Portal:Japan/Anniversaries/February/February 4
Events
- 1348 - Kusanoki Masatsura commits suicide at the battle of Shijōnawate. (Traditional Japanese Date: Fifth Day of the First Month, 1348)
- 1614 - Shimazu Iehisa of the Satsuma-han presents Japan's first gunship to the Shōgun (Traditional Japanese Date: Twenty-sixth Day of the Twelfth Month, 1613)
- 1703 - In Edo (now Tokyo), 46 of the Forty-seven Ronin commit seppuku (ritual suicide) as recompense for avenging their master's death.
- 1801 - Inō Tadataka presents the Shōgun with Japan's first surveyed map. (Traditional Japanese Date: Twenty-first Day of the Twelfth Month, 1800)
- 1860 - The ship Kanrin Maru leaves Shinagawa for the United States. (Traditional Japanese Date: Thirteenth Day of the First Month, 1860)
- 1869 - Lotteries are outlawed by the new Meiji government. (Traditional Japanese Date: Twenty-third Day of the Twelfth Month, 1868)
- 1872 - Japan's first court of law, the Tokyo Court, is established. (Traditional Japanese Date: Twenty-sixth Day of the Twelfth Month, 1871)
- 1932 - World War II: Japan occupies Harbin, China.
- 1959 - One tsubo of land in Ginza (approximately 3.3 square meters) sells for 1,560,000 yen (approximately $4,300 at the then applicable exchange rate or approximately $30,500 in today's money), becoming the most expensive land in Japan.
- 1966 - An All Nippon Airways Boeing 727 crahes in Tokyo Bay, killing all 133 people on board.
- 1976 - It is disclosed in a Senate hearing that the Lockheed Corporation had bribed government officials in Japan in order to secure aircraft.
Births
- 1865 - Abe Isoo (d. 1949), minister and politician
- 1925 - Christopher Zeeman, Japanese-English mathematician and academic
- 1948 - Mienoumi Tsuyoshi, sumo wrestler
- 1953 - Kitarō, keyboard player, composer, and producer
- 1954 - Shigeru Chiba, actor and voice actor
- 1958 - Saburō Tokitō, actor
- 1966 - Kyōko Koizumi, actress and singer
- 1968 - Kuranosuke Sasaki, actor
- 1978 - Shingo Kawaguchi, actor
- 1980 - Kenta Kiritani, actor and singer
- 1989 - Shogo Suzuki, actor and musician
- 1990 - Haruka Tomatsu, voice actress and singer
- 1997 - Ayami Nakajō, actress and model
Film and television
- 2012 - Arakawa Under the Bridge, a film starring Kento Hayashi and Mirei Kiritani