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.

In June, the band released their first single, " California Über Alles ", on the independent label Alternative Tentacles.

The band performed a gig in Santa Rosa, California in June 2009, with Peligro returning to the drum kit.

In the June 2009 issue of Rolling Stone, the band noted that the album's release had been pushed back to 2010 to allow for " radical remixing ".

Jello Biafra ( born Eric Reed Boucher ; June 17, 1958, Boulder, Colorado, United States ) is the former lead singer and songwriter for San Francisco punk rock band Dead Kennedys, and is currently a musician and spoken word artist.

On June 24, 1937, Pickford married her third and last husband, actor and band leader Charles ' Buddy ' Rogers.

Second, while playing Scandals Disco in Edmonton, a spurious " bomb threat " against the band made the front page of the Edmonton Journal ( June 9, 1982 ); assistant band manager Greif and Lee were interviewed.

On June 11, 2008, the band and manager Burt Stein filed suit against each other.

The band played the Download Festival in Donington Park ( June 12 – 14, 2009 ), playing on the second stage on Friday night.

In June 2009, Bernard Sumner formed a new band called Bad Lieutenant with Phil Cunningham ( guitar ) and Jake Evans ( guitar and vocals ), that completed an album, Never Cry Another Tear, which was released on 5 October 2009.

In June 2004, the band released a new single, " Bam Thwok " () exclusively on the iTunes Music Store.

To promote the album, the band made their only video for MTV, " Down With Disease ", airing in June of that year.

Approximately at 2AM on June 10, 1772, a band of Providence residents attacked and subsequently burned to the waterline, the grounded HMS Gaspee, for harassing shipping within Narragansett Bay.

The band finished the second leg of the Time Machine Tour in July 2011 and released their latest studio album, Clockwork Angels in June 2012 with a supporting tour that began in September 2012.

In June 2007, the band hired a Liverpool-based design agency to develop their new website supporting their new album.

On June 24, 1993, the band was playing a gig at Xerox PARC while elsewhere in the building, scientists were discussing new technology ( the Mbone ) for broadcasting on the Internet using multicasting.

Poor reception of the album both by the public and reviewers led the band to take out a page-sized ad in the local music press declaring " Why Don't You All Get Fu ** ed " ( title of one of their songs ) and they played their last performance on 8 June in Kalgoorlie.

Producer Kim Fowley courted the band, traveling to Boston to produce some poor-quality demos in June 1972.

On 16 June 1978, the band recorded their debut four-song EP " Teenage Kicks " on a budget of only £ 200.

The same week the album was released, the Undertones embarked on their ' Humming tour ', which saw the band play a total of 25 gigs across the UK between April and June.

In June 2007, the two albums were reissued as The Traveling Wilburys Collection, a box set including both albums on CD ( with bonus tracks ) and a DVD featuring a twenty-four minute band documentary and a collection of music videos.

After the various band members discovered first-generation English punk bands like The Clash, The Jam, The Damned, and The Buzzcocks, Dogbreath changed their name to The Impediments and played a drunken performance without Tommy Stinson at a church hall gig in June 1980.

On 30 March 2010, the band announced on their website that their seventh studio album, titled Further, would be released on 22 June and would be " the band's first to be released with corresponding films made specifically to match each of the 8 audio tracks.

In June 2009, the band publicly announced that Exene had been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis.

In June 2010, X played a free show at the North by Northeast Festival ( NXNE ) in Toronto, ON, Canada, and on June 18, 2011 the band headlined the 3rd Annual Johnny Cash Music Festival in Ventura, CA, USA.