open-index/open-wikipedia-markdown huggingface dataset:
Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation

**Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation** (**IBC**)  is a Philippine free-to-air television and radio network based in Quezon City. It is a state broadcaster owned by the Government Communications Group under the Presidential Communications Office (PCO). IBC is also commonly referred to as "The Kaibigan Network", the Filipino term for "friend", which was introduced in 2019.

IBC, along with government-owned media companies People's Television Network and the Philippine Broadcasting Service-Bureau of Broadcast Services, form the media arm of the PCO and it is designated as a secondary state broadcaster that primarily broadcasts education, culture, arts and sports programming. Its studios, offices and broadcast facilities are located at the IBC Compound, Lot 3-B, Capitol Hills Drive cor. Zuzuarregui Street, Barangay Matandang Balara, Diliman, Quezon City.

## References
Paul-Henri Mathieu

**Paul-Henri Mathieu** (born 12 January 1982 in Strasbourg) is a French tennis player. He made his ATP tour debut in July 2000, in Kitzbühel. He won the ATP Newcomer of the Year award for 2002.

## References
Richard Wright (footballer)

**Richard Wright** (born 5 November 1977) is an English football player. He has played for England national team.

## Club career statistics
|-
|1994–95||rowspan="7"|Ipswich Town||Premier League||3||0||0||0||1||0||colspan="2"|-||4||0
|-
|1995–96||rowspan="5"|First Division||23||0||3||0||1||0||colspan="2"|-||27||0
|-
|1996–97||40||0||1||0||5||0||colspan="2"|-||46||0
|-
|1997–98||46||0||4||0||6||0||colspan="2"|-||56||0
|-
|1998–99||46||0||2||0||4||0||colspan="2"|-||52||0
|-
|1999–00||46||0||1||0||4||0||colspan="2"|-||51||0
|-
|2000–01||Premier League||36||0||2||0||6||0||colspan="2"|-||44||0
|-
|2001–02||Arsenal||Premier League||12||0||5||0||1||0||4||0||22||0
|-
|2002–03||rowspan="5"|Everton||rowspan="5"|Premier League||33||0||1||0||3||0||colspan="2"|-||37||0
|-
|2003–04||4||0||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|-||4||0
|-
|2004–05||7||0||2||0||3||0||colspan="2"|-||12||0
|-
|2005–06||15||0||1||0||0||0||colspan="2"|-||16||0
|-
|2006–07||1||0||0||0||1||0||colspan="2"|-||2||0
|-
|2007–08||West Ham United||Premier League||0||0||0||0||3||0||colspan="2"|-||3||0
|-
|2007–08||Southampton||League Championship||7||0||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|-||7||0
|-
|2008–09||rowspan="2"|Ipswich Town||rowspan="2"|League Championship||46||0||2||0||2||0||colspan="2"|-||50||0
|-
|2009–10||12||0||0||0||1||0||colspan="2"|-||13||0
377||0||24||0||41||0||4||0||446||0
377||0||24||0||41||0||4||0||446||0
|}

## International career statistics
|-
|2000||1||0
|-
|2001||1||0
|-
!Total||2||0
|}

## References
Seiya Fujita

is a Japanese professional athlete.  He is best known as a Association football player.

## Club career statistics
|-
|2005||rowspan="6"|Consadole Sapporo||rowspan="3"|J. League 2||1||0||0||0||colspan="2"|-||1||0
|-
|2006||30||0||4||0||colspan="2"|-||34||0
|-
|2007||39||7||0||0||colspan="2"|-||39||7
|-
|2008||J. League 1||19||0||0||0||3||0||22||0
|-
|2009||rowspan="2"|J. League 2||46||3||0||0||colspan="2"|-||46||3
|-
|2010||||||||||||||||
|-
|2011||rowspan="2"|Albirex Niigata||rowspan="2"|J. League 1||||||||||||
|-
|2012||||||||||||||||
135||10||4||0||3||0||142||10
135||10||4||0||3||0||142||10
|}

## References
## Other websites
* Guardian.co.uk, Seiya Fujita
Antonio Carbajal

**Antonio Félix** "**Tota**" **Carbajal Rodríguez** (; 7 June 1929 – 9 May 2023) is a Mexican retired football player. He has played for Mexico national team.

## Club career statistics 
|-
|1948/49||rowspan="2"|España||rowspan="2"|Primera División||25||0
|-
|1949/50||20||0
|-
|1950/51||rowspan="16"|León||rowspan="16"|Primera División||22||0
|-
|1951/52||22||0
|-
|1952/53||20||0
|-
|1953/54||22||0
|-
|1954/55||22||0
|-
|1955/56||25||0
|-
|1956/57||24||0
|-
|1957/58||24||0
|-
|1958/59||26||0
|-
|1959/60||26||0
|-
|1960/61||25||0
|-
|1961/62||24||0
|-
|1962/63||25||0
|-
|1963/64||25||0
|-
|1964/65||25||0
|-
|1965/66||7||0
409||0
409||0
|}

## International career statistics 
|-
!Total||47||0
|}

## References 
## Other websites
*
*
Pooper-scooper

A **pooper-scooper**, or **poo scoop**, is a device or a ‘poo bag’ used by pet owners to pick up an animal's fecal matter from public places and yards. Such devices often have a bag or bag attachment. The ‘poop bag’ is usually turned inside out, to carry the feces to a proper disposal area. The person performing the cleanup might also be called a **pooper-scooper**.

## Legislation
Many places have laws telling pet owners to clean up after their pets after the pet has pooped on a sidewalk or any public place, on a floor, wall, stairway or roof of any public or private premises used in common by the public, or on a fence, wall or stairway of a building abutting on a public. There can be fines for failing to do this.

## Health concerns
Pet droppings contaminate the environment with bacteria, parasites and stench. The droppings are one of the leading sources of *E. coli* (fecal coliforms) bacterial pollution: one gram of dog feces contains over 20,000,000 *E. coli* cells. Coliform bacteria and *E. coli* are commonly used field indicators of fecal contamination by animals (including humans). Pet droppings contain eggs of Toxocara canis and Neospora caninum parasitic worms. In adult dogs infection with T.canis is usually asymptomatic but can be fatal in puppies. T. canis can cause parasitic worm infection and rarely blindness in humans. N.caninum causes severe losses in livestock breeding.

