Events
- 1942 - World War II: The siege of the Bataan Peninsula begins.
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
- 1989 - Hirohito, emperor (b. 1901)
- 1996 - Tarō Okamoto (b. 1911), painter and sculptor
Film and television
- 1999 - Ring: The Final Chapter begins airing on Fuji Television, starring Toshirō Yanagiba, Tomoya Nagase, Akiko Yada, Kotomi Kyono, and Tae Kimura
- 2003 - Boku no Ikiru Michi begins airing on Fuji Television, starring Akiko Yada, Haruka Ayase, Hiroki Uchi, and Tsuyoshi Kusanagi
Holidays, observances, and anniversaries
- Nanakusa (Seven Herbs Festival).