Tokyo in the Cold War

The atlas holds 48 people and 66 moments here, from 1947 to 1991. The most recorded lives are Ronald Reagan, Yukio Mishima and Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan.

Notable people

  1. Abebe Bikila

    in 1964

    1 moment here

    Ethiopian marathon runner and Imperial Guard officer who won Olympic marathon gold in Rome in 1960 and Tokyo in 1964, both in world-record time.…

  2. Akira Kurosawa

    in 1953

    1 moment here

    Japanese filmmaker, screenwriter, producer, editor, and painter. Kurosawa directed 30 feature films between 1943 and 1993, including Rashomon, Seven…

  3. Alan MacDiarmid

    in 1975

    1 moment here

    New Zealand-American chemist and 2000 Nobel laureate in Chemistry, known for co-developing conductive polymers.…

  4. Bhumibol Adulyadej

    in 1963

    1 moment here

    Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX) was King of Thailand from 1946 to 2016. Born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, he grew up partly in Thailand and Switzerland,…

  5. Diego Maradona

    in 1979

    1 moment here

    Argentine football player and manager Diego Armando Maradona (1960–2020) was a central figure in world football.…

  6. Dorothy Hodgkin

    in 1965

    1 moment here

    English chemist and X-ray crystallographer Dorothy Mary Crowfoot Hodgkin determined major biomolecular structures including penicillin, vitamin B12,…

  7. Eisaku Satō

    from 1972 to 1975

    3 moments here

    Japanese politician and prime minister of Japan from 1964 to 1972. A former railway bureaucrat, Satō led Japan during rapid economic growth, pursued…

  8. Freddie Mercury

    in 1975

    1 moment here

    Freddie Mercury (Farrokh Bulsara) was a British singer, songwriter, pianist, and lead vocalist of Queen.…

  9. George H. W. Bush

    in 1989

    1 moment here

    George Herbert Walker Bush was an American naval aviator, oil executive, congressman, diplomat, director of central intelligence, vice president, and…

  10. George Michael

    from 1988 to 1991

    2 moments here

    English singer-songwriter and record producer, born Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou in East Finchley, England.…

  11. Gerald Ford

    in 1974

    1 moment here

    Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. (born Leslie Lynch King Jr.) was the 38th president of the United States, serving from 1974 to 1977 after having served as…

  12. Gough Whitlam

    in 1976

    1 moment here

    Edward Gough Whitlam was an Australian lawyer, Royal Australian Air Force navigator, Labor politician and the 21st prime minister of Australia.…

  13. Hideki Tojo

    in 1948

    2 moments here

    Japanese Imperial Army officer and politician who served as Japan's prime minister from 1941 to 1944.…

  14. Hirohito

    from 1952 to 1989

    2 moments here

    Hirohito (posthumously Emperor Shōwa) was Emperor of Japan from 25 December 1926 until his death in 1989.…

  15. Ichirou Mizuki

    from 1948 to 1964

    2 moments here

    Japanese singer, lyricist, composer, voice actor, and actor, born Toshio Hayakawa. Known as the “Emperor of Anime Songs,” Mizuki recorded theme songs…

  16. Javier Pérez de Cuéllar

    in 1982

    1 moment here

    Peruvian diplomat and politician who became the fifth Secretary-General of the United Nations (1982–1991).…

  17. Jawaharlal Nehru

    in 1957

    1 moment here

    Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist and statesman who became independent India’s first prime minister, serving from 15 August 1947 until his…

  18. Jimmy Carter

    in 1979

    1 moment here

    James Earl Carter Jr. was an American naval officer, Georgia state senator and governor, the 39th president of the United States, and a…

  19. John Lennon

    in 1977

    1 moment here

    English musician, songwriter, artist and peace activist; co-founder of the Beatles. This chronology records documented physical presence at…

  20. Junko Tabei

    in 1958

    1 moment here

    Japanese mountaineer, author, and teacher. Tabei became the first woman to summit Mount Everest in 1975 and the first woman to complete the Seven…

  21. Kenzaburō Ōe

    from 1953 to 1954

    2 moments here

    Japanese novelist, short-story writer, essayist, Nobel laureate, and prominent pacifist and anti-nuclear campaigner.…