While an individual animal's deposit of feces will not measurably affect the environment, the  effect of thousands of dogs and cats in a metropolitan area creates serious problems due to contamination of soil and water supplies. The runoff from neglected pet waste contaminates water, creates health hazards for people, fish, and other animals.

The situation is particularly dire in Germany, where an estimated 1400 tonnes of feces are deposited daily on public property. A citizen commission (2005) overwhelmingly recommended a plan.  DNA samples would be required when pet licenses come up for renewal.  Within a year, a database of some 12,500 registration-required canine residents would be available to sanitation workers with sample-test kits. Evidence would be submitted to a forensics laboratory where technicians could readily match the waste to its dog. The prospect of a prompt fine equivalent to $600 US (at 2005 exchange rate) would help assure preventive compliance, as well as cover costs.

## References
Metastability

**Metastability** has slightly different meanings in different fields of knowledge. The general idea, however, is that something is metastable if it is not changing, yet given a small force ("nudge") it will transition to another, more stable state. 

For example, a block is sitting on a slope (an "inclined plane"). It keeps sitting there until it is nudged, or the slope is gently struck, setting up vibrations. Then the block starts to slide. At that point it keeps sliding until it reaches the bottom. The block sitting at the bottom is stable. The block sitting on the slope but not moving is metastable. And the block as it is moving is unstable. 

A real life example of this is an avalanche of snow. The avalanche is unstable (the snow is sliding down the mountainside). When the avalanche is over the snow is stable. Before the avalanche starts, the snow is metastable, since some small perturbation is enough to cause it to lose what might have seemed to be stability, but in fact was only metastability.
Cryptomonad

The **Cryptomonads** (or **Cryptophyta**) are a phylum of algae, most of which have chloroplasts. 
 
They are common in freshwater, and also occur in marine and brackish habitats.  Each cell is around 10-50 μm in size and flattened in shape, with an anterior groove or pocket.  At the edge of the pocket there are typically two slightly unequal flagella.

Some may exhibit mixotrophy, using mixed sources of energy.

## References
Kentaro Kawasaki

**Kentaro Kawasaki** (born 18 December 1982) is a Japanese football player. He plays for Kataller Toyama.

## Club career statistics
|-
|2001||rowspan="2"|Cerezo Osaka||J. League 1||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0
|-
|2002||J. League 2||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|-||0||0
|-
|2002||Sagawa Express Osaka||Football League||6||0||2||0||colspan="2"|-||8||0
|-
|2003||rowspan="3"|Montedio Yamagata||rowspan="3"|J. League 2||21||1||3||2||colspan="2"|-||24||3
|-
|2004||14||0||0||0||colspan="2"|-||14||0
|-
|2005||3||0||0||0||colspan="2"|-||3||0
|-
|2006||rowspan="2"|Consadole Sapporo||rowspan="2"|J. League 2||4||0||4||0||colspan="2"|-||8||0
|-
|2007||2||0||1||0||colspan="2"|-||3||0
|-
|2008||rowspan="3"|Kataller Toyama||Football League||13||0||0||0||colspan="2"|-||13||0
|-
|2009||rowspan="2"|J. League 2||35||1||2||1||colspan="2"|-||37||2
|-
|2010||||||||||||||
98||2||12||3||0||0||110||5
98||2||12||3||0||0||110||5
|}

## References
*Kataller Toyama
Nat Lofthouse

**Nat Lofthouse** (27 August 1925 – 15 January 2011) was an English footballer. He played for the England national team. He was born in Bolton, and died there on 15 January 2011 at 85 years old.

## Club career statistics
|-
|1946–47||rowspan="15"|Bolton Wanderers||rowspan="15"|First Division||40||16
|-
|1947–48||34||18
|-
|1948–49||22||7
|-
|1949–50||35||10
|-
|1950–51||38||21
|-
|1951–52||38||18
|-
|1952–53||36||22
|-
|1953–54||32||17
|-
|1954–55||31||15
|-
|1955–56||36||32
|-
|1956–57||36||28
|-
|1957–58||31||17
|-
|1958–59||37||29
|-
|1959–60||0||0
|-
|1960–61||6||3
452||253
452||253
|}

## International career statistics
|-
|1950||1||2
|-
|1951||3||3
|-
|1952||7||9
|-
|1953||8||6
|-
|1954||3||3
|-
|1955||7||4
|-
|1956||2||2
|-
|1957||0||0
|-
|1958||2||1
|-
!Total||33||30
|}

## References
Daigo Nishi

is a Japanese football player. He played for the Japan national team.

## Biography
Nishi was born in Sapporo on August 28, 1987. He joined J2 League club Consadole Sapporo from their youth team in 2006. Although he could hardly play in the match until 2007, Consadole won the champions in 2007 and was promoted to J1 League. In 2008, he became a regular player as right midfielder. However Consadole was finished at the bottom place and was relegated to J2 in a year. In 2009, he was converted to right side back by manager Nobuhiro Ishizaki. In 2010, he moved to J1 club Albirex Niigata and played as side back in 1 season. In 2011, he moved to Kashima Antlers as Atsuto Uchida successor. He played as side back for the club in 8 seasons. In 2016, Antlers won the champions in J1 League and qualified for 2016 Club World Cup as host country champions. At Club World Cup, he played all 4 matches and won the 2nd place. In 2018, Antlers won the champions in the 2018 AFC Champions League. In 2019, he moved to Vissel Kobe. In 2019, Vissel won the champions in the Emperor's Cup which is first major title in the club history. In 2021, he moved to Urawa Reds.

On June 1, 2011, Nishi debuted for the Japan national team against Peru. On March 23, 2019, he played in the match for the first time in 8 years against Bolivia.

