WAsuka Historical National Government Park is a National Government Park established in Asuka, Nara Prefecture, Japan in 1974. The park comprises five areas: the Amakashi-no-Oka Area, where there is an observatory with a view over the old capitals of Asuka and Fujiwara-kyō and of Yamato Sanzan; the Iwaido Area, similarly with views to Yamato Sanzan as well as over the terraced rice fields of "Inner Asuka"; the Ishibutai Area; the Takamatsuzuka Area; and the Kitora Tumulus Area.
WChiba Prefectural Museum of Art opened in Chiba, Chiba Prefecture, Japan in 1974. The focus of the collection is the work of local artists and of artists with connections to Chiba, and it includes paintings by Asai Chū, Millais, Corot, and Antonio Fontanesi.
WDynamic Planning Co., Ltd. is a licensing company owned by manga artist Go Nagai. It was established in 1974 as a sister company of Dynamic Productions.
WHana to Yume , also known as HanaYume (花ゆめ), is a semi-monthly Japanese shōjo manga magazine published by Hakusensha on the 5th and 20th of every month. The magazine is B5-size, and always comes with furoku or free supplements, such as drama CDs, pencil boards (shitajiki), manga anthologies, stationery, and calendars. Hana to Yume was ranked 4th by Japanese girls as their favourite manga anthology in a survey conducted by Oricon in 2006.
WThe Health Sciences University of Hokkaido (HSUH) is a private university in Tobetsu, Hokkaido, Japan, established in 1974. The president is Norio Niikawa.
WThe Ibaraki Prefectural Museum of History is a local history museum in Mito, Ibaraki, Japan. It is one of Japan's many museums which are supported by a prefecture.
WChiba Municipal Inage Senior High School is a senior high school located in Chiba City, Chiba Prefecture, Japan. It is one of two municipally-controlled high schools in Chiba City.
WIshikawa Athletics Stadium is an athletic stadium in Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan.
WJapan Echo was an English-language periodical on Japanese issues which was initially published in print form by Japan Echo Inc. between 1974 and 2010. Consisting mainly of translations into English of magazine and news articles originally published in Japanese, Japan Echo was launched with the support of Japan's Foreign Affairs Ministry "to enable people abroad to learn what the Japanese themselves are thinking and writing about the issues of the day." Though independently published, the Japanese government provided most of Japan Echo's funding for the duration of its existence.
WThe Kanazawa Yasue Gold Leaf Museum is a museum about gold leaf in Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan.
WKeyence Corporation is a direct sales organization that develops and manufactures automation sensors, vision systems, barcode readers, laser markers, measuring instruments, and digital microscopes.
WKubote Historical Museum opened in Buzen, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan in 1974. The collection includes some five thousand items relating to the shugendō practices of Mount Kubote , a National Historic Site, and of Japan more generally and there is also material relating to Buzen Kagura, an Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property. In November 2017 the museum closed for several months for works on the ageing building and in February 2018 Buzen City appealed to the prefectural government for funds for a replacement facility.
WMicroman was a science fiction toyline created, manufactured and marketed by Takara Co., Ltd. from 1974 to 1984 as well as from 1998 to 2007. The Microman line was a series of 3.75-inch-tall (9.5 cm) action figures with accompanying vehicles, robots, playsets and accessories. Unlike other toylines at the time, Microman figures were marketed as being the "actual" size of cyborg beings called "Micros" that hailed from a fictional planet known as "Micro Earth" and disguised themselves as action figures while on planet Earth.
WMizunami Fossil Museum is a museum of fossils in Mizunami, Gifu Prefecture, Japan. The Museum, which opened in 1974, has a special focus on the palaeoenvironment of the area and on the fossils of the Miocene Mizunami Group. The collection includes some 250,000 fossils, of which around 3,000 are included in the permanent display.
WMurone Kōgen Prefectural Natural Park is a Prefectural Natural Park in Iwate Prefecture, Japan. Established in 1974, the park spans the municipalities of Ichinoseki and Rikuzentakata.
WThe Museum of Maritime Science is a marine science museum located in Higashiyashio, Shinagawa, Tokyo on Odaiba island, Japan. Exhibits include Japanese boats, items related to the navy, shipping industry, fishing, sailing, maritime recreation, ship design and building, and the environment of the seas and oceans around Japan. The museum building itself is modelled after the British ocean liner Queen Elizabeth 2.
