Today in Japan History (Part 5)
Sub-Topics: Tokyo
Historical Events
Results 401 - 500 of 727
1945-03-26 - Japanese resistance ends on Iwo Jima
1945-03-27 - Iwo Jima occupied, after 22,000 Japanese & 6,000 US killed
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
1945-04-06 - Japanese giant battleship Yamato heads to Okinawa
1945-04-07 - US planes intercept Japanese fleet heading for Okinawa on a suicide superbattleship Yamato & four destroyers were sunk
1945-04-19 - US aircraft carrier Franklin heavy damaged in Japanese air raid
1945-04-29 - Japanese army evacuates Rangoon
1945-05-10 - Allies capture Rangoon from the Japanese
1945-06-21 - US defeat Japanese forces on Okinawa during WW II
1945-06-23 - Last organized Japanese defiance broken (Tarakan)
1945-07-14 - Battleship USS South Dakota is 1st US ship to bombard Japan
1945-07-26 - Declaration of Potsdam: US/Brit/China demands Japanese surrender
1945-07-26 - Japanese govt disregards US ultimatum
1945-07-28 - Japanese premier Suzuki disregards US ultimatum to surrender
1945-07-29 - After delivering the Atomic Bomb across the Pacific, the cruiser USS Indianapolis is torpedoed & sunk by a Japanese submarine
1945-08-01 - Japanese city Toyama destroyed by B-29's
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
1945-08-15 - South Korea liberated from Japanese rule
1945-08-26 - Japanese diplomats board 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
1945-08-30 - Hong Kong liberated from Japan
1945-09-01 - Japan surrenders ending WW II (US date, 9/2 in Japan)
1945-09-02 - V-J Day; formal surrender of Japan aboard USS Missouri (WW II ends)
1945-09-03 - Japanese forces in Philippines surrender to Allies
1945-09-04 - US regains possession of Wake Island from Japan
1945-09-07 - Japanese at Rioekioe-islands surrender
1945-09-08 - US invades Japanese-held Korea
1945-09-08 - Hideki Tojo, Japanese PM during most of WW II, attempts suicide rather than face war crimes tribunal attempt fails, later he is hanged
1945-09-09 - Japanese in S Korea, Taiwan, China, Indochina surrender to Allies
1945-10-25 - Japanese surrender Taiwan to Gen Chiang Kai-shek
1946-01-01 - Emperor Hirohito of Japan announces he is not a god
1946-04-10 - 1st election for Japanese Diet
1946-06-03 - Intl Milt Tribunal opens in Tokyo against 28 Japanese war criminals
1946-11-03 - Emperor Hirohito proclaims new Japanese constitution
1946-12-21 - Earthquake in South Japan, kills 1,086
1947-05-03 - Japan forms a constitutional democracy
1947-05-03 - New post-war Japanese constitution goes into effect.
1947-05-07 - General MacArthur approves Japanese constitution
1947-08-04 - The Supreme Court of Japan is established.
1948-11-12 - Japanese premier Hideki Tojo sentenced to death by war crimes tribunal
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 - Intl Olympic Committee votes admission to West Germany & Japan in '52
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.
1951-09-04 - Pres Truman addresses opening of Japanese Peace Treaty Conference
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
1952-03-20 - US senate ratifies peace treaty with Japan
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
1952-10-01 - Liberal Party wins Japanese elections
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/tsnunami strike Honshu Japan
1954-09-26 - Japanese ferry boat Toya Maru sinks in Strait of Tsugaru, 1172 die
1954-09-26 - Typhoon hits Japan - 5 ferryboats sink killing about 1,600
1954-11-07 - US spy plane shot down North of Japan
1954-12-07 - Japanese government of Joshida, resigns
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.
1956-12-18 - Japan admitted to UN
1957-07-28 - Heavy rain and a mudslide in Isahaya, western Kyūshū, Japan, kill 992.
1957-12-09 - 1st Japanese ambassador to Israel
1958-01-26 - Japanese ferry Nankai Maru capsized off southern Awaji Island, Japan, 167 killed.
