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Kobayashi, Makoto

(Encyclopedia) Kobayashi, Makoto, 1944–, Japanese physicist, Ph.D. Kyoto Univ., 1972. Kobayashi taught at Kyoto Univ. (1972–79) and the National Laboratory of High Energy Physics, Tsukuba, Japan (…

Maskawa, Toshihide

(Encyclopedia) Maskawa, Toshihide, 1940–, Japanese physicist, Ph.D. Nagoya Univ., 1967. Maskawa was a research associate at Nagoya Univ. from 1967–70 and then joined the faculty at Kyoto Univ., where…

Nambu, Yoichiro

(Encyclopedia) Nambu, YoichiroNambu, Yoichiroyoiˈchērō nämˈb&oomacr; [key], 1921–2015, Japanese-American physicist, b. Tokyo, D.Sc. Univ. of Tokyo, 1952. He studied at the Institute for Advanced…

judo

(Encyclopedia) judojudoj&oomacr;ˈdō [key], sport of Japanese origin that makes use of the principles of jujitsu, a weaponless system of self-defense. Buddhist monks in China, Japan, and Tibet…

LPGA Tour

LATE 1997Last RdTournamentWinnerEarningsRunner-UpNov. 9Toray Japan Queens CupLiselotte Neumann (205)$112,500L. Kane (206)Nov. 23ITT Tour ChampionshipAnnika Sorenstam (277)*160,000L. Kane…

The Eel

Director: Shohei Imamura Writers: Motofumi Tomikawa, Daisuke Tengan and Shohei Imamura New Yorker Films; NR; 117 minutes Release: 8/98 Cast: Koji Yakusho, Misa Shimizu,…

1963 Cannes Film Festival

Palme d'OrThe Leopard, Luchino Visconti (France/Italy)Special Jury PrizeHarakiri, Masaki Kobayashi (Japan)A Cat, Vojtech Jasny (Czechoslovakia)Best ActorRichard Harris, This Sporting Life (…