Kon Ichikawa

Kon Ichikawa

male, 94 years old
is one of the better known Japanese film directors.
Isao Takahata

Isao Takahata

male, 74 years old
is one of the most famous directors of anime, or Japanese animated films. Born in Ujiyamada (now Ise), Mie prefecture, Japan, he is a long-term...
Keiichi Yabu

Keiichi Yabu

male, 41 years old
(b. September 28, 1968 in Mihama, Mie Prefecture, Japan) is a Major League Baseball (MLB) player currently playing for the Colorado Rockies. He...
Teinosuke Kinugasa

Teinosuke Kinugasa

male, deceased (1982)
(1 January 1896 - 26 February 1982) was a Japanese film director. He was born in Mie Prefecture and died in Kyoto. Kinugasa won the 1954 Palme d'or...
Chikara Sakaguchi

Chikara Sakaguchi

male, 75 years old
Chikara Sakaguchi is a Japanese politician. He was born in Mie Prefecture and obtained an MD from Mie University. In 1976, he ran for the House of...
Katsuya Okada

Katsuya Okada

male, 56 years old
Katsuya Okada is a member of the House of Representatives of Japan, and the former president of the Democratic Party of Japan. Okada graduated from...
Mikimoto Kōkichi

Mikimoto Kōkichi

male, deceased (1954)
; (10 March 1858 - 21 September 1954) a Japanese entrepreneur and inventor of the first technique for commercial production of cultured pearls.
Fumio Niwa

Fumio Niwa

male, deceased (2005)
was a Japanese novelist with a long list of works, the most famous in the West being his novel "The Buddha Tree" (Japanese "Bodaiju", 1956). The...
Hiroshi Okuda

Hiroshi Okuda

male, 77 years old
Hiroshi Okuda (b. 1932, Mie Prefecture), chairman of the Toyota Motor Corporation since 1999. He became president of Toyota in 1995 and has worked...

Jiro Kawasaki

male
Jiro Kawasaki is a Japanese politician who served as Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare under Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi. Kawasaki was...