2008 establishments in Japan

building in Tokyo, Japan

Japanese band

Japanese record chart for songs

Japanese association football club

SKE48 (S.K.E. Forty-eight) is a Japanese idol group produced by Yasushi Akimoto. SKE48 is named after the Sakae district in Nagoya of Aichi Prefecture, where the group is based. The group performs at SKE48 Theater on 2F of Sunshine Sakae, a shopping center in Sakae, Nagoya. Avex Group is its current official label. The group has sold nearly 11 million CDs in Japan.

football tournament

building in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan

Japanese manga magazine

Japanese mixed martial arts organization

Japanese manga awards

Japanese electronicore band

band

Japanese girl band

subway line in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan

environmental political party in Japan

event facility in Tokyo, Japan

Japanese manga magazine

ice hockey team

automated guideway transit (AGT) system in Tokyo, Japan

railway line in Osaka, Osaka prefecture, Japan

Japanese government, 2008–2009

Japanese manga magazine

dam in Ibigawa, Ibi District, Gifu Prefecture, Japan

commercial complex in Akasaka, Tokyo, Japan

Japanese group (girl trio)

theatre in Akasaka, Minato, Tokyo, Japan

MMA promoter based in Japan

was a Japanese female idol group from Akihabara, Tokyo. Their music generally follows the style of denpa song. All of its members are said to be former otaku.

rugby team

military unit

mosque in Gifu City, GIfu Prefecture, Japan

Japanese government commission

building in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan

tourist association

art museum in Towada-shi, Aomori-ken Japan

museum in Takamatsu, Japan

tennis tournament

building in Fukushima-ku, Osaka Prefecture, Japan

thumb|nimoca with a commuter pass thumb|How to use nimoca card in a ticket gate Nimoca (), stylized in lowercase as nimoca, is a rechargeable contactless smart card ticketing system for public transport in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. Nishi-Nippon Railroad (Nishitetsu) introduced the system on May 18, 2008. Its name is an acronym of "nice money card", while in Japanese means "also", as the card is usable also on buses, also on trains, also for shopping, and so on. Like other electronic fare collection systems in Japan, the card uses FeliCa, an RFID technology developed by Sony.

higher education institution in Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan

Japanese female vocal group

Starmarie (スターマリー, stylized as STARMARIE) are a Japanese Idol Group consisting of Nozomi Kishita, Shino Takamori, Monya Nakane, Hiroka Matsuzaki and Kaede Watanabe. Formed in July 2008 as a three-member idol group under M-SMILE, they have since become a five-member group. The group is famous for performing theme music for anime such as Cardfight!! Vanguard G and Onigiri.

Japanese rock band

Japanese metal band