- Shosei Koda
Shosei Koda was a Japanese citizen who was kidnapped and later beheaded in Iraq on November 3, 2004 while touring the country. The captors demanded that the Japanese government withdraw its humanitarian forces from Iraq; the Japanese government refused to give in to the demand. His captors had connections to Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. He stated that he entered Iraq on October 19, 2004 because that "he wanted to know what is happening there," according to "Kyodo News".
- Yoshio Kodama
Yoshio Kodama was a prominent figure in the rise of organized crime in Japan. The most famous 'kuromaku', or behind-the-scenes power broker, of the 20th century, he was active in Japan's political arena and criminal underworld from the 1950s to the early 1970s. Born in Nihonmatsu, Japan, Kodama lived with relatives in Japanese-occupied Korea early in his life, and during that time formed an ultranationalist group with the intent to assassinate various Japanese politicians.
- Nick Leeson
Nicholas Leeson (English, born February 25, 1967) is a former derivatives trader whose unsupervised speculative trading caused the collapse of Barings Bank, the United Kingdom's oldest investment bank. Leeson was born in Watford, north-west of London. He attended Parmiter's School. After leaving school in the early 1980s, Nick landed a job as a clerk with royal bank Coutts, followed by a string of jobs with other banks, …
- Tadamichi Kuribayashi
Tadamichi Kuribayashi was a Lieutenant General in the Imperial Japanese Army, best known as overall commander of the Japanese garrison during most of the Battle of Iwo Jima in World War II. Assigned by Prime Minister Hideki Tojo to defend the island of Iwo Jima, Kuribayashi led a force of 21,000 men without air or naval support against the United States invasion force of 100,000. In the ensuing battle almost all Japanese soldiers fought to the death. Only 216 surrendered.
- Hideki Yukawa
Hideki Yukawa FRSE (湯川 秀樹, January 23, 1907 - September 8, 1981) was a Japanese theoretical physicist and the first Japanese to win the Nobel prize. Yukawa was born in Tokyo, on January 23, 1907. In 1929, after receiving his degree from Kyoto Imperial University he stayed on as a lecturer for four years. After graduation, he was interested in theoretical physics, particularly in the theory of elementary particles.
- Shoji Hamada
Shoji Hamada was a Japanese potter. He was born in Tokyo, Japan, and died in Mashiko, Tochigi Prefecture. He studied ceramics at Tokyo Institute of Technology under Kawai Kanijiro, soon after he met Bernard Leach with whom he travelled to England in 1920. In 1955 the Japanese government designated him a "Living National Treasure".
- Abe Masahiro
Abe Masahiro (December 3, 1819, Edo (now Tokyo) - August 6, 1857, Edo) was the chief senior councillor ("rōjū") in the Japanese government at the time of the arrival of Commodore Matthew Perry. Against the shogun's wishes, and the wishes of many other government officials, he worked to open Japan to the West, signing the Convention of Kanagawa in 1854, and other unequal treaties shortly afterwards.
- Franz von Eckert
Franz von Eckert was a German musician who composed the harmony for Japan's national anthem, "Kimi Ga Yo." Franz von Eckert was a native of Neurode, Silesia, Prussia, in what is now Nowa Ruda, Poland. He studied in the conservatories of Breslau and Dresden, and specialized in military music. He received an appointment to became bandmaster to the Kaiserliche Marine at Wilhelmshaven, where he caught the eye (or perhaps the ear?) of the Japanese government in 1879.
- Julius Scriba
Julius Karl Scriba was a German surgeon serving as a foreign advisor in Meiji period Japan, where he was an important contributor to the development of Western medicine in Japan. Scriba was born in Darmstadt, Germany and practiced medicine in Freiburg im Breisgau. In addition to his medical accomplishments, he was also a gifted amateur botanist, and published a book on the flora of the Grand-Duchy Hessen. He hired by the Japanese government from 6 June 1881 to 5 June 1887, …
- Ottmar von Mohl
Ottmar von Mohl was a German diplomat and government advisor in Meiji period Japan. Ottmar von Mohl, born in Tübingen, Germany was the son of famous jurist Robert von Mohl. He studied law in Tübingen, passed the first Baden State Examination in 1868 and earned a doctorate in law from the University of Heidelberg the same year. In 1873, he was appointed cabinet secretary of Empress Augusta of Saxe-Weimar.
- Carol Bellamy
Carol Bellamy, president and CEO of World Learning, will deliver the commencement address at Vermont Law School’s 31st commencement ceremony. The public is invited to attend the ceremony, which will begin at 10:30 AM on the South Royalton town green. Bellamy also serves as president of the School for International Training.
