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January 1
January 1 :
Events
1873 - Japan begins using the Gregorian calendar
1930 - The Ministry of Rail adopts the metric system for all of Japan's railways
1946 - Emperor Shōwa renounces his divinity, known in Japanese as the Human Declaration
1948 - The Nijūbashi Bridge , a well known double arched stone bridge located between the front and middle gates of the Imperial Palace , is opened to the public
1950 - The old practice of advancing one's age every New Year's Day (regardless of one's date of birth) is replaced by the western style of advancing one's age on each anniversary of one's date of birth. Under the old system, someone born on November 1, for example, would turn one on January 1, two months later.
1963 - The well known animated television show Astro Boy
1973 - Health care for those over 70 years of age is made free of charge
1991 - Telephone numbers in Tokyo are expanded from 7 digits to 8 digits
Births
1638 - Emperor Go-Sai (d. 1685)
1884 - Chikuhei Nakajima (d. 1949), naval officer, engineer, and politician, founded Nakajima Aircraft Company
1894 - Shitsu Nakano (d. 2007), super-centenarian
1900 - Chiune Sugihara (d. 1986), diplomat
1907 - Kinue Hitomi (d. 1931), sprinter and long jumper
1919 - Yoshio Tabata (d. 2013), singer-songwriter and guitarist
1929 - Haruo Nakajima , actor, stuntman, and choreographer
1956 - Kōji Yakusho , actor
1968 - Miki Higashino , pianist and composer
1975 - Eiichiro Oda , illustrator
1979 - Koichi Domoto , singer-songwriter and actor
1983 - Emi Kobayashi , model and actress
Holidays and observances
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January 2
January 2 :
Events
1905 - Russia surrenders Port Arthur, or Lüshunkou , to the Japanese, during the Russo-Japanese War .
1942 - World War II : Manila is captured by Japanese forces.
1948 - The Imperial Palace is reopened to the public for New Year's celebrations for the first time in 25 years, drawing 130,000 visitors.
1954 - Sixteen people are crushed to death during New Year's celebrations at the Imperial Palace 's Nijūbashi Bridge .
1966 - Japan's first monster show, Ultra Q
1969 - During New Year's celebrations, a man is arrested for hurling a pachinko ball at Emperor Shōwa in resentment for having lost a friend during the war. The next year, the emperor begins making his New Year's appearances from behind protective glass.
Births
1892 - Seiichiro Kashio (d. 1962), tennis player
1928 - Daisaku Ikeda , religious leader
1931 - Toshiki Kaifu , politician, 76th Prime Minister of Japan
1933 - Seiichi Morimura , author
1940 - Masahiko Tsugawa , actor and director
1946 - Goro Ibuki , actor
1960 - Naoki Urasawa , illustrator, singer, and guitarist
1961 - Hitoshi Saito (d. 2015), martial artist
1968 - Goichi Suda , video game designer
1971 - Yutaka Takenouchi , actor
1974 - Tamao Satō , actress, voice actress, television personality, and model
1978 - Megumi Toyoguchi , voice actress and singer
1988 - Satomi Akesaka , voice actress
Holidays, observances, and anniversaries
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January 3
January 3 :
Events
1087 - Retired Emperor Shirakawa initiates cloistered rule . (Traditional Japanese Date : Twenty-sixth Day of the Eleventh Month, 1086)
1721 - The Love Suicides at Amijima Shinjūten no Amijima ) is performed for the first time at the Takemoto Theater. (Traditional Japanese Date : Sixth Day of the Twelfth Month, 1720)
1868 - Meiji Restoration : the Chōshū and Satsuma clans proclaim a restoration of ruling power to the emperor and the start of the new Meiji government . (Traditional Japanese Date : Ninth Day of the Twelfth Month, 1867)
1938 - Actress Okada Yoshiko and actor Sugimoto Ryōkichi defect to the Soviet Union .
1944 - World War II : Top Ace Major Greg "Pappy" Boyington is shot down in his Corsair by Captain Masajiro Kawato flying a Zero .
