ユニバーサル・スタジオ・ジャパン
( Universal Studios Japan )Universal Studios Japan (ユニバーサル・スタジオ・ジャパン) is a theme park located in Osaka, Japan. Opened on March 31, 2001, it is one of six Universal Studios theme parks worldwide and was the first to open outside the United States. The park is owned and operated by USJ LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of NBCUniversal. The park is similar in layout to Universal Studios Florida and contains selected attractions from both Universal Orlando and Universal Studios Hollywood, in addition to a small number of unique attractions.
Over 11 million guests visited the park in its opening year, making it the fastest theme park to reach the 10 million guest milestone at the time. In 2022, USJ hosted 12.3 million visitors, making it the third-most visited theme park in the world behind Magic Kingdom and Disneyland, and the most visited theme park in Asia.
1912Universal Pictures is founded1926NBC is founded1943Universal Television is founded1953NBC begins first compatible color broadcasts, preceding other networks by nine years1956NBC's peacock logo debuts1963American Cable Systems is founded1967NBC broadcasts the first-ever Super Bowl1968American Cable Systems rebrands to Comcast1975Universal releases Jaws1972Comcast began trading on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)1982Universal releases E.T. The Extra Terrestrial1985Universal's Back to the Future premieres1986General Electric buys NBC for $6.4 billion and NBC's modern peacock logo was introduced1989NBC launches CNBC1990Universal Studios Florida opens and Law & Order premieres1993Universal's Jurassic Park premieres1996NBC and Microsoft launch MSNBC1998Universal Television becomes Studios USA Television and Universal's Shakespeare in Love premieres1999Universal Studios Florida expands to become Universal Orlando Resort and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit premieres2001Grand opening of Universal Studios Japan and Universal's The Fast and the Furious premieres2002NBC acquires Telemundo and BravoFocus Features is formed
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In December 1992, Osaka Universal Planning Inc. was established in Minato-ku, Osaka to plan and research for the development and construction of a large-scale theme park in Japan. In February 1996, the master agreement regarding planning, construction and operation of the Universal Studios Japan theme park was concluded with American corporation MCA Inc. Osaka Universal Planning Inc. was also renamed USJ Co., Ltd.[1] Licensing agreements regarding the planning, construction and operation of Universal Studios Japan was concluded with the Universal Group in 1998 and later that year, construction of the theme park officially began. The park opened on March 31, 2001.[1]
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