The electric guitar, invented by Fujigen Gakki in the 1950s, has become a staple instrument in popular music worldwide.
Nagoya is Japan's fourth-largest city and a major industrial center, with a population of over 9 million people in the greater Nagoya area.
Japan's victory over Russia in the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-1905 was the first time an Asian power had defeated a European power in a modern war.