1959-04-10 - Japan's Crown Prince Akihito marries commoner Michiko Shoda
1959-05-20 - Japanese-Americans regain their citizenship
1959-06-22 - Shunryu Suzuki completes his historical Japan to SF voyage
1959-08-24 - Hiram L Fong sworn in as 1st Chinese-American senator while Daniel K Inouye sworn in as 1st Japanese-American Rep (Both from Hawaii)
1959-09-17 - Typhoon kills 2,000 in Japan & Korea
1959-09-26 - Typhoon Vera, hits Japanese island of Honshu, causing the deaths of 4,580 people with 658 missing
1960-01-18 - US & Japan sign joint defense treaty
1960-01-19 - Eisenhower & Premier Kishi sign US-Japanese Security pact
1960-03-28 - Pope John raises the 1st Japanese, 1st African & 1st Filipino cardinal
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.
Famous Birthdays
Results 401 - 500 of 1,078
1953-06-04 - Susumu Ojima, Japanese entrepreneur (Huser)
1953-06-21 - Robyn Douglass, Sendai Japan, actress (Lonely Guy, Romantic Comedy)
1954-01-06 - Yuji Horii, Japanese video game designer
1954-01-27 - Joko Ninomiya, Japanese martial artist
1954-02-11 - Noriyuki Asakura, Japanese composer
1954-03-26 - Kazuhiko Inoue, Japanese seiyu (voice actor)
1954-04-02 - Susumu Hirasawa, Japanese electropop musician
1954-09-18 - Takao Doi, Tokyo Japan, astronaut (STS 87)
1954-09-21 - Shinzo Abe, Japanese politician
1954-11-03 - Godzilla, Japanese monster (Godzilla)
1954-12-22 - Hideshi Matsuda, Japanese racing driver
1954-12-29 - Prince Takamado of Japan (d. 2002)
1955-01-20 - Hiromi Ōta, Japanese singer
1955-01-27 - Koji Ushikubo, Japanese racing driver
1955-03-02 - Shoko Asahara, [Chizuo Matsumoto], Japanese sect leader
1955-03-10 - Toshio Suzuki, Japanese racing driver
1955-03-16 - Jiro Watanabe, Japanese boxer
1955-04-05 - Akira Toriyama, Japanese manga artist
1955-05-26 - Masaharu Morimoto, Japanese chef
1955-07-03 - Sanma Akashiya, Japanese television performer
1955-08-13 - Hideo Fukuyama, Japanese racing driver
1955-11-24 - Takashi Yuasa, Japanese lawyer
1955-12-21 - Kazuyuki Sekiguchi, Japanese musician
1956-01-01 - Kôji Yakusho, Japanese actor
1956-01-05 - Chen Kenichi, Japanese-born chef
1956-01-30 - Keiichi Tsuchiya, Japanese racing driver
1956-02-15 - Hitoshi Ogawa, Japanese racing driver (d. 1992)
1956-02-26 - Keisuke Kuwata, Japanese singer
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)
1956-07-15 - Toshihiko Seko, Japanese runner (world record 25/30 km)
1956-08-31 - Masashi Tashiro, Japanese television performer
1956-09-22 - Masayuki Suzuki, Japanese singer (Rats & Star)
1957-04-04 - Nobuyoshi Kuwano, Japanese musician (Rats & Star)
1957-04-23 - Kenji Kawai, Japanese composer
1957-05-01 - Ko Otani, Japanese composer
1957-06-10 - Hidetsugu Aneha, Japanese architect
1957-10-10 - Rumiko Takahashi, Japanese artist
1957-12-15 - Yuuichi Nagashima, Japanese voice actor
1958-02-23 - David Sylvian, vocal/guitar (Sylvian Sylvian, Japan-Adolescent Sex)
1958-03-01 - Chosei Komatsu, Japanese conductor
1958-04-21 - Yoshito Usui, Japanese manga artist
1958-05-10 - Yu Suzuki, Japanese creator of Virtua Fighter series
