36 2008 establishments in Japan

Aichi Medical College for Physical and Occupational Therapy is a private junior college in Kiyosu, Aichi, Japan.

The Akasaka ACT Theater is a theatre located in Akasaka, Minato, Tokyo, Japan. Completed in 2008, the four-storey 28.9 metres (95 ft) high theatre has a capacity of 1,324 seats. In September 2014 the theatre is showing Arthur Kopit's musical version of the Gaston Leroux classic, The Phantom of the Opera.

The Asō Cabinet governed Japan from 24 September 2008 to 16 September 2009.

The Canon Open was a professional golf tournament on the Japan Golf Tour from 2008 to 2012. It was played in October at the Totsuka Country Club in Totsuka-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa and sponsored by Canon.

Comic Blade Brownie was a special Japanese spin-off magazine of Monthly Comic Blade published by Mag Garden that would feature both shōnen manga and shōjo manga, aiming at both boys and girls. The first issue was released on December 10, 2008. The release of the second issue, however, was postponed for unknown reasons.

Dempagumi.inc is a Japanese female idol group from Akihabara, Tokyo. Their music generally follows the style of denpa song. All of its members are said to be former otaku.

The Planetary Material Sample Curation Facility (PMSCF), commonly known as the Extraterrestrial Sample Curation Center is the facility where Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) conducts the curation works of extraterrestrial materials retrieved by some sample-return missions. They work closely with Japan's Astromaterials Science Research Group. Its objectives include documentation, preservation, preparation, and distribution of samples. All samples collected are made available for international distribution upon request.

The Gifu Mosque or Bab al-Islam Gifu Mosque is a mosque in Gifu City, Gifu Prefecture, Japan. It is the first mosque in the prefecture.

Good! Afternoon is a Japanese seinen manga magazine anthology published by Kodansha. Initially published bimonthly, it switched to a monthly publication schedule starting with the 25th issue in late 2012. Each issue typically has around twenty-five stories by various artists and runs about 800 pages. It is a sister magazine to Kodansha's successful monthly manga anthology Afternoon, and was first launched on November 7, 2008. Each issue sells for 680 yen. It had a circulation of 27,000 from 1 October 2018 to 30 September 2019.

The Greens Japan is an established national green party in Japan.

Hangry & Angry-f is a Japanese female pop and rock duo created in 2008, consisting of former Morning Musume members Hitomi Yoshizawa ("Hangry") and Rika Ishikawa ("Angry").

Harta , formerly known as Fellows!, is a Japanese seinen manga magazine published by Enterbrain. Created in 2008, the magazine was originally called Fellows! and was published with a frequency of publication of two months. In December 2012, Enterbrain announced a revamp on the magazine beginning with its February issue in 2013 with the publication changing its name of Fellows! to Harta and also changing its frequency from bimonthly to ten issues per year from February to August and then October to December. The name is inspired by Indonesian word "Harta", which means "treasure."

I Love Mama was a gyaru fashion and lifestyle magazine published monthly in Japan by Inforest Publishing.

The Japan Tourism Agency , JTA, is an organization which was set up on October 1, 2008 as an agency of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism.

The Japan Transport Safety Board is Japan's authority for establishing transportation safety. It is a division of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT). It is housed in the 2nd Building of the Central Common Government Office in Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan.

Jewels is a mixed martial arts organization owned by Marverous Japan Co., Ltd. focused on female fighters. It is the direct successor of Smackgirl. It has a working relationship with fellow mixed martial arts promotion Deep presided by Shigeru Saeki.

The Kagawa Museum is a prefectural museum in Takamatsu, Japan, dedicated to the history and art of Kagawa Prefecture. The museum opened in 2008, consolidating the three institutions of the Kagawa Prefectural Cultural Hall ; Seto Inland Sea Folk History Museum ; and Kagawa History Museum ; the first two institutions now operate as annexes of The Kagawa Museum.

Kagoshima Rebnise is a Japanese professional basketball team located in Kagoshima, Kagoshima. The team currently competes in the B.League. Some players were not paid in 2016-17.

