Portal:Japan/Anniversaries/January/January 28

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935 - Provincial governor Ki no Tsurayuki begins writing the Tosa Diary, describing his return to Kyōto. (Traditional Japanese Date: Twenty-first Day of the Twelfth Month, 934)
1618 - Rules are established for the Ōoku, the section of Edo Castle that housed the Shōgun's consort and his concubines. (Traditional Japanese Date: Second Day of the First Month, 1618)
1856 - The port of Shimoda is opened per Japan's first treaty of amity with Russia. (Traditional Japanese Date: Twenty-first Day of the Twelfth Month, 1855)
1871 - Japan's first Japanese language daily newspaper, the Yokohama Mainichi Shinbun, is printed in Yokohama. (Traditional Japanese Date: Eighth Day of the Twelfth Month, 1870)
1912 - Lieutenant Nobu Shirase and 27 others reach a point at the South Pole 80 degrees 5' south and 156 degrees 37'. They name it Yamato Sekihara.
1932 - Japanese forces attack Chinese forces at Shanghai in what is known as the First Shanghai Incident.
1946 - The General Headquarters begins censoring movies.

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