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1951
 
    
Japanese film director Kurosawa Akira makes an international reputation with Rashomon       
1954
 
    
Japanese film director Kurasawa Akira directs The Seven Samurai       
1956
 
    
Japanese novelist Yukio Mishima publishes The Temple of the Golden Pavilion       
c. 1965
 
   
Karaoke (abbreviated from the Japanese for 'empty orchestra') evolves in Japan      
1970
 
    
Japanese novelist Yukio Mishima commits suicide in the traditional Samurai manner       
1983
 
    
The first all-digital synthesizer, the DX7, is put on the market by Yamaha       
1983
 
   
Philips and Sony jointly introduce a new device, the compact disc      
1994
 
    
Italian architect Renzo Piano completes Kansai airport, on an artificial island in Osaka bay       
1998
 
    
The Akashi Kaikyo Bridge, linking Shikoku and Honshu in Japan, creates a new record as the longest suspension bridge       
1998
 
   
The first module is launched of the International Space Station, a cooperative venture by five space agencies (USA, Russia, Japan, Canada, Europe)