- Masaaki Hatsumi
Dr. Masaaki Hatsumi is the 34th Grandmaster in an unbroken line of the last nine living traditions of authentic ninjutsu, some of which are over 1000 years old. He is considered a living national treasure by the Japanese government. Dr. Hatsumi is also an internationally know painter, whose works have been exhibited in galleries from Tokyo, Japan to Paris, France.
- Justin Colman
When I was 8 years old my sister cut her finger off completely and it fell on the floor. At that age it was (and probably still is!) the funniest thing I had ever seen in my life. Then my father entered the scene and immediately fainted out cold and hit the floor.
- Akira Arimura
Dr. Arimura received his M.D. from Nagoya University School of Medicine , Nagoya, Japan in 1951 and his Ph.D. in 1957. His doctoral study dealt with vasopressin and its regulatory role in ACTH release. Dr. Arimura spent his post-doctoral study with Dr. C.N.H. Long in the Department of Physiology, Yale University School of Medicine .
- Masumi Ishikawa
Masumi Ishikawa Intel Masumi Ishikawa earned recognition as a key contributor to both the Continua Marketing Work Group and the Government Affairs Work Group. Mr. Ishikawa provided the leadership in organizing the Tokyo Telehealth Symposium offering open discussion on the telehealth industry in Japan. He successfully recruited prominent government and industry representatives to address key issues in feature presentations.
- John Miller
I BELIEVE IN SUPPORTING OUR PRESIDENT. REMEMBER A VOTE FOR A DEMOCRAT IS A VOTE FOR BIN LADEN.
- Eric Donohoe
I'm easily entertained, but I have the attention span of a 5 year old. That leads to me making my own fun alot. I played in the Iowa High School State Championship Game in 1998 and lost a hard fought battle to a bunch of *&^%s, and no I don't want to let it go, needless to say I was still All-State that year. Now I'm in Japan. The reason I came over here is no longer the reason I stay here.
- Joe Rivera
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- Matthew Stilwell
Matthew Stilwell serves as Managing Director of the Program on Governance for Sustainable Development at the Donald Bren School of Environmental Science & Management at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He is a public interest lawyer who works on a range of issues relating to international economics, environment and governance for sustainable development.
- Chris Hammond
Hammond married in 1980, had two sons by 1985, and during the mid-80s was a part-time teacher of painting and life drawing at Bury College of Further Education. By 1989 she was able to teach full-time at Bury and continued to paint in her studio at home. Hammond studied for a Marketing Diploma at Bolton Institute of Higher Education, and in 1989 she was appointed Marketing Director for Centra, the examinations board, a move she regrets since it took her away from the arts and teaching.
- Zoe Riddell
Zoe Riddell Vice President Zoe Riddell is vice president at the Carbon Disclosure Project' s New York Office, where she oversees the operation of the project in the USA. Previously based in London, Zoe joined CDP full time in June 2004. Prior to joining CDP, Zoe was Business Coordinator for the Japanese corporation Daimaru Incorporated, where she researched UK economic and retail trends for their Corporate Office.
- Nguyen Thanh Tung
Nguyen Thanh Tung Director of Software & Service Development Dr. Nguyen Thanh Tung holds a PhD. Degree in IT and Applied Mathematics from Belarusian State University, Minsk (former USSR), a Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering – from Azerbaijan University of Technology, Baku (former USSR). Since late eighties of last century, he was a member of the software team in Hanoi, developed one of the first software outsourcing projects in Vietnam for France market.
- Robert C. Myrtle
Robert Myrtle? s key research interests are interorganizational relations, strategic decision making, and organizational and management effectiveness.
- Andrea Jacques
Andrea Jacques President Kyosei Consulting Andrea Jacques has spent 15 years as a specialist in developing human potential through work with a variety of organizations in North America and Asia ranging from universities and government agencies, to innovative entrepreneurial ventures and leading-edge multinational corporations.
- Kimio Minami
Kimio Minami General Manager of Healthcare Systems Development Office Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (Panasonic) Kimio Minami has more than 27 years of experience in consulting and sales in information systems architecture within Matsushita Electric (Panasonic), working predominantly with Japanese Government organizations and large enterprises. More
- Tatsuo Tsuda
Tatsuo Tsuda '55 Tatsuo Tsuda was born in Osaka, Japan, in 1928. He graduated from the Osaka School of Music as a piano major in 1949, and Doshisha University in Kyoto with a major in economics in 1953. He graduated from Otterbein College with majors in business administration, economics and music in 1955.
