Portal:Japan/Anniversaries/August

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August 1

August 1:

Events

607 - Ono no Imoko is dispatched as envoy to the Sui court in China (Traditional Japanese date: July 3, 607).
1894 - The First Sino-Japanese War erupts between Japan and China over Korea.

Births

1313 - Emperor Kōgon (d. 1364)
1377 - Emperor Go-Komatsu (d. 1433)
1933 - Masaichi Kaneda, baseball player and manager
1959 - Yoshihide Ōtomo, guitarist and songwriter
1963 - Koichi Wakata, astronaut and engineer
1968 - Shigetoshi Hasegawa, baseball player
1975 - Ryoko Yonekura, actress and model
1977 - Yoshi Tatsu, wrestler and boxer
1982 - Ai Tominaga, model and actress
1987 - Rumi Hiiragi, actress
1989 - Tomoka Kurokawa, actress
1994 - Ayaka Wada, singer

Deaths

1227 - Shimazu Tadahisa (b. 1179), warlord

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August 2

August 2:

Events

1869 - Japan's samurai, farmer, artisan, merchant class system (Shinōkōshō) is abolished as part of the Meiji Restoration reforms. (Traditional Japanese date: June 25, 1869).
1918 - Japan announces that it is deploying troops to Siberia in the aftermath of World War I.
1943 - World War II: PT-109 rammed by the Japanese destroyer Amagiri and sinks. Lt. John F. Kennedy, future US President, saves all but two of his crew.

Births

1958 - Shō Hayami, voice actor and singer
1965 - Hisanobu Watanabe, baseball player and coach
1966 - Takashi Iizuka, wrestler
1973 - Hiroyuki Goto, game designer, created Kotoba no Puzzle: Mojipittan
1978 - Kazuki Namioka, actor

Deaths

1611 - Katō Kiyomasa (b. 1562), daimyo

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August 3

August 3:

Events

1635 - The third of the Tokugawa shoguns, Iemitsu, establishes the system of alternate attendance (sankin kotai) by which the feudal daimyō are required to spend one year at Edo Castle in Tokyo and one year back home at their feudal manor, while their families remained in Tokyo as virtual political hostages. (Traditional Japanese Date: June 21, 1635).
1783 - Mount Asama erupts, killing 35,000 people.

Births

1959 - Koichi Tanaka, chemist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate
1970 - Masahiro Sakurai, video game designer, created Super Smash Bros. and Kirby
1990 - Shunya Shiraishi, actor
1993 - Yurina Kumai, singer

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August 4

August 4:

Events

1854 - The Hinomaru is established as the official flag to be flown from Japanese ships.
1947 - The Supreme Court of Japan is established.
1975 - The Japanese Red Army takes more than 50 hostages at the AIA Building housing several embassies in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The hostages included the U.S. consul and the Swedish chargé d'affaires. The gunmen win the release of five imprisoned comrades and fly with them to Libya.

Births

1953 - Hiroyuki Usui, footballer and manager
1966 - Kensuke Sasaki, wrestler and mixed martial artist
1978 - Satoshi Hino, American-Japanese voice actor
1987 - Tomoya Warabino, actor
1994 - Mayuko Fukuda, actress
2001 - Seishiro Kato, actor

Deaths

1992 - Seichō Matsumoto (b. 1909), author

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August 5

August 5:

Events

1874 - Japan launches its postal savings system, modeled after a similar system in England.
1882 - Martial law is enacted in Japan.
1912 - Japan's first taxicab service begins in Ginza, Tokyo.
1944 - World War II: Possibly the biggest prison breakout in history occurs as 545 Japanese POWs attempt to escape outside the town of Cowra, NSW, Australia.

Births

1948 - Shin Takamatsu, architect and professor
1965 - Motoi Sakuraba, keyboard player and composer
1968 - Kendo Kashin, wrestler
1972 - Ikuto Hidaka, wrestler
1981 - Kō Shibasaki, singer and actress
1993 - Suzuka Ohgo, actress
1998 - Kanon Suzuki, singer and actress

Deaths

1364 - Emperor Kōgon (b. 1313)
1991 - Soichiro Honda (b. 1906), engineer and businessman, founded Honda

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August 6

August 6:

Events

1991 - Takako Doi, chair of the Social Democratic Party, becomes Japan's first female speaker of the House of Representatives.
1993 - According to Japanese government and Tokyo Broadcasting System networks report, heavy massive rain and debris blow occurred at widely Kagoshima and Aira area, Kyūshū, Japan, killing 72.