WThe Museum of Modern Art, Gunma opened in Takasaki, Gunma Prefecture, Japan, in 1974. The collection includes works by Monet, Renoir, and Soga Jasoku.
WNara Prefectural Museum of Folklore opened in Yamatokōriyama, Nara Prefecture, Japan, in 1974. Located at the foot of the Yata Hills within the 26.6 hectare Yamato Folk Park (大和民俗公園), the Museum collects, preserves, and displays artefacts relating to everyday life in Nara Prefecture from the Edo period to the Shōwa 40s. Among the forty-two thousand objects in the collection are 1,908 relating to forestry in the Yoshino District that have been jointly designated an Important Cultural Property. In the adjacent park are fifteen Edo-period minka, relocated from elsewhere in the prefecture, including the Former Usui Family Residence (旧臼井家住宅) (ICP).
WThe Odakyu Tama Line is a railway line operated by the private railway operator Odakyu Electric Railway in the Greater Tokyo of Japan. The line extends 10.6 kilometres (6.6 mi) from Shin-Yurigaoka Station in Kanagawa Prefecture to Karakida Station in Tokyo.
WPrincess is a monthly Japanese shōjo manga magazine published by Akita Shoten, aimed at teenage girls. It launched in December 1974 and is released on the sixth of each month. The magazine's main competitors are LaLa, Bessatsu Margaret, and Betsucomi. It has inspired several spin-off publications, including Bessatsu Viva Princess, renamed Viva Princess (1976–1990), Princess Gold (1979–2020); Bessatsu Princess (1990–1994); and Princess Gold's own spin-off, Petit Princess, launched in 2002 and published on the first of each month.
WThe Shinjuku Mitsui Building is a high-rise building in Nishi-Shinjuku, Shinjuku, Tokyo. It is owned by Mitsui Fudosan. It is one of the ten tallest buildings in Tokyo, and was the tallest building in Tokyo and Japan from September 1974 to March 1978, when Sunshine 60 was completed.
WShinjuku Sumitomo Building is a high-rise building in Nishi-Shinjuku, Shinjuku, Tokyo.
WShumarinai Prefectural Natural Park is a Prefectural Natural Park in northern Hokkaidō, Japan. Established in 1974, the park spans the municipalities of Enbetsu, Haboro, Horokanai, and Shibetsu.
WThe Sports Shinko International was a professional golf tournament in Japan in 1974 and 1975. It was an event on the Japan Golf Tour and offered the biggest prize on the tour during the summer months, ¥30 million in 1974. It was held at the Yamanohara Golf Club near Kawanishi in Hyōgo Prefecture.
WSuzuki MotoGP is the factory-backed team of Japanese motorcycle manufacturer Suzuki in the MotoGP World Championship, using the name Team Suzuki Ecstar for sponsorship purposes. Suzuki withdrew from competition at the end of the 2011 season, later announcing in June 2013 they would return to MotoGP with a factory team in 2015.
WThe Toden Arakawa Line , branded as the Tokyo Sakura Tram , is a hybrid light rail/tram line in Tokyo, Japan, operated by the Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation (Toei). The Arakawa Line is the sole survivor of Tokyo's once-extensive Tokyo Toden streetcar system, but it is not the only tram line in Tokyo, as the privately owned Tokyu Setagaya Line is also classified as a streetcar .
WThe Tomimoto Kenkichi Memorial Museum opened in Ando, Nara Prefecture, Japan in 1974. It is dedicated to the life and works of Tomimoto Kenkichi, who was born in the vicinity.
WTowada Audio Corporation is a Japanese manufacturer of radio, television broadcasting and communications equipment headquartered in Kosaka, Akita.
WThe Uwajima City Date Museum opened in Uwajima, Ehime Prefecture, Japan in 1974. The collection focuses on the local branch of the Date clan, who from 1615 and the time of Date Hidemune were daimyō of the Uwajima Domain, and includes a Momoyama-period painting of Toyotomi Hideyoshi that has been designated an Important Cultural Property.
WThe Tokyo Metro Yurakucho Line is a subway line in Japan owned and operated by Tokyo Metro. The line connects Wakōshi Station in Wakō, Saitama and Shin-Kiba Station in Kōtō, Tokyo. On maps, diagrams and signboards, the line is shown using the color "gold", and its stations are given numbers using the letter "Y".