Portal:Japan/Anniversaries/March/March 23
Events
- 1913 - The Shijō Bridge is completed in Kyoto.
- 1953 - The repatriation of Japanese from China begins as the first ship arrives in Maizuru Port.
- 1966 - Eyewitness testimony by a three year old is ruled admissible in a court of law.
- 1976 - A man angry over the Lockheed scandal flies a light plane into the home of Kodama Yoshio.
- 1977 - The supreme court accepts the first foreign bar applicant for legal training (all bar passers in Japan must complete one year of training at the supreme court before becoming a lawyer.)
- 1987 - Three and a half years after the famikon (video game console) goes on sale, the 10 millionth unit is sold.
Births
- 1336 - Emperor Go-Kōgon (d. 1374)
- 1910 - Akira Kurosawa (d. 1998), director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1920 - Tetsuharu Kawakami (d. 2013), baseball player and manager
- 1959 - Kazue Ikura, voice actress
- 1971 - Hiroyoshi Tenzan, wrestler
- 1979 - Nobuo Kyo, actor
- 1989 - Mai Nishida, model, entertainer, and actress