Portal:Japan/Anniversaries/June/June 17
Events
- 1857 - Conclusion of the Treaty of Shimoda (Japan-US trade) in Japan and the US.
- 1933 - The GOSTOP incident occurred which triggered the conflict of the army and police in Osaka.
- 1955 - A telephone subscription, 2 millionth phone in Shibuya, corresponds to a Tokyo photo shop
- 1960 - Tokyo 7 newspaper went to a joint declaration in a security problem
- 1971 - The 1971 Okinawa Reversion Agreement was signed simultaneously in Washington D.C. and Tokyo.
- 1973 - The Nemuro Peninsula was off the coast during an earthquake.
- 1985 - Judo competetitor Yasuhiro Yamashita retired.
Births
- 1920 - Setsuko Hara, actress
- 1961 - Kōichi Yamadera, actor and singer
- 1968 - Minoru Suzuki, wrestler and mixed martial artist
- 1976 - Keisuke Ogihara, rapper
- 1978 - Kumiko Asō, actress
- 1980 - Kimeru, singer and actor
- 1983 - Kazunari Ninomiya, singer-songwriter and actor
- 1987 - Nozomi Tsuji, singer and actress
- 1988 - Toru Baba, actor, entertainer, and singer
- 1991 - Haru, actress and model
- 1995 - Aoi Morikawa, actress and model
- 2004 - Fuku Suzuki, actor and singer