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  2. Japanese language - Wikipedia

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    Japanese (日本語, Nihongo, [ɲihoŋɡo] ⓘ) is the principal language of the Japonic language family spoken by the Japanese people. It has around 120 million speakers, primarily in Japan, the only country where it is the national language, and within the Japanese diaspora worldwide. The Japonic family also includes the Ryukyuan languages ...

  3. Prime Minister of Japan - Wikipedia

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    The prime minister of Japan ( Japanese: 内閣総理大臣, Hepburn: Naikaku Sōri-Daijin) is the head of government and the highest political position of Japan. The prime minister chairs the Cabinet of Japan and has the ability to select and dismiss its ministers of state. The prime minister also serves as the commander-in-chief of the Japan ...

  4. Unit 731 - Wikipedia

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    Unit 731 (Japanese: 731部隊, Hepburn: Nana-san-ichi Butai), short for Manchu Detachment 731 and also known as the Kamo Detachment: 198 and the Ishii Unit, was a covert biological and chemical warfare research and development unit of the Imperial Japanese Army that engaged in lethal human experimentation and biological weapons manufacturing during the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945 ...

  5. List of wars involving Japan - Wikipedia

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    1951 Treaty of San Francisco. 1956 Soviet–Japanese Joint Declaration. Allied occupation of Japan (1945–1952) Removal of Japanese troops occupying parts of China and the retrocession of Taiwan to China. Liberation of Korea and Manchuria from Japanese rule, followed by the division of Korea.

  6. Mainichi Shimbun - Wikipedia

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    The history of the Mainichi Shimbun began with the founding of two papers during the Meiji period. The Tokyo Nichi Nichi Shimbun was founded first, in 1872. The Mainichi claims that it is the oldest existing Japanese daily newspaper [citation needed] with its 136-year history. The Osaka Mainichi Shimbun was founded four years later, in 1876.

  7. Public holidays in Japan - Wikipedia

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    Public holidays in Japan (国民の祝日, kokumin no shukujitsu) were first established by the Public Holiday Law (国民の祝日に関する法律, Kokumin no Shukujitsu ni Kansuru Hōritsu, lit. "An Act on public holidays"; Act No. 178 of 1948) of 1948. It has since been amended 11 times to add additional holidays, the latest being in 2018 ...

  8. List of current champions in New Japan Pro-Wrestling

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    Defeated Nic Nemeth at Wrestling Dontaku: Night 2 . Defeated El Desperado at The New Beginning in Sapporo . Defeated Evil at Sakura Genesis . Defeated Eddie Kingston at Resurgence . Defeated Great-O-Khan 2–1 in a Rural Revitalization in Hamamatsu two-out-of-three falls match on the Road to Wrestling Dontaku: Night 7.

  9. List of active Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force ships

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    List of active ships of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force is a list of ships in active service with the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force . The JMSDF is one of the world's largest navies and the second largest navy in Asia in terms of fleet tonnage. [1] As of 2024, the JMSDF operates a total of 155 vessels (including minor auxiliary vessels ...