Japan - Notable Historical Events
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Japan - Historical Events
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
660 |
Traditional date for the foundation of Japan by Emperor Jimmu |
BC AD | |
708-08-29 |
Copper coins are minted in Japan for the first time (Traditional Japanese date: August 10, 708). |
1156-07-11 |
Siege of Shirakawa-den in Japan. |
1180-09-14 |
Battle of Ishibashiyama in Japan. |
1183-08-14 |
Taira no Munemori and the Taira clan take the young Emperor Antoku and the three sacred treasures and flee to western Japan to escape pursuit by the Minamoto clan. (Traditional Japanese date: Twenty-fifth Day of the Seventh Month of the Second Year of Juei). |
1184-03-18 |
Battle of Ichi-no-Tani near Kobe, Japan |
1188-03-21 |
Accession to the throne of Japan by emperor Antoku. |
1192-08-21 |
Minamoto Yoritomo becomes Seii Tai Shōgun and the de facto ruler of Japan. (Traditional Japanese date: July 12, 1192) |
1280-07-27 |
Sogen Mugaku, founder of Engakuji temple arrives in Japan from China |
1281-08-14 |
During Kublai Khan's 2nd Invasion of Japan his invading Chinese fleet of 3,500 vessels disappears in a typhoon near Japan |
1293-05-20 |
Earthquake strikes Kamakura Japan, 30,000 killed |
1308-12-28 |
The reign of Emperor Hanazono, emperor of Japan, begins. |
1335-10-22 |
Ex-emperor Hanazono (95th Emperor of Japan) became a Zen priest |
1549-07-27 |
Jesuit priest Francis Xavier's ship reached Japan. |
1573-01-25 |
Battle of Mikatagahara, in Japan; Takeda Shingen defeats Tokugawa Ieyasu. |
1582-06-21 |
The Incident at Honnō-ji takes place in Kyoto, Japan. |
1586-12-17 |
Emperor Go-Yozei becomes Emperor of Japan. |
1597-02-05 |
A group of early Japanese Christians are killed by the new government of Japan for being seen as a threat to Japanese society. |
1600-10-20 |
Battle of Sekigahara sets Tokugawa clan as Japan's rulers (shoguns) |
1609-04-05 |
Daimyo (Lord) of the Satsuma Domain in southern Kyūshū, Japan, completes his successful invasion of the Ryūkyū Kingdom in Okinawa. |
1615-06-04 |
Siege of Osaka: Forces under the shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu take Osaka Castle in Japan. |
1689-07-01 |
Matsuo Basho, zen poet, leaves for 150 days journey on Honshu Japan |
1707-12-16 |
Last recorded eruption of Mount Fuji in Japan. |
1793-04-01 |
Volcano Unsen on Japan erupts killing about 53,000 |
1828-12-28 |
6.8 earthquake strikes Echigo Japan, 30,000 killed |
1853-07-09 |
Adm Perry & US Navy visit Japan |
1853-07-14 |
Commodore Perry requests trade relations with Japan |
1853-08-08 |
Russian fleet appears at Nagasaki, Japan |
1854-03-08 |
US Commodore Matthew C Perry's 2nd trip to Japan |
1854-03-31 |
Treaty of Kanagawa: Commodore Perry forces Japan to opens ports to US |
1856-08-21 |
America's first consul to Japan, Townsend Harris, arrives in Shimoda. (Traditional Japanese date: July 21, 1856) |
1858-07-29 |
Treaty of Amity and Commerce/Harris Treaty signed between US & Japan opening Japanese ports to trade |
1858-08-18 |
Netherlands & Japan sign trade agreement |
1859-08-28 |
A geomagnetic storm causes the Aurora Borealis to shine so brightly that it is seen clearly over parts of USA, Europe, and even as far afield as Japan. |
1863-08-15 |
The Anglo-Satsuma War begins between the Satsuma Domain of Japan and the United Kingdom (Traditional Japanese date: July 2, 1863). |
1864-07-08 |
The Shinsengumi sabotage the Choshu-han shishi's planned attack on Kyoto, Japan at Ikedaya. This event is known as Ikedaya Jiken. |
1864-09-05 |
British, French & Dutch fleets attacked Japan in Shimonoseki Straits |
1867-02-03 |
Prince Mutsuhito, 14, becomes Emperor Meiji of Japan (1867-1912) |
1867-10-14 |
15th & last Tokugawa Shogun, Tokugawa Yoshinobu resigns in Japan |
1868-01-03 |
Meiji Restoration returns authority to Japan's emperors |
1868-04-11 |
The Shogunate is abolished in Japan. |
1868-07-04 |
Battle at Ueno, Japan: last Tokugawa armies defeated |
1869-05-04 |
The Naval Battle of Hakodate takes place in Japan. |
1869-05-18 |
Surrender and dissolution of the Ezo Republic to Japan. |
1869-08-15 |
The Meiji government in Japan establishes six new ministries, including one for Shinto. |
1869-09-10 |
Baptist minister supposedly invents rickshaw in Yokohama, Japan |
1874-08-05 |
Japan launches its postal savings system, modeled after a similar system in England. |
1875-08-22 |
The Treaty of Saint Petersburg between Japan and Russia is ratified, providing for the exchange of Sakhalin for the Kuril Islands. |
1876-06-15 |
Tsunamis after earthquake floods NE coast of Japan, kills 28,000 |
1882-08-05 |
Martial law is imposed in Japan. |
1885-08-14 |
Japan's first patent is issued to the inventor of a rust-proof paint. |
1885-12-22 |
Itō Hirobumi, a samurai, becomes the first Prime Minister of Japan. |
1888-07-15 |
Bandai volcano (Japan) erupts for 1st time in 1,000 years |
1889-02-11 |
Meiji constitution of Japan adopted; 1st Diet convenes in 1890 |
1890-09-19 |
Turkish frigate "Ertogrul" burns off of Japan, kills 540 |
1891-05-11 |
The Otsu Scandal: While visiting Japan, Prince Nicholas (later Tsar Nicholas II) survives an assassination attempt |
1891-10-28 |
Quake strikes Mino-Owari, Japan kills 7,300 |
1893-01-01 |
Japan adopts the Gregorian calendar |
1893-07-15 |
Commodore Perry arrives in Japan |
1894-07-16 |
Treaty of Aoki-Kimberley signed between Japan & England |
1894-09-15 |
Japan defeats China in Battle of Ping Yang |
1895-05-08 |
China cedes Taiwan to Japan under Treaty of Shimonoseki |
1896-06-15 |
Tsunami strikes Shinto festival on beach at Sanriku Japan 27,000 are killed, 9,000 injured, with 13,000 houses destroyed |
1897-03-29 |
Japan adopts Gold Standard |
1898-01-12 |
Itō Hirobumi begins his third term as Prime Minister of Japan. |
1900-03-18 |
Japan uses its influence over the government of Korea to deny Russia's efforts to obtain a concession for a naval station at the Korean Port of Masampo, a step in the lead up to the Russo-Japanese war |
1900-06-25 |
Russia mobilizes its army in eastern Siberia preparatory to acting against the Chinese, but also in an attempt to diminish the influence of Japan on the Asian mainland |
1900-06-26 |
Japan mobolizes 20,000 troops to help put down the Boxer uprising - but also advance long-term interest in gaining land and power in mainland Asia |
1900-08-20 |
Japan's primary school law is amended to provide for four years of mandatory schooling. |
1901-10-16 |
Baron Hayashi of Japan begins negotiations in London to make an alliance with the British and strengthen Japan's position against Russians |
1901-11-27 |
Prince Ito of Japan comes to St Petersburg hoping to get the Russians to grant Japan concessions in Korea, but later drops this goal and decides to make an alliance with Britain |
1902-01-30 |
Britain and Japan sign a treaty after months of negotiating which commits each country to supporting an independent China and Korea, although it acknowledges Japan's 'special interest' in Korea |
1904-02-06 |
Japan notifies Russia that in view of Russia's delaying tactics and provocative military action, Japan is ending negotiations and recalling its members from Moscow |
1904-02-10 |
Japan and Russia declare war |
1904-02-23 |
Having occupied Korea, Japan signs a treaty with Korea under which it becomes a Japanese protectorate in return for Japanese protection from other powers |
1904-07-06 |
Two Russian cruisers move into the Red Sea and begin to stop ships of Britain, Germany, and other nations they believe friendly to Japan |
1905-06-08 |
US President Roosevelt sends identical notes to Japan and Russia urging them to negotiate an to to war and offering his personal services |
1905-07-29 |
US Secretary of State W.H Taft makes secret agreement with Japanese Prime Minister Katsura agreeing to let Japan have free rein in Korea in return for Japan's non-interference with the US in the Philippines |
1905-09-05 |
50 prominent men meet in Sydney's Australia Hotel to found the National Defense League fueled by fear of Japan after it's victory over Russia |
1905-11-17 |
The Eulsa Treaty is signed between Japan and Korea. |
1907-06-10 |
France and Japan sign an agreement to maintain the independence and integrity of China, equality for all nations in trading with China, and the status quo in the Far East |
1907-07-25 |
Korea becomes a protectorate of Japan. |
1907-07-30 |
Russia and Japan sign an agreement guaranteeing freedom of China while recognizing each other's special interests |
1908-02-18 |
The American ambassador to Japan is given a note by the Japanese in which they agree to restrict Japanese emigration to the US; this becomes known as the 'Gentlemen's Agreement' |
1908-11-30 |
The US Secretary of State and Japan's ambassador to the US exchange notes in what becomes known as the Root-Takahira Agreement: they affirm support for an independent China with an 'open door' policy and for the status quo in the Pacific |
1910-07-04 |
In a mutual defense agreements, Japan and Russia delineate their spheres of interest in Manchuria |