1945 - World War II: Admiral Chester W Nimitz is placed in command of all U.S. Naval forces in preparation for planned assaults against Iwo Jima , Okinawa and Japan .
1951 - First broadcast of the Kōhaku Uta Gassen , a singing competition between female celebrity singers, representing the red team, and male celebrity singers, representing the white team. Although it is now a well known television program that is broadcast every New Year's Eve, it actually began as a 50-minute radio program that was first broadcast on January 3, 1951. The television version began on December 31, 1953.
1972 - Japan and the United States reach a trade agreement on textiles .
Births
1196 - Emperor Tsuchimikado (d. 1231)
1836 - Sakamoto Ryōma (d. 1867), samurai and rebel leader
1873 - Ichizō Kobayashi (d. 1957), businessman, founded the Hankyu Hanshin Holdings
1941 - Shima Iwashita , actress
1950 - Victoria Principal , Japanese-American actress and producer
1959 - Dankan , actor and director
1961 - Toshirō Yanagiba , actor
1967 - Mayumi Wakamura , actress
1969 - Eisaku Yoshida , actor and singer
1975 - Jun Maeda , businessman, co-founded the Key Company
1977 - Mayumi Iizuka , voice actress and singer
1979 - Rie Tanaka , voice actress and singer
1985 - Asa Akira , Japanese-American porn actress and director
1987 - Nana Yanagisawa , model and actress
1989 - Kōhei Uchimura , gymnast
1989 - Ayaka Umeda , singer and actress
1990 - Yoichiro Kakitani , footballer
1995 - Akihisa Shiono , actor and model
Deaths
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January 4
January 4 :
Events
1873 - With the adoption of the Western calendar, the five seasonal festivals (gosekku —Jinjitsu on January 7th, Jōshi on March 3rd, Tango on May 5th, Tanabata on July 7th and Chōyō on September 9th)—are abolished.
1877 - Land tax reform is implemented.
1882 - Emperor Meiji issues the Imperial Script for the Military (Gunjin Chokuyu .
1937 - Two plates containing 58 scales are stolen off of the kinshachi (a kind of dolphin fish) affixed to the top of the castle tower of Nagoya Castle . The culprit was apprehended 23 days later.
1946 - The Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers , General Douglas MacArthur order the Japanese government to expel all militarists from positions of power. The disbandment of all ultra-nationalist organizations is also ordered.
1948 - International telephone service between the United States and Japan is established.
1953 - NHK Radio broadcasts its first live marathon coverage.
1977 - Poisoned cola is placed in a telephone booth near Shinagawa Station , killing two.
Births
Deaths
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January 5
January 5 :
Events
1874 - A road for horse carriages joining Tokyo 's Kyōbashi district and Shinbashi district is completed.
1905 - Japan's General Nogi Maresuke and Russia's General Anatoly Stoessel meet at Shǔishīgōng (Suishiei ) .
1919 - Matsuisu Mako, a Shingeki (western style drama) actress, commits suicide. It is believed that she committed suicide to be with Shimamura Hōgetsu, who died two months earlier. Shimamura was a literary figure who co-founded the Geijutsuza Club with Matsuisu for the purpose of introducing modern western style drama to Japan.
1955 - Cinerama opens in Tokyo and Osaka .
1974 - Japan and China sign a trade agreement.
