Tokyo in the Space Age
The atlas holds 52 people and 81 moments here, from 1957 to 2026. The most recorded lives are Shinzo Abe, Ichirou Mizuki and Momoko Kōchi.
Notable people
Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
in 2008
1 moment here
Malaysian civil servant and politician who served as Malaysia’s fifth prime minister from 2003 to 2009.…
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.…
Akira Kurosawa
in 1998
1 moment here
Japanese filmmaker, screenwriter, producer, editor, and painter. Kurosawa directed 30 feature films between 1943 and 1993, including Rashomon, Seven…
Alan MacDiarmid
in 1975
1 moment here
New Zealand-American chemist and 2000 Nobel laureate in Chemistry, known for co-developing conductive polymers.…
Alberto Fujimori
from 1992 to 2005
3 moments here
Peruvian agricultural engineer, university rector, and president of Peru from 1990 to 2000. His presidency combined market reforms and…
Atal Bihari Vajpayee
in 2001
1 moment here
Indian statesman, poet, journalist and Bharatiya Janata Party leader who served as India’s prime minister in 1996 and from 1998 to 2004.…
Benigno Aquino III
from 2011 to 2015
2 moments here
Benigno Simeon Cojuangco Aquino III, known as Noynoy Aquino or PNoy, was a Filipino politician who served as president of the Philippines from 2010…
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,…
Diana, Princess of Wales
in 1995
1 moment here
Diana Frances Spencer (1961–1997) was Princess of Wales from 1981 until her divorce in 1996.…
Diego Maradona
in 1979
1 moment here
Argentine football player and manager Diego Armando Maradona (1960–2020) was a central figure in world football.…
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,…
Edgar Lungu
in 2018
1 moment here
Edgar Chagwa Lungu was a Zambian lawyer and politician who served as Zambia's sixth president from 2015 to 2021.…
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…
Freddie Mercury
in 1975
1 moment here
Freddie Mercury (Farrokh Bulsara) was a British singer, songwriter, pianist, and lead vocalist of Queen.…
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…
George Michael
from 1988 to 1991
2 moments here
English singer-songwriter and record producer, born Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou in East Finchley, England.…
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…
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.…
Hirohito
in 1989
1 moment here
Hirohito (posthumously Emperor Shōwa) was Emperor of Japan from 25 December 1926 until his death in 1989.…
Hugo Chávez
in 1999
1 moment here
Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías was a Venezuelan army officer and politician who led the failed February 1992 coup attempt, became president of Venezuela in…
Ichirou Mizuki
from 1964 to 2022
6 moments here
Japanese singer, lyricist, composer, voice actor, and actor, born Toshio Hayakawa. Known as the “Emperor of Anime Songs,” Mizuki recorded theme songs…
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).…
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…
Jiang Zemin
from 1992 to 1998
2 moments here
Jiang Zemin was a Chinese electrical engineer and politician who served as General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party from 1989 to 2002,…
Moments
- 1957 Welcoming address at International PEN Congress Yasunari Kawabata
- 1957 Visit to Tokyo Jawaharlal Nehru
- 1958 Studies at Showa Women's University Junko Tabei
- 1958 State visit to Japan Rajendra Prasad
- 1961 State dinner in Tokyo Park Chung Hee
- 1963 Receives Asian Film Festival honours in Tokyo P. Ramlee
- 1963 State visit to Japan Bhumibol Adulyadej
- 1964 Jazz-café contest victory Ichirou Mizuki
- 1964 Second Olympic marathon gold Abebe Bikila
- 1965 Lectures in Tokyo Dorothy Hodgkin
- 1968 A Doll's House at Sabo Kaikan Hall Momoko Kōchi
- 1969 Tokyo University Zenkyōtō debate Yukio Mishima
- 1970 Mishima Incident at Camp Ichigaya Yukio Mishima
- 1972 Return to Setagaya home Eisaku Satō
- 1972 First exile in Tokyo Kim Dae-jung
- 1973 Return to Tokyo Yayoi Kusama
- 1973 Kidnapped from Hotel Grand Palace Kim Dae-jung
- 1973 State visit to Tokyo Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
- 1974 Japan state visit Gerald Ford
- 1975 Lecture and meeting at Tokyo Institute of Technology Alan MacDiarmid
- 1975 World tour in Japan Freddie Mercury
- 1975 Dinner at Shikiraku in Tsukiji Eisaku Satō
- 1975 Death at Jikei University Medical Center Eisaku Satō
- 1976 Antonio Inoki exhibition Muhammad Ali
- 1976 Tokyo after China visit Gough Whitlam
- 1977 Seikei University graduation Shinzo Abe
- 1977 Permanent residence at Seiwa Hospital Yayoi Kusama
- 1977 Tokyo press conference John Lennon
- 1979 Tokyo and Shimoda visit Jimmy Carter
- 1979 World Youth Championship final Diego Maradona
- 1982 Nuclear-disarmament lecture tour of Japan Maurice Wilkins
- 1982 Address to the United Nations Association of Japan Javier Pérez de Cuéllar
- 1983 State visit to Japan Olav V
- 1983 Makes Tokyo state visit Ronald Reagan
- 1985 Last solo concert before semi-retirement Teresa Teng
- 1985 Brighton Beach Memoirs at PARCO Theatre Momoko Kōchi
- 1985 Speech to Japan's National Diet Rajiv Gandhi
- 1986 Attends Tokyo economic summit Ronald Reagan
- 1988 Faith Tour opening night George Michael
- 1989 Death at Fukiage Palace Hirohito
- 1989 Emperor Hirohito funeral trip George H. W. Bush
- 1989 Tokyo airport transit Liu Xiaobo
- 1989 Receives Japanese honor in Tokyo Ronald Reagan
- 1989 Broadway Bound at PARCO Theatre Momoko Kōchi
- 1990 Nude Tour in Tokyo Prince
- 1991 Cover to Cover concert at Tokyo Dome George Michael
- 1991 Tokyo state visit Mikhail Gorbachev
- 1992 Speech to the Japanese Diet Alberto Fujimori
- 1992 Goodwill visit to Tokyo Jiang Zemin
- 1993 Ishiro Honda memorial service Toshiro Mifune