1910-08-22 |
Japan annexes Korea after 5 years as a protectorate |
1910-08-29 |
Japan changes Korea's name to Chōsen and appoints a governor-general to rule its new colony. |
1911-02-24 |
Japan and the US conclude a treaty that continues restrictions on Japanese laborers |
1911-07-13 |
Great Britain and Japan renew their alliance of 1902 for another four years; the reason Japan joins WWI on the Allies side |
1912-08-05 |
Japan's first taxicab service begins in Ginza, Tokyo. |
1913-08-16 |
Tōhoku Imperial University of Japan (modern day Tōhoku University) admits its first female students. |
1914-08-15 |
Japan joins side of allies |
1914-08-23 |
Japan declares war on Germany in World War I |
1915-01-15 |
Japan claims economic control of China |
1915-01-18 |
Japan issues the "Twenty-One Demands" to the Republic of China in a bid to increase its power in East Asia. |
1917-02-28 |
AP reports Mexico & Japan will allie with Germany if US enters WW I |
1917-11-02 |
Lansing-Ishii Agreement; US recognizes Japan's privileges in China |
1918-08-02 |
Japan announces that it is deploying troops to Siberia in the aftermath of World War I. |
1919-03-01 |
Demonstrations for Korean independence from Japan begin |
1920-12-17 |
Japan receives League of Nations mandate over Pacific islands |
1921-09-03 |
16th Davis Cup: USA beats Japan in New York (5-0) |
1921-11-13 |
US, France, Japan & British Empire sign a Pacific Treaty |
1922-02-06 |
US, UK, France, Italy & Japan sign Washington naval arms limitation |
1923-12-27 |
Unsuccessful attempt on prince-regent Hirohito of Japan |
1924-09-01 |
Kenchoji Rinzai temple in Kamakur Japan, heavily damaged by earthquake |
1925-01-20 |
USSR & Japan sign treaty of Peking, Seychelles back to USSR |
1925-02-25 |
The diplomatic relations between Japan and the Soviet Union were established. |
1925-03-02 |
Japan's House of Representatives recognizes male suffrage |
1926-08-20 |
Japan's public broadcasting company, Nippon Hōsō Kyōkai(NHK) is established. |
1926-12-25 |
Prince-regent Hirohito becomes Emperor of Japan (1926-1989) upon the death of his father Yoshihito |
1927-03-07 |
Earthquake measuring 8 on Richter scale strikes Tango, Japan |
1927-04-17 |
Japan's Wakarsoeki government falls/Baron Tanaka becomes premier |
1927-12-30 |
Japan dedicates 1st subway in Orient (route under 2 miles long) |
1928-11-10 |
Emperor Hirohito's official coronation as Emperor of Japan |
1930-04-22 |
US, Britain & Japan sign London Naval Treaty |
1930-11-25 |
690 earthquake shocks recorded in 1 day (Ito, Japan) |
1931-02-17 |
1st telecast of a sporting event in Japan (baseball) |
1931-09-18 |
Japan takes Manchuria, renames it Manchukuo |
1931-09-28 |
Peking (200,000 demonstrators demand declaration of war on Japan) |
1931-10-05 |
1st nonstop transpacific flight, Japan to Wash (Herndon & Pangborn) |
1931-10-27 |
Chuhei Numbu of Japan, sets then long jump record at 26' 2½" |
1931-12-11 |
Japan leaves the Gold Standard |
1932-02-18 |
Japan declares Manchuria independent |
1932-05-05 |
Japan & China sign a peace treaty |
1932-05-15 |
The 15th May Incident: in an attempted coup d'état, the Prime Minister of Japan Inukai Tsuyoshi is killed. |
1933-03-02 |
Most powerful earthquake in 180 years hit Japan |
1933-03-27 |
Japan leaves League of Nations |
1933-11-29 |
Japan begins persecution of communists |
1934-01-20 |
Japan sends Henry Pu Yi as regent to emperor of Manchuria |
1934-03-21 |
Fire destroys Hakodate Japan, killing about 1,500 |
1934-03-22 |
Fire destroys Hakodate Japan (kills 1,500, injures 1,000) |
1934-09-21 |
Typhoon strikes Honshu Island Japan, kills 4,000 |
1934-10-20 |
All-Star team led by Babe Ruth & Connie Mack sails to Hawaii & Japan |
1934-11-02 |
Babe Ruth tours Tokyo, Japan |
1934-11-20 |
Eiji Sawamura, 17, gives up 1 hit, Lou Gehrig's HR, US beats Japan 1-0 |
1934-12-19 |
Japan agrees to naval treaty of 1922 & 1930 |
1934-12-26 |
Yomiuri Giants, Japan's 1st professional baseball team forms |
1934-12-29 |
Japan renounces Wash Naval Treaty of 1922 & London Treaty of 1930 |
1936-02-26 |
Military coup in Japan |
1936-04-29 |
1st pro baseball game in Japan is played Nagoya defeats Daitokyo, 8-5 |
1936-05-21 |
Sada Abe is arrested after wandering the streets of Tokyo for days with her dead lover's severed genitals in her hand. Her story soon becomes one of Japan's most notorious scandals. |
1936-07-31 |
Tokyo Japan is awarded the 1940 Olympics (later cancelled) |
1936-11-15 |
Nazi-Germany & Japan sign Anti-Komintern pact |
1936-11-25 |
Germany & Japan sign anti-Komintern pact |
1936-12-12 |
Chinese leader Chiang Kai-shek declares war on Japan |
1937-08-14 |
China declares war on Japan |
1937-12-01 |
Japan recognizes Franco government |
1937-12-12 |
Japanese aircraft shell & sink US gunboat Panay on Yangtze River in China. (Japan apologized & eventually paid US $2.2M in reparations) |
1938-06-17 |
Japan declares war on China |
1938-07-20 |
Finland awarded 1940 Olympic games after Japan withdraws |
1938-09-03 |
1940 Olympic site changed from Tokyo Japan to Helsinki Finland |
1938-09-27 |
League of Nations declares Japan the aggressor against China |
1939-03-01 |
Japanese Imperial Army ammunition dump exploded at Hirakata, Osaka, Japan, killing 94. |
1940-04-22 |
Rear Adm Joseph Taussig testifies before US Senate Naval Affairs Committee that war with Japan is inevitable |
1940-09-27 |
Nazi Germany, Italy & Japan sign 10 year formal alliance (Axis) |
1940-10-24 |
Japan eliminates US terms (strike, play ball) from baseball |
1941-04-13 |
Pact of neutrality between the USSR and Japan is signed. |
1941-07-25 |
FDR bans selling benzine/gasoline to Japan |
1941-07-26 |
US embargo on oil-export to Japan |
1941-10-15 |
Japan Tojo regime forms |
1941-10-27 |
Chicago Daily Tribune editorialize there will not be war with Japan |
1941-12-08 |
London: Dutch government declares war on Japan |
1941-12-08 |
US & Britain declare war on Japan, US enters WW II |
1941-12-09 |
China declares war on Japan, Germany & Italy |
1941-12-23 |
Japan begins assault on Rangoon Burma |
1941-12-24 |
1st ships of admiral Nagumo's Pearl Harbor fleet return to Japan |
1941-12-25 |
Japan announces surrender of British-Canadian garrison at Hong Kong |
1941-12-25 |
Japanese aircraft carriers Akagi/Kagu back in Kure, Japan |
1941-12-27 |
Japan bombs Manila even though it was declared an "open city" |
1942-01-10 |
Japan invades North-Celebes, Neth Indies |
1942-01-11 |
Japan conquers Kuala Lumpur, Malaya |
1942-03-27 |
Japan forces Java to use "Tokyo time" 1½ hour forward |
1942-04-12 |
Japan kills about 400 Filipino officers in Bataan |
1942-05-22 |
Mexico declares war on Nazi-Germany & Japan |
1942-06-04 |
Battle of Midway begins; Japan's 1st major defeat in WW II |
1942-06-07 |
Battle of Midway ends: Adm Nimitz wins 1st WW II naval defeat of Japan |
1942-08-22 |
Brazil declares war on Germany, Japan & Italy |
1942-08-27 |
Cuba declares war on Germany, Japan & Italy |
1943-01-31 |
Chile breaks contact with Germany & Japan |
1943-05-19 |
Churchill pledges Britain's full support to US against Japan |
1943-05-25 |
Trident conference in Washington, DC (operation plan '43 against Japan) |
1943-08-01 |
Japan declares Burma Independence under U Ba Maw |
1943-08-21 |
Japan leaves Aleutian Islands |
1943-10-14 |
Japan declares Philippine Independence (premier/pres Jose Laurel) |
1943-11-22 |
FDR, Churchill & Chiang Kai-shek meet to discuss ways to defeat Japan |
1944-06-14 |
1st B-29 raid against mainland Japan |
1944-06-16 |
US bombs Kyushu Japan |
1944-07-09 |
In World War II, US troops secure Saipan as Japan fell |
1944-07-21 |
General Koiso becomes premier of Japan |
1944-12-22 |
Sub Swordfish departs Pearl Harbor for Japan |
1945-03-10 |
Japan declares Vietnam Independence |
1945-03-19 |
800 killed as Kamikaze attacked USS Franklin off Japan |
1945-03-27 |
World War II: Operation Starvation, the aerial mining of Japan's ports and waterways begins. |
1945-04-05 |
Kuniaki Koiso resigns as PM of Japan; replaced by Kantaro Suzuki |
1945-07-14 |
Battleship USS South Dakota is 1st US ship to bombard Japan |
1945-08-05 |
Atom Bomb dropped on Hiroshima (Aug 6th in Japan) |
1945-08-08 |
USSR declares war against Japan in WW II |
1945-08-09 |
US drops 2nd atomic bomb "Fat Man" on Japan destroys part of Nagasaki |
1945-08-10 |
Japan announces willingness to surrender to Allies provided status of Emperor Hirohito remained unchanged |
1945-08-11 |
Allies refuse Japan's surrender offer to retain Emperor Hirohito |
1945-08-14 |
V-J Day; Japan surrenders unconditionally to end WW II (also August 15 depending on time zone) |
1945-08-15 |
Victory over Japan Day, the Japanese surrender and the end of WWII is announced in Japan (due to time zones 14th Aug in the Americas) |
1945-08-26 |
Japanese diplomats board USS Missouri to receive instructions on Japan's surrender at the end of WW II |
1945-08-27 |
US troops land in Japan after Japanese surrender |
1945-08-29 |
British liberate Hong Kong from Japan |
1945-08-29 |