Births
1941 - Hayao Miyazaki , animator, director, and screenwriter
1956 - Chen Kenichi , Japanese-Chinese chef
1971 - Mayuko Takata , actress
1976 - Shintarō Asanuma , voice actor and singer
1979 - Masami Tanaka , swimmer
1982 - Norichika Aoki , baseball player
1984 - Nao Nagasawa , actress, voice actress, and singer
1985 - Yuka Koide , actress, model, and entertainer
1986 - Teppei Koike , actor and singer
1998 - Marie Iitoyo , model and actress
Deaths
Film and television
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January 6
January 6
Births
Deaths
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January 7
January 7
Events
Births
1943 - Sadako Sasaki (d. 1955), victim of the Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
1944 - Kotaro Suzumura , economist and academic
1948 - Ichirou Mizuki , singer-songwriter and actor
1975 - Yūko Nakamura , actress
1978 - Asami Imajuku , model, actress, and singer
1979 - Yōko Honna , voice actress
1982 - Sho Tomita , actor
1997 - Ayumi Ishida , singer
Deaths
Film and television
Holidays, observances, and anniversaries
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January 8
January 8
Events
Births
1556 - Uesugi Kagekatsu (d. 1623), daimyo
1907 - Keizō Hayashi (d. 1991), civil servant and military official
1926 - Hanae Mori , fashion designer
1941 - Yoshinori Watanabe (d. 2012), mobster
1942 - Junichiro Koizumi , politician, 56th Prime Minister of Japan
1942 - Junko Maya , actress
1961 - Kazuki Takahashi , manga writer and artist
1968 - Bull Nakano , wrestler and golfer
1975 - Reiko Chiba , actress, voice actress, model, and singer
1986 - Maria Ozawa , Japanese-Canadian porn actress and model
1991 - Asuka Hinoi , singer
Deaths
Film and television
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January 9
January 9
Events
Births
Deaths
Film and television
2006 - Saiyūki Fuji Television , starring Shingo Katori , Eri Fukatsu , Atsushi Itō , Teruyoshi Uchimura , and Asami Mizukawa
2007 - Himitsu no Hanazono Kansai Telecasting Corporation and Fuji Television, starring Yumiko Shaku
2010 - Majisuka Gakuen TV Tokyo , starring Atsuko Maeda
2015 - Kaiki Renai Sakusen Kumiko Asō , Maki Sakai , and Tamaki Ogawa
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January 10
January 10 :
Births
1919 - Terukuni Manzō (d. 1977), sumo wrestler, the 38th Yokozuna
1939 - Sonosuke Fujimaki , fencer
1964 - Akifumi Tada , composer
1965 - Yuji Tanaka , comedian
1966 - Naomi Zaizen , actress
1974 - Akari Kaida , pianist and composer
1974 - Ryōka Yuzuki , voice actress
1982 - Misato Fukuen , voice actress
1986 - Hideaki Ikematsu , footballer
1987 - Chiaki Ito , singer, actress, dancer, and model
1996 - Sakurako Ohara , actress and singer
1997 - Ayuri Konno , actress
2000 - Sota Yamamoto , figure skater
Deaths
Film and television
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January 11
January 11
Events
Births
1322 - Emperor Kōmyō (d. 1380)
1359 - Emperor Go-En'yu (d. 1393)
1911 - Zenko Suzuki (d. 2004), politician, 70th Prime Minister of Japan
1948 - Wajima Hiroshi , sumo wrestler, 54th Yokozuna
1956 - Kuniaki Kobayashi , wrestler
1973 - Eri Fukatsu , actress
1985 - Rie fu , singer
1985 - Kazuki Nakajima , race car driver
1988 - Junjun , Chinese-Japanese singer
1989 - Sonmi , model
Deaths
1979 - Jack Soo (b. 1917), Japanese-American actor and singer
Film and television
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January 12
January 12
Events
Births
1914 - Mieko Kamiya (d. 1979), psychiatrist
1935 - Tomiko Ishii , actress
1949 - Kentarō Haneda (d. 2007), pianist and composer
1949 - Haruki Murakami , author, translator, and academic
1968 - Junichi Masuda , director, producer, and composer
1976 - Miki Nakatani , actress and singer
1983 - Miho Tanaka , model, entertainer, and actress
1986 - Ayako Imoto , comedian and television personality
