Osaka, Japan

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Osaka, Japan

LOCATION

Official Website:
http://www.city.osaka.jp/

Population:
2,624,129 (2003)

COMPANY HEADQUARTERS

Company Founded

Nissin Food Products 1958
Minolta 1928
Matsushita 1918
Takeda Pharmaceutical 1781

BIRTHS

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Leo Esaki Physicist 12-Mar-1925 Electron tunneling

Toshihiko Fukui Government 7-Sep-1935 Governor of the Bank of Japan

Yasunari Kawabata Author 11-Jun-1899 16-Apr-1972 The Masters of Go

Hwang Jang Lee Actor 13-Dec-1944 Drunken Master

Takashi Miike Film Director 24-Aug-1960 Ichi the Killer

Lee Myung-Bak Head of State 19-Dec-1941 President of South Korea, 2008-13

Kenzo Tange Architect 4-Sep-1913 22-Mar-2005 Designed Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima

Isuzu Yamada Actor 5-Feb-1917 9-Jul-2012 Yojimbo

DEATHS

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Matsuo Basho Poet 1644 12-Oct-1694 Haiku master

Konosuke Matsushita Business 27-Nov-1894 27-Apr-1989 Founder of Matsushita Electric Industrial Co.

Yoichiro Nambu Physicist 18-Jan-1921 5-Jul-2015 Spontaneous broken symmetry

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