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74th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen song announcement

Hi @Ayakanaa: The songs for the 74th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen have been announced. Are you able to add them to the article about the show? I would need it for the German version of that article. I am not able to transcribe all of the songs into Latin letters. Kindest regards. --Goroth (talk) 06:29, 22 December 2023 (UTC)

@Goroth I believe PepeBonus has done so already. (I went to sleep and only just saw this! Time zones...) ayakanaa ( t · c ) 18:51, 22 December 2023 (UTC)

Yes, I have seen that PepeBonus did it already. Thank you very much for responding. :-) --Goroth (talk) 19:10, 22 December 2023 (UTC)

Otaru

Please, can you help me to find more info about the life of Hisakichi Asahara (浅原久吉): birth, family, career, death, etc.? Thank you very much. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.54.216.75 (talk) 12:27, 22 December 2023 (UTC)

First, he started at a glass factory in Hakata-ku, Fukuoka, then was an apprentice at a glass factory in Osaka, then moved to Hakodate after his senior craftsman became "independent" (started his own company/factory probably?) per his great-grandson for the Otaru Tourism Association. In 1903 (Meiji 36; his great-grandson clarified in the previous source that some sources give it as 1900, but according to the family tree his grandfather compiled it's 1903) in Tomioka, Otaru, he founded Asahara Glass, which manufactured lamps and medication bottles. After receiving a manufacturing request from the Fisheries Research Institute, in 1908, he invented glass "floating balls" (浮き玉, ukidama) (literal translation, there might be a technical term for it) which contributed to herring and northern sea fishing. He then taught the manufacturing method to his relatives, expanding his company across Hokkaido. However, business gradually declined because of the use of plastic floats (per unga plus, a store in Otaru). The Otaru Tourism Association has several articles with some information on him, like here and here. For personal details, I'm having difficulty finding anything.

If you're planning to create an article about him, it doesn't look like he fulfills WP:GNG so it would be a waste of time, and if it's just for the expansion of Otaru, WP:RELEVANCE would be a relevant read. ayakanaa ( t · c ) 19:48, 22 December 2023 (UTC)

I wanted to add more info about him in the story of Otaru. Can you continue to search about his birth and death? 193.207.145.175 (talk) 22:46, 22 December 2023 (UTC)

Per WP:RELEVANCE, I don't think his birth and death dates are necessary for an article about Otaru. What I summarized above alongside the information in the sources should be more than enough. ayakanaa ( t · c ) 23:00, 22 December 2023 (UTC)

Ok, but in any case can you search those info, so I can only know them? 193.207.145.250 (talk) 23:05, 22 December 2023 (UTC)

I'm not finding anything about his personal life, other than his progeny who succeeded him as owners of Asahara Glass. (per here second generation, in 1950: Torao Asahara; third, in 1967: Yōji Asahara; fourth generation, in September 2007, current owner: Saiichirō Asahara. Saiichirō Asahara is confirmed to have become owner after the third generation owner passed away, but you can't determine other death dates from the succession years.) ayakanaa ( t · c ) 23:24, 22 December 2023 (UTC)