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September 1

September 1:

Events

• 1923 - The Great Kantō earthquake devastates Tokyo and Yokohama, killing about 105,000 people.

Births

• 1864 - Akashi Motojiro (d. 1919), general
• 1886 - Shigeyasu Suzuki (d. 1957), general
• 1935 - Seiji Ozawa, conductor and director
• 1971 - Yoshitaka Hirota, bass player and composer
• 1974 - Yutaka Yamamoto, director and producer, founded Ordet Animation Studio
• 1984 - Yūta Hiraoka, actor

Deaths

• 1256 - Kujō Yoritsune (b. 1218), shogun

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September 2

September 2:

Events

• 1867 - Mutsuhito, the Meiji Emperor of Japan, marries Masako Ichijō. The Empress consort is thereafter known as Lady Haruko. Since her death in 1914, she's called by the posthumous name Empress Shōken.
• 1945 - World War II: The Southern Expeditionary Army Group is disbanded
• 1945 - World War II: Combat in World War II ends in the Pacific Theater: The final official surrender of Japan is accepted aboard the battleship USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay.

Births

• 1879 - An Jung-geun (d. 1910), Korean activist, assassin of Itō Hirobumi
• 1946 - Joe Yamanaka (d. 2011), singer and actor
• 1966 - Yū Hayami, singer and actress
• 1980 - Hiroki Yoshimoto, race car driver
• 1986 - Ryuji Imaichi, singer
• 1988 - Keisuke Kato, actor and entertainer

Deaths

• 1274 - Prince Munetaka (b. 1242), shogun
• 1944 - Shirō Takasu (b. 1884), career naval officer in the Imperial Japanese Navy

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September 3

September 3:

Births

• 1034 - Emperor Go-Sanjō (d. 1073)
• 1938 - Ryōji Noyori, chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1973 - Norihiko Hibino, saxophonist and composer
• 1982 - Ayumi Fujimura, voice actress
• 1982 - Kaori Natori, singer and model
• 1985 - Yūki Kaji, voice actor and singer
• 1992 - Shōta Sometani, Japanese actor
• 1993 - Rina Koike, model and actress

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September 4

September 4:

Events

• 1939 - World War II: Japan declares neutrality in European war.
• 1951 - The first live transcontinental television broadcast takes place in San Francisco, California, from the Japanese Peace Treaty Conference.

Births

• 1913 - Kenzō Tange (d. 2005), architect, designed the Yoyogi National Gymnasium
• 1951 - Kaoru Kobayashi, actor
• 1979 - Kosuke Matsuura, race car driver
• 1980 - Hitomi Shimatani, singer
• 1983 - Yuichi Nakamaru, idol, singer-songwriter, actor, television personality, and radio host
• 1986 - Ayumi Kaihori, footballer

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September 5

September 5:

Events

• 1905 - Russo-Japanese War: In New Hampshire, USA, the Treaty of Portsmouth, mediated by US President Theodore Roosevelt, ends the war.
• 1942 - World War II: Japanese high command orders withdrawal at Milne Bay, first Japanese defeat in the Pacific War.
• 1943 - World War II: The 503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment lands and occupies Nazdab, near Lae in the Salamaua–Lae campaign.
• 1945 - Iva Toguri D'Aquino, a Japanese American suspected of being wartime radio propagandist Tokyo Rose, is arrested in Yokohama.

Births

• 1567 - Date Masamune (d. 1636), daimyo
• 1947 - Kiyoshi Takayama, mobster
• 1952 - Masao Kusakari, actor and model
• 1963 - Taki Inoue, race car driver
• 1964 - Kihachirō Uemura, actor and voice actor
• 1965 - Tōru Nakamura, actor
• 1969 - Mariko Kouda, voice actress, singer, and radio personality
• 1977 - Minoru Fujita, wrestler
• 1990 - Ami Kikuchi, model and radio host

Deaths

• 1165 - Emperor Nijō (b. 1143)

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September 6

September 6:

Events

• 1976 - Cold War: Soviet air force pilot Lt. Viktor Belenko lands a MiG-25 jet fighter at Hakodate on the island of Hokkaidō in Japan and requests political asylum in the United States.

