Universal Studios Japan, located in Osaka, one of the four Universal Studios theme parks, owned and operated by USJ Co., Ltd. with a license from NBCUniversal. The park is similar to the Universal Orlando Resort since it also contains selected attractions from Universal Orlando Resort and Universal Studios Hollywood. Most visitors are Japanese tourists and tourists from other Asian countries such as Taiwan, Hong Kong, and South Korea. In 2005 Goldman Sachs became the largest shareholder in Universal Studios Japan. The park opened on March 31, 2001 Visitors to the park in the opening year reached 11 million guests, becoming the world’s fastest amusement park to achieve the 10 million milestone at the time. Since then, Universal Studios Japan has had approximately 8 million visitors every year. Various events were held in the year of 2011 to celebrate their tenth anniversary, resulting in the growth of attendance to 88 million. Annual passport holders marked 700,000 in June of 2012, and fiscal year 2012 almost reached the 10 million mark achieving 9.75 million guests. (Image copyrights belong to their respective owners)