These are the People born in the country of Japan, whether it be the modern country as we see it on the map or a person born in that region before Japan came to be.
Entries:
- Chiune Sugihara, Crediting With Saving 6,000 Jews During World War II
- Hachikō the Dog, Remembered For His Loyalty to His Owner, Even Years After His Death
- Second Lieutenant Hiroo Onoda, Soldier Who Refused to Surrender Until 1974 Despite Fighting in World War II
- Junko Tabei, The First Woman in the World to Climb Everest
- Kabosu, The Real Doge Dog
- Ko Yong-hui, First Lady of North Korea, Mother of Kim Jong-Un
- Murasaki Shikibu, The World's First Novelist
- Nakano Takeko, Samurai During the Boshin War
- Olivia de Havilland, American Actress
- Sada Abe, Geisha Who Murdered Her Lover
- Sadako Sasaki, The Real Girl Behind Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes
- Sumiko Iwamuro, Oldest Active DJ in the World
- Sutematsu Oyama, Women's Education Advocate
- Tomoe Gozen, Samurai Warrior
- Tsutomu Yamagachi, He Survived the Bombings of Both Hiroshima and Nagasaki
- Yaoya Oshichi, Folk Figure