Births

1180 - Emperor Go-Toba (d. 1239)
1946 - Masaaki Sakai, actor and singer
1963 - Tomoyuki Dan (d. 2013), voice actor
1965 - Yuki Kajiura, pianist and composer
1979 - Megumi Okina, actress and singer
1993 - Kaori Ishihara, voice actress and singer

Holidays and observances

Tōrō nagashi (Hiroshima) - Floating lantern ceremony to honor those killed by the U.S. atomic bomb in Hiroshima.

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August 7

August 7:

Events

1955 - Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering, the precursor to Sony, begins selling its first transistor radios in Japan.
1985 - Takao Doi, Mamoru Mohri and Chiaki Mukai are chosen to be Japan's first astronauts.

Births

1963 - Hiroaki Hirata, voice actor
1980 - Seiichiro Maki, footballer

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August 8

August 8:

Events

1945 - World War II: The Soviet Union declares war on Japan and invades Manchuria.
1968 - Jurō Wada successfully performs Japan's first heart transplant.

Births

1079 - Emperor Horikawa (d. 1107)
1950 - Ken Kutaragi, businessman, created PlayStation
1951 - Mamoru Oshii, director, producer, and screenwriter
1963 - Rica Fukami, voice actress
1963 - Emi Shinohara, voice actress
1969 - Dick Togo, wrestler
1978 - Miho Shiraishi, actress
1978 - Natsuko Kuwatani, voice actress
1981 - Kaori Iida, singer and actress

Deaths

1604 - Horio Tadauji (b. 1578), daimyo

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August 9

August 9:

Events

1942 - World War II: Battle of Savo Island - Allied naval forces protecting their amphibious forces during the initial stages of the Battle of Guadalcanal are surprised and defeated by an Imperial Japanese Navy cruiser force.
1993 - The Liberal Democratic Party of Japan loses a 38-year hold on national leadership.
1999 - The Diet of Japan enacts a law establishing the Hinomaru and Kimigayo as the official national flag and national anthem respectively.

Births

1933 - Tetsuko Kuroyanagi, actress, talk show host, and author
1985 - Haruka Kinami, actress
1989 - Kento Ono, actor and model

Deaths

1107 - Emperor Horikawa (b. 1079)

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August 10

August 10:

Events

1904 - The Battle of the Yellow Sea between the Russian and Japanese battleship fleets
1905 - Russian and Japanese peace negotiations begin in Portsmouth
1944 - World War II: American forces defeat the last Japanese troops on Guam
1988 - Japanese American Internment: US President Ronald Reagan signs the Civil Liberties Act of 1988, providing $20,000 payments to Japanese-Americans who were either interned or relocated by in the United States during World War II

Births

1964 - Hiro Takahashi (d. 2005), singer, lyricist, and composer
1981 - Natsumi Abe, singer and actress
1992 - Mugi Kadowaki, actress
1993 - Yuto Nakajima, singer, dancer, and actor

Deaths

1862 - Shusaku Honinbo (b. 1829), Go player
1948 - Kwan-Ichi Asakawa (b. 1873), Japanese-American historian, author, and academic

Film and television

2013 - Enoshima Prism, a film starring Sota Fukushi, Shūhei Nomura, and Tsubasa Honda

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August 11

August 11:

Births

1833 - Kido Takayoshi (d. 1877), politician
1892 - Eiji Yoshikawa (d. 1962), author
1909 - Yūji Koseki (d. 1989), composer
1959 - Yoshiaki Murakami, investor
1963 - Hiromi Makihara, baseball player
1965 - Shinji Mikami, video game designer
1986 - Kaori Fukuhara, voice actress
1987 - Shouta Aoi, voice actor

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August 12

August 12:

Events

1281 - The fleet of Qubilai Khan is destroyed by a typhoon while approaching Japan.
1978 - Japan and the People's Republic of China sign the Treaty of Peace and Friendship between Japan and the People's Republic of China.
1985 - Japan Airlines Flight 123 crashes into Mount Ogura in Gunma Prefecture, Japan, killing 520. It is the worst single-plane air disaster.

Births

1604 - Tokugawa Iemitsu (d. 1651), shogun
1963 - Kōji Kitao, sumo wrestler, the 60th Yokozuna
1968 - Kōji Yusa, voice actor
1972 - Takanohana Kōji, sumo wrestler, the 65th Yokozuna
1983 - Kana Asumi, voice actress and singer

Deaths

1864 - Sakuma Shōzan (b. 1811), scholar and politician
1985 - Kyu Sakamoto (b. 1941), singer-songwriter and actor

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August 13

August 13:

Events

1536 - Buddhist monks from Kyoto's Enryaku Temple set fire to 21 Nichiren temples throughout Kyoto in the Tenbun Hokke Disturbance. (Traditional Japanese date: July 27, 1536).
1937 - Battle of Shanghai begins.