  22. Kim Dae-jung

    from 1972 to 1973

    2 moments here

    South Korean politician, democracy activist, and eighth president of South Korea (1998–2003).…

  23. Le Corbusier

    in 1955

    1 moment here

    Charles-Édouard Jeanneret-Gris, known as Le Corbusier, was a Swiss-born French architect, designer, painter, writer, and urban planner.…

  24. Liu Xiaobo

    in 1989

    1 moment here

    Chinese literary critic, writer, professor, human-rights activist, and 2010 Nobel Peace Prize laureate.…

Moments

  1. 1947 University of Tokyo graduation Yukio Mishima
  2. 1948 Tokyo Trial testimony Hideki Tojo
  3. 1948 Birth in Setagaya Ichirou Mizuki
  4. 1948 Execution at Sugamo Prison Hideki Tojo
  5. 1950 Visit to Japan during exile Ngô Đình Diệm
  6. 1950 Marriage at Aoyama Gakuin Methodist Church Toshiro Mifune
  7. 1952 Chargé d'affaires in Tokyo Octavio Paz
  8. 1952 Peace-treaty anniversary ceremony Hirohito
  9. 1953 Seven Samurai production at Toho Studios Akira Kurosawa
  10. 1953 First move to Tokyo Kenzaburō Ōe
  11. 1953 Arrival for Japan tour Louis Armstrong
  12. 1954 French-literature studies at the University of Tokyo Kenzaburō Ōe
  13. 1954 Stayed at Tokyo's Imperial Hotel Marilyn Monroe
  14. 1954 Birth in Shinjuku Shinzo Abe
  15. 1955 Tokyo arrival during Japanese cultural mission William Faulkner
  16. 1955 Japan trip for National Museum project Le Corbusier
  17. 1956 Arrival at Haneda Airport Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
  18. 1956 Inaugural lecture in Tokyo Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
  19. 1956 Meeting at Tokyo Imperial Palace Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
  20. 1957 Welcoming address at International PEN Congress Yasunari Kawabata
  21. 1957 Visit to Tokyo Jawaharlal Nehru
  22. 1958 Studies at Showa Women's University Junko Tabei
  23. 1958 State visit to Japan Rajendra Prasad
  24. 1961 State dinner in Tokyo Park Chung Hee
  25. 1963 Receives Asian Film Festival honours in Tokyo P. Ramlee
  26. 1963 State visit to Japan Bhumibol Adulyadej
  27. 1964 Jazz-café contest victory Ichirou Mizuki
  28. 1964 Second Olympic marathon gold Abebe Bikila
  29. 1965 Lectures in Tokyo Dorothy Hodgkin
  30. 1968 A Doll's House at Sabo Kaikan Hall Momoko Kōchi
  31. 1969 Tokyo University Zenkyōtō debate Yukio Mishima
  32. 1970 Mishima Incident at Camp Ichigaya Yukio Mishima
  33. 1972 Return to Setagaya home Eisaku Satō
  34. 1972 First exile in Tokyo Kim Dae-jung
  35. 1973 Return to Tokyo Yayoi Kusama
  36. 1973 Kidnapped from Hotel Grand Palace Kim Dae-jung
  37. 1973 State visit to Tokyo Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
  38. 1974 Japan state visit Gerald Ford
  39. 1975 Lecture and meeting at Tokyo Institute of Technology Alan MacDiarmid
  40. 1975 World tour in Japan Freddie Mercury
  41. 1975 Dinner at Shikiraku in Tsukiji Eisaku Satō
  42. 1975 Death at Jikei University Medical Center Eisaku Satō
  43. 1976 Antonio Inoki exhibition Muhammad Ali
  44. 1976 Tokyo after China visit Gough Whitlam
  45. 1977 Seikei University graduation Shinzo Abe
  46. 1977 Permanent residence at Seiwa Hospital Yayoi Kusama
  47. 1977 Tokyo press conference John Lennon
  48. 1979 Tokyo and Shimoda visit Jimmy Carter
  49. 1979 World Youth Championship final Diego Maradona
  50. 1982 Nuclear-disarmament lecture tour of Japan Maurice Wilkins

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