WThe 1st Helicopter Brigade is based at JGSDF Camp Kisarazu in Kisarazu, in Chiba Prefecture. Formerly an independent brigade, it was attached to the Central Readiness Force on March 28, 2007. Like most JGSDF units, the brigade's aircraft are deployed to conduct exercises from their Kisarazu base annually during the New Year period.
WCosina Co., Ltd. is a manufacturer of high-end optical glass, optical precision equipment, cameras, video and electronic related equipment, based in Nakano, Nagano Prefecture, Japan.
WFujieda City Hall Soccer Club is a Japanese football club based in Fujieda, Shizuoka. The club has played in Japan Soccer League Division 2. Currently plays in Tōkai Adult League.
WIshikawa Prefectural Museum of Art , also known as IPMA, is the main art gallery of Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan. It is one of Japan's many museums which are supported by a prefecture.
WIzu Shaboten Zoo is a zoological park and botanical garden in Itō, Shizuoka, Japan. Founded in 1959, the zoo is currently notable for its exhibited capybaras and succulent greenhouses and is open year-round.
WThe Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum is a museum which includes a library, reference rooms and Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame .
WKansai Super Market Ltd. is a supermarket chain named for the Kansai region of Japan where its stores are located. Its logo is a bird in the shape of a K. According to the Kansai Super website, as of 2011 it has 60 stores: 11 in Kōbe city, 17 in the greater Hanshin area of Hyogo Prefecture, 9 in the northern part of Ōsaka Prefecture, 14 in Ōsaka city, 5 in eastern Ōsaka, 3 in southern Ōsaka, and one in Nara, Nara Prefecture.
WKobe City College of Nursing is a public university in Kobe, Hyōgo, Japan. The predecessor of the school was founded in 1959, and it was chartered as a university in 1996.
WManga Sunday , also known by the nickname Mansun (漫サン), is a defunct Japanese weekly seinen manga magazine published by Jitsugyo no Nihon Sha. It started to be published under the name Weekly Manga Sunday in 1959. On June 5, 2012, it start to be published twice in a month and the "Weekly" was dropped from its name. On February 19, 2013, the last issue was published and the magazine was declared defunct by Jitsugyo no Nihon Sha.
WJOOY-DTV, virtual channel 4, branded as MBS TV , is the Kansai region key station of the Japan News Network, owned by Mainichi Broadcasting System, Inc.
WMori Building Company, Limited is a Japanese family-owned property management firm. As of 2015 its president and CEO is Shingo Tsuji. Its headquarters are in the Roppongi Hills Mori Tower in Roppongi, Minato, Tokyo.
WThe National Museum of Western Art is the premier public art gallery in Japan specializing in art from the Western tradition.
WNihon Bungeisha , or Nichibun (にちぶん), is a book and magazine publisher established in 1959 and based in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan.
WThe Nihon Ukulele Association is a Japanese association for ukulele players. It was founded in 1959 by Yukihiko Haida, a Hawaiian-born nisei who moved to Japan at a young age.
WNippon Menard Cosmetic Co., Ltd. is a cosmetics company and health foods manufacturer based in Nagoya, central Japan.
WSeiban Kyūryō Prefectural Natural Park is a Prefectural Natural Park in southwest Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. Established in 1959, the park spans the municipalities of Aioi, Himeji, and Tatsuno. Sites of interest include Mounts Shosha, Hiromine, Masui , Minō , Kame, and Higashiyama; temples Zuigan-ji and Engyō-ji; and Hiromine Jinja .
WSendai Thermal Power Station is an LNG-fired thermal power station operated by Tohoku Electric in the town of Shichigahama, Miyagi, Japan. The facility is located on Matsushima Bay along the Pacific coast of Honshu.
WShibireko Prefectural Natural Park is a Prefectural Natural Park in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan. Established in 1959, the park's central feature is Lake Shibire . The park is wholly within the municipality of Ichikawamisato.
WShin-Nagoya Thermal Power Station is a thermal power station operated by JERA in the Minato Ward of the city of Nagoya. Aichi Prefecture. Japan. The facility is located at the northern end of Chita Peninsula.
WShoei Co., Ltd is a Japanese company that produces a line of motorsport helmets.
WWeekly Shōnen Magazine is a weekly shōnen manga anthology published on Wednesdays in Japan by Kodansha, first published on March 17, 1959. The magazine is mainly read by an older audience, with a large portion of its readership falling under the male high school or college student demographic. According to circulation figures accumulated by the Japanese Magazine Publishers Association, circulation of the magazine has dropped in every quarter since records were first collected in April–June, 2008. This is however, not an isolated occurrence as digital media continues to be on the rise.
WWeekly Shōnen Sunday is a weekly shōnen manga magazine published in Japan by Shogakukan since March 1959. Contrary to its title, Weekly Shōnen Sunday issues are released on Wednesdays. Weekly Shōnen Sunday has sold over 1.8 billion copies since 1986, making it the fourth best selling manga magazine, only behind Weekly Shōnen Jump, Weekly Shōnen Magazine and Weekly Young Jump.
WShuto Expressway is a network of toll expressways in the Greater Tokyo Area of Japan. It is operated and maintained by the Metropolitan Expressway Company Limited .
WTajima Sangaku Prefectural Natural Park is a Prefectural Natural Park in northern Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. Established in 1959, the park spans the municipalities of Kami, Shin'onsen, Toyooka, and Yabu. The designation of the park protects the habitat of the Japanese giant salamander, Japanese macaque, and tanuki.
WTakamine Co., Ltd. is a Japanese guitar manufacturer based in Nakatsugawa, Gifu, Japan. Takamine is known for its steel-string acoustic guitars.
WTokushima Prefectural Museum is a prefectural museum in Tokushima, Japan, dedicated to the nature, archaeology, history, folklore, and art of Tokushima Prefecture. It first opened in 1959 and reopened in new premises in 1990.
WYaesu, founded as Yaesu Musen Co., Ltd. in 1959 by a Japanese radio amateur Sako Hasegawa with call sign JA1MP in the Tokyo neighborhood of Yaesu, is a Japanese brand of commercial and amateur radio equipment.
WYamaguchi Prefectural Archives opened in Yamaguchi, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan, in 1959 as the country's first dedicated modern archival institution.