Births

• 1928 - Fumihiko Maki, architect, designed the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium and Makuhari Messe
• 1930 - Akiji Kobayashi (d. 1996), actor
• 1932 - Hiroyuki Iwaki (d. 2006), drummer and conductor
• 1939 - Susumu Tonegawa, biologist and immunologist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1945 - Go Nagai, illustrator
• 1963 - Rolly Teranishi, musician and producer
• 1977 - Kiyoshi Hikawa, singer
• 1978 - Homare Sawa, footballer
• 1980 - Yuji Hamano, archer
• 1981 - Yuki Abe, footballer
• 1985 - Shin Nagahama, actor and model
• 1988 - Ray Fujita, French-Japanese actor and musician
• 2006 - Prince Hisahito of Akishino

Deaths

• 1511 - Ashikaga Yoshizumi (b. 1481), shogun
• 1962 - Seiichiro Kashio (b. 1892), tennis player
• 1998 - Akira Kurosawa (b. 1910), director, producer, and screenwriter

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September 7

September 7:

Events

• 1945 - World War II: Japanese forces on Wake Island, which they had held since December of 1941, surrender to U.S. Marines

Births

• 1641 - Tokugawa Ietsuna (d. 1680), shogun
• 1915 - Kiyoshi Itō (d. 2008), mathematician and academic
• 1974 - Hiroki Takahashi, voice actor and singer
• 1975 - Norifumi Abe (d. 2007), motorcycle racer
• 1979 - Kozue Yoshizumi, voice actress
• 1982 - Ryoko Shiraishi, voice actress
• 1992 - Suzuka Morita, model and actress
• 1994 - Kento Yamazaki, actor and model

Deaths

• 1939 - Kyōka Izumi (b. 1873), author, poet, and playwright
• 1962 - Eiji Yoshikawa (b. 1892), author

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September 8

September 8:

Events

• 1951 - Treaty of San Francisco: In San Francisco, California, 48 nations sign a peace treaty with Japan in formal recognition of the end of the Pacific War.

Births

• 1750 - Tanikaze Kajinosuke (d. 1795), sumo wrestler, the 4th Yokozuna
• 1938 - Kenichi Horie, sailor
• 1948 - Great Kabuki, wrestler
• 1958 - Mitsuru Miyamoto, voice actor
• 1960 - Misako Konno, actress and essayist
• 1960 - Aguri Suzuki, race car driver
• 1963 - Hitoshi Matsumoto, comedian and actor
• 1972 - Tomokazu Seki, voice actor and singer
• 1980 - Teruyuki Moniwa, footballer
• 1987 - Asaya Kimijima, model and actor

Deaths

• 1981 - Hideki Yukawa (b. 1907), physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

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September 9

September 9:

Events

• 1942 - World War II: A Japanese floatplane drops an incendiary bomb on Oregon.
• 1945 - Second Sino-Japanese War: Japan formally surrenders to China.

Births

• 1466 - Ashikaga Yoshitane (d. 1523), shogun
• 1892 - Tsuru Aoki (d. 1961), Japanese-American actress
• 1903 - Phyllis A. Whitney (d. 2008), Japanese-American author
• 1908 - Shigekazu Shimazaki (d. 1945), admiral
• 1946 - Hayato Tani, actor
• 1973 - Kazuhisa Ishii, baseball player
• 1976 - Masaya Matsukaze, actor, voice actor, and radio personality
• 1982 - Ai Otsuka, singer-songwriter, pianist, and actress
• 1983 - Yamato Kinjo, actor
• 1993 - Ryohei Kato, gymnast
• 1988 - Shizuka Nakamura, model and actress

Deaths

• 1612 - Nakagawa Hidenari (b. 1570), daimyo

Holidays, observances, and anniversaries

• Chrysanthemum festival

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September 10

September 10:

Births

• 1941 - Gunpei Yokoi (d. 1997), video game designer, invented Game Boy
• 1966 - Yuki Saito, singer-songwriter, actress, essayist, author, and poet
• 1985 - Aya Kamiki, singer-songwriter
• 1985 - Shota Matsuda, actor
• 1986 - Hiroki Uchi, singer-songwriter and actor
• 1987 - Nana Tanimura, singer-songwriter

Deaths

• 1308 - Emperor Go-Nijō (b. 1285)

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September 11

September 11:

Events

• 1945 - World War II: Liberation of the Japanese-run POW and civilian internee camp at Batu Lintang, Kuching, Sarawak on the island of Borneo by Australian 9th Division forces. Over 2,000 prisoners, including women and children, were due to be executed on September 15.

Births

• 1182 - Minamoto no Yoriie (d. 1204), shogun
• 1917 - Kenkichi Iwasawa (d. 1998), mathematician
• 1960 - Hiroshi Amano, physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1966 - Kiko, Princess Akishino
• 1986 - Chise Nakamura, actress and model
• 1987 - Mai Oshima, singer and actress
• 1989 - Asuka Kuramochi, singer and actress
• 1992 - Hayato Isomura, actor

Deaths

• 1680 - Emperor Go-Mizunoo (b. 1596)
• 1926 - Matsunosuke Onoe (b. 1875), actor and director

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September 12

September 12:

Events

• 1942 - World War II: First day of the Battle of Edson's Ridge during the Guadalcanal campaign. U.S. Marines protecting Henderson Field on Guadalcanal are attacked by Imperial Japanese Army forces.
• 2007 - Shinzō Abe announced he resigns as Prime Minister of Japan.