## Statistics
|-
|2006||rowspan="4"|Consadole Sapporo||rowspan="2"|J2 League||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||0||0
|-
|2007||5||1||0||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||5||1
|-
|2008||J1 League||27||3||1||0||6||0||colspan="2"|-||34||3
|-
|2009||J2 League||41||7||1||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||42||7
|-
|2010||Albirex Niigata||J1 League||29||1||3||0||6||0||colspan="2"|-||38||1
|-
|2011||rowspan="8"|Kashima Antlers||rowspan="8"|J1 League||30||1||1||0||0||0||3||0||34||1
|-
|2012||30||1||5||0||10||0||colspan="2"|-||45||1
|-
|2013||29||0||1||0||8||0||colspan="2"|-||38||0
|-
|2014||23||3||1||0||2||0||colspan="2"|-||26||3
|-
|2015||30||0||1||0||5||0||6||0||42||0
|-
|2016||26||1||3||0||6||0||colspan="2"|-||35||1
|-
|2017||30||1||2||1||1||0||6||0||39||2
|-
|2018||23||3||4||1||3||1||6||2||36||7
|-
|2019||rowspan="2"|Vissel Kobe||rowspan="2"|J1 League||29||0||3||0||4||0||colspan="2"|-||36||0
|-
|2020||26||1||colspan="2"|-||1||0||6||1||33||2
|-
|2021||Urawa Reds||J1 League||||||||||||||||||||
378||23||26||2||52||1||27||3||483||29
378||23||26||2||52||1||27||3||483||29
|}

|-
|2011||1||0
|-
|2012||0||0
|-
|2013||0||0
|-
|2014||0||0
|-
|2015||0||0
|-
|2016||0||0
|-
|2017||0||0
|-
|2018||0||0
|-
|2019||1||0
|-
!Total||2||0
|}

## References
## Other websites
*
Stramenopile

The **heterokonts** or **stramenopiles** are a major line of eukaryotes with more than 100,000 known species, most of them diatoms.

**Heterokont**s are mostly algae. In one stage of their life cycle they have two unequal flagella. They include both single-celled types and brown algae (seaweeds such as kelp and *Sargassum*). They are members of the Kingdom Chromalveolata.

## Phylogeny
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          |1=Bigyromonadea Cavalier-Smith 1998
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## References
Theme restaurant

**Theme restaurants** are.restaurants in which the idea for the restaurant takes priority. It influences the architecture, food, music, and overall "feel" of the restaurant. The food usually takes a backseat to the presentation of the theme. These restaurants generally attract customers only because of the theme itself.

One example is the *Rainforest Cafe* restaurants which have the obvious theme of a "Tropical Rainforest". *Medieval Times* has its theme of "Medieval Europe". The *Jekyll & Hyde Club* has an atmosphere of Jack the Ripper and Victorian horror novels.  One strange but famous theme restaurant in Berlin, Germany is called "das Klo" (German for "The toilet"). It shows the insides of a toilet.

Many people consider the Rainforest Cafe to be biggest example of a theme restaurant.  They also consider it the restaurant which kicked off the theme restaurant trend. Theme restaurants may be experiencing a decline in popularity, given the closings of several Planet Hollywood, Jekyll & Hyde Club, and Wilderness Cafe locations in recent years. Theme restaurants often depend on tourist business, since the theme soon becomes stale to locals. The focus is not necessarily placed on good food and service. Certain tourist destinations such as the Mall of America or Orlando, Florida have better chances of supporting theme restaurants. Theme restaurants are generally common at theme parks, such as Universal Studios.

## Some well-known theme restaurants 
* Dolly Parton's Dixie Stampede:American Patriotic
* Ed Debevic's: 50s Diner
* Johnny Rockets: 50s Diner
* Hard Rock Cafe: Rock music
* Jekyll & Hyde Club: Victorian English Horror
* Medieval Times: Medieval
* Planet Hollywood: Movie stars
* Rainforest Cafe: Jungle Rainforest
* ESPN Zone: Sports Bar
* Bubba Gump Shrimp Company: The film *Forrest Gump*

## References
England women's national football team

The '''England women's national football team**, nicknamed **The Lionesses''' are the national senior team for the England set up in international football. They are the current Europen champions and have won both the 2022 and 2025 championships. The team has qualified for six World Cups: 1995, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019 and 2023.

The team has done well. In the 32 games played so far, they've won 26, drawn 5 and lost 1. The team has scored 138 goals and give up only 12. England are currently ranked Number 4 in the world.

## Honours 
### Major
* **FIFA World Cup** 
**  **Third place:** 2015

* '''UEFA Women's European Championship**
**  **Champions:** 2022, 2025
**  **Runners-up:** 1984, 2009

* **CONMEBOL-UEFA Cup of Champions**
**  **Champions:** 2023

### Minor
* **Pony Home Championship**
**  **Champions:** 1976
* **Mundialito**
**  **Champions:** 1985, 1988
* **Cyprus Cup**
**  **Champions:** 2009, 2013, 2015
* **SheBelieves Cup**
**  **Champions:** 2019
* **Arnold Clark Cup**
**  **Champions:''' 2022, 2023

### Current squad
The following 23 players were named to the squad for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup in July 2023. 

*Caps and goals are correct as of match played 1 July 2023 against .*

## Records
### Most capped players
 is England's most capped player and fourth highest goalscorer with 40 goals in 172 appearances between 2001 and 2019.]]

### Top goalscorers
 is England's top goalscorer with 52 goals in 113 appearances.]]

## Related pages
* England men's national football team

## References
## Other websites
* Official site
* Euro2005.net's look on the team 
* femaleSOCCER.net's England Women page 
* Umbro England Women's Kit Manufacturer
* 'Three Lions on her Shirt' - new book on the England women's team
* englandfc.com - past results 
* England's 2023 World Cup Squad. BBC Sport.
Weather map

on October 21, 2006]]

A **weather map** is a . It shows facts about the weather quickly.  Weather maps have been used from the mid-19th century, for study and for weather forecasting. Some maps show differences of temperature, and weather fronts. 

A station model is a symbolic picture showing the weather at a reporting station. Meteorologists made the station model to put down many weather elements in a small space on weather maps. Maps thickly filled with station-model plots can be hard to read. However, they help meteorologists, pilots, and mariners to see important weather patterns. A computer draws a station model for every place of observation. The station model is mostly used for surface-weather maps. It can also be used to show the weather in the sky, though. A complete station-model map lets people study patterns in air pressure, temperature, wind, cloud cover, and precipitation.

## History 
People first began using weather charts in a modern way in the mid-19th century. They began using them to make a theory about storm systems. When a telegraph network developed by 1845, it was possible for people to collect information about the weather. They could get the information from many different places far away quickly enough for the information to be useful. In the 1840s, Joseph Henry took charge.  The U.S. Army Signal Corps kept up this network between 1870 and 1874 by an act of Congress. It later expanded to the Western United States.

