Portal:Japan/Anniversaries/October/October 18
Births
- 1127 - Emperor Go-Shirakawa (d. 1192)
- 1850 - Basil Hall Chamberlain (d. 1935), British professor of Tokyo Imperial University
- 1870 - D. T. Suzuki (d. 1966), author and scholar
- 1887 - Takashi Sakai (d. 1946), general in the Imperial Japanese Army and Governor of Hong Kong
- 1893 - George Ohsawa (d. 1966), philosopher and educator
- 1945 - Norio Wakamoto, voice actor
- 1954 - Yūji Mitsuya, actor, voice actor, and audio supervisor
- 1955 - Hiromi Go, singer
- 1958 - Megumi Ishii, actress and politician
- 1970 - Kazuhisa Irii, footballer
- 1970 - Michihiro Morita, Go player
- 1972 - Mika Ninagawa, photographer
- 1974 - Noboru Kaneko, actor
- 1979 - Hikaru Kawamura, model
- 1985 - Iori Nomizu, voice actor
- 1989 - Riisa Naka, actress
Deaths
- 1561 - Yamamoto Kansuke (b. 1501), samurai
- 1886 - Philipp Franz von Siebold (b. 1796), German physician and botanist, first European to teach Western medicine in Japan
- 1908 - Nozu Michitsura (b. 1840), field marshal
- 1947 - Michiaki Kamada (b. 1890), vice admiral and war criminal
- 1956 - Yoshio Markino (b. 1869), artist and author
- 1961 - Tsuru Aoki (b. 1892), Japanese-American actress
Film and television
- 2010 - Nagareboshi begins airing on Fuji Television, starring Yutaka Takenouchi and Aya Ueto
- 2011 - Nazotoki wa Dinner no Ato de begins airing on Fuji Television, starring Sho Sakurai and Keiko Kitagawa
Holidays, observances, and anniversaries
- 1881 - The Liberal Party of Japan is founded