1996 establishments in Japan

thumb|Current logo of the Tamagotchi brand is a brand of handheld digital pets marketed since 1996 by Japanese toymaker Bandai, a division of Bandai Namco Holdings. Most Tamagotchi are housed in a small egg-shaped handheld video game with an interface consisting of three buttons, with the goal of raising the pet as it goes through different life stages.

Japanese trade fair for video games

Japanese political party

building in Izumisano, Osaka Prefecture, Japan

building in Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan

railway line in Tokyo, Japan

football stadium

bicycle race in Japan

Japanese band

, or , is a covered speed skating oval in the city of Nagano, Japan. M-Wave, which opened in November, 1996, was constructed for the speed skating events at the 1998 Winter Olympics. It was Japan's first International Skating Union (ISU) standard indoor 400m double-track, and only second indoor track speed skating in Japan. The other, Meiji Hokkaido-Tokachi Oval, is located in Obihiro, Hokkaido.

Police tactical units of Japanese Prefectural Police Departments

association football club in Higashiosaka, Osaka prefecture

Japanese manga magazine

is a monthly Japanese shōjo manga magazine under the publication of Shogakukan. In their official website they also refer to themselves as Monthly Cheese!

awards ceremony

music venue (live house) in Minato, Tokyo, Japan

buildings complex in Ikebukuro, Tokyo

socialist party in Japan

museum in Kusatsu, Shiga, Japan

expressway in the Greater Tokyo Area, Japan

Japanese music award

building in Minato-ku, Osaka Prefecture, Japan

computer entertainment industry organization

government of Japan led by Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto

Japanese organization

railway line in Miyazaki prefecture, Japan

football (soccer) club based in Takasaki, Gunma Prefecture

shopping mall

Japanese manga magazine

is a Japanese adult video (AV) production company located in Tokyo, Japan.

former centrist political party in Japan

association football club

Themed area in Disney theme parks.

Japanese literary award

Racing team

building in Odaiba, Tokyo, Japan

arena

was a production group founded by anime director Kunihiko Ikuhara. Its membership consisted of Ikuhara, manga artist Chiho Saito, animator and character designer Shinya Hasegawa, scriptwriter Yōji Enokido, and planner Yūichirō Oguro. Ikuhara founded Be-Papas in 1996 to create Revolutionary Girl Utena, an original anime he conceived following his departure from Toei Animation, where he worked as a director on the anime series Sailor Moon. The group also created Revolutionary Girl Utenas 1999 film sequel Adolescence of Utena.

Ego-Wrappin (stylised as EGO-WRAPPIN) is a Japanese jazz and rock musical duo, composed of vocalist Yoshie Nakano and guitarist Masaki Mori. The group formed in Osaka in 1996, releasing their debut album Blue Speaker in 1998. The band gained national recognition with their cabaret and kayōkyoku inspired song "Midnight Dejavu (Shikisai no Blues)" (2000).

Japanese seasonal rapid overnight train service (2009–2021)

Wrestling governing body

private school under contract school in Kyoto, Japan

museum in Sendai, Japan

electoral district in Japan

Junior roller coaster

building in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan

Japan House of Representatives constituency

building in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan

Japanese train type

political party

dam in Kyōto Prefecture, Japan

building in Numazu, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan