Portal:Japan/Anniversaries/March/March 9

Events

712 - Ō no Yasumaro presents the Kojiki to Empress Gemmei. (Traditional Japanese Date: Twenty-eighth Day of the First Month, 712)
1894 - Japan issues its first commemorative postage stamp, honoring the 25th anniversary of Emperor Meiji's wedding.
1951 - Mount Mihara on the Izu Peninsula erupts.
1958 - The Kanmon Tunnel is completed connecting Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture on Honshū Island, with Moji-ku, Kitakyūshū on Kyūshū Island.
1968 - A lawsuit is brought by the victims of itai-itai disease (cadmium poisoning).
1991 - The Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building is completed at a cost to taxpayers of 157 billion yen.

Births