1992 - Mao Kobayashi , model and singer
1993 - Yu Inaba , Japanese actor
1993 - Aika Mitsui , singer
1996 - Ai Hashimoto , model and actress
Deaths
Film and television
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January 13
January 13
Events
Births
Deaths
Film and television
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January 14
January 14
Events
Births
1702 - Emperor Nakamikado (d. 1737)
1905 - Takeo Fukuda (d. 1995), politician, 67th Prime Minister of Japan
1925 - Yukio Mishima (d. 1970), author, poet, and playwright
1938 - Morihiro Hosokawa , journalist and politician, 79th Prime Minister of Japan
1954 - Masanobu Fuchi , wrestler and booker
1954 - Junichi Ishida , actor and television personality
1959 - Kōtarō Yoshida , actor
1980 - Yūko Kaida , actress
1980 - Sosuke Sumitani , announcer
1980 - Hiroshi Tamaki , actor and singer
1981 - Chiharu Niiyama , actress and model
1983 - Takako Uehara , singer, actress, and radio host
1984 - Erika Matsuo , violinist
1986 - Kouhei Takeda , actor, entertainer, and model
1987 - Atsushi Hashimoto , actor
1998 - Ai Moritaka , model and actress
Deaths
Film and television
2007 - Karei-naru Ichizoku Tokyo Broadcasting System , starring Takuya Kimura
2008 - Bara no nai Hanaya Fuji Television , starring Shingo Katori , Yūko Takeuchi , and Shota Matsuda
2011 - Heaven's Flower The Legend of Arcana Umika Kawashima , Yoshiko Mita , and Gō Ayano
2012 - Gekkō no Kamen Itsuji Itao , Tadanobu Asano , and Satomi Ishihara
2013 - Biblia Koshodō no Jiken Techō Ayame Goriki and Akira
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January 15
January 15
Births
Film and television
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January 16
January 16
Births
1929 - Shigeru Kōyama , actor
1950 - Damo Suzuki , singer and guitarist
1959 - Kimiko Ikegami , actress
1967 - Dandy Sakano , comedian
1972 - Richard T. Jones , Japanese-American actor and producer
1973 - Sheila , model, entertainer, sportscaster, and actress
1979 - Toshiki Kashu , actor
Deaths
Film and television
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January 17
January 17
Events
Births
1952 - Ryuichi Sakamoto , pianist, composer, producer, and actor
1959 - Momoe Yamaguchi , singer and actress
1962 - Jun Azumi , broadcaster and politician, 46th Japanese Minister of Finance
1970 - Masaaki Mochizuki , wrestler
1971 - Youki Kudoh , actress and singer
1972 - Ken Hirai , singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
1973 - Ryō , model, actress, voice actress, and singer
1977 - Dante Carver , American actor
1985 - Riyu Kosaka , singer and actress
1990 - Kaori Matsumura , singer
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January 18
January 18
Births
885 - Emperor Daigo (d. 930)
1868 - Kantarō Suzuki (d. 1948), admiral and politician, 42nd Prime Minister of Japan
1879 - Tane Ikai (d. 1995), super-centenarian
1921 - Yoichiro Nambu (d. 2015), Japanese-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1944 - Kei Ogura , singer-songwriter and composer
1947 - Sachio Kinugasa , baseball player and journalist
1947 - Takeshi Kitano , actor and director
1966 - Kazufumi Miyazawa , singer
1973 - Shinobu Nakayama , actress and singer
1979 - Hirofumi Arai , Japanese-Korean actor
1984 - Makoto Hasebe , footballer
1986 - Ikusaburo Yamazaki , actor and singer
Film and television
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January 19
January 19
Events
Births
1874 - Hitachiyama Taniemon (d. 1922), sumo wrestler, the 19th Yokozuna
1876 - Wakashima Gonshirō (d. 1943), sumo wrestler, the 21st Yokozuna
1963 - Yutaka Matsushige , actor
1970 - Udo Suzuki , comedian and singer
1977 - Cocco , singer-songwriter
1980 - Kotoko , singer
1983 - Hikaru Utada , American-Japanese singer-songwriter and producer
1985 - Rika Ishikawa , singer and actress
1988 - Yusuke Yamamoto , actor
1991 - Yu Takahashi , actress and model
