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Apr 11, 2024 · David Madison/Getty Images. Tokyo CNN —. Pioneering US-born former sumo wrestling champion Akebono has died, his family announced in a statement Thursday. Widely considered to have blazed a ...
2 days ago · 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 ...
- 1936–1945
- Biological weapons, Chemical weapons, Explosives
- Estimated 3,000 to 300,000, 400,000 or higher from biological warfare, Over 3,000 from inside experiments from each unit (not including branches, 1940–1945 only): 20 , At least 10,000 prisoners died, No documented survivors
Apr 11, 2024 · SHARE. Apr 11, 2024. Former sumo wrestler Akebono, the first foreign-born yokozuna, has died from heart failure, media reported Thursday. He was 54. Akebono had been battling an illness since ...
Apr 10, 2024 · Akebono, First Foreign-Born Sumo Grand Champion, Dies at 54. Born in Hawaii, he moved to Japan in 1988 and won 11 grand championships. His success drove a resurgence in the sport’s popularity ...
2 days ago · Akihito (明仁, Japanese: [akiꜜçi̥to]; English: / ˌækiˈhiːtoʊ / ⓘ AK-ee-HEE-tohor / ˌɑːk -/ AHK-; born 23 December 1933) is a member of the Imperial House of Japan who reigned as the 125th emperor of Japan from 1989 until his abdication in 2019. The era of his rule was named the Heisei (平成) era, Heisei being an expression of ...
- 7 January 1989 – 30 April 2019
- Princess Nagako Kuni
Apr 11, 2024 · Hawaii-born Akebono, one of the greats of sumo wresting and a former grand champion, is reported to have died earlier this month of heart failure while receiving care at a hospital in Tokyo, the ...
Apr 18, 2024 · The ARY family was pioneer in private TV in Pakistan. ARY, as abbreviated for Abdul Razzak Yaqoob, runs a network of TV channels and its business empire is spread across the globe. Not only in TV broadcast, the family does businesses in film production as well. Abdul Razzak Yaqoob was a gold bullion trader who founded ARY Gold company in the ...