Births

• 1875 - Matsunosuke Onoe (d. 1926), actor and director
• 1894 - Kyuichi Tokuda (d. 1953), politician, Chairman of the Japanese Communist Party
• 1913 - Eiji Toyoda (d. 2013), businessman
• 1969 - Shigeki Maruyama, golfer
• 1974 - Kenichi Suzumura, voice actor and singer-songwriter
• 1982 - Nana Ozaki, model
• 1986 - Yuto Nagatomo, footballer

Deaths

• 1945 - Hajime Sugiyama (b. 1880), general

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September 13

September 13:

Events

• 1942 - World War II: Second day of the Battle of Edson's Ridge in the Guadalcanal campaign. U.S. Marines successfully defeated attacks by the Imperial Japanese Army with heavy losses for the Japanese forces.
• 1985 - Super Mario Bros. released for the Nintendo Entertainment System.

Births

• 1761 - Santō Kyōden (d. 1816), poet, writer, and artist
• 1872 - Kijūrō Shidehara (d. 1951), politician, 44th Prime Minister of Japan
• 1941 - Tadao Ando, architect, designed Piccadilly Gardens
• 1958 - Kōji Tamaki, singer-songwriter and actor
• 1961 - KK Null, musician
• 1962 - Hisao Egawa, voice actor
• 1970 - Yuki Matsuoka, voice actress
• 1971 - Manabu Namiki, pianist and composer
• 1975 - Akihiro Asai, race car driver
• 1977 - Daisuke Tsuda, singer-songwriter and drummer
• 1980 - Daisuke Matsuzaka, baseball player
• 1985 - Emi Suzuki, Chinese-Japanese model and actress
• 1986 - Kamui Kobayashi, race car driver
• 1987 - Ai Kayano, voice actress and singer
• 1990 - Aoi Nakabeppu, model and actress
• 1994 - Ayaka Ōhashi, voice actress

Deaths

• 1912 - Maresuke Nogi (b. 1849), general

Film and television

• 2004 - Churasan 3 begins airing on NHK, starring Ryoko Kuninaka, Kenji Kohashi, and Shogo Suzuki
• 2011 - Last Money: Ai no Nedan begins airing on NHK, starring Hideaki Itō, Yūichi Nakamaru, Shin Yazawa, and Takuya Nagaoka

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September 14

September 14:

Events

• 1180 - Battle of Ishibashiyama
• 1995 - Body Worlds opens in Tokyo

Births

• 1935 - Fujio Akatsuka (d. 2008), illustrator
• 1949 - Eikichi Yazawa, singer-songwriter
• 1950 - Masami Kuwashima, race car driver
• 1972 - Nakamura Shidō II, actor
• 1981 - Yumi Adachi, actress, model, and singer
• 1981 - Miyavi, singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1982 - Hiroki Narimiya, actor
• 1985 - Aya Ueto, actress and singer
• 1986 - Ai Takahashi, singer and actress

Deaths

• 585 - Emperor Bidatsu (b. 538)
• 1164 - Emperor Sutoku (b. 1119)

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September 15

September 15:

Events

• 1600 - Battle of Sekigahara
• 1894 - First Sino-Japanese War: Japan defeats China in the Battle of Pyongyang.

Births

• 767 - Saichō (d. 822), monk
• 1880 - Chujiro Hayashi (d. 1940), physician
• 1926 - Shohei Imamura (d. 2006), director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1953 - Keiko Takeshita, actress
• 1974 - Arata Iura, actor, model, and fashion designer
• 1977 - Angela Aki, singer-songwriter
• 1983 - Yuka Hirata, actress and model
• 1996 - Nao Furuhata, idol and singer
• 1999 - Nana Owada, idol, singer, and actress

Holidays, observances, and anniversaries

• Respect for the Aged Day before 2003; beginning in 2003, Respect for the Aged Day is held on the third Monday of September.

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September 16

September 16:

Births

• 1927 - Sadako Ogata, academic and diplomat, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
• 1942 - Tadamasa Goto, mobster
• 1967 - Hiroya Oku, author and illustrator
• 1980 - Ken Mizorogi, actor
• 1996 - Ryusei Yokohama, actor and model

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September 17

September 17:

Events

• 1894 - Battle of Yalu River, the largest naval engagement of the First Sino-Japanese War.

Births

• 1192 - Minamoto no Sanetomo, shogun (d. 1219)
• 1903 - Minanogawa Tōzō (d. 1971), sumo wrestler, the 34th Yokozuna
• 1914 - Shin Kanemaru (d. 1996), politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Japan
• 1963 - Masahiro Chono, American-Japanese wrestler
• 1965 - Yuji Naka, video game designer, created Sonic the Hedgehog
• 1986 - Yoshitsugu Matsuoka, voice actor
• 1991 - Ryo Ishikawa, golfer
• 1991 - Minako Kotobuki, voice actress and singer

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September 18

September 18:

Events

• 1931 - The Mukden Incident gives Japan the pretext to invade and occupy Manchuria.
• 1945 - Gen. Douglas MacArthur moves his command headquarters to Tokyo.

