Portal:Japan/Anniversaries/October/October 23
Events
- 1992 - Emperor Akihito becomes the first Emperor of Japan to stand on Chinese soil.
- 2004 - A powerful earthquake and its aftershocks hit Niigata prefecture, northern Japan, killing 35 people, injuring 2,200, and leaving 85,000 homeless or evacuated.
Births
- 1920 - Ted Fujita (d. 1998), Japanese-American meteorologist and academic
- 1956 - Akie Asaka, comedian
- 1958 - Hiroyuki Kinoshita, actor
- 1971 - Carlo Forlivesi, Italian-Japanese composer and scholar
- 1973 - Emi Hashino, comedian and actress
- 1983 - Sayaka Isoyama, model, entertainer, actress, and writer
- 1987 - Miyuu Sawai, model and actress
- 1987 - Naomi Watanabe, actress and comedian
- 1991 - Princess Mako of Akishino
Deaths
- 930 - Emperor Daigo (b. 885)
Film and television
- 2011 - Boku to Star no 99 Nichi begins airing on Fuji Television, starring Hidetoshi Nishijima and Kim Tae-hee