Kev Gray & The Gravy Train are an alternative pop rock band formed in Tokyo in November 2008, with members from America, Canada, England and Japan. After being chosen as a feature band in the government-sponsored, UK-Japan Year 2008, the group achieved mixed success on the Japanese music scene, after signing to Hemlock Music and twice winning the national music award, Gaijin Sounds.

Momoiro Clover Z is a Japanese idol girl group, commonly abbreviated as MCZ or Momoclo .

University of Nagasaki is a public university in Sasebo, Nagasaki, Japan. The school was established in 2008 as a result of merger of Siebold University of Nagasaki and Nagasaki Prefectural University.

The Nippon Tornadoes was a team of the International Basketball League that began play in the 2009 season. A representative team from the Japanese Basketball Academy, the Tornadoes were based in Matsuyama, Ehime, but maintain a national identity and played their full 20-game schedule on the road.

The Nippori-Toneri Liner is an automated guideway transit (AGT) system between Nippori Station in Arakawa and Minumadai-shinsuikōen Station in Adachi, Tokyo, Japan. The line opened on March 30, 2008. It is operated by the Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation (Toei).

Saku University is a private university in the city of Saku, Nagano, Japan. It was established in 2008.

The San'in Kaigan Geopark (山陰海岸ジオパーク) is a geopark in Japan. The area was declared a Japanese Geopark in 2008, and a UNESCO Global Geopark in 2010. The underlying themes of the geopark are "geological features, the natural environment, people's lives, and the formation of the Sea of Japan". This geologically diverse area contains records of the process from when Japan was part of the Asian continent to its present-day formation of the Sea of Japan. People's lives are also diverse in this area because of its geodiversity.

SC Sagamihara is a Japanese association football club based in Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture.

Monthly Shōnen Rival was a Japanese monthly shōnen manga magazine by Kodansha that ran from April 4, 2008 to June 4, 2014. It was issued on the 4th of every month.

Shubun University is a private university in the city of Ichinomiya, Aichi, Japan, established in 2008.

SKE48 is a Japanese idol group produced by Yasushi Akimoto. SKE48 is named after the Sakae district in Nagoya of Aichi Prefecture, where the group is based. The group performs at SKE48 Theater on 2F of Sunshine Sakae, a shopping center in Sakae, Nagoya. Avex Group is its current official label. The group has sold nearly 11 million CDs in Japan.

Starmarie are a Japanese Idol Group consisting of Nozomi Kishita, Shino Takamori, Monya Nakane, Hiroka Matsuzaki and Kaede Watanabe. Formed in July 2008 as a three-member idol group under M-SMILE, they have since become a five-member group. The group is famous for performing theme music for anime such as Cardfight!! Vanguard G and Onigiri.

The TJ Liner is a limited-stop "Home Liner"-style service to and from Ikebukuro Station in Tokyo on the Tobu Tojo Line operated by the private railway operator Tobu Railway in Japan since June 2008.

The Tohoku Free Blades (東北フリーブレイズ) are an Asia League Ice Hockey team based in Hachinohe, Aomori, Japan.

The Tokuyama Dam is an embankment dam near Ibigawa, Ibi District, Gifu Prefecture in Japan. The dam was completed in 2008 and will support a 153 MW hydroelectric power station that is expected to be fully operational in 2015. Currently, Unit 1 at 23 MW was commissioned in May 2014. The dam was originally intended to withhold the upper reservoir of a 400 MW pumped-storage power station until a design change in 2004. The dam is also intended for flood control and water supply. It is the largest dam by structural volume in Japan and withholds the country's largest reservoir by volume as well.

The Towada Art Center is an art museum in Towada, Aomori Prefecture, Japan.

Uekusa Gakuen University is a private university in the city of Chiba, Chiba Prefecture Japan, established in 2008. The operator of the university also operates a junior college called Uekusa Gakuen Junior College.

Valkyrie , sometimes styled VALKYRIE in capitals, was a women's mixed martial arts (MMA) promotion. It was the sister of Japanese MMA promotion Cage Force, both operated by Greatest Common Multiple (GCM) Communication. Contrary to other Japanese women MMA promotions at the time, it featured a cage instead of a ring and used the same venues as Cage Force.