In 2004, NHK ( Japanese public TV network ) produced a 39 episode anime series titled Agatha Christie's Great Detectives Poirot and Marple, as well as a manga series under the same title released in 2005.

From 2004 to 2005, Japanese TV network NHK produced a 39 episode anime series titled Agatha Christie's Great Detectives Poirot and Marple, which features both Miss Marple and Hercule Poirot.

* " Abduction ", episode of Death Note, a Japanese animation television series

* Accel World, a Japanese light novel series by Reki Kawahara.

* Alternative ( Kamen Rider ), a character in the Japanese TV series, Kamen Rider Ryuki

* Best Motoring International, a Japanese magazine and video series for automobiles and racing

Charles provided the voice-over commentary for the UK version of the Japanese game show Takeshi's Castle, shown on Challenge and Ftn ( 2002 – 2004 ), in which contestants attempted to pass a series of near-impossible physical challenges, to reach the final showdown at the castle and win cash prizes.

The Robotech Masters series itself was an English dub of the Japanese anime Super Dimensional Calvary Southern Cross.

is a 1998 Japanese anime series developed by Sunrise.

the series distinctly establishes itself outside the realm of conventional Japanese animation and instead chooses to forge its own path.

is a Japanese manga series created by Fujiko F. Fujio which later became an anime series and an Asian franchise.

Category: Japanese children's television series

In some cases, as in the first series, the DigiDestined ( known as the ' Chosen Children ' in the original Japanese ) had to find some special items such as crests and tags so the Digimon could digivolve into further stages of evolution known as Ultimate and Mega in the dub.

When the comic switched to the Tamers series the storylines adhered to continuity more strictly ; sometimes it would expand on subject matter not covered by the original Japanese anime ( such as Mitsuo Yamaki's past ) or the English adaptations of the television shows and movies ( such as Ryo's story or the movies that remained undubbed until 2005 ).

Movies based on Japanese television series were especially popular during this period.

* 1945 – World War II: The British Indian Army and Imperial Japanese Army begin a series of battles known as the Battle of Pokoku and Irrawaddy River operations.

One might write the kanji for " blue ", but use katakana to write the pronunciation of the English word " blue "; this may be done, for example, in Japanese subtitles on foreign films, where it can help associate the written Japanese with the sounds actually being spoken by the actors, or it may be used in a translation of a work of fiction to enable the translator to preserve the original sound of a proper name ( such as " Firebolt " in the Harry Potter series ) in furigana, while simultaneously indicating its meaning with kanji.

It was the third installment in the Japanese series of films featuring the monster Godzilla.

In 1988 Dark Horse Comics released a six-issue limited series, Godzilla, which was an American adaptation of the Japanese manga adaptation of The Return of Godzilla.

is a media franchise based on the Japanese seinen manga series written and illustrated by Masamune Shirow.

* Toaru Majutsu no Index, a Japanese light novel, manga, and anime series

Early Middle Japanese sees a significant amount of Chinese influence on the language's phonology – length distinctions become phonemic for both consonants and vowels, and series of both labialised ( e. g. kwa ) and palatalised ( kya ) consonants are added.

* E2 Series Shinkansen, a Japanese high-speed train

Maezumi is himself mourning the loss of his son to French, rather than Japanese, cuisine, and reluctantly agrees to train Abby in the art of making ramen, but is an overbearing master, whom she cannot understand but tries so hard to please, in between complaining about how hard she has to work.

Because of these properties, linear motors are often used in maglev propulsion, as in the Japanese Linimo magnetic levitation train line near Nagoya.

Both the Kawasaki trains and Bombardier's ART have the active part of the motor in the cars and use overhead wires ( Japanese Subways ) or a third rail ( ART ) to transfer power to the train.

* E1 Series Shinkansen, a Japanese high-speed train

* Zhang Zuolin ( also known as Ch ' ang Tso-Lin ), killed in a train bombing by the Japanese, his son Zhang Xueliang took over his lands.

On May 31, before the sieges had started and upon the request of foreign embassies in Beijing, an international force of 435 navy troops from eight countries were dispatched by train from Dagu ( Taku ) to the capital ( 75 French, 75 Russian, 75 British, 60 U. S., 50 German, 40 Italian, 30 Japanese, 30 Austrian ).

The popular English name bullet train is a literal translation of the Japanese term, a nickname given to the project while it was initially being discussed in the 1930s.

The first tilting train in regular public service was the 381 series electric multiple unit train operated by Japanese National Railways ( JNR ), which became entered revenue service from 10 July 1973 on the Shinano limited express between Nagoya and Nagano on the Chūō Main Line.

The 381 series EMU, the first Japanese tilting train to enter regular service

Although bento are readily available in many places throughout Japan, including convenience stores,, train stations, and department stores, it is still common for Japanese homemakers to spend time and energy for their spouse, child, or themselves producing a carefully prepared lunch box.

It is common to see Japanese commuters riding the train to work, enjoying their favorite manga, or listening through earphones to the latest in popular music on portable music players.

" Value Creating Educational Society ") on November 18, 1930, by Japanese educator Tsunesaburō Makiguchi and his colleague Jōsei Toda to promote reform in Japan's " highly regimented " education system that was " designed to train loyal citizens.

* Thunderbird ( train ), a Japanese train service

U. S. Navy policy was to use its best combat pilots to train newer pilots, in contrast to the Japanese practice of keeping their best pilots flying combat missions.

In February 2005, however, the Australian government announced that Australian Army would deploy a battlegroup to Al Muthanna Province to provide security for the Japanese engineers deployed to the province as well as to help train Iraqi security forces.

In 1949, a Communist-led general railroad strike led to several attempted derailments, and Sadanori Shimoyama, the president of Japanese National Railways, was found lying across a set of train tracks in Tokyo with his arms and legs cut off.

As written by historian Andrew Herd, in the book " The Fly ", " Fly fishing became popular with Japanese peasants from the twelfth century onward ... fishing was promoted to a pastime worthy of Bushi ( warriors ), as part of an official policy to train the Bushi's mind during peacetime.

The Japanese government generally uses Hepburn, including the romanization of Japanese names on passports, road signage and train signage.

The THSR 700T train series is a variant of the 700 Series Shinkansen and was built by a consortium of Japanese rolling stock manufacturers.

Shortly before the start of war with Germany a Soviet Volunteer Group was sent to China to train the pilots from the Republic of China Air Force for the continuing war with the Japanese.