Deaths
Film and television
2003 - Good Luck!! Tokyo Broadcasting System , starring Takuya Kimura and Kou Shibasaki
2008 - Full Swing NHK , starring Katsumi Takahashi
2013 - Flashback Memories 3D
2013 - Tokyo Family Kazuko Yoshiyuki , Masahiko Nishimura , Tomoko Nakajima , and Satoshi Tsumabuki
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January 20
January 20
Births
1435 - Ashikaga Yoshimasa (d. 1490), shogun
1899 - Kenjiro Takayanagi (d. 1990), engineer
1909 - Gōgen Yamaguchi (d. 1989), martial artist
1931 - Hachidai Nakamura (d. 1992), pianist and composer
1955 - Hiromi Ōta , singer
1964 - NoB , singer
1964 - Kaho Minami , actress
1964 - Kazushige Nojima , screenwriter and songwriter
1969 - Noriko Kinohara , actress
1971 - Wakanohana Masaru , sumo wrestler, the 66th Yokozuna
1979 - Asaka Kubo , singer
1983 - Mari Yaguchi , singer and actress
1985 - Marina Inoue , voice actress and singer
Film and television
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January 21
January 21 :
Events
Births
1935 - Masamichi Noro (d. 2013), Japanese-French martial artist
1936 - Koji Hashimoto (d. 2005), director
1959 - Masaki Kyomoto , actor, singer, entertainer, and guitarist
1960 - Mamoru Nagano , animator and director
1969 - Tsubaki Nekoi , illustrator
1972 - Yasunori Mitsuda , composer and producer
1975 - Yuji Ide , race car driver
1980 - Nana Mizuki , singer-songwriter and voice actress
1981 - Masayuki Deai , actor
1982 - Go Shiozaki , wrestler
Deaths
Film and television
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January 22
January 22 :
Events
Births
826 - Emperor Montoku (d. 858)
1928 - Yoshihiko Amino (d. 2004), historian, author, and academic
1939 - Sonny Chiba (d. 2021), actor and martial artist
1955 - Keiko Takahashi , actress
1967 - Manabu Nakanishi , wrestler and mixed martial artist
1968 - Heath (d. 2023), singer-songwriter and bass player
1972 - Romi Park , voice actress and singer
1977 - Hidetoshi Nakata , footballer
1993 - Tasuku Nagase , actor
Deaths
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January 23
January 23 :
Events
Births
1828 - Saigō Takamori (d. 1877), samurai
1907 - Hideki Yukawa (d. 1981), physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1938 - Giant Baba (d. 1999), wrestler and promoter, founded All Japan Pro Wrestling
1954 - Fumiyo Kohinata , actor
1968 - Taro Hakase , musician and composer
1976 - Tsuyoshi Muro , actor
1986 - Gero , singer
1986 - Yukie Kawamura , model and actress
1992 - Reina Triendl , model
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January 24
January 24 :
Events
Births
1936 - Yōko Nogiwa , actress
1947 - Michio Kaku , Japanese-American physicist and academic
1947 - Masashi Ozaki , baseball player and golfer
1959 - Akira Maeda , wrestler, mixed martial artist, and actor
1963 - Houka Kinoshita , actor
1972 - Naoshi Mizuta , bass player and composer
1977 - Kensuke Kita , singer and guitarist
1985 - Yuki Ito , actor and musician
1990 - Mao Abe , singer-songwriter
1995 - Yū Wakui , Japanese voice actor
Deaths
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January 25
January 25 :
Events
1573 - Battle of Mikatagahara ; Takeda Shingen defeats Tokugawa Ieyasu .
1660 - The first bridge to span the Sumida River in Tokyo , the Ryōgoku Bridge, is built to give people a means of escape from fires. (Traditional Japanese Date : Thirteenth Day of the Twelfth Month, 1659)
1683 - Yaoya Oshichi sets fire to her home in the hopes of being able to meet a young priest with whom she fell in love while seeking shelter from a previous fire. The fire destroyed a large section of Edo (present day Tokyo ). Oshichi was later caught and punished for her crime by being burned at the stake. (Traditional Japanese Date : Twenty-eighth Day of the Twelfth Month, 1682)
1879 - Japan's popular daily, Asahi Shimbun , begins printing.
