Nosaka
Nosaka is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Akiyuki Nosaka (1930–2015), Japanese novelist, singer, lyricist, and former member of the House of Councillors * Keiko Nosaka (born 1938), prominent Japanese koto player, specializing in contemporary music * Koken Nosaka (1924–2004), Japanese politician *Sanzō Nosaka (1892–1993), the co-founder of the Japanese Communist Party See also *Nosaka, Chiba was a town located in Sōsa District Chiba Prefecture, Japan. Noda and Sakae villages were established on April 1, 1889, within Sōsa District, Chiba. The two villages merged on July 17, 1954, to form Nosaka Town. On January 23, 2006, Nozaka w ..., town located in Sōsa District, Chiba Prefecture, Japan {{surname, Nosaka Japanese-language surnames ...
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Sanzō Nosaka
was a Japanese writer, editor, labor organizer, communist agent, politician, and university professor and the founder of the Japanese Communist Party (JCP). He was the son of a wealthy Japanese merchant, and attended the prestigious Keio University. While in university, Nosaka became interested in social movements, and joined a moderate labor organization after graduation, working as a research staff member, and as a writer and editor of the organization's magazine. He traveled to Britain in 1919 to study political economy, where he deepened his studies of Marxism and became a confirmed communist. Nosaka was a founding member of the Communist Party of Great Britain, but his activity within British communist circles led to him being deported from Britain in 1921. After leaving Britain, Nosaka traveled through the Soviet Union (USSR). He returned to Japan in 1922, where he co-founded the Japanese Communist Party (JCP). Nosaka became a labor organizer, but was arrested twice by ...
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Akiyuki Nosaka
was a Japanese novelist, singer, lyricist, and member of the House of Councillors. As a broadcasting writer he used the name and his alias as a chanson singer was . Early life Nosaka was born in Kamakura, Kanagawa, the son of Sukeyuki Nosaka, who was an official of the Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Construction. Together with his sisters he grew up as an adopted child of a Harimaya family in Nada, Kobe, Hyōgo. His foster mother, Aiko, was his maternal aunt. Nosaka is part of the "Generation of the Ashes" (), which includes other writers like Kenzaburō Ōe and Makoto Oda. One of his sisters died as the result of malnutrition, and his adoptive father died during the 1945 bombing of Kobe in World War II. Another sister died of malnutrition in Fukui. Nosaka would later base his short story " Grave of the Fireflies" on these experiences. Career Nosaka is well known for children's stories about war. Two of his short stories, "Grave of the Fireflies" and "American Hijiki", ...
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Koken Nosaka
was a Japanese politician. He was first elected to the Diet of Japan in 1972, representing a district in southern Tottori Prefecture. A member of the Social Democratic Party, he served as construction minister and chief cabinet secretary in the cabinet led by Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama. Liberal Democratic Party politician Yōhei Kōno is a Japanese politician and a former President of the Liberal Democratic Party. He served as Speaker of the House of Representatives from November 2003 until August 2009, when the LDP lost its majority in the 2009 election. Kōno served as sp ... described Nosaka as "the main player" in forming the LDP-SDP coalition governments of the mid-1990s. References , - 1924 births 2004 deaths Japan Socialist Party politicians Members of the House of Representatives (Japan) Social Democratic Party (Japan) politicians 20th-century Japanese politicians {{Japan-politician-1920s-stub ...
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Nosaka, Chiba
was a town located in Sōsa District Chiba Prefecture, Japan. Noda and Sakae villages were established on April 1, 1889, within Sōsa District, Chiba. The two villages merged on July 17, 1954, to form Nosaka Town. On January 23, 2006, Nozaka was merged with the neighboring city of Yōkaichiba to create the city of Sōsa is a city located in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 35,674 in 14,688 households and a population density of 350 persons per km². The total area of the city is . Geography Sōsa is located in far northeaste .... Dissolved municipalities of Chiba Prefecture Sōsa {{Chiba-geo-stub ...
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Keiko Nosaka
Keiko may refer to: *Keiko (given name), a feminine Japanese given name *Emperor Keiko *Keiko (orca), a performing killer whale best known for the film ''Free Willy'' ** "Keiko" (song), a single by Lucerito dedicated to Keiko the orca *Keiko (musician), the lead vocalist of the Japanese band Globe *Keiko eiga, Japanese tendency film *Keiko O'Brien, fictional character in 1990s ''Star Trek'' TV shows ''The Next Generation'' and ''Deep Space Nine'' * ''Keiko'' (film), a 1979 Japanese film * Keiko, a kind of Japanese armour * Keiko Fujimori, Peruvian politician and daughter of Alberto Fujimori See also * Kiko (other) *Quico (other) Quico or Quicos may refer to: People * Quico (footballer) (José Antonio Ruiz Palácios, born 1961), former Spanish soccer player * Quico Canseco (born 1949), American politician * Quico Chacón (born 1934), former professional footballer who pl ...