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