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