Births

1955 - Hideo Fukuyama, race car driver
1960 - Koji Kondo, conductor
1965 - Hayato Matsuo, composer and conductor
1969 - Midori Ito, figure skater
1973 - Ryoko Shinohara, singer and actress
1979 - Taizō Sugimura, politician
1986 - Yasuhisa Furuhara, actor
1990 - Sae Miyazawa, singer and actress

Deaths

1965 - Hayato Ikeda (b. 1899), politician, 58th Prime Minister of Japan

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August 14

August 14:

Events

1183 - Taira no Munemori and the Taira clan take the young Emperor Antoku and the three sacred treasures and flee to western Japan to escape pursuit by the Minamoto clan. (Traditional Japanese date: Twenty-fifth Day of the Seventh Month of the Second Year of Juei).
1885 - Japan's first patent is issued to the inventor of a rust-proof paint.
1900 - A joint European-Japanese-United States force (Eight-Nation Alliance) occupies Beijing, in a campaign to end the bloody Boxer Rebellion in China.
1937 - The beginning of air-to-air combat of the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II in general, when 6 Imperial Japanese Mitsubishi G3M bombers were shot down by the Nationalist Chinese Air Force while raiding Chinese air bases, hence, 14 August has thus become acknowledged and celebrated as Chinese Air Force Day.
1945 - Japan accepts the Allied terms of surrender in World War II and the Emperor records the Imperial Rescript on Surrender (August 15 in Japan standard time).

Births

1297 - Emperor Hanazono (d. 1348)
1916 - Fumio Fujimura (d. 1992), baseball player and manager
1947 - Jiro Taniguchi, illustrator
1973 - Daisuke Ishiwatari, game developer, voice actor, and composer, created Guilty Gear
1979 - Yōichirō Morikawa, actor, director, and screenwriter

Deaths

1204 - Minamoto no Yoriie (b. 1182), shogun
1573 - Saitō Tatsuoki (b. 1548), daimyo

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August 15

August 15:

Events

1549 - Jesuit priest Saint Francis Xavier comes ashore at Kagoshima
1863 - The Anglo-Satsuma War begins between the Satsuma Domain of Japan and the United Kingdom
1869 - Meiji government establishes six ministries below Pardication in the bottom of Cabinet, officer-of-Shinto-Worship, and jurisdiction of Cabinet
1945 - World War II: Victory over Japan Day (USA) - Japan surrenders
1945 - World War II: The Japanese Fourteenth Area Army is disbanded
1961 - Keiyo Road is specified to be the first driveway in Japan
1975 - Miki Takeo makes the first official pilgrimage to Yasukuni Shrine by a sitting prime minister on the anniversary of the end of World War II

Births

1865 - Mikao Usui (d. 1926), spiritual leader, founded Reiki
1877 - Tachiyama Mineemon (d. 1941), sumo wrestler, the 22nd Yokozuna
1924 - Yoshirō Muraki (d. 2009), production designer, art director, and fashion designer
1982 - Tsuyoshi Hayashi, actor
1983 - Yōko Honda, voice actress
1994 - Kosuke Hagino, swimmer
1995 - Yui Ogura, voice actress and singer

Deaths

1945 - Korechika Anami (b. 1887), general

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August 16

August 16:

Events

1913 - Tōhoku Imperial University of Japan (modern day Tōhoku University) admits its first female students.
1945 - An assassination attempt was made on Japan's prime minister, Kantarō Suzuki.
1946 - The Japan Business Federation, or Keidanren, is established, and Ichirō Ishikawa is appointed its representative.

Births

1904 - Minoru Genda (d. 1989), general, pilot, and politician
1982 - Tomohiro Ito, sprinter
1986 - Yu Darvish, baseball player
1987 - Eri Kitamura, voice actress and singer
1990 - Kōki Uchiyama, actor
1992 - Zawachin, idol and television personality
1994 - Riho Takada, actress and model

Deaths

1443 - Ashikaga Yoshikatsu (b. 1434), shogun

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August 17

August 17:

Events

1942 - U.S. Marines raid the Japanese-held Pacific island of Makin (Butaritari).