1936 - Yokoyama Ryūichi's Edokko Kenchan, a precursor to the popular comic Fukuchan, makes its first appearance in the Asahi Shimbun .
1970 - The director of Godzilla , Tsuburaya Eiji of Toho Studios , dies.
1979 - The 22.23 kilometer Daishimizu tunnel, connecting Minakami-machi, Gunma Prefecture and Yuzawa-machi, Niigata Prefecture , is completed.
Births
1858 - Mikimoto Kōkichi (d. 1954), businessman
1885 - Kitahara Hakushū (d. 1942), poet and author
1900 - Yōjirō Ishizaka (d. 1986), author and educator
1938 - Shotaro Ishinomori (d. 1998), author and illustrator
1938 - Leiji Matsumoto , author, illustrator, and animator
1942 - Kenichi Shinoda , mobster
1944 - Tōru Emori , actor, voice actor, and director
1972 - Shinji Takehara , boxer
1982 - Sho Sakurai , singer-songwriter and actor
1988 - Ryota Ozawa , actor
1989 - Mikako Tabe , actress and singer
1992 - Mayuko Arisue , model, actress, and entertainer
Deaths
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January 26
January 26 :
Events
1700 - The Mw Cascadia earthquake takes place off the west coast of North America , as evidenced by Japanese tsunami records.
1870 - The first public utility, Denshin, is established. (Traditional Japanese Date : Twenty-fifth Day of the Twelfth Month, 1869)
1882 - Painter Georges Ferdinand Bigot arrives in Japan .
1886 - The Hokkaidō Agency opens, with its main office in Sapporo and branch offices in Hakodate and Nemuro .
1924 - The future Emperor Shōwa marries Princess Kuninomiya Nagako .
1948 - Twelve employees of the Shiina branch of the Teikoku Bank (a precursor to the Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation ) die from arsenic poisoning. Hirasawa Sadamichi is arrested later that year and sentenced to death, but the sentence was never carried out because of problems with his conviction. He later died in prison of natural causes in May 1987.
1949 - The main hall of Hōryūji burns down.
1958 - Japanese ferry Nankai Maru capsizes off southern Awaji Island , 167 killed.
1979 - Umekawa Akiyoshi , wielding a hunting rifle, kills 2 policemen and 2 employees and takes 40 hostages at the Kitabatake branch of Mitsubishi Bank (in Osaka ). He is shot and killed 2 days later.
1985 - Takenaka Masahisa , the boss of the Yamaguchi-gumi (a yakuza group), is shot. He dies the next day.
1992 - Takanohana becomes the youngest sumo wrestler to ever win a championship.
Births
1497 - Emperor Go-Nara (d. 1557)
1902 - Jokichi Ikarashi (d. 2013), super-centenarian
1921 - Akio Morita (d. 1999), businessman, co-founded Sony
1966 - Kazushige Nagashima , actor, sportscaster, and baseball player
1967 - Toshiyuki Morikawa , voice actor
1973 - Mayu Shinjo , author and illustrator
1976 - hitomi , singer-songwriter and actress
1978 - Atsuko Kurusu , actress
1980 - Sanae Kobayashi , voice actress
1982 - Gō Ayano , actor
1982 - Yuki Koyanagi , singer
1982 - Yasushi Tsujimoto , wrestler
1986 - Matt Heafy , Japanese-American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1988 - Yukiyo Mine , softball player
1989 - Yukari Kabutomushi , entertainer
Deaths
Film and television
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January 27
January 27 :
Events
Births
1827 - Nakahama Manjirō (d. 1898), translator
1848 - Tōgō Heihachirō (d. 1934), admiral
1885 - Seison Maeda (d. 1977), painter
1920 - Hiroyoshi Nishizawa (d. 1944), flying ace
1942 - Maki Asakawa (d. 2010), singer and composer
1954 - Jōkō Ninomiya , Japanese-American martial artist
1955 - Koji Ushikubo, race car driver
1966 - Tamlyn Tomita , Japanese-American actress and singer
1969 - Cornelius , singer, guitarist, and producer
1979 - Akiko Hinagata , actress and model
Deaths
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January 28
January 28 :
Events
Births
1712 - Tokugawa Ieshige (d. 1761), shogun
1886 - Hidetsugu Yagi (d. 1976), engineer and academic
1927 - Hiroshi Teshigahara (d. 2001), director, producer, and screenwriter
1952 - Tomokazu Miura , actor
1954 - Kaneto Shiozawa (d. 2000), voice actor
1966 - Seiji Mizushima , director and producer
1975 - Hiroshi Kamiya , voice actor and singer
1976 - Emiko Kado (d. 1999), wrestler
1977 - Takuma Sato , race car driver
1980 - Yasuhito Endō , footballer
1981 - Gen Hoshino , singer-songwriter, lyricist, actor, and voice actor
1988 - Seiya Sanada , wrestler
Deaths
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January 29
January 29 :
Events
1879 - Japan enters into an international telecommunications treaty.
