Rosca was press secretary of the The Hague International Women's Tribunal on Japan's WWII Military Sex Slavery which convicted Japan's wartime era leadership for creating and using the Comfort Women.

The overall plan has also been criticized as an attempt to create an agency similar to Japan's powerful Ministry of International Trade and Industry, which was abolished in 2001 after some of its initiatives failed and it became seen as a hindrance to growth.

The SDR Values and yen conversion for government procurement are used by the Japan External Trade Organization for Japan's official procurement in international trade.

Japan joined the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ( GATT ) the same year, and Japan's minister of transport was anxious to settle the issue without dispute.

( ジェトロ JETRO ) is an independent government agency established by Japan Export Trade Research Organization as a nonprofit corporation in Osaka in February 1951, and reorganized as the Ministry of International Trade and Industry ( MITI ) in 1958 ( later Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry or METI ) to consolidate Japan's efforts in export promotion.

Until the mid-1980s, Japan's 74, 500 trade unions were represented by four main labor federations: the General Council of Trade Unions of Japan ( 日本労働組合総評議会 nihon rōdō kumiai sōhyōgikai, commonly known as Sohyo ), with 4. 4 million members — a substantial percentage representing public sector employees ; the Japan Confederation of Labour ( zen nihon rodo sodomei, commonly known as Domei ), with 2. 2 million members ; the Federation of Independent Labour Unions ( 中立労連 Churitsu Roren ), with 1. 6 million members ; and the National Federation of Industrial Organizations ( 新産別 Shinsanbetsu ), with only 61, 000 members.

The agency is under the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, which encourages the development of Japan's nuclear industry.

* In response to pressure from the United States, Japan's Ministry of International Trade and Industry ( MITI ) enacted a voluntary restraint agreement ( VRA ), reducing the number of car sales to the U. S. to 1, 680, 000 units.

Trade in Japan's feudal system was based on the koku – a unit of rice.

His many books included The Scales of Karma ( 1940 ), Pirate Wind ( 1930 ), Triumphant Pilgrimage: An English Muslim's Journey from Sarawak to Mecca ( 1937 ), Pagans of North Borneo ( 1929 ), and Through Formosa: An Account of Japan's Island Colony ( 1923 ).

Through Japan's ambassador to the United States, Kichisaburo Nomura, Konoe had in hand what he believed to be a promising peace proposal from the United States.

Through his experiences in Japan, as related in his books, he has become an avid art collector and patron of Japan's traditional theatre and other arts.

* 1923 Through Formosa: An Account of Japan's Island Colony

* 1991 – Takako Doi, chair of the Social Democratic Party, becomes Japan's first female speaker of the House of Representatives.

* 1536 – Buddhist monks from Kyoto, Japan's Enryaku-ji temple set fire to 21 Nichiren temples throughout in what will be known as the Tenbun Hokke Disturbance.

* 1869 – Japan's samurai, farmer, artisan, merchant class system ( Shinōkōshō ) is abolished as part of the Meiji Restoration reforms.

* 1985 – Takao Doi, Mamoru Mohri and Chiaki Mukai are chosen to be Japan's first astronauts.

* 1885 – Japan's first patent is issued to the inventor of a rust-proof paint.

* 1945 – An assassination attempt is made on Japan's prime minister, Kantarō Suzuki.

* 1989 – Mayumi Moriyama becomes Japan's first female cabinet secretary.

‘ … The development of Japan's large northern island had several objectives: First, it was seen as a means to defend Japan from a rapidly developing and expansionist Russia.

This honor was intended, in part, to commemorate the diplomatic and trading history which existed long before other Western nations were officially aware of Japan's existence.

* 2005 – Japan's Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi apologizes for Japan's war record.

* 1953 – Nippon Television broadcasts Japan's first television show, including its first TV advertisement.

Baseball is the leading team sport in both Japan and Cuba, and the top level of play is similarly split between two leagues: Japan's Central League and Pacific League ; Cuba's West League and East League.

However, due to Japan's well-crafted fortifications and stiff resistance, the battle lasted over two months.

Admiral Chester Nimitz favored a more direct strategy of bypassing the Philippines, but seizing Okinawa and Taiwan as staging areas to an attack on the Chinese mainland, followed by the future invasion of Japan's southernmost islands.