Gen MacArthur named Supreme Commander of Allied Powers in Japan |
1945-08-30 |
Gen MacArthur lands in Japan |
1945-09-01 |
Japan surrenders ending WW II (US date, 2nd September in Japan) |
1945-09-02 |
V-J Day; formal surrender of Japan aboard USS Missouri (WW II ends) |
1945-09-04 |
US regains possession of Wake Island from Japan |
1946-01-01 |
Emperor Hirohito of Japan announces he is not a god |
1946-12-21 |
Earthquake in South Japan, kills 1,086 |
1947-08-04 |
The Supreme Court of Japan is established. |
1950-07-02 |
Kinkaku-ji in Kyoto, Japan, burns down. |
1950-07-12 |
ILTF re-admit Germany & Japan in Davis Cup, Poland & Hungary withdraws |
1950-08-23 |
West Germany & Japan readmitted to Intl Amateur Athletic Federation |
1950-08-29 |
International Olympic Committee votes to admit West Germany & Japan in 1952 |
1950-09-04 |
Heavy typhoon strikes Japan, kills about 250 |
1951-03-20 |
Fujiyoshida, a city located in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan, in the center of the Japanese main island of Honshū is founded. |
1951-04-19 |
55th Boston Marathon won by Shigeki Tanaka of Japan in 2:27:45 |
1951-07-31 |
Japan Airlines is established. |
1951-09-08 |
Japan signs peace treaty with 48 countries (SF) |
1951-11-13 |
Lefty O'Doul's all-stars, including Joe DiMaggio & Billy Martin, lose 3-1 to Pacific League all-star team (Japan) |
1952-03-20 |
Final ratification of peace treaty restoring sovereignty to Japan by US Senate |
1952-04-28 |
St Louis Browns lend 2 black minor leaguers to Hankyu Braves of Japan |
1952-06-12 |
USSR declares peace treaty with Japan invalid |
1953-04-20 |
57th Boston Marathon won by Keizo Yamada of Japan in 2:18:51 |
1953-07-30 |
Rikidōzan holds a ceremony announcing the establishment of the Japan Pro Wrestling Alliance. |
1953-08-23 |
Braves Phil Paine is 1st former major leaguer to play in Japan |
1953-09-27 |
Typhoon destroys 1/3 of Nagoya Japan |
1953-11-10 |
Giants end their tour of Japan (players got $331 of $3,000 promised) |
1953-11-25 |
Earthquake and tsnunami strike Honshu, Japan |
1954-09-26 |
Typhoon hits Japan - 5 ferryboats sink killing about 1,600 |
1954-11-07 |
US spy plane shot down North of Japan |
1955-03-18 |
I Hatojama recognized as premier of Japan |
1955-04-19 |
59th Boston Marathon won by Hideo Hamamura of Japan in 2:18:22 |
1955-08-07 |
Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering, the precursor to Sony, begins selling its first transistor radios in Japan. |
1955-10-20 |
Yanks begin 16-game exhibition in Japan |
1956-01-01 |
A new year event causes panic and stampedes at Yahiko Shrine, Yahiko, central Niigata, Japan, killing at least 124 people. |
1956-05-01 |
A doctor in Japan reports an "epidemic of an unknown disease of the central nervous system", marking the official discovery of Minamata disease. |
1956-05-09 |
War Reparations and Peace Settlement between Philippines and Japan was finally signed at Malacañang Palace under Magsaysay administration. |
1956-12-18 |
Japan admitted to UN |
1957-07-28 |
Heavy rain and a mudslide in Isahaya, western Kyūshū, Japan, kill 992. |
1958-01-26 |
Japanese ferry Nankai Maru capsized off southern Awaji Island, Japan, 167 killed. |
1959-06-22 |
Shunryu Suzuki completes his historical Japan to SF voyage |
1959-09-17 |
Typhoon kills 2,000 in Japan & Korea |
1960-01-18 |
US & Japan sign joint defense treaty |
1960-06-16 |
Pres Eisenhower cancels trip to Japan |
1960-06-23 |
Japan signs security treaty with the US |
1960-07-18 |
Premier Kishi of Japan resigns |
1960-10-12 |
Inejiro Asanuma is assassinated in Japan by Otoya Yamaguchi, a 17-year-old. The camera was rolling at that time. |
1961-03-09 |
Mine cave-in in Japan, kills 72 |
1961-08-15 |
Keiyo Road is specified as the first driveway in Japan. |
1962-05-03 |
Express train crashed into wreckage of a commuter train & a freight, killing 163, injuring 400 (Tokyo, Japan) |
1962-06-23 |
Larry Doby retires from Cleve Indians to play in Japan |
1962-08-30 |
Japan conducts a test of the NAMC YS-11, its first aircraft since the war and its only successful commercial aircraft from before or after the war. |
1963-07-26 |
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development votes to admit Japan. |
1963-11-09 |
450 die in a coal-dust explosion & 160 die in train crash (Japan) |
1963-11-12 |
Train crash in Japan, kills 164 |
1964-04-28 |
Japan joins OECD |
1964-06-16 |
Quake strikes Niigata Japan |
1964-07-21 |
Last Dutch whaling ship Willem Barents Sea sold to Japan |
1964-10-24 |
18th Olympic games close at Tokyo, Japan |
1964-11-09 |
Eisaku Sato becomes premier of Japan |
1965-02-17 |
US-Japan baseball relations suspended over Masanori Murakami dispute |
1965-04-19 |
69th Boston Marathon won by Morio Shigematsu of Japan in 2:16:33 |
1965-06-01 |
coal mine explosion in Fukuoka Japan kills 236 |
1966-02-04 |
All-Nippon Airways 727 crashes off Haneda Airport (Japan); kills 133 |
1966-03-11 |
A fire at two ski resorts in Numata, Japan kills 31 people. |
1966-04-19 |
70th Boston Marathon won by Kenji Kimihara of Japan in 2:17:11 |
1966-11-12 |
Dodgers complete an 18-game tour of Japan with a 9-8-1 record |
1968-01-23 |
Spy ship USS Pueblo & 83-man crew seized in Sea of Japan by North Korea |
1968-03-27 |
Japanese Trade & Cultural Center (Japan Center) dedicated in SF |
1968-05-16 |
Earthquake kills 47 in Japan |
1968-06-26 |
Iwo Jima & Bonin Islands returned to Japan by US |
1968-12-10 |
Japan's biggest heist, the still-unsolved "300 million yen robbery", occurs in Tokyo. |
1969-04-21 |
73rd Boston Marathon won by Yoshiaki Unetani of Japan in 2:13:49 |
1970-02-11 |
Japan becomes 4th nation to put a satellite (Osumi) in orbit |
1970-03-15 |
Expo '70 opens in Osaka, Japan |
1970-05-06 |
Yuchiro Miura of Japan skies down Mt Everest |
1970-11-25 |
In Japan, author Yukio Mishima and two compatriots commit ritualistic suicide after an unsuccessful coup attempt. |
1971-01-20 |
John Lennon meets Yoko Ono's parents in Japan |
1971-06-11 |
US & Japan sign accord to return Okinawa to Japan |
1971-11-11 |
Man-made earthslide at Kawasaki Japan, kills 15 |
1972-02-03 |
11th Winter Olympic games opens in Sapporo, Japan (1st in Asia) |
1972-02-13 |
11th Winter Olympic games close at Sapporo, Japan |
1972-02-19 |
The Asama-Sanso hostage standoff begins in Japan. |
1972-02-28 |
The Asama-Sanso incident ends in Japan. |
1972-03-20 |
19 mountain climbers killed on Japan's Mount Fuji during an avalanche |
1972-05-13 |
115 die in nightclub atop 7-story Sennichi dept store (Osaka Japan) |
1972-05-15 |
Ryukyu Is & Daito Is returned to Japan after 27 yrs of US control |
1972-09-28 |
Japan & Communist China agree to re-establish diplomatic relations |
1972-09-29 |
Japan & People's Republic of China begin diplomatic relations |
1973-04-01 |
Japan allows its citizens to own gold |
1973-08-31 |
1st heavyweight championship fight in Japan (Foreman beats Roman) |
1973-11-09 |
Fire at Taiyo dept store, kills 101 & injures 84 (Kumamoto Japan) |
1973-12-01 |
Jan Ferraris wins LPGA-Japan Golf Classic |
1974-11-03 |
Chako Higuchi wins Japan LPGA Golf Classic |
1975-05-16 |
Junko Tabei from Japan becomes 1st woman to reach summit of Mt Everest |
1975-10-09 |
Emperor Hirohito of Japan visits SF |
1975-10-19 |
Shelley Hamlin wins LPGA Japan Golf Classic |
1976-09-06 |
Russian pilot Belenko defects to Japan in a Mig 25 jet |
1976-11-03 |
Donna Caponi Young wins LPGA/Japan Mizuno Golf |
1977-09-03 |
Japan's Sadaharu Oh hits 756th HR to surpass Hank Aaron's total |
1977-11-03 |
Debbie Massey wins LPGA Mizuno-Japan Golf Classic |
1978-08-12 |
China & Japan sign peace treaty |
1978-10-23 |
China & Japan formally ends 4 decades of dissension |
1978-11-03 |
Michiko Okada wins LPGA Mizuno-Japan Golf Classic |
1979-01-25 |
22.2-km Oshimizu railroad tunnel holed through, central Honshu, Japan |
1979-02-21 |
Japan launches Hakucho x-ray satellite & Corsa-B (550/580 km) |
1979-11-03 |
Amy Alcott wins LPGA Mizuno Japan Golf Classic |
1980-04-23 |
Soviet sub catches fire off Japan, 9 die |
1980-07-17 |
Zenko Suzuki becomes premier of Japan |
1980-11-09 |
Tatsuko Ohsako wins LPGA Mazda Japan Golf Classic |
1981-02-21 |
Japan launches Hinotori satellite to study solar flares (580/640 k) |
1981-04-20 |
85th Boston Marathon won by Toshihiko Seko of Japan in 2:09:26 |
1981-04-25 |
More than 100 workers are exposed to radiation during repairs of a nuclear power plant in Tsuruga, Japan. |
1981-11-08 |
Patty Sheehan wins LPGA Mazda Japan Golf Classic |
1982-07-24 |
Heavy rain causes a mudslide that destroys a bridge at Nagasaki, Japan, killing 299. |
1982-10-01 |
The Sony CDP-101, the world's first commercially released Compact Disc player, is released in Japan for 168,000 yen ($730) |
1982-11-07 |
Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Mazda Japan Golf Classic |
1982-11-24 |
Yasuhiro Nakasone succeeds Zenko Suzuki as premier of Japan |
1982-11-26 |
Yasuhiro Nakasone elected PM of Japan succeeding Zenko Suzuki |
1983-02-20 |
Japan launches Tenma satellite to study x-rays (450/570 km) |
1983-11-13 |
