WThe Akita Relay (秋田リレー) was a limited express train service operated by East Japan Railway Company in Japan between March 1996 and March 1997.
WArte Takasaki was a Japanese football club based in Takasaki, Gunma Prefecture, formerly of the Japan Football League. Their team colours were black and red.
WThe Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI) is an Asian think tank focused on identifying effective development strategies for Asia and the Pacific, and on providing support to ADB member countries in managing development challenges. It was established in Tokyo in 1996 as a subsidiary of Asian Development Bank, with initial and subsequent financing from the Government of Japan. ADBI is located on the 8th floor of the Kasumigaseki Building in Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda, Tokyo. ADBI was ranked 1st in the world among government-affiliated think tanks in the 2020 Global Go To Think Tanks Index Report by the Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program of the University of Pennsylvania.
WFighting Investigation Team Battlarts , more commonly referred to as simply Battlarts was a professional wrestling promotion based in Koshigaya, Saitama, Japan. The promotion was formed in 1996 by Japanese wrestler Yuki Ishikawa and featured all of the wrestlers from the Fujiwara Gumi promotion, who had abandoned the promotion in favor of Battlarts. They ran shows in the Tokyo area regularly from 1998 to 2002.
WCawaii! is a fashion magazine published in Taiwan, People's Republic of China, Thailand, and previously in Japan.
WCheese! is a monthly Japanese shōjo manga magazine under the publication of Shogakukan. In their official website they also refer to themselves as Monthly Cheese!
WDCM is a venture capital firm located in Silicon Valley, Tokyo and Beijing. It has approximately $4.2 billion under management. DCM was the first Silicon Valley firm to invest in the early-stage technology sector in China, beginning in 1999. Since 2019, DCM has had seven initial public offerings, which include Bill.com, BlueCity, Freee, Life360, Sansan, UCloud, and VisasQ. DCM has over $200 billion in enterprise value.
WEgo-Wrappin' is a Japanese jazz and rock musical duo, composed of vocalist Yoshie Nakano and guitarist Masaki Mori. The group formed in Osaka in 1996, releasing their debut album Blue Speaker in 1998. The band gained national recognition with their cabaret and kayōkyoku inspired song "Midnight Dejavu " (2000).
WFC Osaka is a Japanese football club playing in the Japan Football League, the fourth tier in the Japanese football league system. The top team name FC Osaka was changed to F.C. Osaka as of January 1, 2021. On January 12, 2022, the name was changed again to FC Osaka.
WThe First Hashimoto Cabinet was formed in January 1996 under the leadership of Ryutaro Hashimoto, following the resignation of Tomiichi Murayama as Prime Minister of Japan and head of the coalition between the Liberal Democratic Party, Japan Socialist Party and New Party Sakigake. The smaller Socialist party relinquished the leadership of the government to the LDP, which was the largest party in the Diet and Hashimoto assumed the premiership, becoming the first LDP Prime Minister since August 1993.
WGadget's Go Coaster is a junior roller coaster at the Disneyland theme park in Anaheim, California and Tokyo Disneyland theme park, located in Urayasu, Chiba, Japan, near Tokyo. The ride is based on the work of the character Gadget Hackwrench from the Disney animated series Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers. Gadget is depicted on top of a small weather-vane on a building towards Chip and Dale's Tree House, as well as on a postage stamp in the attraction's loading area.
WHeisei International University is a private university in Kazo, Saitama, Japan, established in 1996.
WThe Higashi-Mito Road is a four-lane toll road in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. It is owned and operated by East Nippon Expressway Company.
WHiyoshi Dam (日吉ダム) is a dam in Nantan, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. The dam construction started in 1992 and was completed in 1996.
WInternational College for Postgraduate Buddhist Studies is a private university in Minato, Tokyo, Japan, established in 1996. The university offers only one program, a Ph.D. program in Buddhism, and only 20 students are enrolled into the program.
WThe Japan Science and Technology Agency is a Japanese government agency which aims to build infrastructure that supports knowledge creation and dissemination in Japan. It is one of the National Research and Development Agencies, overseen by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) and the Council for Science, Technology and Innovation (CSTI). It operates from headquarters in Kawaguchi, Saitama in the Greater Tokyo Area, and in Chiyoda in central Tokyo. Medical scientist Michinari Hamaguchi serves as president.
WThe Japanese Red Cross Junior College of Akita is a private junior college in Akita, Akita, Japan.
WThe Japanese Society for History Textbook Reform is a group founded in December 1996 to promote a ultra-nationalistic view of the history of Japan.
WLycée Français International de Kyoto or LFIK is a private French international school founded and managed by a parents school board (APEK) accredited by the Agency for French Education Abroad (AEFE).
WNagano Olympic Memorial Arena , or M-Wave , is a covered speed skating oval in the city of Nagano, Japan. M-Wave, which opened in November, 1996, was constructed for the speed skating events at the 1998 Winter Olympics. It was Japan's first International Skating Union (ISU) standard indoor 400m double-track, and only second indoor track speed skating in Japan. The other, Meiji Hokkaido-Tokachi Oval, is located in Obihiro, Hokkaido.