Japan's Seventeen-article constitution written in 604, reportedly by Prince Shōtoku, is an early example of a constitution in Asian political history.

Of Japan's influence on the genre, William Gibson said, " Modern Japan simply was cyberpunk.

In its 1937 invasion of China, Japan employed some 50, 000 bicycle troops, and similar forces were instrumental in Japan's march or " roll " through Malaysia in World War II.

In 1944, the USAF commenced Operation Matterhorn in order to bomb Japan's steel industry from bases to be constructed in mainland China.

He is considered Japan's earliest cyborg superhero, before even Kamen Rider ( the same year, Shotaro Ishinomori created Cyborg 009 ), and was the inspiration for RoboCop.

Japan's Orient: Rendering Pasts into History.

In Japan's history, social strata based on inherited position rather than personal merits, was rigid and highly formalized.

In fact Nissan's involvement in Japan's military industries was substantial.

In March 2008, Japan's Foreign Ministry appointed Doraemon as the nation's first " anime ambassador.

In 2005, the Taiwan Society of New York selected Doraemon as a culturally significant work of Japanese otaku pop-culture in its exhibit Little Boy: The Arts of Japan's Exploding Subculture, curated by renowned artist Takashi Murakami.

On June 4, 1976, the Sex Pistols played Manchester's Lesser Free Trade Hall in what came to be regarded as one of the most influential rock shows ever.

Shelley and Devoto were impressed by what they saw and arranged for the Sex Pistols to come and perform at the Lesser Free Trade Hall in Manchester, in June 1976.

* Channel 4 Cutting Edge episode " The Child Sex Trade " ( 2003 ), set in Romania and Italy

* Ex-Prostitutes Say South Korea and U. S. Enabled Sex Trade Near Bases – NYTimes. com

Simply Red originated from the 1976 Sex Pistols gig at the Lesser Free Trade Hall in Manchester, England.

Hucknall was among the people present at the Lesser Free Trade Hall in Manchester in June 1976 where the Sex Pistols were playing.

The actors are often intercut with real contemporary concert footage, including the Sex Pistols gig at the Lesser Free Trade Hall.

" Wilson then attends a concert in June 1976 at Manchester Lesser Free Trade Hall by the Sex Pistols ( the Buzzcocks were also to perform but were not ready ).

They supported The Sex Pistols at their now-legendary gig at Manchester Lesser Free Trade Hall on 20 July 1976.

On 4 June 1976, the Lesser Free Trade Hall was the venue for a concert by the Sex Pistols at the start of the punk rock and New Wave movements.

* Everything You Know About Love and Sex Is Wrong ( Perigee Trade, 1991 reissue ) ISBN 0-399-52712-5, ISBN 978-0-399-52712-8

* The Great Sex Weekend: A 48-hour Guide to Rekindling Sparks for Bold, Busy, or Bored Lovers, with Janet Lever ( Perigee Trade, 2000 ) ISBN 0-399-52571-8, ISBN 978-0-399-52571-1

On 4 June 1976, at the invitation of Howard Devoto and Pete Shelley of the Buzzcocks, the Sex Pistols played at the Lesser Free Trade Hall.

Unlike other major cities, Manchester hosted The Sex Pistols Anarchy Tour twice at The Electric Circus ; and it was these gigs more than the small Lesser Free Trade Hall gigs which really lit a fire under Manchester's assorted musicians and gave them that do-it-yourself philosophy which defined British punk.

* Travels in the Skin Trade: Tourism and the Sex Industry ( 1996, ISBN 0-7453-1115-6 ) by Jeremy Seabrook describes the Thai sex industry and includes interviews with prostitutes and customers.

Many of the songs including, " Sex Trade " were initially leaked on Tatum Reed's controversial porn site ilovepopwhore.

The Long-Term Commitment to Africa Policy, the Commitment to the Kyoto Accord Policy, the Protection of Sex Trade Workers Policy, Canada Post-Secondary Education Transfer Policy, and the Same-Sex Marriage Rights Policy planks of the Liberal Party of Canada all originated as YLC policy.

* Goodwin, Janet R. Selling Songs and Smiles: The Sex Trade in Heian and Kamakura Japan.