Births

1959 - Chika Sakamoto, voice actress and singer
1974 - Tomomi Kahala, singer
1985 - Yū Aoi, actress
1988 - Erika Toda, actress

Deaths

1304 - Emperor Go-Fukakusa (b. 1243)

Film and television

2013 - School Girl Complex Hōsōbu Hen, a film starring Aoi Morikawa, Mugi Kadowaki, Maaya Kondō, Aoi Yoshikura, Ayuri Konno, and Tsukina Takai

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August 18

August 18:

Events

1541 - A Portuguese ship drifts ashore in the ancient Japanese province of Higo (modern day Kumamoto Prefecture). (Traditional Japanese date: July 27, 1541)
1909 - Mayor of Tokyo Yukio Ozaki presents Washington, D.C. with 2,000 cherry trees, which President Taft decides to plant near the Potomac River.
1982 - Japanese election law is amended to allow for proportional representation.

Births

1965 - Kōji Kikkawa, singer
1965 - Ikue Ōtani, voice actress
1972 - Masahiro Nakai, singer and actor
1972 - Keiko, singer
1992 - Riko Narumi, actress

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August 19

August 19:

Events

1965 - Japanese prime minister Eisaku Satō becomes the first post-World War II sitting prime minister to visit Okinawa.

Births

1914 - Fumio Hayasaka (d. 1955), composer
1962 - Toll Yagami, drummer
1969 - Kazuyoshi Tatsunami, baseball player
1972 - Chihiro Yonekura, singer-songwriter
1974 - Ryo Fukawa, comedian and musician
1977 - Takahiro Yamada, singer-songwriter and bass player
1986 - Saori Kimura, volleyball player

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August 20

August 20:

Events

1900 - Japan's primary school law is amended to provide for four years of mandatory schooling.
1926 - Japan's public broadcasting company, Nippon Hōsō Kyōkai (NHK) is established.

Births

1936 - Hideki Shirakawa, chemist, engineer, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1968 - Yuri Shiratori, voice actress and singer
1972 - Anna Umemiya, television personality and model
1982 - Enyelbert Soto, Venezuelan-Japanese baseball player
1984 - Mirai Moriyama, actor
1986 - Ryo Katsuji, actor

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August 21

August 21:

Events

1192 - Minamoto Yoritomo becomes Seii Tai Shōgun and the de facto ruler of Japan. (Traditional Japanese date: July 12, 1192)
1856 - America's first consul to Japan, Townsend Harris, arrives in Shimoda. (Traditional Japanese date: July 21, 1856)
1942 - World War II: Allied forces involved in the Guadalcanal campaign defeated an attack by Imperial Japanese Army soldiers in the Battle of the Tenaru.

Births

1535 - Shimazu Yoshihiro (d. 1619), general
1962 - Tsutomu Miyazaki (d. 2008), serial killer
1986 - Koki Sakamoto, gymnast

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August 22

August 22:

Events

1875 - The Treaty of Saint Petersburg between Japan and Russia is ratified, providing for the exchange of Sakhalin for the Kuril Islands.

Births

1943 - Masatoshi Shima, computer scientist, co-designed the Intel 4004
1967 - Yukiko Okada (d. 1986), singer and actress
1977 - Miho Kanno, actress and singer
1981 - Takumi Saito, actor and singer
1986 - Keiko Kitagawa, actress

Deaths

1155 - Emperor Konoe (b. 1139)

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August 23

August 23:

Events

1914 - World War I: Japan declares war on Germany and bombs Qingdao, China.

Births

1964 - Yoshikazu Taru, wrestler
1967 - Kazumi Totaka, musician and voice actor

Deaths

1176 - Emperor Rokujō (b. 1164)

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August 24

August 24:

Events

1942 - World War II: The Battle of the Eastern Solomons. Japanese aircraft carrier Ryūjō is sunk and US carrier Enterprise heavily damaged.

Births

1960 - Takashi Miike, actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1963 - Hideo Kojima, director and producer
1968 - Shoichi Funaki, Japanese-American wrestler
1987 - Daichi Miura, singer-songwriter, dancer, and choreographer
1988 - Maya Yoshida, footballer

Deaths

1956 - Kenji Mizoguchi (b. 1898), director and screenwriter
2010 - Satoshi Kon (b. 1963), director and screenwriter

Film and television

2013 - Gatchaman, a tokusatsu film starring Tori Matsuzaka, Gō Ayano, Ayame Goriki, Tatsuomi Hamada, and Ryohei Suzuki

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August 25

August 25:

Events

1894 - Kitasato Shibasaburo discovers the infectious agent of the bubonic plague and publishes his findings in The Lancet.
1942 - World War II: Battle of Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea.
1942 - World War II: Second day of the Battle of the Eastern Solomons. A Japanese naval transport convoy headed towards Guadalcanal is turned-back by Allied air attack, losing one destroyer and one transport sunk, and one light cruiser heavily damaged.
1989 - Mayumi Moriyama becomes Japan's first female cabinet secretary.

