Anglo-Japanese Treaty of Commerce and Navigation
The Anglo-Japanese Treaty of Commerce and Navigation signed by Britain and Japan, on 16 July 1894, was a breakthrough agreement; it heralded the end of the unequal treaties and the system of extraterritoriality in Japan. The treaty came into force on 17 July 1899.
- Kitakyushu Film Commission
- The Kitakyushu Film Commission is an organisation aiming to promote locations in the city of Kitakyushu for movies, television dramas, travel programs, commercials etc. and to support film makers when they come to the city to shoot on location
- West Japan Industrial Club
- The West Japan Industrial Club is in Tobata ward, Kitakyushu. It was designed by Tatsuno Kingo and is his only surviving private house
- Tamariba Club
- Tamariba Club is a rugby union club in Tokyo, so-called because it is located near the Tama River (Tamagawa). It has been in existence since 2000, and has also been the top club side in Japan for most of that time. Most of the players are former members
- Cheltonian Society
- An Old Cheltonian (O.C.) is a former pupil of Cheltenham College, a public school in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England. The organisation based at the College which coordinates O.C. activity is called the Cheltonian Society. The Cheltonian Society is an
- Technical education in Japan
- Technical education in Japan occurs at both secondary, further and tertiary education levels. The initial nine-years of education is compulsory and uniform in coursework
- European Association for Japanese Studies
- The European Association for Japanese Studies was established in 1973 by European scholars in order to facilitate academic exchange in the field of Japanese studies within Europe
- Katsuyuki Kiyomiya
- Katsuyuki Kiyomiya is a notable Japanese rugby union coach, formerly of Waseda University RFC (2001–06) and now of Suntory Sungoliath. Many in Japan had hoped he would coach the national side in the future however after he criticized the then current
- Joseph Henry Longford
- Joseph Henry Longford was a British consular official in the British Japan Consular Service from 24 February 1869 until 15 August 1902. He was Consul in Formosa (1895–97) after the First Sino-Japanese War and at Nagasaki (1897–1902
- Onishi Tetsunosuke
- Onishi Tetsunosuke was a professor of Waseda University, coach of the Japan national rugby union team and Waseda University Rugby Football Club. He has been described as a Japanese Carwyn James and was a coach of considerable achievements. He also served
- International Space Station cannabis experiment hoax
- The stoner astronaut hoax is an Internet hoax that purports to show an image of Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield holding a large baggie of cannabis to demonstrate an experiment concerning getting high by smoking cannabis on the International Space