Events
- 800 - Mount Fuji erupts. (Traditional Japanese Date: Fourteenth Day of the Third Month, 800)
- 1951 - General Douglas MacArthur completes his duties and is dismissed as the Supreme Allied Commander.
Births
- 1908 - Masaru Ibuka (d. 1997), businessman, co-founded Sony
- 1931 - Koichi Sugiyama, composer and conductor
- 1969 - Chisato Moritaka, singer-songwriter and actress
- 1980 - Keiji Tamada, footballer
- 1991 - Erina Mano, singer and actress
- 1993 - Yuji Takahashi, footballer
Film and television
- 1993 - Oka no Ue no Himawari begins airing on Tokyo Broadcasting System, starring Kaoru Kobayashi, Yoko Shimada, Michitaka Tsutsui, Riona Hazuki, and Atsuko Takahata
- 2004 - Orange Days begins airing on Tokyo Broadcasting System, starring Satoshi Tsumabuki, Kou Shibasaki, Hiroki Narimiya, Miho Shiraishi, and Eita
- 2013 - Last Cinderella begins airing on Fuji Television, starring Ryoko Shinohara, Haruma Miura, and Naohito Fujiki
- 2015 - Do S Deka begins airing on Nippon TV, starring Mikako Tabe and Tadayoshi Okura