- Law Hok Yin
Mr. Law Hok Yin Mr. Law is in his third year and pursuing a degree in actuarial science. He is fluent in both Cantonese and English and is the President of the Hong Kong Distinguished Students Union. Mr. Law has been awarded the Outstanding Service Award for Tertiary Students for his community service, including organizing fund raising events for the Hong Kong Playground Association.
- Naoya Tani
Naoya Tani is from Tokyo, Japan. He graduated from University of Tokyo, Japan, with a LL.B. degree in 2001. After passing the Japanese Government Public Service Senior A Class Examination, he joined the National Police Agency of Japan. Naoya comes to us with a scholarship from the Japanese Government for graduate study in the United States. In his first year at the US, he studied at University of Pennsylvania Law School and obtained a LL.M. degree in May, 2005.
- Tomihiro Taniguchi
Mr. Tomihiro Taniguchi joined the IAEA as Deputy Director General, Head of Department of Nuclear Safety and Security in August 2001. He is in charge of nuclear safety, including the development of new international safety standards for nuclear facilities and the disposal of radioactive waste. Prior to coming to the Agency, Mr. Taniguchi was Executive Director of Nuclear Power Engineering Corporation, Japan.
- Tom Heneghan
Tom Heneghan Tom Heneghan was born in London, England. He graduated from the Architectural Association (AA) in 1975 and subsequently taught at the AA as Unit Master from 1976 until 1990, when he set up his office, The Architecture Factory, in Tokyo.
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- Stephen Hamill
Stephen has developed the non-USA Markets for MAXAMINE and built prominent reseller relationships since 2001. Specifically he has grown MAXAMINE profitably into Australia and New Zealand, and the South and North Asian markets. He has headed up MAXAMINE´s recent explosion into Europe and the successful establishment of tier one clients and partners in the UK, the Netherlands and Italy. Prior to MAXAMINE, Stephen held prominent state and national management roles for several large IT, . . .
- El Salvador
El Salvador , historically, was the most industrialized nation in Central America, though 12 years of civil war eroded this position. Over the past decade El Salvador’s economy has experienced a period of high growth (1990–1995) followed by economic deceleration (1996–1999). In 2000, manufacturing accounted for 22% of GDP. The industrial sector has shifted since 1993 from a primarily domestic orientation to include free-zone (“maquiladora”) manufacturing for export.
- Zoe Riddell
Zoe Riddell Vice President Carbon Disclosure Project Zoe Riddell is vice president at the Carbon Disclosure Project' s New York Office, where she oversees the operation of the project in the USA. Zoe Riddell is vice president at the Carbon Disclosure Project' s New York Office, where she oversees the operation of the project in the USA. Previously based in London, Zoe joined CDP full time in June 2004.
- Gerhard Fasol
Gerhard Fasol (Representative Director, CEO) Gerhard Fasol is the Representative Director (President) of Eurotechnology Japan K. K. Eurotechnology plans, supports and implements international high-tech business projects bridging the US-Japan and Europe-Japan interfaces in the areas of electronics, opto-electronics, telecommunications & internet, and intellectual property rights (IPR) management.
- Phyllis Schneck
Dr. Phyllis Schneck Vice President, Strategic Development, CipherTrust As Vice President of Strategic Development for CipherTrust, Dr. Phyllis Schneck provides a vital link between the more than 1,200 enterprises using CipherTrust's IronMail solution to fight e-mail security threats, and Washington policy and enforcement leaders. She works hand-in-hand with the FBI and the Secret Service Electronic Crimes Task Force to find cyber criminals and bring them to justice.
- Hideki
I'm 'THE RAZOR', a convicted War Criminal. But I want to meet others so they can understand me. I'm guilty but want to be heard.
- Viani Gonzalez
Viani Gonzalez Viani Gonzalez is a Field Research and Evaluation Consultant with a specialty in Eurasian countries in transition.
- Tiffany Trevers (Formerly Taylor)
- Takumi Shibata
Takumi Shibata President and CEO of Nomura Asset Management Takumi Shibata is President and CEO of Nomura Asset Management Co. Ltd and sits on the Operating Board of Nomura Holdings, Inc. Following his appointment, Nomura’s asset management division has expanded from US$166 billion to US$198 billion in terms of assets under management (AUM) through organic growth in just one year, widening its lead over its competitors in Japan.