At first, all the data on the map was not taken from these analyses. This was because there was not enough time . People first tried to standardize time in Great Britain in 1855. The entire United States was not influenced by time zones (areas with different times) until 1906. Over all the earth, other countries began taking weather observations at the same time. This started in 1873.

## References
Louver

A **louver** (American English) or **louvre** (British English), from the French ''l'ouvert*; "the open one") is a window, blind or shutter with horizontal or, less often, vertical slats. They are angled to allow light and air in. They also keep out rain, direct sunshine, and noise.  The angle of the slats may be adjusted.

Louvers come from the Middle Ages as lantern-like constructions in wood that were fitted on top of roof holes. They were put in large kitchens to allow ventilation while keeping out rain and snow.  They were originally rather rough constructions consisting only of a barrel. Later they became more elaborate designs made of pottery. They took the shape of faces where the smoke and steam from cooking would pour out through the eyes and mouth. They also became more like modern louvers, with slats that could be opened or closed by pulling on a string.

More modern louver windows are made of slats of glass, opened and closed with a metal lever.  They may also be shutters of wood, plastic or other material.

Some modern louver systems serve to improve indoor daylighting. Fixed mirrored louver systems can limit glare and of redirect diffuse light.  Such louvers may be put in between two panes of double glazing.

Louvers are rarely seen as primary design elements in the language of modern architecture. They are rather simply a technical device. However, there are examples of architects who use them as part of the overall aesthetic effect of their buildings. The most well-known example is Finnish modernist architect Alvar Aalto who would create aesthetic effects in the facades of his buildings through the combination of different types and sizes of louvers. Some are fixed and some are moveable. They are made mostly from wood (e.g. the various buildings of the Helsinki University of Technology). A second example, taking influence from Aalto, is the second-generation modernist architect Juha Leiviskä.

Additionally, louvers are used as semi-passive means of thermal control on spacecraft. They are also available as an accessory for some automobiles.

## Notes
## References
*Henisch, Bridget Ann *Fast and Feast: Food in Medieval Society''. The Pennsylvania State Press, University Park. 1976.
Kimitoshi Nōgawa

**Kimitoshi Nōgawa** (born 6 February 1984) is a Japanese football player.

He represented Japan at the U17 level.

## References
Junpei Shinmura

**Junpei Shinmura** (born 13 October 1988) is a Japanese football player. He plays for General Caballero.

## Club career statistics
|-
|2007||rowspan="3"|Tokyo Verdy||J. League 2||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|-||0||0
|-
|2008||J. League 1||1||0||0||0||0||0||1||0
|-
|2009||J. League 2||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|-||0||0
1||0||0||0||0||0||1||0
1||0||0||0||0||0||1||0
|}

## References
Hiroaki Kumon

**Hiroaki Kumon** (born 20 October 1966) is a former Japanese football player.

## Club career statistics
|-
|1989/90||rowspan="3"|Furukawa Electric||rowspan="3"|JSL Division 1||6||0||||||||||6||0
|-
|1990/91||5||0||||||3||0||8||0
|-
|1991/92||9||0||||||1||0||10||0
|-
|1992||rowspan="2"|Fujita||rowspan="2"|Football League||10||0||||||colspan="2"|-||10||0
|-
|1993||10||1||1||0||5||0||16||1
|-
|1994||rowspan="5"|Bellmare Hiratsuka||rowspan="5"|J. League 1||28||1||5||0||0||0||33||1
|-
|1995||27||0||2||0||colspan="2"|-||29||0
|-
|1996||10||0||1||0||14||0||25||0
|-
|1997||32||0||3||1||5||0||40||1
|-
|1998||23||0||2||0||1||0||26||0
|-
|1999||rowspan="4"|Yokohama||rowspan="2"|Football League||19||0||2||0||colspan="2"|-||21||0
|-
|2000||18||0||2||0||colspan="2"|-||20||0
|-
|2001||rowspan="2"|J. League 2||26||0||0||0||3||0||29||0
|-
|2002||21||0||2||0||colspan="2"|-||23||0
244||2||20||1||32||0||296||3
244||2||20||1||32||0||296||3
|}

## References
Matteo Ferrari

**Matteo Ferrari**  (; born 5 December 1979) is an Italian former footballer who played as a defender. He played top-flight football for several Italian clubs in Serie A, Everton of the Premier League, and for the Montreal Impact in Major League Soccer.

## Club career statistics
|-
|1996–97||Internazionale Milano||Serie A||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|-||0||0||0||0
|-
|1997–98||Genoa||Serie B||3||0||0||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||3||0
|-
|1998–99||Lecce||Serie B||13||0||2||1||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||15||1
|-
|1999–00||Bari||Serie A||26||0||2||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||28||0
|-
|2000–01||Internazionale Milano||Serie A||19||0||1||0||colspan="2"|-||7||0||27||0
|-
|2001–02||rowspan="3"|Parma||rowspan="3"|Serie A||16||0||4||0||colspan="2"|-||4||0||24||0
|-
|2002–03||32||2||1||0||colspan="2"|-||4||0||37||2
|-
|2003–04||33||1||2||0||colspan="2"|-||6||0||41||1
|-
|2004–05||Roma||Serie A||35||0||7||0||colspan="2"|-||4||0||46||0

|-
|2005–06||Everton||Premier League||8||0||||||||||1||0||9||0

|-
|2006–07||rowspan="2"|Roma||rowspan="2"|Serie A||27||2||6||0||colspan="2"|-||6||0||39||2
|-
|2007–08||16||0||2||0||colspan="2"|-||5||0||23||0
|-
|2008–09||Genoa||Serie A||33||0||2||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||35||0

|-
|2009–10||Beşiktaş||Süper Lig||||||||||||||||||||
253||5||29||1||colspan="2"|-||36||0||318||6
8||0||||||||||1||0||9||0
0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0
261||5||29||1||0||0||37||0||327||6
|}