Pat Bradley wins LPGA Mazda Japan Golf Classic |
1984-03-21 |
Soviet sub crashes into USS aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk off Japan |
1984-08-07 |
Japan beats US for olympic gold medal in baseball |
1984-11-04 |
Nayoko Yoshikawa wins LPGA Mazda Japan Golf Classic |
1985-01-08 |
Japan launches Sakigake space probe to Halley's Comet |
1985-01-13 |
23rd Tennis Fed Cup: Czech beats USA in Nagoya Japan (2-1) |
1985-08-07 |
Takao Doi, Mamoru Mohri and Chiaki Mukai are chosen to be Japan's first astronauts. |
1985-08-08 |
Japan launches Planet A, a probe to Halley's comet |
1985-08-19 |
Japan launches its 2nd probe of Halley's Comet, Suisei |
1985-11-10 |
Jane Blalock wins LPGA Mazda Japan Golf Classic |
1986-07-06 |
Premier Nakasones Liberal Democr Party wins Japan's election |
1986-11-02 |
Ayako Okamoto wins Nichirei Ladies Cup US-Japan Team Golf Championship |
1986-11-09 |
Ai-Yu Tu wins LPGA Mazda Japan Golf Classic |
1987-01-23 |
Japan 1st exceeds military spending cap of 1% of GNP ($23 billion) |
1987-04-20 |
91st Boston Marathon won by Toshihiko Seko of Japan in 2:11:50 |
1987-04-29 |
Japan's premier Nakasone visits the US |
1987-09-02 |
Donald Trump takes out a full page NY Times ad lambasting Japan |
1987-10-30 |
In Japan, NEC releases the first 16-bit home entertainment system, the TurboGrafx-16, known as PC Engine. |
1987-11-01 |
Fukumi Tani wins Nichirei Ladies Cup US-Japan Team Golf Championship |
1987-11-08 |
Yuko Moriguchi wins LPGA Mazda Japan Golf Classic |
1988-03-25 |
"Les Miserables" opens at Chunichi Theatre, Nagoya Japan |
1988-10-30 |
Beth Daniel wins Nichirei Ladies Cup US-Japan Team Golf Championship |
1988-11-05 |
Japan beats MLB all stars 2-1 in Tokyo (Game 1 of 7) |
1988-11-06 |
Japan & MLB all stars played to a 6-6 draw (Game 2 of 7) |
1988-11-06 |
Patty Sheehan wins LPGA Mazda Japan Golf Classic |
1988-11-07 |
MLB all stars beats Japan 16-8 (Game 3 of 7) |
1988-11-09 |
MLB All-Star team beat Japan 8-2 in Nishinomya, (Game 4 of 7) |
1988-11-10 |
MLB All-Star team beats Japan 3-1 in Tokyo (Game 5 of 7) |
1988-11-12 |
Japan beats MLB All-Star team 5-4 in Tokyo (Game 6 of 7) |
1989-01-07 |
Akhito becomes emperor of Japan |
1989-03-19 |
Worlds Ladies' Figure Skating Champ in Paris won by Midori Ito (Japan) |
1989-08-25 |
Mayumi Moriyama becomes Japan's first female cabinet secretary. |
1989-10-09 |
27th Tennis Fed Cup: USA beats Spain in Tokyo Japan (3-0) |
1989-11-05 |
Elaine Crosby wins LPGA Mazda Japan Golf Classic |
1990-01-01 |
Mitsuko Nishiwaki beats Nakano to become Japan Women wrestling champ |
1990-01-31 |
Jushin "Thunder" Liger beats Naoki Sano to become New Japan IWGP champ |
1990-04-10 |
CUNY/Lehman College, Bronx, opens a branch campus in Hiroshma Japan |
1990-11-04 |
Debbie Massey wins LPGA Mazda Japan 133 Golf Classic |
1990-11-12 |
Crown Prince Akihito is formally installed as Emperor Akihito of Japan, becoming the 125th Japanese monarch. |
1991-01-10 |
Japan ends routine fingerprinting of all adult ethnic Koreans |
1991-01-19 |
Jumbo Tsuruta beats Stan Hansen to win All Japan Triple Crown title |
1991-03-21 |
Largest wrestling crowd in Japan (64,500) at Tokyo Dome |
1991-05-14 |
42 die in a train collision in Japan |
1991-06-03 |
Mount Unzen erupts in Japan, worst eruption in Japanese history |
1991-06-25 |
Japan lifts its call for voluntary restraint on expanding trade with South Africa |
1991-11-05 |
Kiichi Miyazawa elected premier of Japan |
1991-11-10 |
Liselotte Neumann wins LPGA Mazda Japan Golf Classic |
1992-01-13 |
Japan apologizes for forcing Korean women into sexual slavery during World War II. |
1992-01-28 |
Stan Hansen beats Jumbo Tsuruta to win All Japan Triple Crown |
1992-10-23 |
Emperor Akihito becomes the first Emperor of Japan to stand on Chinese soil. |
1992-11-08 |
Betsy King wins LPGA Mazda Japan Golf Classic |
1993-01-15 |
7.5 earthquake strikes northern Japan, 2 die |
1993-07-12 |
7.8 earthquake hits Hokkaido Japan, 160 killed |
1993-07-18 |
Liberal-Democratic Party loses Japan's parliamentary election |
1993-08-06 |
Japan Hosokawa government begins |
1993-11-07 |
Betsy King wins LPGA Toray Japan Queens Cup Golf Tournament |
1994-03-19 |
Largest omelet (1,383sq ft) made with 160,000 eggs in Yokohama, Japan |
1994-03-26 |
Yuka Sato of Japan wins world figure skating championship in Tokyo |
1994-03-27 |
Ice Dance Championship at Chiba Japan won by Gritschuk & Platov (RUS) |
1994-04-25 |
Tsutomu Hata elected premier of Japan |
1994-04-26 |
Taiwan Airbus A-300 crashes at Nagoya Japan, 262 killed |
1994-06-29 |
Socialist, Tomiichi Murayama, elected premier of Japan |
1994-08-03 |
102.4°F (39.1°C) in Tokyo Japan: record |
1994-11-06 |
Woo-Soon Ko wins LPGA Toray Japan Queens Golf Cup |
1995-01-12 |
Major earthquake kills 5,092 in Kobe Japan |
1995-01-17 |
7.2 earthquake destroys Kobe Japan (5,372 die) |
1995-02-05 |
Japan's Shinshinto Party wins local elections |
1995-03-28 |
World's largest bank-Japan's Mitsubishi Bank & Bank of Tokyo merge |
1995-09-14 |
Body Worlds opens in Tokyo, Japan |
1995-10-29 |
US beats Japan, 19-17, at Nichirei International LPGA Golf Tournament |
1995-11-05 |
Woo-Soon Ko wins LPGA Toray Japan Queens Cup Golf Tournament |
1996-06-23 |
Nintendo 64 goes on sale in Japan |
1996-09-29 |
Nintendo 64 video game system debuts in USA (3 months after Japan) |
1996-10-27 |
US beats Japan, 21½-14½, at Nichirei International Golf Tournament |
1996-11-03 |
Mayumi Hirase wins LPGA Toray Japan Queens Cup |
1996-11-03 |
Toray Japan Queens Cup |
1997-02-05 |
Japan's Ministry of Finance announces plans to cut import tariffs on crude oil and most petroleum products |
1997-03-26 |
NHL announce Might Ducks & Vancouver Canucks to open 1998 in Japan |
1997-04-15 |
America On Line, begins service in Japan |
1997-07-25 |
Rocker Rick Danko gets suspended sentence in Japan for drug smuggling |
1997-09-01 |
Cartoon Channel premieres in Japan |
1997-10-03 |
Japan's maglev train breaks world speed record at 280.3 mph |
1997-10-03 |
Vancouver Canucks beats Mighty Ducks, 3-2 in Japan |
1997-11-02 |
Toray Japan Queens LPGA Cup |
1997-11-02 |
USA beats Japan 23-13 at LPGA Nichirei International |
1997-11-09 |
Liselotte Neumann wins LPGA Toray Japan Queens Cup |
1997-11-09 |
Toray Japan Queens Cup |
1997-12-11 |
Delegates from 150 industrial nations attending a United Nations climate conference in Kyoto, Japan, reach agreement on a protocol to control heat-trapping greenhouse gases; the protocol commita nations to roll back greenhouse gase emissions below 1990 levels |
1998-02-07 |
18th Winter Olympic games open at Nagano Japan |
1998-02-19 |
US hockey team destroys their rooms at Olympic village in Japan |
1998-02-22 |
18th Winter Olympic games close at Nagano Japan |
1998-05-13 |
India carries out two nuclear tests at Pokhran, in addition to the three conducted on May 11. The United States and Japan impose economic sanctions on India. |
1998-05-28 |
Nuclear testing: Pakistan responds to a series of Indian nuclear tests with five of its own, prompting the United States, Japan, and other nations to impose economic sanctions. |
1998-11-08 |
Japan Golf Classic |
1999-07-23 |
ANA Flight 61 is hijacked in Tokyo, Japan. |
1999-08-09 |
The Diet of Japan enacts a law establishing the Hinomaru and Kimi Ga Yo as the official national flag and national anthem. |
1999-09-30 |
Japan's worst nuclear accident at a uranium reprocessing facility in Tōkai-mura, northeast of Tokyo. |
2001-03-19 |
The Bank of Japan issued a monetary policy known as quantitative easing, which stimulated the Japanese economy after the burst of the dot-com bubble. |
2002-06-30 |
Brazil beats Germany 2-0 for soccer's 17th World Cup in South Korea & Japan |
2003-09-25 |
A magnitude-8.0 earthquake strikes just offshore of Hokkaidō, Japan. |
2004-10-23 |
A powerful earthquake and its aftershocks hit Niigata prefecture, northern Japan, killing 35 people, injuring 2,200, and leaving 85,000 homeless or evacuated. |
2005-03-20 |
A magnitude 6.6 earthquake hits Fukuoka, Japan, its first major quake in over 100 years. One person is killed, hundreds are injured and evacuated. |
2005-04-25 |
107 die in Amagasaki rail crash in Japan. |
2006-07-04 |
North Korea tests four short-range missiles, one medium-range missile, and a long-range Taepodong-2. The long-range Taepodong-2 reportedly fails in mid-air over the Sea of Japan/East Sea. |
2007-01-21 |
Awashima Marine Park in Japan catches a video tape of the rare frilled shark. |
2007-02-23 |
Japan launches its fourth spy satellite, stepping up its ability to monitor potential threats such as North Korea. |
2007-07-16 |
An earthquake of magnitude 6.8 and aftershock of 6.6 occurs off the Niigata coast, Japan, killing 8 people with at least 800 injured and damaging a nuclear power plant. See 2007 Chūetsu offshore earthquake. |
2007-09-12 |
Shinzo Abe announces his intention to resign as Prime Minister of Japan. |
2007-09-26 |
Shinzo Abe formally ends his term as Prime Minister of Japan. |
2008-04-20 |
Danica Patrick wins the Indy Japan 300 becoming the first female driver in history to win an Indy car race. |
