franchise with the services transferring to Southern ( legal name New Southern Railway Limited, company no 3010919 ) on 22 June 2008.

It is a subsidiary of Govia, a joint venture between transport groups Go-Ahead and Keolis and has operated the South Central rail franchise since August 2001 and the Gatwick Express service since June 2008.

* On 22 June 2009, it was revealed that Iraqi Airways had struck a deal with British aviation authorities to resume direct Baghdad-London ( Gatwick ) flights ; the flights were supposed to begin on 8 August 2009 using a Boeing 737-400 leased from Tor Air and should eventually get the Airbus A320-232 operating the route ; this has failed to happen and there has been no news since.

The launch of a new BEA summer weekend service from Aberdeen via Edinburgh to Jersey in 1957 was followed by the transfer of most of the corporation's London – Jersey and London – Guernsey flights from Heathrow to Gatwick when the latter reopened as London's second airport on 9 June 1958, in line with contemporary UK government policy to develop the airport.

The other major change to the station under British Railways was the gradual development of services to the new Gatwick Airport railway station after its opening in June 1958.

Note the freight door on the left-handside of the forward fuselage of this Boeing 707-320C of British Caledonian, Caledonian's successor, at London Gatwick Airport | GatwickAirport in June 1975.

The first aircraft — Boeing 707-399C G-AVKA (" Kilo Alpha ") — joined the second at Gatwick on 1 June 1968, following the end of the Flying Tigers lease.

* June 9 – London Gatwick Airport opens after two years of extensive reconstruction.

* June 17 – A passenger aboard CityFlyer Express Flight 8106 – a BAe 146 with 97 other people on board flying from Zürich Airport in Zürich, Switzerland, to London Gatwick Airport in England – grabs a flight attendant, holds scissors to her throat, and threatens to blow up the plane.

On June 9, Zoe King and her husband Martin, both in their 40 ’ s, and her 76 year old father Derek Edmond, were arrested after a fight that took the cabin crew over 30 minutes to break up on Virgin Atlantic flight VS29 from Gatwick Airport to Barbados.

Flybe revived the link with a route to London Gatwick on 29 June 2009, but it only lasted until 31 March 2011, leaving the airport without an air link to London for the second time in two years.