## International career statistics
|-
|2002||1||0
|-
|2003||6||0
|-
|2004||4||0
|-
!Total||11||0
|}

## References
Tsuneyuki Ueda

**Tsuneyuki Ueda** (born 3 July 1985) is a Japanese football player. He plays for Honda Lock.

## Club career statistics
|-
|2004||rowspan="2"|Consadole Sapporo||rowspan="2"|J. League 2||0||0||0||0||0||0
|-
|2005||0||0||0||0||0||0

|-
|2006||Albirex Niigata Singapore||S. League||23||1||3||1||26||2

|-
|2007||rowspan="2"|Zweigen Kanazawa||rowspan="2"|Regional Leagues||14||2||3||0||17||2
|-
|2008||12||1||1||0||13||1
|-
|2009||rowspan="2"|Honda Lock||rowspan="2"|Football League||16||0||3||0||19||0
|-
|2010||||||||||||
42||3||7||0||49||3
23||1||3||1||26||2
65||4||10||1||75||5
|}

## References
Takuya Matsuura

**Takuya Matsuura** (born 21 December 1988) is a Japanese football player. He plays for Júbilo Iwata.

## Club career statistics
|-
|2007||rowspan="4"|Júbilo Iwata||rowspan="4"|J. League 1||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0
|-
|2008||11||1||0||0||3||0||14||1
|-
|2009||10||0||3||0||1||0||14||0
|-
|2010||||||||||||||||
21||1||3||0||4||0||28||1
21||1||3||0||4||0||28||1
|}

## References
*Júbilo Iwata
Ryu Okada

**Ryu Okada** (born 10 April 1984) is a Japanese football player. He plays for Júbilo Iwata.

## Club career statistics
|-
|2007||rowspan="4"|Júbilo Iwata||rowspan="4"|J. League 1||0||0||0||0||2||0||2||0
|-
|2008||5||0||1||0||1||0||7||0
|-
|2009||14||1||3||0||3||0||20||1
|-
|2010||||||||||||||||
19||1||4||0||6||0||29||1
19||1||4||0||6||0||29||1
|}

## References
*Júbilo Iwata
Ryohei Yamazaki

**Ryohei Yamazaki** (born 14 March 1989) is a Japanese football player. He plays for Júbilo Iwata.

## Club career statistics
|-
|2007||rowspan="4"|Júbilo Iwata||rowspan="4"|J. League 1||0||0||0||0||1||0||1||0
|-
|2008||6||0||0||0||1||0||7||0
|-
|2009||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0
|-
|2010||||||||||||||||
6||0||0||0||2||0||8||0
6||0||0||0||2||0||8||0
|}

## References
*Júbilo Iwata
Yohei Kurakawa

**Yohei Kurakawa** (born 10 August 1977) is a former Japanese football player.

## Club statistics
*Updated to 1 January 2019*.

## References
Yasuaki Okamoto

**Yasuaki Okamoto** (born 9 April 1988) is a Japanese football player. He plays for Consadole Sapporo.

## Club career statistics
|-
|2007||rowspan="4"|Consadole Sapporo||J. League 2||9||2||1||0||colspan="2"|-||10||2
|-
|2008||J. League 1||13||0||0||0||5||0||18||0
|-
|2009||rowspan="2"|J. League 2||23||4||0||0||colspan="2"|-||23||4
|-
|2010||||||||||||||||
45||6||1||0||5||0||51||6
45||6||1||0||5||0||51||6
|}

## References
*Consadole Sapporo
Shunsuke Iwanuma

**Shunsuke Iwanuma** (born 2 June 1988) is a Japanese football player. He plays for Consadole Sapporo.

## Club career statistics
|-
|2007||rowspan="4"|Consadole Sapporo||J. League 2||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|-||0||0
|-
|2008||J. League 1||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0
|-
|2009||rowspan="2"|J. League 2||5||1||0||0||colspan="2"|-||5||1
|-
|2010||||||||||||||||
5||1||0||0||0||0||5||1
5||1||0||0||0||0||5||1
|}

## References
*Consadole Sapporo
Tomotaka Kitamura

**Tomotaka Kitamura** (born 27 May 1982) is a Japanese football player. He plays for Montedio Yamagata.

## Club career statistics
|-
|2001||rowspan="6"|Yokohama||rowspan="6"|J. League 2||15||3||0||0||0||0||15||3
|-
|2002||19||2||3||0||colspan="2"|-||22||2
|-
|2003||17||1||1||0||colspan="2"|-||18||1
|-
|2004||30||2||3||1||colspan="2"|-||33||3
|-
|2005||30||5||2||0||colspan="2"|-||32||5
|-
|2006||32||2||0||0||colspan="2"|-||32||2
|-
|2007||rowspan="4"|Montedio Yamagata||rowspan="2"|J. League 2||43||8||2||0||colspan="2"|-||45||8
|-
|2008||39||5||2||0||colspan="2"|-||41||5
|-
|2009||rowspan="2"|J. League 1||29||2||2||0||1||1||32||3
|-
|2010||||||||||||||||
254||30||15||1||1||1||270||32
254||30||15||1||1||1||270||32
|}

## References
*Montedio Yamagata
Kazuya Kawabata

is a Japanese football player.

## Club career statistics
|-
|2003||rowspan="2"|Consadole Sapporo||rowspan="2"|J. League 2||1||0||0||0||1||0
|-
|2004||1||0||0||0||1||0
|-
|2005||rowspan="3"|Rosso Kumamoto||Regional Leagues||11||2||1||0||12||2
|-
|2006||rowspan="2"|Football League||3||0||0||0||3||0
|-
|2007||2||0||0||0||2||0
|-
|2008||rowspan="2"|Roasso Kumamoto||rowspan="2"|J. League 2||33||1||1||0||34||1
|-
|2009||23||0||0||0||23||0
|-
|2010||Giravanz Kitakyushu||J. League 2||||||||||||
74||3||2||0||76||3
74||3||2||0||76||3
|}

## References
Takahiro Takagi

is a Japanese professional athlete.  He is best known as a Association football or soccer player.

