* Liberation Day, celebrates the independence of Korea from Japan in 1945:

* Independence Day, celebrates the proclamation of Indonesia's independence from Japan in 1945.

* National Day, celebrates the independence of Vietnam from Japan and France in 1945.

Japan Week is held in April and celebrates the sister-city relationship with Nishinomiya, Hyogo, demonstrating the many commonalities shared between the two cities.

While the rest of Japan usually celebrates Tanabata on July 7, the Mobara festival is held in late July so as to coincide with school holidays.

The Hyakumangoku Matsuri ( Million-Koku Festival ) in Kanazawa, Japan celebrates the arrival of Lord Maeda Toshiie into the city in 1583, although the Maeda's income was not actually raised to over a million koku until after the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600.

: To be released in late 2010 as part of TakaraTomy's " Transformers 2010 " promotion, which celebrates the year in which the third season of The Transformers was set in Japan, this figure is a redeco of the Cybertron Primus figure.

: To be released in late 2010 as part of TakaraTomy's " Transformers 2010 " promotion, which celebrates the year in which the third season of The Transformers was set in Japan, this figure is a redeco of the Cybertron Primus figure.

In Seattle, the Asia-Pacific festival celebrates the diversity of China, Philippines, Samoa, Laos, Japan, Pacific Islands and Cambodia.

The Japan Toilet Association celebrates an unofficial Toilet Day on November 10, because in Japan the numbers 11 / 10 ( for the month and the day ) can be read as ii-to ( ire ), which also means " Good Toilet ".

* Global Harmony Labyrinth-Dedicated in 2005, it celebrates the Sister City relationship between Saint Paul and Nagasaki, Japan.

It celebrates the sister city relationship between Portland and Sapporo, Japan.

The Park Golf Association in Japan celebrates August 9 as ' Park Golf Day ', in hopes of raising the profile of the game.

It celebrates the conclusion of World War II, see also Victory over Japan Day.

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.

Vincent Canby of the New York Times was similarly unimpressed :" Though special-effects experts in Japan and around the world have vastly improved their craft in the last 30 years, you wouldn't know it from this film.

Thus, a Japan Airlines flight numbered 111 would be written as " JAL111 " and pronounced " Japan Air One One One " on the radio, while a similarly numbered Aer Lingus would be written as " EIN111 " and pronounced " Shamrock One One One ".

Since the rights holders in Japan by this time had created a unified ( although still evolving ) list of romanized character and mecha names, Schodt was able to use it, and Amuro's rival in the novel thus became " Char " and not " Sha "; the popular Zeon Mobile Suit, similarly, became " Zaku ," and not " Zak ".

A similarly large-scale evacuation followed the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster in Japan, and some towns within the exclusion zone, such as Tomioka, remain abandoned.

Hiragana is the more widely used script in Japan today, while katakana, meant for formal documents originally, is used similarly to italics in alphabetic scripts.

In Japan, the institution of exists, and functions similarly to paralegals.

This is similarly done in Japan, although the same loaf of bread is labeled by number of slices rather than the thickness of each slice.

The idea of a tilting train became popular in the 1960s and 1970s when various rail operators, impressed by the high-speed rail services being introduced in France and Japan, wondered how they could similarly speed up travel without building a dedicated parallel rail network ( as those two countries were doing ).

Japan Rail stations also use it in names to, aside from the historical background, distinguish themselves from similarly named stations in other prefectures.

Continuing in the sporty tradition of the original Civic SiR, Honda sold several similarly equipped variants of the fifth generation car, still referred to as the Civic SiR, in Japan, Asia, and Europe.

However, in Japan, although the traffic lights have the same colors that other countries ' have, the green light is described using the same word as for blue, " aoi ", because green is considered a shade of aoi ; similarly, green variants of certain fruits and vegetables such as green apples, green shiso ( as opposed to red apples and red shiso ) will be described with the word " aoi ".

The public was similarly torn between the dangers presented by Germany and Japan.

However, the Japan Times reported that the mortality rate for Taiji and nearby Kozagawa, where dolphin meat is also consumed, is over 50 % higher in comparison to some other similarly sized villages in other regions of Japan.

In the Far East, the similarly sounding arrack is a different beverage distilled from palm sap or rice and devoid of anise flavor ( it is known as soju in Korea and shōchū in Japan ).

In modern Japan, the term 中華民国 refers to the Republic of China, 中華人民共和国 refers to the People's Republic of China and 中国 refers to China, the terms being used similarly in the Western world and unofficially in both the People's Republic of China and the Republic of China.

Often associated with festivals, paper lanterns are common in China and Japan and, similarly, in Chinatowns, where they are often hung outside of businesses to attract attention.

They repeated this for the release of their second album, performing in Kawasaki and Osaka, Japan in 2005 and similarly released on DVD to fanclub members.

The re-release of Breath of Fire III for the PlayStation Portable was received similarly to the first in Japan, with Famitsu giving the game a marginally better score of 29 out of 40.

In Japan and Vietnam, singing bowls are similarly used during chanting and may also mark the passage of time or signal a change in activity, for example changing from sitting to walking meditation.

JR West discontinued through train operations to the Shigaraki Line, while other Japan Railways Group companies similarly discontinued non-regular through train operations to private and Third Sector railway lines.

Mega Man V was available for the similarly named Nintendo Power cartridge service in Japan on April 13, 2001 alongside its four Game Boy Mega Man predecessors.

For example, in Japan, many themed restaurants have waitresses who wear costumes such as a suit made of latex or a stylized French maid outfit.

She mounted a succession of themed shows and composed a piece for Expo 2005 in Japan.

Lin themed conventions have been organized in Taiwan and Lin's native Fujian, and in December 2011, the International Conference on the Cross-cultural Legacy of Lin Yutang in China and America was held at City University of Hong Kong, with with professional and private scholars from mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, Malaysia, the United States, Germany and Slovakia.

New features of the game are the user interface, which was designed to fit the stylus functionality of the DS platform, and bonus rides / shops exclusive to certain properties, such as a Tea Room themed on an AEC Routemaster bus for England, Japanese dojo-style bouncy castle for Japan, A Coliseum themed Pizza Parlour for Italy, a La Sagrada Familia-themed Paella restaurant for Spain etc.

* TwinBee JG Pachisuro, released in September, 2007 ( Japan ): A TwinBee themed pachislot machine released by KPE.

The manga has a cult following in Japan, even going as far as opening an Emma-inspired and themed maid café in Shinjuku.

" Too Much Tingle Pack ") was released in Japan on June 24, which is a collection of Tingle themed applications.

After a year of inactivity, Tommy heavenly < sup > 6 </ sup > performed her song " Pray " at the 2011 Cherry Blossom Festival in Japan, and released exclusive " Pray " themed merchandise through Lightvan Company, including a kimono style robe and plush toy.