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Rising at Jinyang
The Rising at Jinyang (晋阳起兵) was the uprising launched at Jinyang in Taiyuan by Li Yuan, the Sui garrison commander, leading directly to the founding of the Tang dynasty.
Rising of Minamoto no Yoritomo and the Battle of Ishibashiyama
The Rising of Minamoto no Yoritomo and the Battle of Ishibashiyama opened the Genpei War in 1180, when the exile Yoritomo rose against the Taira in Izu and was crushed at Ishibashiyama.
Rising of Minamoto no Yoshinaka in Shinano
The Rising of Minamoto no Yoshinaka in Shinano was the warrior Kiso Yoshinaka's 1180 taking up of arms in Shinano Province, answering Prince Mochihito's call to overthrow the Taira clan.
Rising Sun Flag (旭日旗)
Rising Sun Flag (旭日旗, Kyokujitsuki), Japan's red-disk, sixteen-ray military flag: Imperial Army war flag from 1870, Imperial Navy ensign, and since 1954 the JMSDF ensign and JGSDF flag, contested by South Korea as a militarism symbol.
Rising Sun for Latvia
Rising Sun for Latvia (Austošā Saule Latvijai, ASL) is a Latvian national-conservative party founded 23 August 2025 by ex-National Alliance secretary Raivis Zeltīts; it won 1.33% and no seats in the 2026 Saeima election.
Risings against the Afghans in Iran (1722–1729)
The risings against the Afghans in Iran (شورشهای ضد افغان) were provincial revolts and a Safavid restoration movement after the 1722 Afghan conquest, ending with Nader's victory in 1729.
Risk
Risk in finance is the distribution of possible losses on a position or portfolio over a stated horizon, distinct from Knightian uncertainty, and measured by metrics such as volatility and Value-at-Risk.
Risk assessment
Risk assessment: the systematic process of identifying hazards, analyzing likelihood and consequences, and evaluating risks against criteria, central to ISO 31000 risk management, EPA and NIOSH regulatory practice, and distinct from psychological risk perception.
Risk aversion
Risk aversion is the preference for a certain outcome over a risky prospect with the same expected value, modeled as concavity of the utility function in expected utility theory.
Risk compensation
Risk compensation, or risk homeostasis, is the hypothesis that people offset safety improvements with riskier behavior. Originated by Peltzman (1975) and Wilde (1982); empirical support for significant offsetting is weak.
Risk parity
Risk parity is a portfolio allocation approach that sizes each asset class to contribute an equal share of portfolio risk, typically producing bond-heavy portfolios that need leverage.
Risk premium
A risk premium is the extra expected return investors demand for bearing uncertain cash flows, most often the equity risk premium, whose observed size standard theory cannot explain.
Risk terrain modeling
Risk terrain modeling (RTM) is a spatial analysis method that combines map layers of environmental risk factors to forecast where crime or other adverse events will occur.
Risk-weighted asset
A risk-weighted asset (RWA) is a bank's exposure multiplied by a regulatory risk weight, forming the denominator of the capital ratios that set required bank capital.
Riskified
Riskified is an Israeli-founded, NYSE-listed technology company, trading as RSKD since 2021, that reviews e-commerce orders and reimburses merchants for approved orders that turn out fraudulent.
Risshō Ankoku Ron
Risshō Ankoku Ron is a treatise Nichiren submitted to the Kamakura shogunate in 1260, blaming Japan's disasters on slander of the Lotus Sutra and urging refuge in it.
Risshū revival
The Risshū revival was the movement, beginning in the late 12th century, to restore the Ritsu school of Buddhist precepts, centered on Eison and Ninshō.
Rita Crundwell
Rita Crundwell, Dixon, Illinois comptroller and treasurer 1983-2012, embezzled about $53.7 million via a secret RSCDA account and fake invoices; sentenced to 235 months, released after Biden's 2024 commutation.
Rita F. Lin
Rita Faye Lin is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge for the Northern District of California since 2023, appointed by President Biden.
Rita Huang Zhen
Rita Huang Zhen (黄珍) is a Chinese entrepreneur and former Huawei and Alibaba executive who founded iMile Delivery in Dubai in 2017, a logistics company covering 30 countries.
Rita Júdice
Rita Alarcão Júdice is a Portuguese politician who serves as Minister of Justice of Portugal, with priorities including reducing judicial delays, fighting corruption, and digitalizing the justice sector.
Rita Mayfield
Rita Mayfield is an American Democratic politician who represents Illinois's 60th House district, chairs its Appropriations Public Safety Committee, and previously served on the Waukegan Board of Education.
Rita of Cascia
Rita of Cascia (Santa Rita da Cascia), also known as Saint Rita, was an Italian widow and Augustinian nun canonized in 1900, patron of impossible causes.
Rita Panahi
Rita Panahi, Iranian-Australian conservative commentator born 1976 in Pine Bluff, Arkansas; former banker turned Herald Sun columnist and Sky News Australia host of The Rita Panahi Show and Lefties Losing It.
Rita Schwarzelühr-Sutter
Rita Schwarzelühr-Sutter, born 1962 in Waldshut, is a German Social Democratic Party politician who serves as Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Ministry for the Environment.
Rita Schwerner Bender
Rita Schwerner Bender, American civil rights activist and family law attorney, widow of CORE worker Michael Schwerner, killed by Klansmen in Neshoba County, Mississippi on June 21, 1964 during Freedom Summer; later an ACLU and public defender lawyer in Seattle and prosecution witness at the 2005 Killen trial.
Rita Tamašunienė
Rita Tamašunienė, born 1973 in Vilnius district, is a Lithuanian politician of the Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania who serves as Minister of Justice, having earlier been Interior Minister.
Ritabrata Banerjee
Ritabrata Banerjee is an Indian politician and Leader of the Opposition in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly, elected in 2026 as a Trinamool Congress candidate before the party split.
Ritchie Torres
Ritchie John Torres, Democratic U.S. Representative for New York's 15th District (Bronx) since 2021; former NYC Council member 2014-2020; first openly gay Black member of Congress; left the Progressive Caucus in 2024 over Israel.
Rite Aid
Rite Aid was an American drugstore chain founded in Scranton, Pennsylvania, in 1962 that grew to more than 2,000 stores before closing completely in October 2025.