2008-11-17 |
Japan, the world's second-biggest economy, slides into its first recession in seven years |
2009-01-13 |
Global shipping experiences a drop in trade, as exports from South Korea dropping an annualised 30%, with Taiwan and Japan experiencing a 42% and 27% drop respectively |
2009-04-05 |
North Korea launches its controversial Kwangmyŏngsŏng-2 rocket. The satellite passed over mainland Japan, which prompted an immediate reaction from the United Nations Security Council, as well as participating states of Six-party talks |
2011-03-11 |
An earthquake measuring 9.0 in magnitude strikes 130 km (80 miles) east of Sendai, Japan, triggering a tsunami killing thousands of people. This event also triggered the second largest nuclear accident in history, and one of only two events to be classified as a Level 7 on the International Nuclear Event Scale. |
2011-03-12 |
A reactor at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant melts and explodes and releases radioactivity into the atmosphere a day after Japan's earthquake. |
2012-05-05 |
Japan shuts down its nuclear reactors leaving the country without nuclear power for the first time since 1970 |
2012-06-04 |
Japan's stock market plummets to record lows with the S&P/TOPIX 150 reaching its lowest level since 1983 |
2012-08-31 |
Apple loses its patent dispute with Samsung in Tokyo, Japan |
2012-09-11 |
Japan nationalizes three of the disputed Senkaku Islands |
2012-09-15 |
Japan announces that it will phase out nuclear energy by the 2030s |
2012-09-17 |
United States and Japanese government officials agree to put a second missile defence system in Japan |
2012-09-24 |
Books by Japanese authors or about Japan are suspended by Chinese bookstores |
2012-09-25 |
50 Taiwanese ships clash with the Japan Coast Guard in waters off the Senkaku Islands |
2012-09-27 |
UN publicly releases documents from China and Japan detailing their contesting claims for the Senkoku Islands |
2012-12-02 |
9 people are killed after 30 cars are trapped in Sasago Tunnel, Japan |
2012-12-10 |
Japan is again in recession as the GDP figures for the second quarter of 2012 are revised to show a contraction of 0.03% and the third quarter figures fall by a further 0.9% |
2012-12-13 |
Japan scrambles fighter jets in response to a Chinese plane in the Senkaku Islands dispute |
2012-12-17 |
Jiroemon Kimura of Japan becomes the world's oldest verified man at 116 years old |
2013-01-17 |
Japan unveils plans to build the world's largest wind farm near the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant |
2013-01-22 |
The Bank of Japan doubles its inflation target to 2% and announces open-ended asset purchases for 2014 in the hope of ending deflation |
2013-02-02 |
Shinzō Abe, Japan's Prime Minister, vows to defend the Senkaku Islands "at all costs" |
2013-02-14 |
Japan remains in recession as the economy shrinks by a further 0.1% |
2013-04-01 |
The world's first smelling TV screen is unveiled in Japan |
2013-04-05 |
Japan's Nikkei 225 reaches its highest level in five years |
2013-04-10 |
Japan and Taiwan sign an agreement on fishing rights around the Senkaku Islands |
2013-05-25 |
Yuichiro Miura of Japan becomes the oldest person to climb Mount Everest at 80 |
2013-09-15 |
Japan switches off its last working nuclear reactor |
2013-10-11 |
10 people are killed and a hospital fire in Fukuoka prefecture, Japan |
2013-10-16 |
18 people are killed after Typhoon Wipha strikes Japan |
2014-01-09 |
5 people are killed in a Mitsubishi Materials chemical plant, Yokkaichi, Japan |
2014-09-27 |
57 people are killed after Mount Ontake erupts in Japan |
2014-10-30 |
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks win the 2014 Japan Series |
2014-11-11 |
The leaders of China and Japan meet for formal talks after more than two years of severe tension over a territorial dispute |
2014-11-23 |
A magnitude 6.7 earthquake strikes central Japan |
2015-04-21 |
Japan's maglev train sets world record: 603 kph |
2015-11-13 |
7.0 quake strikes off shores of Japan |
2015-11-30 |
Ghostly ships filled with dead bodies arrive on Japan's shores |
2015-12-28 |
South Korea and Japan reach deal on 'comfort women' |
2016-01-29 |
Bank of Japan introduces negative interest rates |
2016-02-09 |
Japan's Parliament Condemns North Korea Rocket Launch |
2016-04-15 |
Strong quake in Japan kills at least nine, nuclear plants safe |
2016-04-19 |
Japan quake survivors struggle with shortages, search for missing goes on |
2016-04-20 |
Aftershocks bring misery for Japan quake survivors; death toll to 47 |
2016-06-01 |
North Korea's missile and nuclear projects unacceptable, Japan envoy says |
2016-06-03 |
Boy abandoned in Japan for being naughty found alive, unharmed |
2016-07-22 |
Pokemon GO launches in Japan, bringing global smash-hit game home |
2016-07-26 |
Japan Sagamihara knife attack: At least 19 dead, reports say |
2016-08-07 |
Japan protests over China's radar unit near disputed waters |
2016-08-09 |
Japan's Emperor Akihito hints he will abdicate |
2016-08-24 |
Japan, China, South Korea agree to urge North Korea to stop provocation |
2016-08-24 |
North Korea fires submarine-launched ballistic missile towards Japan |
2016-11-12 |
Japan and India sign civil nuclear agreement |
2016-11-22 |
Quake Off Fukushima, Japan, Triggers Tsunami Alerts |
2016-12-27 |
Japan PM Shinzo Abe in Hawaii for landmark Pearl Harbor visit |
2016-12-28 |
Japan's Abe offers condolences at Pearl Harbor for victims of war |
2017-01-24 |
Japan trade minister says will keep stressing importance of TPP to US |
2017-01-27 |
Japan PM says it's not so easy to change Trump's mind on TPP |
2017-02-10 |
Japan PM Shinzo Abe arrives in US for Trump talks |
2017-02-12 |
Trump says US behind Japan '100 percent' after North Korea missile launch |
2017-03-06 |
Japan says North Korean missiles landed as close as 300 km to Japan coast |
2017-03-22 |
USA beats Japan, reaches World Baseball Classic final for the first time |
2017-04-01 |
Japan's Annual Antarctic Expedition Returns With 333 Whale Carcasses |
2017-04-05 |
North Korea launches missile into Sea of Japan |
2017-04-18 |
Pence reassures Japan of US resolve against North Korea |
2017-04-24 |
Japan's Nikkei hits near 3-week high on French vote relief, Sony climbs |
2017-05-14 |
N.Korean missile landed in Sea of Japan after flying 30 min -Japan's Suga |
2017-06-17 |
7 sailors missing, 2 injured after Navy destroyer collides with container ship off coast of Japan |
2017-07-07 |
Japan, South Korea, US demand greater Chinese effort on N.Korea |
2017-08-29 |
North Korea fires missile over Japan in aggressive test |
2017-09-14 |
North Korea threatens to 'sink' Japan, reduce US to 'ashes and darkness' |
2017-09-15 |
N.Korea fires another missile over Japan, deepening regional tensions |
2017-10-23 |
Japan's Abe to push pacifist constitution reform after strong election win |
2018-03-09 |
China, Japan, South Korea bristle over US steel, aluminum tariffs |
2018-06-14 |
US, South Korea, Japan vow to work on North Korean denuclearisation |
2018-06-18 |
Magnitude 6.1 quake in Japan's Osaka area kills three, stops factories |
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Japan - Notable Birthdays
Japan - Birthdays
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
786-09-07 |
Emperor Saga, 52nd Emperor of Japan (d. 842) |
867-05-05 |
Uda, Emperor of Japan (d. 931) |
885-01-18 |
Daigo, Emperor of Japan (d. 930) |
926-06-02 |
Murakami, Emperor of Japan (d. 967) |
976-02-05 |
Sanjō, Emperor of Japan (d. 1017) |
1008-10-12 |
Emperor Go-Ichijō of Japan (d. 1036) |
1009-12-14 |
Emperor Go-Suzaku of Japan (d. 1045) |
1025-08-28 |
Emperor Go-Reizei of Japan (d. 1068) |
1034-09-03 |
Emperor Go-Sanjō of Japan (d. 1073) |
1053-07-07 |
Emperor Shirakawa of Japan (d. 1129) |
1079-08-08 |
Emperor Horikawa of Japan (d. 1107) |
1103-02-24 |
Emperor Toba of Japan (d. 1156) |
1119-07-07 |
Emperor Sutoku of Japan (d. 1164) |
1127-10-18 |
Emperor Go-Shirakawa of Japan (d. 1192) |
1139-06-16 |
Emperor Konoe of Japan (d. 1155) |
1143-07-31 |
Emperor Nijo of Japan (d. 1165) |
1161-09-23 |
Emperor Takakura of Japan (d. 1181) |
1164-12-28 |
Emperor Rokujō of Japan (d. 1176) |
1178-12-22 |
Emperor Antoku of Japan (d. 1185) |
1180-08-06 |
Emperor Go-Toba of Japan (d. 1239) |
1196-01-03 |
Emperor Tsuchimikado of Japan (d. 1231) |
1197-10-22 |
Emperor Juntoku of Japan (d. 1242) |
1200-01-19 |
Dogen Kigen, Japan, Zen teacher, 1st patriarch of the Japanese Soto |
1212-03-22 |
Emperor Go-Horikawa of Japan (d. 1235) |
1218-10-30 |
Emperor Chukyo of Japan (d. 1234) |
1220-04-01 |
Emperor Go-Saga of Japan (d. 1272) |
1222-02-16 |
Nichiren, Japan, Buddhist priest/saint |
1231-03-17 |
Emperor Shijō of Japan (d. 1242) |
1265-05-10 |
Emperor Fushimi of Japan (d. 1317) |
1267-12-17 |
Emperor Go-Uda of Japan (d. 1324) |
1285-03-09 |
Emperor Go-Nijō of Japan (d. 1318) |
1288-04-05 |
Emperor Go-Fushimi of Japan (d. 1336) |
1288-11-26 |
Emperor Go-Daigo of Japan (d. 1339) |
1297-08-14 |
