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44-517: A banker, and Yoshino Nakamatsu, a teacher who provided early tutoring in mathematics and science and encouraged him to begin inventing. He studied engineering at the University of Tokyo . He has three children. In June 2014, Nakamatsu, who has contended that it should be possible for people to reach 144 years of age by taking care of their health, revealed that he is suffering from prostate cancer and that his doctors did not expect him to live past
66-427: A bathroom constructed without nails and tiled in 24-karat gold, encourages creative thinking by blocking television and radio waves . He also has an elevator in his house that he claims helps him think better, although he strictly denies that it is an elevator and describes it as a "vertical moving room". He predicts that he will live until the age of 144. Nakamatsu is a prolific inventor , and he even claims to hold
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110-492: Is a Japanese inventor. He regularly appears on Japanese talk shows demonstrating his inventions. In some interviews, Nakamatsu has described his "creativity process", which includes listening to music and concludes with diving underwater, where he says he comes up with his best ideas. He then records them while underwater. Nakamatsu claims to benefit from lack of oxygen to the brain during his dives, making inventions "0.05 seconds before death." He also claims that his "Calm Room,"
132-412: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Happiness Realization Party The Happiness Realization Party ( 幸福実現党 , Kōfuku Jitsugen-tō ) , abbreviated as Kōfuku ( 幸福 ), is a Japanese political party founded by Ryuho Okawa on 23 May 2009. The HRP is the political wing of the conservative Happy Science religious movement. Okawa
154-711: Is generally considered a right-wing, or a radical right party. The party advocates a nuclear deterrent for Japan, denies that the Nanjing Massacre occurred and has called for China to be expelled from the United Nations Security Council . The party has formed links to the American right, having attended the Conservative Political Action Conference in 2012, and bringing with them members of
176-515: Is not rewritable and lacks most elements of the IBM floppy disk patent. Since the paper was 'floppy' material, he claims he had invented the floppy disk (sometimes he uses the phrase "floppy media"); however, flexible magnetic recording media was well known prior to 1952, in tape and wire recording . According to Nakamatsu, IBM reached licensing agreements with him in the late 1970s. He also says to have licensed his floppy disk to IBM in 1979, but that
198-549: The Sovereign Military Order of Malta , and introduces himself as "Sir Dr. NakaMats", although his claim has been denied by a representative of the order. In 2013, Nakamatsu was featured on the Sky 1 programme The Moaning of Life , where Karl Pilkington travels the world to see how people face up to life's biggest issues. In 2015, Full Metal Breakfast released a song called "Dr. NakaMats." in 2016, Nakamatsu
220-1125: The officials of HRP. Defunct Defunct According to The Japan Times , "for many, the Happies smell suspiciously like a cult". The party has released promotional videos that claim North Korea and China are plotting to invade and colonize Japan after first subduing it through nuclear warfare. The party has been accused of expressing anti-Korean sentiment , although they deny this. However, they deny that Koreans were forced to labor in World War II , and deny that comfort women (many of whom were Korean) were forced to perform their work. To this end, Okawa once said that: Those Koreans who presented sob stories decades later were plucked from weepy funerals and "bribed" to blacken Japan’s name, such lies now being firmly "embedded in Korean culture". Yoshiro Nakamatsu Yoshiro Nakamatsu ( 中松 義郎 , Nakamatsu Yoshirō , born June 26, 1928) , also known as Dr. NakaMats ( ドクター中松 , Dokutā Nakamatsu ) ,
242-732: The 2024 election where he was ranked 11th. He has also campaigned unsuccessfully for election to the House of Councillors , the upper house of the National Diet . In 2010 and 2013 he ran as a candidate of the Happiness Realization Party . Nakamatsu has appeared on several American TV shows, including Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous , Late Night with David Letterman , CNN's Make, Create, Innovate , and Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern . He also appeared on