Births

1916 - Saburō Sakai (d. 2000), lieutenant and pilot
1956 - Takeshi Okada, footballer, coach, and manager
1967 - Nobuyuki Hiyama, voice actor
1968 - Yuri Mitsui, actress, model and race car driver
1968 - Takeshi Ueda, singer-songwriter and bass player
1977 - Masumi Asano, voice actress
1979 - Masato Wada, actor and singer
1992 - Miyabi Natsuyaki, singer and actress

Film and television

2012 - Anata e, a film starring Ken Takakura, Yūko Tanaka, Koichi Sato, Hideji Otaki, Kimiko Yo, and Haruka Ayase

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August 26

August 26:

Births

1937 - Kenji Utsumi (d. 2013), voice actor
1941 - Akiko Wakabayashi, actress
1977 - Saeko Chiba, voice actress and singer
1982 - Akiko Kikuchi, model and actress
1983 - Toshiaki Imae, baseball player

Deaths

1990 - Minoru Honda (b. 1913), astronomer

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August 27

August 27:

Events

663 - Remnants of the Korean Baekje Kingdom and their Yamato Japanese allies engage the combined naval forces of the Tang Chinese and Silla Koreans on the Geum River in Korea; the outcome is a significant Tang–Silla victory, while the Japanese would not attempt another invasion of Korea until the Japanese invasions of Korea of the late 16th century.
1232 - The Formulary of Adjudications is promulgated by Regent Hōjō Yasutoki. (Traditional Japanese date: August 10, 1232)
1943 - Japanese forces evacuate New Georgia island in the Pacific Theater of Operations during World War II.
1969 - The first installment of the Otoko wa Tsurai yo (It's Tough Being a Man) movies is released in Japan. Director and screenplay writer Yoji Yamada went on to make 48 installments of the series, which is recognized in the Guinness Book of World Records as the longest running movie series.
1993 - The Rainbow Bridge, connecting Tokyo's Shibaura and the island of Odaiba, is completed.

Births

1407 - Ashikaga Yoshikazu (d. 1425), shogun
1896 - Kenji Miyazawa (d. 1933), author and poet
1925 - Saiichi Maruya (d. 2012), author and critic
1971 - Hisayuki Okawa, long-distance runner
1976 - Milano Collection A.T., wrestler
1991 - Rikiya Otaka, actor
1992 - Ayame Goriki, actress and model

Deaths

1394 - Emperor Chōkei (b. 1343)

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August 28

August 28:

Events

1937 - Toyota Motors becomes an independent company.
1953 - Nippon Television broadcasts Japan's first television show, including its first TV advertisement.
1971 - The dollar is allowed to float against the yen for the first time.

Births

1025 - Emperor Go-Reizei (d. 1068)
1840 - Alexander Cameron Sim (d. 1900), Scottish-Japanese pharmacist and businessman, founded Kobe Regatta & Athletic Club
1951 - Keiichi Suzuki, singer-songwriter and actor
1965 - Satoshi Tajiri, video game designer, founded Game Freak
1966 - Yoko Takahashi, singer
1974 - Takahito Eguchi, pianist and composer
1974 - Kaori Mizuhashi, voice actress
1975 - Yūko Gotō, voice actress

Deaths

2007 - Miyoshi Umeki (b. 1929), Japanese-American actress and singer

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August 29

August 29:

Events

708 - Copper coins are minted in Japan for the first time (Traditional Japanese date: August 10, 708).
1871 - Emperor Meiji orders the abolition of the han system and the establishment of prefectures as local centers of administration. (Traditional Japanese date: July 14, 1871).
1910 - Japan changes Korea's name to Chōsen and appoints a governor-general to rule its new colony.

Births

1962 - Hiroki Kikuta, game designer and composer
1968 - Teruaki Ogawa, actor and voice actor
1974 - Kumi Tanioka, keyboard player and composer
1989 - Hajime Isayama, illustrator, created Attack on Titan

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August 30

August 30:

Events

1590 - Tokugawa Ieyasu enters Edo Castle. (Traditional Japanese date: August 1, 1590)
1945 - Hong Kong is liberated from Japan by British Armed Forces.
1962 - Japan conducts a test of the NAMC YS-11, its first aircraft since the war and its only successful commercial aircraft from before or after the war.
1974 - Powerful bomb explodes at the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries headquarters in Marunouchi, Tokyo, Japan. 8 killed, 378 injured. Eight left-wing activists are arrested on May 19, 1975 by Japanese authorities.