Category: Japan

National Pasokon King Kong

National is a brand used by Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. to sell home appliances, personal appliances, and industrial appliances and was the first name used by Konosuke Matsushita’s electric firm to sell his battery-powered bicycle lamps, hoping that they would be a product used by all of Japan, hence the name “National”. It was arguably the first well-known brand of Japanese electronics.

MSX was the name of a standardized home computer architecture in the 1980s. It was a Microsoft-led attempt to create unified standards among hardware makers, conceived by one-time Microsoft Japan executive Kazuhiko Nishi. Despite Microsoft’s involvement, MSX-based machines were seldom seen in the United States but were hugely popular in other markets. Eventually 5 million MSX-based units were sold world-wide.

King Kong is the name of the fictional giant ape, from the fictional Skull Island, who has appeared in several works, most of which bear his name, including the groundbreaking 1933 film, the film remakes of 1976 and 2005, and numerous sequels and paraphernalia.

The Beatles Budokan Security

The Beatles were the first rock group to perform [at the Nippon Budokan (日本武道館, Nippon Budōkan)] in a series of shows in June/July 1966; their appearances were met with suitable opposition who felt the appearance of a western pop group would defile the martial arts arena. By 1978, however, the arena gained worldwide fame when American artists Bob Dylan and Cheap Trick used the arena to record their concert albums, Bob Dylan at Budokan (1978) and At Budokan (1979), respectively.

The Beatles were an English rock band from Liverpool whose members were John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr. They are among the most commercially successful, and one of the most critically acclaimed bands in the history of popular music. Their innovative music and cultural impact helped define the 1960s.

Duran Duran Makes the Dolls Cry Suntory Whiskey Q

Due to wartime shortage of World War II, Kotobukiya [the company that would become Suntory] was briefly forced to halt its development of new products. In 1961, Kotobukiya launched the famous “Drink This Whiskey and Go to Hawaii” campaign. At the time, a trip abroad was considered a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

Duran Duran is a British pop/rock band notable for a long series of popular, synthesiser-driven hit singles and vivid music videos. They were the most commercially successful of the New Romantic bands, and a leading band in the MTV-driven Second British Invasion of the United States. They are still often identified as an “Eighties band” despite continuous recording and chart success over their twenty-eight year history.

“Is There Something I Should Know?” is the eighth single from the British pop band Duran Duran. It was released in March 1983 and became the band’s first UK Number One record. In New Zealand, it was the longest-running Number One single of 1983, staying atop the charts for nine weeks. It also reached #4 in the United States.