Portal:Japan/Anniversaries/June/June 17

June 17:

Events

  • 1857 - Conclusion of the Treaty of Shimoda (Japan-US trade) in Japan and the US.
  • 1933 - The GOSTOP incident occurred which triggered the conflict of the army and police in Osaka.
  • 1955 - A telephone subscription, 2 millionth phone in Shibuya, corresponds to a Tokyo photo shop
  • 1960 - Tokyo 7 newspaper went to a joint declaration in a security problem
  • 1971 - The 1971 Okinawa Reversion Agreement was signed simultaneously in Washington D.C. and Tokyo.
  • 1973 - The Nemuro Peninsula was off the coast during an earthquake.
  • 1985 - Judo competetitor Yasuhiro Yamashita retired.

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