Events
- 1945 - World War II: The United States invades Luzon in the Japan-occupied Philippines.
- 2014 - An explosion at a Mitsubishi Materials chemical plant in Yokkaichi, Japan, kills at least five people and injures 17 others.
Births
- 1624 - Empress Meishō (d. 1696)
- 1947 - Ittoku Kishibe, actor and musician
- 1953 - Shigeru So, runner
- 1953 - Takeshi So, runner
- 1970 - Masashi Goda, actor
- 1971 - Yusuke Naora, director and producer
- 1979 - Tomiko Van, singer-songwriter and actress
- 1987 - Mao Inoue, actress
- 1987 - Asami Kai, actress and model
Deaths
- 1562 - Amago Haruhisa (b. 1514), warlord
- 1998 - Kenichi Fukui (b. 1918), chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
Film and television
- 2006 - Saiyūki begins airing on Fuji Television, starring Shingo Katori, Eri Fukatsu, Atsushi Itō, Teruyoshi Uchimura, and Asami Mizukawa
- 2007 - Himitsu no Hanazono begins airing on Kansai Telecasting Corporation and Fuji Television, starring Yumiko Shaku
- 2010 - Majisuka Gakuen begins airing on TV Tokyo, starring Atsuko Maeda
- 2015 - Kaiki Renai Sakusen begins airing on TV Tokyo, starring Kumiko Asō, Maki Sakai, and Tamaki Ogawa