Emperor Hanazono, Emperor of Japan (d. 1348) |
1313-08-01 |
Emperor Kogon of Japan (Ashikaga Pretenders) |
1322-01-11 |
Emperor Komyo of Japan (d. 1380) |
1327-11-20 |
Bassui Tokusho, Zen founder (Kogakuji monastery in Nakamura Japan) |
1336-04-14 |
Emperor Go-Kōgon of Japan (d. 1374) |
1359-01-11 |
Emperor Go-En'yu of Japan (d. 1393) |
1377-08-01 |
Emperor Go-Komatsu of Japan, 100th emperor of Japan |
1419-07-10 |
Emperor Go-Hanazono of Japan (d. 1471) |
1442-07-03 |
Emperor Go-Tsuchimikado of Japan (d. 1500) |
1464-11-19 |
Emperor Go-Kashiwabara of Japan (d. 1526) |
1476-08-29 |
Kano Motonobu, Kyoto Japan, co-founder (Kano school of painting) |
1497-01-26 |
Emperor Go-Nara of Japan (d. 1557) |
1506-04-07 |
Francis Xavier, saint/Jesuit missionary to India, Malaya, & Japan |
1517-06-18 |
Emperor Ogimachi of Japan (d. 1593) |
1542-12-26 |
Tokugawa Ieyasu, unifier of Japan and first Tokugawa Shogun (d. 1616) |
1543-01-31 |
Tokugawa Ieyasu, Shogun of Japan (d. 1616) |
1567-09-05 |
Date Masamune, Renowned Samurai and Daimyo in Japan (d. 1636) |
1572-12-31 |
Emperor Go-Yozei of Japan, (d. 1617) |
1596-06-29 |
Emperor Go-Mizunoo of Japan (d. 1680) |
1633-04-20 |
Emperor Go-Komyo of Japan (d. 1654) |
1637-02-06 |
Toyotomi Hideyoshi, unified Japan |
1638-01-01 |
Emperor Go-Sai of Japan (d. 1685) |
1654-07-09 |
Emperor Reigen of Japan (d. 1732) |
1675-10-21 |
Emperor Higashiyama of Japan (d. 1710) |
1686-01-19 |
Hakuin Ekakuborn, Japan, Zen Buddhist |
1702-01-14 |
Nakamikado Emperor of Japan (d. 1737) |
1720-02-08 |
Emperor Sakuramachi of Japan (d. 1750) |
1740-09-23 |
Empress Go-Sakuramachi of Japan (d. 1813) |
1741-04-14 |
Emperor Momozono of Japan (d. 1762) |
1771-09-23 |
Emperor Kokaku of Japan (d. 1840) |
1794-04-10 |
Matthew Calbraith Perry, Commodore, opened Japan |
1800-03-16 |
Emperor Ninko of Japan (d. 1846) |
1804-10-03 |
Townsend Harris, 1st Western consul to reside in Japan |
1837-10-28 |
Tokugawa Yoshinobu, Japan's last shogun (d. 1913) |
1840-10-16 |
Kuroda Kiyotaka, Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1900) |
1848-01-04 |
Katsura Taro, Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1913) |
1852-11-03 |
Mutsuhito, 122nd emperor of Japan (1867-1912) |
1867-09-28 |
Hiranuma Kiichirō, Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1952) |
1867-10-14 |
Masaoka Shiki, Japan, haiku & tanka poet/diarist (Salt Water Ballads) |
1867-12-24 |
Kantaro Suzuki, 42nd Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1948) |
1870-10-18 |
D T Suzuki, Kanazawa Japan, Zen Buddhist scholar |
1872-08-11 |
Shidehara Kijuro, Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1951) |
1878-11-23 |
Ernest J. King, Target: Japan |
1878-12-07 |
Akiko Yosano, Japan, poet (Tangled Hair) |
1879-08-31 |
Joshihito, emperor of Japan (1912-26) |
1883-02-20 |
Shiga Naoya, Japan, novelist (Road Through Dark Night) |
1886-07-24 |
Junichiro Tanizaki, Japan, writer (Snow Dusting) |
1886-09-21 |
Teiichi Igarashi, Japan, climed Mt Fuji at age 99 |
1886-11-27 |
Tsuguharu Fujita, Glimpses of New Japan: Picturesque Nippon |
1887-12-03 |
Naruhiko, Prince Higashikuni of Japan (d. 1990) |
1888-07-10 |
Toyohiko Kagawa, Kobe, Japan, Christian social reformer |
1888-07-12 |
Tojohiko Kagawa, Japan, Christian-social reformer (Grain of Wheat) |
1889-03-08 |
Rosario Bourdon, Cherry Blossom Time in Japan |
1890-06-10 |
Sessue Hayakawa, Japan, actor (Bridge on River Kwai, Hell to Eternity) |
1892-03-01 |
Ryunosuke Akutagawa, Japan, writer (Rashomon in Kappa) |
1894-12-19 |
Yoshida Isoya, Tokyo Japan, architect (modern sukiya style) |
1896-11-13 |
Nobusuke Kishi, premier of Japan (1957-60) |
1899-06-11 |
Yasonari Kawabata, Japan, novelist (Thousand Cranes) |
1899-12-03 |
Ikeda Hayato, Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1965) |
1901-03-17 |
Eisaku Sato, premier of Japan (Nobel 1974) |
1901-04-29 |
Hirohito, Emperor of Japan (1926-89) |
1903-03-06 |
Empress Kōjun of Japan (d. 2000) |
1905-01-01 |
Kamatari Fujiwara, Tokyo, Japan, actor (d. 1985) |
1905-01-14 |
Takeo Fukuda, 67th Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1995) |
1905-03-30 |
Mikio Oda, Japan, triple jumper (Olympic-gold-1928) |
1906-11-17 |
Soichiro Honda, Japan, founder/CEO (Honda Motor Co) |
1907-01-23 |
Hediki Yukawa, Japan, physicist (Nobel 1949) |
1908-01-01 |
Kinue Hitoma, Japan, 800m runner (Oly-silver-1928) |
1909-06-19 |
Osamu Dazai, Japan, novelist (Tsugaru, No Longer Human) |
1910-03-12 |
Masayoshi Ohira, Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1980) |
1910-03-23 |
Akira Kurosawa, Tokyo Japan, director (7 Samurai, Living) |
1911-01-11 |
Zenko Suzuki, Prime Minister of Japan (d. 2004) |
1912-12-19 |
Harlow Russ, Enola Gay and the Atomic Bombing of Japan |
1913-04-12 |
Keiko Fukuda, Tokyo, Japan, martial artist, (d. 2013) |
1914-08-11 |
Eugene Grennan, Enola Gay and the Atomic Bombing of Japan |
1914-11-29 |
Taisen Deshimaru, Saga City Japan, found several Zen centers in France |
1915-11-20 |
Kon Ichikawa, Japan, director (Matatabi, Money Talks) |
1916-07-01 |
Olivia de Havilland, Tokyo Japan, actress (Adventures of Robin Hood) |
1917-10-09 |
Kusuo Kitamura, Japan, 1500m freestyle swimmer (Olympic-gold-1932) |
1917-10-22 |
Joan Fontaine, Tokyo, Japan, British-American actress (Gunga Din, Ivanhoe, Rebecca), (d. 2013) |
1918-01-18 |
Fred Bock, Enola Gay and the Atomic Bombing of Japan |
1918-05-27 |
Yasuhiro Nakasone, premier of Japan (1982-87) |
1919-06-05 |
Akeo Watanabe, Tokyo Japan, conductor (Nippon Phil Orch 1956-68) |
1919-09-29 |
Masao Takemoto, Japan, gymnist (Olympic-gold-1960) |
1919-10-08 |
Kiichi Miyazawa, premier Japan (1991-93) |
1920-08-02 |
Jacob Bontakoe, Enola Gay and the Atomic Bombing of Japan |
1921-01-16 |
Fred Olivi, Enola Gay and the Atomic Bombing of Japan |
1921-01-26 |
Akio Morita, Kasugaya Japan, CEO (Sony) |
1921-06-28 |
George Abel, X Day: The Invasion of Japan |
1921-10-19 |
Ray Gallagher, Enola Gay and the Atomic Bombing of Japan |
1922-08-05 |
Victor Toyota, The Bad News Bears Go to Japan |
1922-08-20 |
Akutsu Tetsuzo, Japan, Japanese surgeon who built the first artificial heart |
1923-03-27 |
Shūsaku Endō, Tokyo Japan, writer ("Silence") |
1923-12-21 |
Yangi Kitadani, The Bad News Bears Go to Japan |
1924-03-07 |
Kobo Abe, Tokyo Japan, playwright (Woman, the Dunes) |
1924-03-25 |
Machiko Kyo, Osaka Japan, actor (Gate of Hell, Rashomon, Ugetsu) |
1925-01-14 |
Yukio Mishima, Japan, novelist (Temple of Golden Pavilion) |
1925-02-10 |
Daniel Vece Jr., X Day: The Invasion of Japan |
1925-03-12 |
Leo Esaki, [Esaki Reona], Japan, physicist (Tunnel effect-Nobel 1973) |
1927-11-07 |
Hiroshi Yamauchi, Kyoto Japan, owner (Seattle Mariners) |
1928-01-19 |
Dainin Katagiri, Osaka Japan, Zen teacher, associate of Shunryu Suzuki |
1928-05-16 |
Hiroshi Nakajima, Chiba, Japan, doctor (WHO Director-General, 1988-98), (d. 2013) |
1929-02-20 |
Toshiro Mayuzumi, Yokohama Japan, composer (Sphenogramme) |
1930-10-08 |
Toru Takemitsu, Tokyo Japan, composer (Ki No Kyoko) |
1931-01-02 |
Toshiki Kaifu, premier of Japan (1989-91) |
1931-02-16 |
Ken Takakura, [Goichi Oda], Kita Japan, actor (Story of Antarctic) |
1931-05-20 |
Chiharu Igaya, Japan, slalom (Olympic-silver-1956) |
1931-07-26 |
Takashi Ono, Japan, gymnist (Olympic-gold-1956, 60) |
1932-03-31 |
Nagisa Oshima, Kyoto Japan, director (Town of Love & Hope), (d. 2013) |
1933-02-18 |
Yoko Ono Lennon, [Mrs John Lennon], Tokyo Japan, singer and artist |
1933-12-23 |
Akihito, emperor of Japan (1989- ) |
1934-10-20 |
Michiko, empress of Japan |
1936-01-08 |
Akemi Ohmori, Japan's Tragedy |
1938-07-12 |
Eiko Ishioka, Tokyo, Japan, Costume Designer (Academy Award, Bram Stoker's Dracula), (d. 2012) |
1938-12-16 |
Liv Ullmann, Tokyo, Japan, Norwegian actress and director (The Emigrants, Persona) |
1939-09-22 |
Junko Tabei, Japan, mountain-climber and 1st woman to climb Mount Everest |
1939-11-24 |
Yoshinobu Miyake, Japan, featherweight (Olympic-gold-1964, 68) |
1940-05-20 |
Sadaharu Oh, of Yomiuri Giants (Japan), hit 868 career HR |
1940-08-20 |
Larry I. Bland, Japan: The Invasion That Never Was |
1940-10-21 |
Osamu Watanabe, Japan, featherweight (Olympic-gold-1964) |
1941-07-09 |
Takehide Nakatani, Japan, lightweight (Olympic-gold-1964) |
1942-06-22 |
Toyohiro Akiyama, Japan, cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-11) |
1942-08-31 |
Isao Aoki, Abiko Chiba Japan, PGA golfer (1983 Hawaiian Open) |
1943-08-17 |
Yukio Kasaya, Japan, 70m ski jumper (Olympic-gold-1972) |
1943-11-20 |
Antonio Inoki, The Bad News Bears Go to Japan |
1944-01-20 |
Isao Okano, Japan, middleweight judo (Olympic-gold-1964) |
1946-10-11 |
Sawao Kato, Japan, gymnist (Olympic-gold-1968, 72, 76) |
1947-01-18 |
Takeshi Kitano, Tokyo, Japan, actor (The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi, Fireworks) |
1948-01-28 |
Mamoru Mohri, Yoichi-machi Hokkaido Japan, astronaut (STS 47) |
1950-01-03 |
Victoria Principal, Fukuoka Japan, actress (Earthquake, Pamela-Dallas) |
1950-02-04 |
Pamela Franklin, Tokyo Japan, actress (Satan's School for Girls) |
1950-09-27 |