## Club career statistics
|-
|2001||rowspan="3"|JEF United Ichihara||rowspan="3"|J. League 1||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0
|-
|2002||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0
|-
|2003||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0
|-
|2003||Thespa Kusatsu||Regional Leagues||1||0||0||0||colspan="2"|-||1||0
|-
|2004||rowspan="2"|Omiya Ardija||J. League 2||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|-||0||0
|-
|2005||J. League 1||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0
|-
|2006||Thespa Kusatsu||J. League 2||48||0||2||0||colspan="2"|-||50||0
|-
|2007||rowspan="2"|Consadole Sapporo||J. League 2||47||0||0||0||colspan="2"|-||47||0
|-
|2008||J. League 1||20||0||0||0||1||0||21||0
|-
|2009||Omiya Ardija||J. League 1||0||0||0||0||5||0||5||0
|-
|2010||Albirex Niigata||J. League 1||||||||||||||||
|-
|2011||rowspan="2"|Consadole Sapporo||J. League 2||||||||||||||||
|-
|2012||J. League 1||||||||||||||||
116||0||2||0||6||0||124||0
116||0||2||0||6||0||124||0
|}

## References
## Other websites
* Albirex Niigata, http://www.albirex.co.jp/topteam/28_takagi.html
Shinsaku Mochidome

is a Japanese professional athlete.  He is best known as an Association football player.

## Career
|-
|2007||rowspan="4"|Ehime||rowspan="4"|J. League 2||8||0||0||0||8||0
|-
|2008||1||0||0||0||1||0
|-
|2009||7||0||0||0||7||0
|-
|2010||||||||||||
16||0||0||0||16||0
16||0||0||0||16||0
|}

## References
Ryota Takasugi

is a Japanese football player currently playing for Tochigi SC.

## Club career statistics
*Updated to 28 February 2020*.

1Includes Promotion Playoffs to J1.

## References
Kenichi Ego

is a Japanese professional athlete.  He is best known as an Association football player.

## Club career statistics
|-
|2002||Ventforet Kofu||J. League 2||1||0||0||0||1||0
|-
|2003||rowspan="3"|Tottori||rowspan="3"|Football League||25||8||2||0||27||8
|-
|2004||28||5||2||0||30||5
|-
|2005||27||5||1||1||28||6
|-
|2006||rowspan="5"|Ehime||rowspan="5"|J. League 2||31||2||1||0||32||2
|-
|2007||45||1||4||0||49||1
|-
|2008||35||3||2||0||37||3
|-
|2009||5||0||0||0||5||0
|-
|2010||||||||||||
197||24||12||1||209||25
197||24||12||1||209||25
|}

## References
Kazushige Kirihata

**Kazushige Kirihata** (born 30 June 1987) is a Japanese football player. He plays for Kashiwa Reysol.

## Club statistics
## Other websites
*Kashiwa Reysol 

## References
Chaetognatha

**Chaetognatha**, commonly known as **arrow worms**, are a phylum of small predatory marine animals. They are present in huge numbers in plankton worldwide.

About 20% of the known species are benthic and can attach to algae or rocks. They are found in all marine waters from surface tropical waters and shallow tide pools to the deep sea and polar regions. Most chaetognaths are transparent and are torpedo shaped, but some deep-sea species are orange. They range in size from .

Despite the huge numbers, there are only about 120 modern species in 20 genera. Some species are known to use the neurotoxin *tetrodotoxin* to subdue their prey.

Chaetognaths appear to have originated in the Cambrian Period. Complete body fossils have been described from China, Greenland  and the Middle Cambrian Burgess Shale of British Columbia.

These animals are usually considered a type of protostome, closely related to rotifers.
## References
Hatem Trabelsi

**Hatem Trabelsi** (born 25 January 1977) is a former Tunisian football player. He has played for Tunisia national team.

## Club career statistics
|-
|2001/02||rowspan="5"|Ajax||rowspan="5"|Eredivisie||21||0
|-
|2002/03||26||1
|-
|2003/04||8||1
|-
|2004/05||24||0
|-
|2005/06||20||0

|-
|2006/07||Manchester City||Premier League||20||1
99||2
20||1
119||3
|}

## International career statistics
|-
|1998||6||1
|-
|1999||2||0
|-
|2000||3||0
|-
|2001||5||0
|-
|2002||11||0
|-
|2003||6||0
|-
|2004||6||0
|-
|2005||9||0
|-
|2006||8||0
|-
!Total||56||1
|}

## References
Pepper spray

**Pepper spray** (also called OC spray, from Oleoresin capsicum) is a spray used for self-defence, by spraying it into an attacker's face. It makes eyes water and causes intense pain, sometimes even leading to temporary blindness. Pepper spray is an inflammatory agent. When someone is sprayed with pepper spray, their eyes will close and they will have difficulty breathing, a runny nose, and cough. The stronger the spray is, the longer the effects last, but the average full effect lasts around thirty to forty-five minutes, with longer effects lasting for hours. Pepper spray is mostly used by police forces for riot control, but in some countries people can use it for self-defence. 

The active ingredient in pepper spray is capsaicin, a chemical found in capsicums, chillis and other members of the pepper family. 

Pepper spray usually comes in canisters and can be sprayed up to twenty-five metres.
## How it works
Pepper spray makes contact. A sharp burning sensation spreads across the eyes making it nearly impossible to keep them open as the irritation intensifies. The chemicals inside cause your eyelids to swell within seconds. It can lead to temporary blindness making it difficult to see and as you breathe, the chemicals can get into your throat causing to tighten and for the process to end it takes about 1 hour for it to stop.

## Alternate names 
* OC spray (from Oleoresin capsicum)
* Capsicum spray (Australia)

## References
Koki Yonekura

is a Japanese footballer who plays for JEF United Chiba as a right full-back. He has played for the Japanese national team.

## Biography
Yonekura was born in Chiba on May 17, 1988. After graduating from Yachiyo High School, he joined J1 League club JEF United Chiba in 2007. JEF was relegated to J2 League for the first time in the club history at the end of the 2009 season. From 2011, he played many matches as a defensive midfielder. In 2013, he was converted to right-side back. In 2014, he moved to J1 club Gamba Osaka. In 2014, Gamba won all three major titles in Japan; J1 League, J.League Cup and Emperor's Cup. Gamba also won the 2015 Emperor's Cup. In July 2019, Yonekura moved back to his first club JEF United Chiba.

In July 2015, Yonekura was selected the Japan national team for 2015 East Asian Cup. At this tournament, he debuted against China on August 9. He played two games for Japan in 2015.

## Statistics
### Club career statistics
 1 includes J. League Championship, Japanese Super Cup and Suruga Bank Championship appearances.

