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Junko Tabei
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Japanese mountain climber (1939-2016)
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Junko Tabei (1939–2016) was a Japanese author. Her name in kana is たべい じゅんこ. She had two children.
Tabei is credited with five works according to Crossref, while Open Library lists two of her top works: *Honouring High Places* and *Shichi tairiku saikoho ni tatte*. She maintained an official website. Her life and career are referenced in 54 other encyclopedia articles.
Synthesized by Vinony from 12 facts across 5 sources: Wikidata, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Open Library, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 2
Top works
- Honouring High Places
- Shichi tairiku saikoho ni tatte
via Open Library + Wikidata
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)
· 2016 · cited 4,417x
- Expanded encyclopaedias of DNA elements in the human and mouse genomes
· 2020 · cited 2,430x
- Postnatal microbial colonization programs the hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal system for stress response in mice
· 2004 · cited 2,348x
- Candidate Gene for the Chromosome 1 Familial Alzheimer's Disease Locus
· 1995 · cited 1,982x
- Trapping of PARP1 and PARP2 by Clinical PARP Inhibitors
· 2012 · cited 1,935x
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Junko
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Empire of Japan
- Place of birth
- Miharu
- Place of death
- Kawagoe
- Occupation
- mountaineer
- Educated at
- Showa Women's University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Award
- Snow Leopard
- Sport
- mountaineering
- Official website
- www.junko-tabei.jp
- Image
- Junko Tabei.jpg
- Number of children
- 2
Show 8 more facts
- date of birth
- 1939-09-22
- name in kana
- たべい じゅんこ
- name in native language
- 田部井 淳子
- date of death
- 2016-10-20
- Commons category
- Junko Tabei
- manner of death
- natural causes
- sports discipline competed in
- high-altitude mountaineering
- cause of death
- stomach cancer
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
Junko Tabei (Japanese: 田部井 淳子, Hepburn: Tabei Junko; née Ishibashi; 22 September 1939 – 20 October 2016) was a Japanese mountaineer, author and teacher. She was the first woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest and ascend the Seven Summits, climbing the highest peak on every continent.
Tabei wrote seven books, organized environmental projects to clean up trash left behind by climbers on Everest, and led annual climbs up Mount Fuji for youth affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Junko Tabei” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.