Portal:Japan/Anniversaries/October/October 24
Events
- 1944 - World War II: The Japanese aircraft carrier Zuikaku, and the battleship Musashi are sunk in the Battle of Leyte Gulf.
- 1964 - The closing ceremonies of the 1964 Summer Olympics are held in Tokyo
Births
- 1931 - Ken Utsui (d. 2014), actor
- 1941 - Peter Takeo Okada, priest, 11th Archbishop of Tokyo
- 1959 - Chihiro Fujioka, director and composer
- 1980 - Aiko Itō, actress
- 1984 - Kaela Kimura, singer-songwriter
- 1986 - Nobuhiko Okamoto, voice actor and singer
Deaths
- 1983 - Jiang Wen-Ye (b. 1910), Taiwanese composer, active mainly in Japan and later in China