### Reserves statistics
Last Updated: 21 March 2018

### National team statistics
## Honors
*J1 League – 2014
*Emperor's Cup – 2014, 2015
*J. League Cup – 2014
*Japanese Super Cup – 2015

## References
## Other websites
* 
*
Yuki Kaneko

**Yuki Kaneko** (born 29 May 1982) is a former Japanese football player.

## Club statistics
## Other websites
*
*
Hiroshi Kichise

**Hiroshi Kichise** (born 10 July 1983) is a former Japanese football player.

## Club statistics
## Other websites
*
Tomoki Suzuki

**Tomoki Suzuki** (born 8 June 1985) is a former Japanese football player.

## Club career statistics
|-
|2003||rowspan="6"|Consadole Sapporo||rowspan="5"|J. League 2||0||0||3||1||colspan="2"|-||3||1
|-
|2004||27||0||0||0||colspan="2"|-||27||0
|-
|2005||20||0||1||0||colspan="2"|-||21||0
|-
|2006||31||2||1||0||colspan="2"|-||32||2
|-
|2007||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|-||0||0
|-
|2008||J. League 1||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0
78||2||5||1||0||0||83||3
78||2||5||1||0||0||83||3
|}

## References
Roy Lichtenstein

**Roy Lichtenstein** (October 27, 1923 – September 29, 1997) was an American artist. He is famous for his work in the "pop art" style around the late 1950's to early 1960's. He was friends with artist Andy Warhol.

He b was born and grew up in New York City. After serving in the United States Army during World War II, he finished his education at Ohio State University and began teaching in colleges.

Lichtenstein was interested in mens ballbags popular culture, including comic books and advertising. He made his art about topics like these. He liked to make his art colorful and with bright lines.

Lichtenstein died of pneumonia, aged 74.

## References
Zheng Zhi

**Zheng Zhi** (; born 20 August 1980) is a Chinese professional football manager and former player. As a player, Zheng played most of his career for Chinese Super League club Guangzhou, becoming their captain and serving also as their caretaker manager in two stints.

## Career statistics
### Club
### International
:''Scores and results list China's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Zhang goal.''

## Honours
**Shenzhen Jianlibao**
*Chinese Super League: 2004

**Shandong Luneng Taishan**
*Chinese Super League: 2006
*AFC Champions League: 2013, 2015
*Chinese FA Cup: 2012, 2016
*Chinese FA Super Cup: 2012, 2016, 2017, 2018
**Individual**
*AFC Asian Cup All-Star Team: 2004
*Asian Footballer of the Year: 2013
*AFC Champions League Dream Team: 2013, 2015
*Chinese Football Association Player of the Year: 2002, 2006
*Chinese Super League Team of the Year: 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015

## References
## Other websites 
*
Michihisa Date

is a Japanese professional athlete and coach.  He is best known as an Association football player.

## Club career statistics
## References
Sodor (fictional island)

**Sodor** is a fictional island in the Irish Sea used as the setting for *The Railway Series* books by the Rev. W. Awdry, and later used in the Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends television series.
Tweenies

***Tweenies*** is an British TV show for children shown on BBC in the United Kingdom. The show is set in a preschool attended by the four little furry anthropomorphic doll-like creatures: Milo, Jake, Bella and Fizz, also with two adults, Max and Judy, and their dog, Doodles. And later another dog, Izzles. The theme song is "Hey, hey, are you ready to play". It was first shown on September 6, 1999. It is made by Tell-Tale Productions and Nick Jr. Productions. Hit songs from the show include "I Believe In Christmas", "Number 1" which went into the Top 10, "Best Friends Forever", "Do The Lollipop", "Have Fun, Go Mad!" which went into the Top 20. They also have a number 56 hit album and a number 34 hit Christmas album. and a compilation game by BBC Multimedia/Various called "Tweenies: Game Time"  which was released in 2003.

## Cancellation
Series 7 would be the last series after the BBC decided to cancel the series. The final episode aired on 25 July 2002. The final two special episodes aired in 2003.

## Awards
## References
## Other websites
*
Tanduay

**Tanduay Rhum** is an alcoholic drink from the Philippines. It is produced by Tanduay Distillers Inc., and with origins dating from 1854. 

## References
## Other websites
*Tanduay's official website
Pavel Eljanov

**Pavel Eljanov** (born 1983) is a Ukrainian chess grandmaster.
 
Eljanov's most notable tournament result to date was winning Corus B tournament 2007 in Wijk aan Zee, Holland with a score of 9/13. This result enabled him to qualify for the category 20 tournament Corus A 2008.

On the September 2010 FIDE rating list, Eljanov had a rating of 2761, making him number 1 in Ukraine and number 6 in the world. His results in the Russian premier league had been exceptional. Since then he has slipped to #21.
Lactase

**Lactase** is an enzyme which acts on lactose, breaking it down so it can be digested. 

Mammals in their infancy usually make lactase: they need it for digesting the lactose found in their mother's milk. Mammalian adults usually lose the capacity to produce lactase. Thus, if you give milk to an adult cat it causes discomfort and diarrhea.

## Lactase evolution in humans 
Humans are somewhat different. Some humans continue to produce lactase, and some do not. It is a type of polymorphism.

The ability to digest lactose into adulthood ('lactase persistence') was useful to humans after the development of animal husbandry. This created a system providing a consistent supply of milk. 

Hunter-gatherer populations before the Neolithic revolution were overwhelmingly lactose intolerant. So are modern hunter-gatherers. 

### Genetics 
A mutation on chromosome #2 stops the shutdown in lactase production, making it possible for those with the mutation to continue drinking fresh milk (and eating other dairy products) throughout their lives.

This appears to be a recent adaptation to dairy consumption. It has occurred independently in both northern Europe and East Africa in populations with a pastoral lifestyle. Lactase persistence, allowing lactose digestion to continue into adulthood, is a dominant allele, making lactose intolerance a recessive trait. 

Genetic studies suggest that the oldest mutations associated with lactase persistence only reached appreciable levels in human populations in the last ten thousand years. Therefore, lactase persistence is often cited as an example of recent human evolution. As lactase persistence is genetic, but animal husbandry a cultural trait, this is gene–culture coevolution.

## Related pages 
* Lactose intolerance

## References
Ginebra San Miguel

**Ginebra San Miguel, Inc.** (**GSMI**) is a Philippines-based alcoholic drink company. It is owned by San Miguel Corporation, then called La Tondeňa Distillers, Inc. (LTDI) from 1987 to 2003.  Founded originally by the late Carlos Palanca, Sr. as La Tondeña, Inc. (LTI) in 1902 in the district of Tondo, Manila (where its name come from), it manufactures a range of products and carries packaging innovations that satisfy the needs of its target consumers. Its main product is hard liquor.