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Japan, actor (Lt A J Shimamura-Nash Bridges) |
1951-04-02 |
Ayako Okamoto, Hiroshima Japan, LPGA golfer (1990 Sara Lee) |
1951-12-03 |
Riki Chosyu, [Mitsuo Yoshida], wrestler (NJPW/All-Japan) |
1951-12-28 |
Ian Buruma, Anglo-Dutch scholar and writer on Japan and the Far East. |
1952-05-06 |
Chiaki Naito-Mukai, Tatebayashi Japan, astronaut (STS 65, sk:95) |
1953-01-31 |
Hidemi Aoki, Seven Nights in Japan |
1953-05-17 |
Yoko Shimada, Kumamota Japan, author (Kir Royal)/actress (Shogun) |
1953-06-21 |
Robyn Douglass, Sendai Japan, actress (Lonely Guy, Romantic Comedy) |
1954-09-18 |
Takao Doi, Tokyo Japan, astronaut (STS 87) |
1954-12-29 |
Prince Takamado of Japan (d. 2002) |
1954-9-10 |
Debra Rigas, Japan |
1956-01-05 |
Chen Kenichi, Japan Cup 2002: King Crab (Tarabagani), Ingii Chicken |
1956-02-05 |
Mao Daichi, Japan Sinks |
1956-05-18 |
Joe [Naomichi] Ozaki, Tekushima Japan, golfer (1995 Phoenix Open-8th) |
1956-05-31 |
Yoshiko Sakakibara, Chiba Japan, actress (Sailor Moon, Vampire Hunter) |
1956-08-25 |
Takeshi Okada, Group E: Netherlands vs Japan |
1956-11-11 |
Michele Gray, Todd Rundgren: Live in Japan |
1958-02-23 |
David Sylvian, vocal/guitar (Sylvian Sylvian, Japan-Adolescent Sex) |
1958-03-21 |
José Luis Castaño, Madre in Japan |
1958-06-06 |
Elaine Crosby, Birmingham MI, LPGA golfer (1989 Mazda Japan Classic) |
1958-08-27 |
Yoshinori Mizumaki, Tokyo Japan, PGA golfer (1994 Byron Nelson-2nd) |
1958-11-20 |
Hatsune Ishihara, The Bad News Bears Go to Japan |
1960-02-23 |
Naruhito, crown prince of Japan |
1960-02-24 |
Nobuyuki Isshiki, Made in Japan |
1961-05-25 |
Hiro Saito, wrestler (All-Japan/NJPW/Calgary) |
1962-02-28 |
Steve Tsujiura, hockey forward (Team Japan 1998) |
1962-06-10 |
Akie Abe, current First Lady of Japan |
1963-01-08 |
Hiromi Kobayashi, Fukushima Japan, LPGA golfer (1993 JAL Big Apple) |
1963-08-01 |
Koichi Wakata, Omiya Saitama Japan, astronaut (STS 72, sk: 92) |
1963-08-22 |
Thomas Ansberry, Okinawa Japan, US 10K runner |
1963-12-09 |
Masako, Crown Princess of Japan |
1964-02-01 |
Jeffrey Louis Starr, The Bad News Bears Go to Japan |
1964-09-03 |
Toshiyuki Sakai, hockey forward (Team Japan 1998) |
1964-10-18 |
Etsuko Inoue, Japan, tennis star |
1965-01-09 |
Atsuo Kudo, hockey defenseman (Team Japan 1998) |
1965-04-15 |
Soichi Noguchi, Yokohama Japan, astronaut |
1965-07-18 |
Yugi Iga, hockey forward (Team Japan 1998) |
1965-08-12 |
Dr. Wagner Jr., New Japan Pro-Wrestling 30th Anniversary 1997-1999 |
1965-10-10 |
Toshi, Japanese singer (X Japan) |
1965-11-18 |
Matt Kabayama, hockey forward (Team Japan 1998) |
1965-11-20 |
Yoshiki Hayashi, Japanese musician (X Japan) |
1965-11-30 |
Prince Akishino of Japan |
1965-12-16 |
Brent Franklin, Barrie Ont, Canadian Tour golfer (1992 Japan Open-2nd) |
1966-06-04 |
Philip Ettington, Japan |
1967-03-25 |
Takayuki Miura, hockey defenseman (Team Japan 1998) |
1967-07-20 |
Akihito Sugisawa, hockey forward (Team Japan 1998) |
1967-11-06 |
Shuzo Matsuoka, Tokyo Japan, tennis star (1995 USTA/Binghampton) |
1968-01-22 |
Heath, Japanese bass guitarist (X Japan) |
1968-02-13 |
Victor Lucas, Gamers Heart Japan |
1968-05-14 |
Hiroshi Matsuura, hockey forward (Team Japan 1998) |
1968-07-14 |
Kazushi Sakuraba, UFC: Ultimate Japan 1 |
1968-08-21 |
Shinichi Iwasaki, hockey goaltender (Team Japan 1998) |
1968-08-31 |
Hideo Nomo, Osaka Japan, pitcher (LA Dodgers) |
1969-04-18 |
Princess Sayako of Japan |
1969-04-20 |
Takayuki Kobori, hockey defenseman (Team Japan 1998) |
1969-08-13 |
Midori Ito, Tokyo Japan, ice skater (Oly-silver-92) |
1969-10-22 |
Cuty [Yumi] Suzuki, Kawaguchi Japan, wrestler (Japan) |
1969-10-30 |
Mayumi Hirase, Kumamoto Japan, LPGA golfer (Japan Jr-1985, 86, 87) |
1969-11-17 |
Takako Inque, Toride Japan, wrestler (Japan) |
1970-07-18 |
Dusty Imoo, hockey goaltender (Team Japan 1998) |
1970-09-28 |
Kimiko Date, Kyoto Japan, tennis star (1996 Japan Open) |
1971-01-30 |
Takeshi Yamanaka, hockey defenseman (Team Japan 1998) |
1971-02-06 |
Mana Endo, Hiroshima Japan, tennis star (1996 3rd round Aust Open) |
1971-03-09 |
Jiro Nihei, hockey goaltender (Team Japan 1998) |
1971-08-25 |
Makoto Kawahira, hockey forward (Team Japan 1998) |
1971-10-15 |
Niko Kovac, World Cup Korea/Japan |
1971-11-22 |
Yone Kamio, Yokohama Japan, tennis star (1995 semi-finalist Hobart) |
1971-12-06 |
Rika Hiraki, Beirut Lebanon, tennis star (1992 Japan doubles) |
1972-03-11 |
Ua, Big Man Japan |
1972-03-23 |
Ryan Kuwabara, hockey forward (Team Japan 1998) |
1972-03-26 |
Naoko Kijimuta, Yokohama Kanagawa Japan, tennis star (1996 Jakarta) |
1972-04-11 |
Kunihiko Sakurai, hockey forward (Team Japan 1998) |
1972-06-28 |
Ryan Fujita, hockey forward (Team Japan 1998) |
1972-10-11 |
Kyoko Ina, Tokyo Japan, figure skater (1993 North Atlantic Sr champ) |
1972-9-16 |
Daisuke Miyagawa, Big Man Japan |
1973-01-26 |
Tatsuki Katayama, hockey defenseman (Team Japan 1998) |
1973-03-23 |
Naoko Sawamatsu, Nishinomiya Japan, tennis star (1994 Singapore) |
1973-04-05 |
Yutaka Kawaguchi, hockey defenseman (Team Japan 1998) |
1973-05-08 |
Jesús Arellano, World Cup Korea/Japan |
1973-07-12 |
Christian Vieri, World Cup Korea/Japan |
1973-07-25 |
Yoichi Doi, Group F: Japan vs Brazil |
1973-08-14 |
Jared Borgetti, World Cup Korea/Japan |
1973-12-27 |
Bill Clay, Yokosuka Japan, US sprint cyclist (Olympics-96) |
1973-12-31 |
Hiroyuki Miura, hockey defenseman (Team Japan 1998) |
1974-02-22 |
Kyoko Nagatsuka, Shizuoka Prefecture Japan, tennis star (1996 Hobart) |
1974-03-30 |
Tomislav Butina, Group F: Croatia vs Japan |
1974-04-06 |
Robert Kovac, World Cup Korea/Japan |
1974-05-09 |
Shin Yahata, hockey forward (Team Japan 1998) |
1974-11-05 |
Dado Prso, Group F: Croatia vs Japan |
1975-01-30 |
Juninho Pernambucano, Group F: Japan vs Brazil |
1975-03-29 |
Christopher Yule, hockey forward (Team Japan 1998) |
1975-07-05 |
Ai Sugiyama, Tokyo Japan, tennis star |
1975-07-23 |
Mario Tokic, Group F: Croatia vs Japan |
1975-08-15 |
Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi, Japan vs. Turkey |
1975-09-15 |
Tsutsumi Otomo, hockey forward (Team Japan 1998) |
1975-10-10 |
Ramón Morales, World Cup Korea/Japan |
1975-11-12 |
Dario Simic, World Cup Korea/Japan |
1976-01-27 |
Jung Hwan Ahn, World Cup Korea/Japan |
1976-03-06 |
Stjepan Tomas, Group F: Croatia vs Japan |
1976-04-15 |
Seigo Narazaki, Japan vs. Turkey |
1976-9-01 |
Takashi Fukunishi, Japan vs. Turkey |
1977-02-07 |
Tsuneyasu Miyamoto, Japan vs. Turkey |
1977-05-18 |
Li Tie, World Cup Korea/Japan |
1977-05-26 |
Luca Toni, World Cup Korea/Japan |
1977-05-27 |
Atsushi Yanagisawa, Japan vs. Turkey |
1977-12-27 |
Fatih Akyel, Japan vs. Turkey |
1977-9-30 |
Jihai Sun, World Cup Korea/Japan |
1978-01-28 |
Pape Bouba Diop, World Cup Korea/Japan |
1978-02-07 |
Ivan Leko, World Cup Korea/Japan |
1978-02-18 |
Josip Simunic, World Cup Korea/Japan |
1978-02-25 |
Yuji Nakazawa, Group E: Netherlands vs Japan |
1978-06-24 |
Shunsuke Nakamura, Group E: Netherlands vs Japan |
1978-07-21 |
Kyoko Iwosoki, Japan, 100m breaststroke swimmer (Oly-gold-92, 96) |
1978-10-15 |
Bosko Balaban, Group F: Croatia vs Japan |
1978-9-13 |
Lior Shamriz, Japan Japan |
1979-01-08 |
Stipe Pletikosa, World Cup Korea/Japan |
1979-01-15 |
Anthony Seric, Group F: Croatia vs Japan |
1979-04-05 |
Mitsuo Ogasawara, Japan vs. Turkey |
1979-04-29 |
Kevin Major, Big in Japan |
1979-06-04 |
Naohiro Takahara, Group F: Japan vs Brazil |
1979-08-28 |
Josh Bishop, Made in Japan |
1979-9-16 |
Keisuke Tsuboi, Group F: Japan vs Brazil |
1979-9-18 |
Junichi Inamoto, Japan vs. Turkey |
1980-01-13 |
Akira Kaji, Group F: Japan vs Brazil |
1980-01-28 |
Yasuhito Endo, Group C: Ivory Coast vs Japan |
1980-01-29 |
Ivan Klasnic, World Cup Korea/Japan |
1980-01-31 |
Jurica Vranjes, Group F: Croatia vs Japan |
1980-04-09 |
Jerko Leko, World Cup Korea/Japan |
1980-04-11 |
Keiji Tamada, Group E: Netherlands vs Japan |
1980-05-04 |
Masashi Oguro, Group F: Japan vs Brazil |
1980-05-06 |
Kasumi Takahashi, Tokyo Japan, Australian rhythmic gymnast (Oly-96) |
1980-08-07 |
Seiichiro Maki, Group F: Japan vs Brazil |
1980-10-31 |
Kengo Nakamura, Round of 16: Paraguay vs Japan |
1981-04-24 |
Marcus Tulio Tanaka, Group E: Netherlands vs Japan |
1981-05-11 |
Daisuke Matsui, Group E: Netherlands vs Japan |
1981-9-06 |
Yuki Abe, Group E: Netherlands vs Japan |
1981-9-08 |
Teruyuki Moniwa, Group F: Japan vs Brazil |
1982-01-30 |
Daiki Iwamasa, Round of 16: Paraguay vs Japan |
1982-02-08 |
Akiko Chûbachi, 2007 Miss Universe Japan |
1982-05-01 |
Darijo Srna, World Cup Korea/Japan |
1982-05-22 |
Apolo Ohno, Unite for Japan |
1982-06-09 |
Yoshito Okubo, Group C: Ivory Coast vs Japan |
1983-01-25 |
Yasuyuki Konno, Japan - Greece |
1983-03-20 |
Eiji Kawashima, Group C: Ivory Coast vs Japan |
1984-01-18 |
Makoto Hasebe, Group C: Ivory Coast vs Japan |
1984-04-05 |
Kisho Yano, Round of 16: Paraguay vs Japan |
1985-01-31 |
Kalomoira Sarantis, Big in Japan |
1985-03-02 |
Rei Hamada, 2007 Miss Universe Japan |
1986-04-16 |
Shinji Okazaki, Group C: Ivory Coast vs Japan |
1986-06-13 |
Keisuke Honda, Group C: Ivory Coast vs Japan |
