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Janusz Korwin-Mikke
Janusz Korwin-Mikke (born 1942), Polish conservative-libertarian politician and publicist; founder of UPR, KNP, KORWiN and Konfederacja co-leader; Sejm deputy 1991–1993 and 2019–2023, MEP 2014–2018, five-time presidential candidate.
Janusz Kusocinski
Janusz Tadeusz Kusociński ("Kusy"), Polish long-distance runner, 1932 Olympic 10,000 m champion in 30:11.4, first Polish male Olympic gold medalist, world record holder at 3000 m and 4 miles, resistance fighter executed at Palmiry in 1940.
Janusz Lewandowski
Janusz Lewandowski, born 1951 in Lublin, is a Polish politician who sits for Civic Coalition in the European Parliament, where he is Vice-Chair of the Committee on Budgets.
Janusz Ostrogski
Janusz Ostrogski (Януш Острозький, ca 1554–1620) was a Ruthenian magnate of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, voivode of Volhynia and castellan of Kraków, and the last male of the princely Ostrogski family.
Janusz Pawliszyn
Janusz Pawliszyn is a Canadian analytical chemist at the University of Waterloo who invented solid-phase microextraction (SPME), a solvent-free sampling technique used in environmental, food, forensic, and clinical analysis.
Janusz Pyciak Peciak
Janusz Pyciak Peciak (Janusz Gerard Pyciak-Peciak), Polish modern pentathlete born 1949 in Warsaw; Olympic gold Montreal 1976, five world titles 1977-1981, later US coach in Denver.
Janusz Radziwiłł the Tragic
Janusz Radziwiłł the Tragic (Jonušas Radvila, 1612–1655) was a Lithuanian magnate, Vilnius voivode, and Grand Hetman who in 1655 placed Lithuania under Swedish protection by the Kėdainiai treaty.
Janusz S. Wilczynski
Janusz S. Wilczynski is a physicist and optical engineer known for designing optics for semiconductor manufacturing during a career at IBM's Thomas J. Watson Research Center.
Janux Therapeutics
Janux Therapeutics is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company in La Jolla, California, developing T-cell engager cancer immunotherapies with its TRACTr platform; founded in 2017, it went public on Nasdaq in 2021.
Janvi Chheda
Janvi Chheda (Janvi Chheda Gopalia), Indian actress born 1984 in Mumbai, known for Flight Lieutenant Sameera Singh in Chhoona Hai Aasmaan, Sugna in Balika Vadhu, and Inspector Shreya in C.I.D. (2012–2016, returning in CID 2 in 2025).
Janyl Myrza
Janyl Myrza (Жаңыл Мырза) is the heroine of a Kyrgyz heroic dastan, a legendary girl-warrior who led the Noygut tribe against Kalmyk invaders and the epic's only female protagonist.
Jap
Jap is a clipped English abbreviation of "Japanese" that is classified as a disparaging and offensive ethnic slur. It became intensely pejorative during World War II.
Japamala (जपमाला)
Japamala (जपमाला), also called Akshamala or Mala beads, is a string of 108 prayer beads used to count mantra repetitions in Hindu and Buddhist japa practice.
Japan (2023 film)
Japan (ஜப்பான்) is a 2023 Tamil heist action comedy directed by Raju Murugan, starring Karthi in his 25th film as a jewelry-shop thief, with Anu Emmanuel; released 10 November 2023 by Dream Warrior Pictures, grossing ₹26.55 Cr worldwide.
Japan (band)
Japan: English art rock/new wave band formed in London, 1974 (Sylvian, Karn, Barbieri, Jansen, Dean). Five albums from glam rock to synth art pop, peaking with Tin Drum (1981, UK No. 12) and the hit "Ghosts"; split 1982, reunited as Rain Tree Crow 1991.
Japan (日本)
Japan (日本, Nihon/Nippon) is an East Asian island constitutional monarchy of 47 prefectures with capital Tokyo. Third-largest economy (US$4.44 trillion GDP, 2025); population 123.05 million (2025 census), declining 2.5% since 2020; PM Sanae Takaichi since October 2025.
Japan Advanced Semiconductor Manufacturing
Japan Advanced Semiconductor Manufacturing (JASM) is a majority TSMC-owned chipmaker founded in 2021 in Kumamoto, Japan, with Sony as an early shareholder; its first fab began volume production in December 2024.
Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (海洋研究開発機構)
The Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, known as JAMSTEC, is Japan's national agency for marine and earth sciences, founded in 1971 and headquartered in Yokosuka.
Japan Air Lines Flight 123
Japan Air Lines Flight 123 was a Boeing 747 domestic flight from Tokyo to Osaka that crashed into Mount Osutaka, Japan, on 12 August 1985, killing 520 of 524 aboard.
Japan Air Lines Flight 350
Japan Air Lines Flight 350 (日本航空350便), a 1982 DC-8-61 crash into Tokyo Bay on approach to Haneda, killed 24 of 174 aboard; captain Seiji Katagiri deliberately crashed it during a mental illness episode.
Japan Air Self-Defense Force
Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF, 航空自衛隊) is Japan's air defense branch of the Self-Defense Forces, founded July 1, 1954. Known for F-35A/B and F-15 fighters, E-2 early-warning aircraft, Global Hawk drones, GCAP next-generation fighter development, and planned renaming to Air and Space Self-Defense Force.
Japan Air Self-Defense Force air wings
The Japan Air Self-Defense Force's air wings (kōkūdan) are base-centered formations; seven fall under the Air Defense Force and two under the Air Training Command.
Japan Airlines (日本航空)
Japan Airlines (日本航空), commonly known as JAL, is a major Japanese airline headquartered in Tokyo. Founded in 1951, it is Japan's first postwar airline and an oneworld member.
Japan at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Japan at the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics (held 2021): the host nation won a record 58 medals, 27 gold, finishing third behind the USA and China, boosted by new sports such as skateboarding.
Japan at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Japan at the 2024 Summer Olympics: Team Japan (日本) fielded 409 athletes in Paris and won 45 medals (20 gold, 12 silver, 13 bronze), finishing third on the medal table behind the United States and China.
Japan at the 2026 Asian Games
Japan at the 2026 Asian Games (Aichi-Nagoya, September 19 to October 4): host nation's third Asian Games after Tokyo 1958 and Hiroshima 1994; Team Japan competed in 43 sports, targeting a record medal haul behind China.
Japan at the 2028 Summer Olympics
Japan at the 2028 Summer Olympics (TEAM JAPAN, JOC): planned Japanese participation at LA28, July 14-30, 2028. Covers qualification via the Tokyo Q-Series stop, per-sport systems, and published medal projections of 18-21 golds.
Japan at the Olympics
Japan at the Olympics: national participation since Stockholm 1912 (debut led by judo founder Jigoro Kano). 189 Summer golds through Paris 2024, 76 Winter medals, host of Tokyo 1964, Sapporo 1972, Nagano 1998; strongest in gymnastics, judo, wrestling, speed skating.
Japan at the UCI Track Cycling World Championships
Japan competes at the UCI Track Cycling World Championships, ranking 16th all-time with 54 medals, from Noboru Fujimaki's 1979 sprint silver to Kento Yamasaki's 2024 keirin world title.
Japan Atomic Power Company
The Japan Atomic Power Company (日本原子力発電株式会社) is a Japanese utility founded in 1957 to pioneer commercial nuclear power, building the Tokai and Tsuruga stations, the country's first.