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#1732764768106264-629: The BBC show Adam and Joe Go Tokyo and the BBC radio show Jon Ronson On... In 2005, Nakamatsu was awarded the Ig Nobel Prize (a parody of the Nobel Prize ) for Nutrition, for photographing every meal he has consumed during a period of 34 years. In 2009, Danish filmmaker Kaspar Astrup Schröder made a humorous documentary about Nakamatsu titled The Invention of Dr. NakaMats . In 2010, Nakamatsu claimed he had been granted an honorary title by
286-703: The Freestyle Music Park in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, United States The Harvard Review of Philosophy Haute Randonnée Pyrénéenne , a hiking trail in France Historic Royal Palaces Human remains pouch , or body bag Human resource planning Hutchinson River Parkway and Expressway in New York City. Yandruwandha language , an Australian Aboriginal language Topics referred to by
308-766: The Tokyo Tea Party, supporting low tax. In 2022, the party has expressed sympathy for Russia's position following the Invasion of Ukraine , criticizing the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy . Jay Aeba, also known as Jikido Aeba (饗庭直道, あえば直道 , Aeba Jikido), was, of May 2012, advisor of the Republican National Committee of the United States in charge of Asia, with Yuki Oikawa as one of
330-476: The basis of the Juusyoku Record patent issued in 1952, Nakamatsu claims to have invented the first floppy disk well before IBM 's floppy disk patent was filed in 1969. However, what Nakamatsu patented in 1952 was a paper for optical sound player. In contrast to a floppy disk, this Nakamatsu patent discloses the use of printed paper for storage instead of the magnetic material of a floppy disk. It
352-417: The details are "confidential". An IBM spokesman, Mac Jeffery, confirmed that the company did license some of his patents, but said that they were not for the floppy disk, which he said IBM invented on its own. Another IBM spokesman, Brian Doyle, said that the company licensed 14 patents from Nakamatsu and those patents do not have anything to do with the floppy disk. Nakamatsu is the son of Hajime Nakamatsu,
374-685: The end of 2015. He has sought a new treatment for the disease. In September 2015, Nakamatsu appeared at the awards ceremony for the Ig Nobel prizes, where he performed a song about his medical condition. Nakamatsu is a perennial political candidate. In 2004 he told the Japan Times that "politics is a part of inventions," explaining that it is an "invisible invention" along the lines of concepts such as education and happiness. Since 1995 he has unsuccessfully campaigned multiple times to be elected Governor of Tokyo, including, at an age of 96 years, in
396-501: The party had 21 elected local councilors. According to its manifesto, the group's goal is to more than double Japan's population to 300 million through making child-rearing easier for mothers and accepting foreigners as workforce. It also aims to change the pacifist Article 9 of the Japanese Constitution in order to increase Japan's economic and military power. The group identifies itself as " conservative " and
418-403: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title HRP . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=HRP&oldid=1258799192 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
440-580: The world record for number of more than 3,200 inventions. While his claim to a "world record" has been described as a record for patents by several media articles, several other sources do not list Nakamatsu among the world's most prolific inventors (he has six patent families). Among Nakamatsu's early inventions is the Shoyu Churu Churu, a siphon pump used in the home to move soy sauce from large containers to smaller vessels for cooking and serving. His patented inventions include: Upon
462-477: Was awarded the first Museum Lifetime Visionary Award "in recognition of a uniquely decorated life dedicated to the pursuit of that which we do not yet know" during a celebration of his 88th birthday. The ceremony, held in Cortlandt Alley in New York City, was planned in conjunction with the museum's exhibition of various inventions and personal artifacts of Nakamatsu. In 2019, Nakamatsu was featured in
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#1732764768106484-475: Was the president of the party until his death on 2 March 2023. In 2009, the party had 345 candidates, placing it on the ballots of 99% of Japan's 300 constituencies. Many perennial candidates such as Yoshiro Nakamatsu joined the HRP. Despite fielding a total of more than 1 million votes, the party did not win any seats in the election. In 2012, the party again failed to gain any seats. As of April 2018,
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