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Junichiro Koizumi (小泉純一郎)
Junichiro Koizumi (小泉純一郎), 87th prime minister of Japan 2001–2006, won power through media-driven theatrical politics, pushed postal privatization, met Kim Jong-Il in Pyongyang in 2002, and later campaigned for zero nuclear power.
Junichiro Kono
Junichiro Kono is a physicist at Rice University in Houston, Texas, known for optical studies of condensed matter, carbon nanotube photonics, terahertz science, and cavity quantum electrodynamics.
Junie B. Jones
Junie B. Jones, Barbara Park's early chapter book series begun in 1992 and illustrated by Denise Brunkus, follows outspoken Junie Beatrice Jones from kindergarten into first grade across 28 Random House books, over 80 million copies sold.
Junilius
Junilius, also spelled Junillus, was an African-born legal official under Justinian I who wrote a Latin introduction to biblical exegesis, the Instituta regularia divinae legis.
Junimea
Junimea (Romanian for "Youth") was a Romanian literary society founded at Iași in 1863 by young intellectuals, led by Titu Maiorescu and publishing Eminescu, Creangă, and Caragiale in its review Convorbiri literare.
Junin 5 Oil and Gas Field
Junin 5 (Junín 5) is a giant heavy-oil field in Venezuela's Orinoco Belt, holding about 35 billion barrels of oil and operated by Italy's Eni since 2026.
Junin 6 Oil Field
Junin 6 Oil Field (Junín 6) is an onshore extra-heavy oil field in Venezuela's Orinoco Oil Belt, operated by the PDVSA-Russian joint venture PetroMiranda since 2012.
Junina Catenae
Junina Catenae, a system of about 11 nonradial secondary crater chains on dwarf planet Ceres, 5,400 km cumulative length, formed by ejecta from Urvara crater, IAU named 2016 for a Brazilian June festival.
Juninho Paulista
Juninho Paulista (Oswaldo Giroldo Júnior, born 1973), Brazilian attacking midfielder, 2002 World Cup winner, three-time Middlesbrough player and 1996-97 Premier League Player of the Season; later CBF national team coordinator.
Juninho Pernambucano
Juninho Pernambucano is a Brazilian former attacking midfielder who won seven straight Ligue 1 titles with Lyon and is football's most prolific recorded free-kick scorer.
Junio Barreto
Junio Barreto is a Brazilian singer-songwriter from Caruaru, Pernambuco, based in São Paulo, who blends MPB, samba, and northeastern rhythms; Gal Costa and Maria Rita recorded his song "Santana".
Junio Valerio Borghese
Junio Valerio Borghese (1906-1974), Italian prince and naval officer, commanded the Scirè and Decima Flottiglia MAS manned-torpedo raids (Gibraltar, Alexandria 1941), led the RSI-era Decima, was tried in 1948-49, and founded the Fronte Nazionale behind the attempted golpe Borghese of 7-8 December 1970; died in Cadiz, Spain.
Junior (1994 film)
Junior is a 1994 American comedy directed by Ivan Reitman, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger as a fertility scientist who becomes pregnant, with Danny DeVito and Emma Thompson co-starring.
Junior (2025 film)
Junior (జూనియర్) is a 2025 Telugu-Kannada bilingual family action drama directed by Radhakrishna Reddy, marking Kireeti Reddy's debut opposite Sreeleela, with Genelia D'Souza and V. Ravichandran; released July 18, 2025, it underperformed at the box office and streams on aha and Prime Video.
Junior Achievement
Junior Achievement (JA), youth nonprofit founded 1919 in Springfield, Massachusetts by Theodore Vail, Horace Moses, and Murray Crane; teaches entrepreneurship, work readiness, and financial literacy; reaches 23M+ students yearly in 100+ countries via JA Worldwide.
Junior Bake Off
Junior Bake Off is the British children's spin-off of The Great British Bake Off, made by Love Productions. Began on CBBC in 2011 with Paul Hollywood and Mary Berry judging; revived on Channel 4 in 2019 with Harry Hill hosting and Ravneet Gill and Liam Charles judging bakers aged 9-15.
Junior Basketball Association
The Junior Basketball Association (JBA) was LaVar Ball's short-lived 2018 professional league for players a year out of high school, an alternative to NCAA basketball with eight Ballers teams, $3,000 monthly pay, and one season before folding.
Junior Bergen
Junior Bergen (born 2002, Billings, Montana) is an NFL wide receiver and return specialist, New York Jets; Montana Grizzlies star, FCS-record 8 punt return TDs, 49ers 2025 seventh-round pick (252nd overall).
Junior Bridgeman
Junior Bridgeman (Ulysses Bridgeman, 1953-2025), American NBA sixth man for the Milwaukee Bucks and Louisville All-American who became a billionaire through Wendy's and Chili's franchising, Heartland Coca-Cola bottling, Ebony and Jet magazines, and a 10% Bucks stake.
Junior college
Junior college: a two-year US postsecondary institution, term coined by William Rainey Harper in the 1890s; first public example Joliet Junior College (1901). Now largely replaced by "community college" except in NJCAA athletics (JUCO).
Junior commissioned officer
Junior commissioned officer: the lowest band of commissioned military ranks, from second lieutenant/ensign to captain, leading platoon-sized units of about 30; distinct from the separate Junior Commissioned Officer (JCO) grade in India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh.
Junior Dion
Sede Junior Dion, Ivorian-born striker for Lamontville Golden Arrows in South Africa's Betway Premiership; switched to Chad internationally in late 2025; 2025-26 Premiership top scorer with 14 goals.
Junior dos Santos
Junior dos Santos, "Cigano" (born 1984), Brazilian UFC heavyweight champion 2011-2012 who won the title with a 64-second KO of Cain Velasquez at UFC on Fox 1; later fought in bare-knuckle MMA and MVP.
Junior Eurovision Song Contest
Junior Eurovision Song Contest (JESC), the EBU's annual song contest for child performers aged about 9 to 14, first held in Copenhagen in 2003; France and Georgia lead with four wins each.
Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2015
Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2015, the 13th edition, held 21 November 2015 at Arena Armeec, Sofia, Bulgaria. 17 countries; Australia and Ireland debuted. Malta's Destiny Chukunyere won with "Not My Soul", Malta's second win in three years, ahead of Armenia and Slovenia.
Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2016
Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2016 (Valletta 2016), 14th edition, held 20 November 2016 at the Mediterranean Conference Centre, Malta; 17 countries; won by Georgia's Mariam Mamadashvili with "Mzeo", 239 points, jury-only voting.
Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2017
Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2017, 15th edition, Tbilisi Olympic Palace, Georgia, 26 November 2017; 16 countries; won by Russia's Polina Bogusevich with "Wings" on 188 points; first worldwide online voting.
Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018
Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018, held 25 November at Minsk Arena, Belarus; won by Poland's Roksana Węgiel with "Anyone I Want To Be" on 205 points, ahead of France and Australia, with 20 countries including Kazakhstan and Wales debuting.
Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2019
Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2019, the 17th edition held in Gliwice, Poland; won by Viki Gabor's "Superhero" with 278 points, the first back-to-back and first host-country win, with 19 participants and Spain returning after twelve years.
Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2020
Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2020, the 18th JESC, held remotely from Warsaw, Poland on 29 November 2020; 12 countries; won by France's Valentina with "J'imagine" on 200 points, France's first win.