Portal:Japan/Anniversaries/September/September 15
Events
- 1600 - Battle of Sekigahara
- 1894 - First Sino-Japanese War: Japan defeats China in the Battle of Pyongyang.
Births
- 767 - Saichō (d. 822), monk
- 1880 - Chujiro Hayashi (d. 1940), physician
- 1926 - Shohei Imamura (d. 2006), director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1953 - Keiko Takeshita, actress
- 1974 - Arata Iura, actor, model, and fashion designer
- 1977 - Angela Aki, singer-songwriter
- 1983 - Yuka Hirata, actress and model
- 1996 - Nao Furuhata, idol and singer
- 1999 - Nana Owada, idol, singer, and actress
Holidays, observances, and anniversaries
- Respect for the Aged Day before 2003; beginning in 2003, Respect for the Aged Day is held on the third Monday of September.