Portal:Japan/Anniversaries/January/January 19
Events
- 1942 - World War II: Japanese forces invade Burma.
- 1946 - General Douglas MacArthur establishes the International Military Tribunal for the Far East in Tokyo to try Japanese war criminals.
Births
- 1874 - Hitachiyama Taniemon (d. 1922), sumo wrestler, the 19th Yokozuna
- 1876 - Wakashima Gonshirō (d. 1943), sumo wrestler, the 21st Yokozuna
- 1963 - Yutaka Matsushige, actor
- 1970 - Udo Suzuki, comedian and singer
- 1977 - Cocco, singer-songwriter
- 1980 - Kotoko, singer
- 1983 - Hikaru Utada, American-Japanese singer-songwriter and producer
- 1985 - Rika Ishikawa, singer and actress
- 1988 - Yusuke Yamamoto, actor
- 1991 - Yu Takahashi, actress and model
Deaths
- 1976 - Hidetsugu Yagi (b. 1886), engineer and academic
Film and television
- 2003 - Good Luck!! begins airing on Tokyo Broadcasting System, starring Takuya Kimura and Kou Shibasaki
- 2008 - Full Swing begins airing on NHK, starring Katsumi Takahashi
- 2013 - Flashback Memories 3D, a 3D music documentary film starring Goma, Kosuke Tsuji, Kenta Tajika, and Kyoichi Shiin
- 2013 - Tokyo Family, a drama film starring Isao Hashizume, Kazuko Yoshiyuki, Masahiko Nishimura, Tomoko Nakajima, and Satoshi Tsumabuki