WMickey's Toontown is a themed land at Disneyland and Tokyo Disneyland, two theme parks operated by Walt Disney Parks & Resorts and The Oriental Land Company respectively. At Tokyo Disneyland, this land is named Toontown. A similar land existed at the Magic Kingdom until 2011 and was named Mickey's Toontown Fair. Walt Disney Studios Park in Disneyland Paris has a related land called Toon Studio.
WPoole Gakuin University is a Christian private university in Sakai, Osaka, Japan.
WRoger Rabbit's Car Toon Spin is a dark ride located at the Disneyland and Tokyo Disneyland theme parks, based on the Steven Spielberg and Robert Zemeckis live action/animated feature film Who Framed Roger Rabbit. Both versions of the attraction are located in Mickey's Toontown. The Disneyland version opened on January 26, 1994, a year after the Mickey's Toontown area opened, and the Tokyo Disneyland version opened on April 15, 1996. In December 2021, the Disneyland version was updated to include a new plot element of Jessica Rabbit in the role of a detective who is determined to stop a crime wave in Toontown.
WThe Science Museum of Map and Survey is a museum in Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan that is dedicated to mapping and surveying.
WThe Second Hashimoto Cabinet governed Japan from November 1996 to July 1998 under the leadership of Ryutaro Hashimoto.
WThe Sendai City Tomizawa Site Museum is an archaeology museum in the city of Sendai in northern Japan that preserves a fossilized forest, where the remains of human habitation that occurred 20,000 years ago were discovered during surveying work in 1988. The museum opened in 1996.
WThe Social Democratic Party is a political party in Japan that was established in 1996. Since its reformation and name change in 1996, it has advocated pacifism and defined itself as a social-democratic party. It was previously known as the Japan Socialist Party .
WSunshine City is a building complex located in East Ikebukuro, Toshima, Tokyo, Japan. It has the 240-metre tall Sunshine 60 skyscraper at its centre. Sunshine City consists of four buildings: Sunshine 60, the main and tallest building, which includes corporate offices as well as restaurants; the Prince Hotel; the World Import Mart; and the Bunka Kaikan building. The complex sits on land that was once occupied by Sugamo Prison.
WThe Tamagotchi is a handheld digital pet that was created in Japan by Akihiro Yokoi of WiZ and Aki Maita of Bandai. It was released by Bandai on November 23, 1996 in Japan and on May 1, 1997 in the rest of the world, quickly becoming one of the biggest toy fads of the late 1990s and the early 2000s. As of March 2021, over 83 million units have been sold worldwide. Most Tamagotchi are housed in a small egg-shaped handheld video game with an interface consisting of three buttons, with the Tamagotchi Pix adding a shutter on the top to activate the camera.
WTeam Goh Motorsports is a Japanese auto racing team founded by Kazumichi Goh in 1996. Initially competing in the All-Japan Grand Touring Car Championship (JGTC), Team Goh won the 1996 championship with a McLaren F1 GTR and drivers John Nielsen and David Brabham. The team next set its sights on the 24 Hours of Le Mans, initially entering the McLaren in 1997, then a former works BMW V12 LM in 1999, and a pair of Panoz LMP-1s in 2000.
WTEAM NACS is a Japanese theatrical unit that formed in 1996 by Hiroyuki Morisaki, Ken Yasuda, Shigeyuki Totsugi, Yo Oizumi, and Takuma Oto'o. It often called NACS (ナックス). The group name at the time of formation was "TEAM-NACS". From October 2005, the hyphen between "TEAM" and "NACS" was removed, and it became the current notation of "TEAM NACS". Also they active as a music unit.
WThe Tokyo International Forum is a multi-purpose exhibition center in Tokyo, Japan. The complex is generally considered to be in the Yūrakuchō business district, being adjacent to Yūrakuchō Station, but it is administratively in the Marunouchi district.
WTokyo Opera City Tower is a skyscraper located in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan. Completed in 1996, it stands 234 metres (768 feet) high and has 54 floors. The tower is the third-tallest building in Shinjuku, Tokyo and seventh-tallest in Tokyo. The closest train station to Opera City is Hatsudai.
WWood One Museum of Art opened in Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan in 1996. The collection of some 800 works acquired by the Wood One Company centres around Modern Japanese Painting, Meissen porcelain, Art Nouveau glass, Qing ceramics, and Satsuma ware of the Bakumatsu and Meiji periods, and includes paintings by Kishida Ryūsei, Renoir, and Van Gogh.
WYuzu (ゆず) is a Japanese pop rock duo who debuted in 1997. Its members are Yūjin Kitagawa and Kōji Iwasawa . Both of the band members come from Yokohama in Kanagawa Prefecture, and attended Okamura Junior High School. Their songs "Hyōri Ittai" , "Reason", and "Nagareboshi Kirari" were used as ending themes of the 2011 anime series Hunter × Hunter.