1986-12-24 |
Riyo Mori, Miss Universe 2007 from Japan |
1986-9-12 |
Yuto Nagatomo, Group C: Ivory Coast vs Japan |
1988-03-27 |
Atsuto Uchida, Group C: Ivory Coast vs Japan |
1988-06-27 |
Evan Burton Martin, 3.11: Surviving Japan |
1989-08-07 |
Maddy Tyers, Not Made in Japan |
1991-10-23 |
Princess Mako of Akishino of Japan |
1994-08-04 |
Mayuko Fukuda, Japan Sinks |
1994-12-29 |
Princess Kako of Akishino of Japan |
2001-12-01 |
Aiko, Princess Toshi of Japan |
2006-09-06 |
Prince Hisahito of Akishino, Japan Imperial Family member |
Japan - Notable Weddings
Japan - Weddings
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
1959-04-10 |
Japan's Crown Prince Akihito marries commoner Michiko Shoda |
2005-11-15 |
Emperor Akihito's daughter Princess Sayako (36) weds Yoshiki Kuroda (40) at the Imperial Hotel in Tokyo, Japan |
2006-01-22 |
Princess of Rock and Roll Lisa Marie Presley (37) weds American guitarist and producer Michael Lockwood (44) at Kyoto, Japan |
2007-02-17 |
Japanese actress Noria Fujiwara weds comedian Tomonori at Jinnai Ikuta Shrine in Kobe, Japan |
Japan - Deaths
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
479-08-07 |
Emperor Yūryaku of Japan |
535-12-17 |
Emperor Ankan of Japan (b. 466) |
585-09-14 |
Emperor Bidatsu of Japan (b. 538) |
641-11-17 |
Emperor Jomei of Japan (b. 593) |
654-11-24 |
Emperor Kōtoku of Japan (b. 596) |
703-01-13 |
Empress Jitō of Japan (b. 645) |
721-12-29 |
Empress Gemmei of Japan (b. 661) |
748-05-22 |
Empress Genshō of Japan (b. 680) |
756-05-02 |
Emperor Shōmu, Emperor of Japan (b. 701) |
930-10-23 |
Daigo, Emperor of Japan (b. 885) |
931-07-19 |
Uda, Emperor of Japan (b. 867) |
967-05-25 |
Murakami, Emperor of Japan (b. 926) |
1017-06-05 |
Emperor Sanjō of Japan (b. 976) |
1036-05-15 |
Emperor Go-Ichijō of Japan (b. 1008) |
1045-02-07 |
Emperor Go-Suzaku of Japan (b. 1009) |
1068-05-22 |
Emperor Go-Reizei of Japan (b. 1025) |
1073-06-15 |
Emperor Go-Sanjō of Japan (b. 1034) |
1074-03-31 |
Regency Yorimichi Fujiwara of Japan (b. 992) |
1107-08-09 |
Emperor Horikawa of Japan (b. 1079) |
1129-07-07 |
Shirakawa, emperor of Japan (1072-86)/budhist monk, dies at 76 |
1155-08-22 |
Konoe, Emperor of Japan (b. 1139) |
1156-07-20 |
Emperor Toba of Japan (b. 1103) |
1164-09-14 |
Emperor Sutoku of Japan (b. 1119) |
1165-09-05 |
Emperor Nijo of Japan (b. 1143) |
1176-08-23 |
Emperor Rokujo of Japan (b. 1164) |
1181-01-30 |
Emperor Takakura of Japan (b. 1161) |
1185-04-24 |
Antoku Taira, emperor of Japan (1180-85), drowns |
1192-04-26 |
Emperor Go-Shirakawa of Japan (b. 1127) |
1231-11-06 |
Emperor Tsuchimikado of Japan (b. 1196) |
1234-06-18 |
Emperor Chukyo of Japan (b. 1218) |
1234-08-31 |
Emperor Go-Horikawa of Japan (b. 1212) |
1239-03-28 |
Emperor Go-Toba of Japan (b. 1180) |
1242-02-10 |
Emperor Shijō of Japan (b. 1231) |
1262-11-28 |
Shinran, founder of Japan's True Pure Land Buddhist sect, dies |
1272-03-17 |
Emperor Go-Saga of Japan (b. 1220) |
1278-08-13 |
Daikaku, Zen teacher Rinzai line/head of Kenchoji, dies in Japan at 65 |
1304-08-17 |
Emperor Go-Fukakusa of Japan (b. 1243) |
1305-10-04 |
Emperor Kameyama of Japan (b. 1249) |
1308-09-10 |
Emperor Go-Nijō of Japan (b. 1285) |
1317-10-08 |
Fushimi, Emperor of Japan (b. 1265) |
1324-07-16 |
Emperor Go-Uda of Japan (b. 1267) |
1336-05-17 |
Emperor Go-Fushimi of Japan (b. 1288) |
1337-12-22 |
Daito Kokushi, leader of O-To-Kan Rinzai school in Japan, dies at 54 |
1339-09-19 |
Emperor Go-Daigo of Japan (b. 1288) |
1348-12-02 |
Emperor Hanazono of Japan (b. 1297) |
1351-09-30 |
Muso Soseki, Zen teacher/Rinzai line/head of Nanzenji, dies in Japan |
1364-08-05 |
Emperor Kogon of Japan (b. 1313) |
1368-03-29 |
Emperor Go-Murakami, Emperor of Japan (b. 1328) |
1374-03-12 |
Emperor Go-Kogon of Japan (b. 1336) |
1380-07-26 |
Emperor Komyo of Japan (b. 1322) |
1382-12-31 |
Daigaku, Zen teacher/46th head of Engakuji, dies in Kamakura Japan |
1393-06-06 |
Emperor Go-En'yu of Japan (b. 1359) |
1394-08-27 |
Chokei, Emperor of Japan (b. 1343) |
1424-05-10 |
Go-Kameyama, Emperor of Japan |
1433-12-01 |
Emperor Go-Komatsu of Japan (b. 1377) |
1471-01-18 |
Emperor Go-Hanazono of Japan (b. 1419) |
1481-11-21 |
Ikkyu Sojun, Zen head of Daitokuji temple, dies in Kyoto, Japan at 87 |
1500-10-21 |
Emperor Go-Tsuchimikado of Japan (b. 1442) |
1506-08-08 |
Sesshu Toyo, Zen monk/painter, dies in Yamaguchi Japan at 86 |
1526-05-19 |
Emperor Go-Kashiwabara of Japan (b. 1464) |
1557-09-27 |
Emperor Go-Nara of Japan (b. 1497) |
1593-02-06 |
Emperor Ogimachi of Japan (b. 1517) |
1617-09-25 |
Emperor Go-Yozei of Japan (b. 1617) |
1654-10-30 |
Emperor Go-Komyo of Japan (b. 1633) |
1680-09-11 |
Emperor Go-Mizunoo of Japan (b. 1596) |
1683-03-29 |
Yaoya Oshichi, a young girl burned at the stake for arson in 17th Century Japan (b. 1667) |
1685-03-22 |
Emperor Go-Sai of Japan (b. 1638) |
1696-12-04 |
Empress Meishō, Japan (b. 1624) |
1710-01-16 |
Emperor Higashiyama of Japan (b. 1675) |
1732-09-24 |
Emperor Reigen of Japan (b. 1654) |
1737-05-10 |
Nakamikado Emperor of Japan (b. 1702) |
1750-05-28 |
Emperor Sakuramachi of Japan (b. 1720) |
1769-01-18 |
Hakuin Ekaku, Zen teacher (reformer of Rinzai school), dies in Japan |
1813-12-24 |
Empress Go-Sakuramachi of Japan (b. 1740) |
1840-12-11 |
Emperor Kokaku of Japan (b. 1771) |
1846-02-21 |
Emperor Ninko of Japan (b. 1800) |
1867-01-30 |
Emperor Kōmei of Japan (b. 1831) |
1900-08-25 |
Kuroda Kiyotaka, Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1840) |
1909-10-26 |
Itō Horiboemi, Japanese samurai, statesman and four time Prime Minister of Japan, assassinated by a Korean nationalist aged 68 |
1912-02-16 |
St. Nikolai of Japan, Eastern Orthodox priest (b. 1836) |
1912-07-30 |
Mutsuhito, 122nd emperor of Japan (1867-1912), dies at 60 |
1913-10-10 |
Katsura Taro, Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1848) |
1921-11-04 |
Takasji Hara, premier of Japan, murdered |
1926-12-25 |
Yoshihito, 123rd Emperor of Japan (1912-26), dies at 47 |
1932-05-15 |
Ki Inukai, premier Japan (1931-32), murdered |
1932-05-16 |
Ki Imukai, premier of Japan (1931-32), murdered |
1946-06-26 |
Yosuke Matsuoka, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan (b. 1880) |
1948-12-23 |
Hideki Tojo, Japan PM (1941-44), hanged for war crimes at 64 |
1949-05-22 |
James Forrestal, Target: Japan |
1951-03-10 |
Kijūrō Shidehara, Prime minister of Japan (b. 1872) |
1956-06-25 |
Ernest J. King, Target: Japan |
1964-10-28 |
Reginald Horace Blyth, Zen teacher/scholar, dies in Japan at 66 |
1965-08-13 |
Ikeda Hayato, Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1899) |
1966-07-12 |
D T Suzuki, Zen Buddhism scholar, dies in Tokyo Japan at 96 |
1967-10-20 |
Yoshida Shigeru, Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1878) |
1975-06-02 |
Eisaku Sato, premier of Japan (1964-71 Nobel 1974), dies at 74 |
1981-04-13 |
Prince Asaka Yasuhiko of Japan (b. 1887) |
1983-04-26 |
J.G. Smyth, Banzai! Japan: 1931-1942 |
1987-07-10 |
Victor Toyota, The Bad News Bears Go to Japan |
1987-08-07 |
Nobusuke Kishi, premier of Japan (1957-60), dies at 90 |
1989-01-06 |
Hirohito, Japan`s emperor (1922-89), dies at 87 after 62-year reign |
1989-08-15 |
Minoru Genda, Banzai! Japan: 1931-1942 |
1990-07-09 |
Brigitte D'Ortschy, Zen teacher Sanbo Kyodan line, dies in Japan at 69 |
1990-11-24 |
Nistani Keiji, philosopher, dies in Kyoto Japan |
1991-05-14 |
Shintaro Abe, minister of Exterior of Japan (1982-86), dies |
1991-06-03 |
Harry Glicken, volcanologist, killed by Mt Unzen Volcano in Japan |
1993-12-15 |
Kakuei Tanaka, PM of Japan (1972-74), dies |
1993-12-16 |
Kakuei Tanaka, premier of Japan (1972-74), dies at 75 |
1993-12-20 |
W Edwards Deming, US economist (helped Japan after WW II), dies at 93 |
1996-03-28 |
Shin Kanemaru, VP of Japan (1986-87), dies at 81 |
1998-06-12 |
Harlow Russ, Enola Gay and the Atomic Bombing of Japan |
1999-05-02 |
Ray Gallagher, Enola Gay and the Atomic Bombing of Japan |
2000-05-14 |
Obuchi Keizo, Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1937) |
2000-06-16 |
Empress Kōjun of Japan (b. 1903) |
2000-08-25 |
Fred Bock, Enola Gay and the Atomic Bombing of Japan |
2001-12-14 |
Eugene Grennan, Enola Gay and the Atomic Bombing of Japan |
2004-04-08 |
Fred Olivi, Enola Gay and the Atomic Bombing of Japan |
2004-05-21 |
Toshikazu Kase, Banzai! Japan: 1931-1942 |
2004-07-19 |
Zenko Suzuki, Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1911) |
2006-05-04 |
Yangi Kitadani, The Bad News Bears Go to Japan |
2007-06-28 |
Kiichi Miyazawa, 78th Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1919) |
2007-09-24 |
Jacob Bontakoe, Enola Gay and the Atomic Bombing of Japan |
2007-11-27 |
Larry I. Bland, Japan: The Invasion That Never Was |
2010-03-21 |
George Abel, X Day: The Invasion of Japan |
2011-01-04 |
Mick Karn, Cypriot-born British musician (Japan) (b. 1958) |
2011-04-16 |
Daniel Vece Jr., X Day: The Invasion of Japan |
2016-10-27 |
The oldest member of Japan's imperial family, Prince Mikasa, dies aged 100 |
2018-04-23 |
Oldest person in the world, Nabi Tajima, dies aged 117 in Japan |