1934 - The Japan Iron & Steel Co., Ltd. is formed from the merger of Hachiman Steel and several other privately owned companies.
1940 - Three trains on the Sakurajima Line , in Osaka collide and explode while approaching Ajikawaguchi station. 181 people are killed.
1944 - Editors of Reform magazine and Central Review magazine are arrested in a wartime crackdown against liberal intellectuals known as the Yokohama Incident.
1957 - The Shōwa Base is established at the South Pole .
1961 - Mokkan (inscribed wooden slabs) are excavated at the site of the former capital Heijōkyō in Nara .
1968 - A strike at the faculty of medicine marks the beginning of a period of demonstrations and unrest at Tokyo University .
Births
1938 - Shuji Tsurumi , gymnast
1940 - Kunimitsu Takahashi , motorcycle racer and race car driver
1954 - Yukinobu Hoshino , illustrator
1969 - Hyde , singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor
1981 - Ryūji Aoki , impressionist and singer
1986 - Sotaro , Japanese-American actor and model
1988 - Masaki Kaji , actor and singer
1993 - Kyary Pamyu Pamyu , singer and model
1994 - Ayane Sakura , voice actress
1998 - Mion Mukaichi , singer and actress
Deaths
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January 30
January 30 :
Events
1165 - Emperor Goshirakawa holds an opening ceremony for the Sanjūsangendō , a temple built by Taira no Kiyomori . (Traditional Japanese Date : Seventeenth Day of the Twelfth Month, 1164)
1703 - The famed Forty-seven Samurai avenge their leader, Asano Naganori out of loyalty by attacking and killing Kira Kozuke no Suke Yoshinaka, despite being ordered not to. (Traditional Japanese Date : Fourteenth Day of the Twelfth Month, 1702)
1902 - Japan and England sign an alliance in London .
1920 - Hasegawa Machiko , author of the well known comic Sazae-san Granny Mischief is born.
1943 - World War II : Second day of the Battle of Rennell Island . The USS Chicago (CA-29) is sunk and a U.S. destroyer is heavily damaged by Japanese torpedoes .
1944 - World War II: United States troops land on Majuro .
1945 - World War II: Raid at Cabanatuan : 126 American Rangers and Filipino resistance liberate from the Japanese Imperial Army 500 prisoners from the Cabanatuan POW camp.
1951 - The Pacific League 's Clippers and the Central League 's Pirates are merged into the Pacific League 's Seibu Lions .
1957 - William S. Gerard, stationed at a U.S. military base in Gunma Prefecture , shoots and kills a local woman, Sakai Naka, (the Gerard Incident).
1974 - Japan and Korea enter into a treaty establishing their borders in the northern part of the Continental Shelf between the 33rd and 36th parallels .
1996 - Comet Hyakutake is discovered by amateur astronomer Yuji Hyakutake .
Births
Deaths
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January 31
January 31
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