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)
1958-09-08 - Mitsuru Miyamoto, Japanese voice actor
1958-10-01 - Masato Nakamura, Japanese musician
1958-12-24 - Munetaka Higuchi, Japanese drummer
1959-01-04 - Yoshitomo Nara, Japanese pop artist
1959-01-17 - Momoe Yamaguchi, Japanese singer and actress
1959-02-03 - Yasuharu Konishi, Japanese musician (Pizzicato Five)
1959-03-21 - Nobuo Uematsu, Japanese composer
1959-08-01 - Otomo Yoshihide, Japanese musician
1959-08-03 - Koichi Tanaka, Japanese scientist, Nobel laureate
1959-08-11 - Yoshiaki Murakami, Japanese investor
1959-10-21 - Ken Watanabe, Japanese actor
1959-12-26 - Koji Morimoto, Japanese animated film director
1960-01-02 - Naoki Urasawa, Japanese manga author
1960-02-23 - Naruhito, crown prince of Japan
1960-03-12 - Minoru Niihara, Japanese singer
1960-03-12 - Maki Nomiya, Japanese singer (Pizzicato Five)
1960-05-22 - Hideaki Anno, Japanese director
1960-06-23 - Tatsuya Uemura, Japanese musician and programmer
1960-07-28 - Yōichi Takahashi, Japanese mangaka of Captain Tsubasa and Hungry Heart Wild Striker
1960-08-13 - Koji Kondo, Japanese composer
1960-08-24 - Takashi Miike, Japanese filmmaker
1960-10-07 - Kyosuke Himuro, Japanese singer
1960-12-18 - Kazuhide Uekusa, Japanese economist
1961-01-08 - Kazuki Takahashi, Japanese creator of Yu-Gi-Oh
1961-02-22 - Akira Takasaki, Japanese guitarist
1961-03-27 - Tak Matsumoto, Japanese guitarist (B'z)
1961-04-28 - Futoshi Matsunaga, Japanese serial killer
1961-04-29 - Fumihiko Tachiki, Japanese seiyū
1961-05-08 - Akira Taue, Japanese professional wrestler
1961-05-25 - Hiro Saito, wrestler (All-Japan/NJPW/Calgary)
1961-06-15 - Yoshimi Iwasaki, Japanese singer/actress
1961-07-19 - Hideo Nakata, Japanese film director
1961-07-26 - Keiko Matsui, Japanese musician and composer
1961-09-13 - KK Null, Japanese musician
1961-10-04 - Kazuki Takahashi, Japanese author
1961-10-20 - Michie Tomizawa, Japanese voice actress
1961-11-06 - Kazuhiko Aoki, Japanese game creator
1961-11-29 - Masayoshi Yamashita, Japanese musician
1961-12-21 - Ryuji Sasai, Japanese composer
1962-02-01 - Tomoyasu Hotei, Japanese guitarist
1962-02-28 - Steve Tsujiura, hockey forward (Team Japan 1998)
1962-03-02 - Morioka Hiroyuki, Japanese writer
1962-03-10 - Seiko Matsuda, Japanese pop singer
1962-03-18 - Etsushi Toyokawa, Japanese actor
1962-04-12 - Takada Nobuhiko, Japanese wrestler
1962-06-07 - Takuya Kurosawa, Japanese racing driver
1962-06-10 - Akie Abe, current First Lady of Japan
1962-06-18 - Mitsuharu Misawa, Japanese professional wrestler
1962-06-21 - Takeshi Asami, Japanese racing driver
1962-08-29 - Hiroki Kikuta, Japanese composer
1963-01-08 - Hiromi Kobayashi, Fukushima Japan, LPGA golfer (1993 JAL Big Apple)
1963-02-01 - Takashi Murakami, Japanese artist
1963-03-20 - Manabu Suzuki, Japanese racing driver and broadcaster
1963-03-26 - Natsuhiko Kyogoku, Japanese writer
1963-04-03 - Tsuyoshi Sekito, Japanese composer
Famous Deaths
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