## Other websites
*Ginebra San Miguel official website 
*San Miguel Corporation
Asia Brewery

**Asia Brewery** is a brewery founded in 1982 in Makati City, the Philippines. It is one of only two breweries in the Philippines, and is the smaller of the two, with only 10% market share. It is owned by Lucio Tan, listed by Forbes Magazine as the second richest Filipino in the Philippines, with assets worth $1.5 billion.

## Products
It produces malt beverages like beer, shandy, iced tea, bottled water and carbonated soft drinks. Its sister company Tanduay Distillers, Inc. produces hard liquor. It somewhat mimics the structure of its bigger rival San Miguel Corporation, except that ABI has no food and agribusiness divisions.

It offers eight beers in the Philippines with its flagship brand Beer na Beer launched in 1988 as **Beer Pale Pilsen.** It changed its name to **Beer na Beer** after lawsuits by other breweries using the term **pale pilsen**. In 2001, Beer na Beer was reformulated and now has 6.0% alcohol volume.

ABI's seven other beers are sold on a somewhat limited scale, but its Colt 45 brand, launched in 1995, is the biggest among them. This malt liquor's biggest competitor is Red Horse Extra Strong from San Miguel. ABI's other licensed brands are Carlsberg (the brewery's first beer in 1987), Lone Star (launched in 2000), Lone Star Light (2002), Colt Ice (2003), Lone Star ULTRA (the country's first low-carb beer, launched in 2004, Stag (either cancelled or it's just hard to find in the country), and Coors (2008).

The company also offers Absolute distilled drinking water, the second biggest-selling bottled water brand in the market behind SMC's Wilkins, and Summit mineral water. They are both launched in 1992.

In 1995, Q Shandy was launched to compete with SMC's Cali. In 1999, Pacific Sun iced tea was launched. In 2009, Asia Brewery introduced Feelgood, the first juice drink in the Philippines to contain prebiotics. 

Asia Brewery entered the low-priced carbonated soft drinks market by acquiring a license to produce Virgin Cola from Virgin Drinks. They are responsible in distributing products such as Summit Vitaminwater, ZeroCal and 100Plus.

In 2008, Asia Brewery partnered with Cobra International Beverage Holdings, Inc. introduced the Philippine version of **Cobra Energy Drink**, is the ready-to-drink energy drink now in the Philippine market.

## Related pages
* List of Philippine companies
* ABI's Main Competitor, San Miguel Corporation

## References
## Other websites
* Asia Brewery Official Website
RHTV

**DZRH News Television** is a 24-hour cable television channel of Manila Broadcasting Company in the Philippines. Its programs are mainly from MBC's AM station DZRH. DZRH-TV can be seen on Cignal Digital TV channel 18, Cablelink channel 9, and 54 cable TV affiliates nationwide, as well as live internet TV streaming on their official website.

## History
On October 1, 2008 DZRH-TV began as an Interactive Radio/Cable TV channel. It was first seen on SkyCable, later on Dream Satellite TV & other cable TV Channels nationwide with 300 cable affiliates. It was first called TV Natin, then DZRH RadyoVision. It was later changed to DZRH Television or RHTV. RHTV is now available in satellite Measat 3 platform along with other MBC Radio stations.

## Programming
RHTV airs the live video feed of DZRH programs, except Ang Dating Daan and selected radio dramas. RHTV also airs its produced programs.

## RHTV on Cable Television
- With 300 cable affiliates nationwide.

## Internationals channels on Cable Terrestrial and Satellite. 
## Related pages
*DWAN MMDA TeleRadyo
*DZRH-TV
*Manila Broadcasting Company
*DZRH-AM
*One PH
*TV5
*ABS-CBN
*ABS-CBN S+A
*BEAM TV
*One Sports
*TeleRadyo Serbisyo
*DWIZ TeleRadyo 27
*DWBL-AM
*DWBM-FM
*DZRB-AM
*DZRP

## References
## Other websites
*Official Website
All Sports Network

**All Sports Network** is an Asian sports television channel. It covers some of the biggest sports in the United States and other events from around the world. Some of these sports are the U.S. National Football League (up to 4 live games per week), the National Hockey League (up to 5 live games per week), and NCAA college basketball and football. They also cover motor sports (such as Formula Drift, Touring Car, GT racing), Extreme sports, Pro Bull Riding, and UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship).

## References
## Other websites
* Official Site
Fox (Asian TV channel)

**Fox** was a Asian pay television channel. It was owned and operated by Fox Networks Group Asia Pacific, a compsny owned by Disney International Operations.

The network operated six subnetworks. All of them were named as Fox. It had one feed for East Asia and individual feeds for Japan, Thailand, The Philippines, Taiwan, and Vietnam. All of the networks had programming with the original English audio along with either subtitling or second audio feeds in each nation's main language. It also had a deal with Tcast until the end of 2020 for a version of Fox in South Korea.

## History 
In Japan, the channel launched in February 1998. Other Fox channels such as Fox Crime and Fox Life (now FOX bs238) also launched at that time.

In Asia, the channel began testing in December 2009. It broadcast US TV series on loop. The first Asian provider who carried Fox was SkyCable. This was in the Philippines. It launched the channel on 4 January 2010. Next was StarHub TV in Singapore on 1 February 2010. 

Fox Taiwan was officially launched on 1 September 2012, as **FOX Showbiz** (). It replaced Channel V Taiwan. They broadcast Asian programming and some of American series reruns with Chinese subtitles. The feed was renamed Fox in January 2014 and broadcast both local and foreign programmes.

In 2020, Tcast announced that it had ended its license agreement with Disney's domestic division. It changed the name of its channels after 31 December 2020. Fox in South Korea then became Ch.NOW (채널 나우).

On 31 August 2021, the Fox Networks Group channels ended operations in Hong Kong. The entire group of Fox networks in Asia ended operations on 30 September 2021. This did not include networks in Taiwan and Japan. Its content transferred to Disney+ and Hotstar.

On 1 January 2022, Fox Taiwan was renamed to Star World. This marked the return of Star World in Taiwan.

## References 
## Other websites