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Japan ranks 87th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Vancouver, Stuttgart, and Marseille. Memorable people born in Japan include Tomoe Gozen, Himiko, and Emperor Reigen. Memorable people who died in Japan include Tsutomu Yamaguchi, Shin'ichirō Tomonaga, and Abe no Seimei. Japan has been the birth place of many soccer players, and politicians and the death place of many soccer players, and politicians. Japan is located in Japan.

Japan is an island country in East Asia. It is in the northwest Pacific Ocean and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north toward the East China Sea, Philippine Sea, and Taiwan in the south. Japan is a part of the Ring of Fire, and spans an archipelago of 14,125 islands, with the five main islands being Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, and Okinawa. Tokyo is the country's capital and largest city, followed by Yokohama, Osaka, Nagoya, Sapporo, Fukuoka, Kobe, and Kyoto. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 0 and 2000, Japan was the birth place of 120 globally memorable people, including Tomoe Gozen, Himiko, and Emperor Reigen. Additionaly, 71 globally memorable people have passed away in Japan including Tsutomu Yamaguchi, Shin'ichirō Tomonaga, and Abe no Seimei.

People Born in Japan

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People Deceased in Japan

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Japan were soccer players (76), politicians (19), religious figures (4), military personnels (3), and wrestlers (3),  while most who died were soccer players (32), politicians (10), writers (7), military personnels (5), and engineers (2).

Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Japan, including Yozo Aoki, Koji Sasaki, and Yumi Umeoka. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Japan, including Yozo Aoki, Usaburo Hidaka, and Kinjiro Shimizu.

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Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 8 globally memorable people born in Japan since 1700.