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Activists from Tokyo

  • Hayao MiyazakiOn the 5th of January 1941, Hayao Miyazaki was born in the town of Akebono-cho within Tokyo City. His father Katsuji Miyazaki directed a company that…
  • Yoko OnoYoko Ono was born on the 18th of February 1933 in Tokyo to a wealthy banking family. Her father Eisuke worked for the Yokohama Specie Bank and her mother…
  • Akira KurosawaOn the 23rd of March 1910, Akira Kurosawa was born in Tokyo to a samurai family. His father Isamu worked as the director of the Army's Physical Education…
  • Yukio MishimaOn the 14th of January 1925, Kimitake Hiraoka entered the world in Nagazumi-cho, Yotsuya-ku of Tokyo City. His early years were defined by a rented house…