Births

• 1895 - Tomoji Tanabe (d. 2009), super-centenarian
• 1954 - Takao Doi, engineer and astronaut
• 1973 - Ami Onuki, singer and voice actress
• 1990 - Yuki Yamada, actor

Deaths

• 1598 - Toyotomi Hideyoshi (b. 1536), daimyo

Film and television

• 1981 - Omoide Zukuri begins airing on Tokyo Broadcasting System, starring Masako Mori, Yūko Kotegawa, Yūko Tanaka, Kyōhei Shibata, and Takehiko Maeda

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September 19

September 19:

Births

• 1908 - Tatsuo Shimabuku (d. 1975), martial artist
• 1926 - Masatoshi Koshiba, physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1949 - Sayoko Yamaguchi (d. 2007), model and actress
• 1966 - Yoshihiro Takayama, wrestler and mixed martial artist
• 1970 - Takanori Nishikawa, singer, producer, and actor
• 1981 - Rika Fujiwara, tennis player
• 1986 - Ken Gushi, race car driver
• 1990 - Saki Fukuda, actress and singer
• 1996 - Haruka Kodama, singer

Deaths

• 1339 - Emperor Go-Daigo (b. 1288)
• 1902 - Masaoka Shiki (b. 1867), poet, author, and critic

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September 20

September 20:

Births

• 1161 - Emperor Takakura (d. 1181)
• 1934 - Takayuki Kubota, Japanese-American martial artist and actor
• 1940 - Tarō Asō, politician, 92nd Prime Minister of Japan
• 1969 - Megumi Kudo, wrestler
• 1971 - Masashi Hamauzu, composer
• 1972 - Sawa Suzuki, actress
• 1976 - Yo Hitoto, singer
• 1976 - Yui Horie, voice actress and singer
• 1977 - Namie Amuro, singer, dancer, and actress
• 1983 - Yuna Ito, American-Japanese singer-songwriter and actress
• 1985 - Mami Yamasaki, model and actress
• 1988 - Arisa Sato, model and weather caster

Deaths

• 1980 - Hayashiya Sanpei I (b. 1925), actor

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September 21

September 21:

Events

• 1934 - The Muroto typhoon hit in western Honshū, destroying temples, schools, and other buildings in and around Osaka, and killing 3,036 people

Births

• 1949 - Yūsaku Matsuda (d. 1989), actor
• 1954 - Shinzō Abe, politician, 90th Prime Minister of Japan
• 1963 - Mamoru Samuragochi, composer
• 1994 - Fumi Nikaidō, actress and model

Deaths

• 1954 - Kokichi Mikimoto (b. 1858), businessman

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September 22

September 22:

Births

• 1878 - Shigeru Yoshida (d. 1967), politician, 51st Prime Minister of Japan
• 1939 - Junko Tabei, mountaineer
• 1956 - Masayuki Suzuki, singer
• 1981 - Subaru Shibutani, singer-songwriter and actor
• 1982 - Kosuke Kitajima, swimmer
• 1983 - Eriko Imai, singer

Deaths

• 1253 - Dōgen (b. 1200), monk and philosopher
• 1957 - Soemu Toyoda (b. 1885), admiral

Film and television

• 2012 - Bingo, a comedy film starring Kazuki Shimizu and Sakiko Matsui

Holidays, observances, and anniversaries

• Autumnal Equinox Day (Shūbun no hi)

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September 23

September 23:

Events

• 1889 - Nintendo Koppai (Later Nintendo Company, Limited) founded by Fusajiro Yamauchi to produce and market the playing card game Hanafuda.
• 1942 - First day of the September Matanikau action on Guadalcanal as United States Marine Corps forces attack Imperial Japanese Army units along the Matanikau River.

Births

• 1740 - Empress Go-Sakuramachi (d. 1813)
• 1771 - Emperor Kōkaku (d. 1840)
• 1964 - Koshi Inaba, singer-songwriter
• 1971 - Kenji Matsuda, actor
• 1974 - Harumi Inoue, swimmer and actress
• 1980 - Syu, guitarist
• 1985 - Maki Goto, singer-songwriter and actress
• 1988 - Ryo Kimura, actor

Deaths

• 1573 - Azai Hisamasa (b. 1524), warlord

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September 24

September 24:

Events

• 1877 - Battle of Shiroyama, decisive victory of the Imperial Japanese Army over the Satsuma Rebellion.

Births

• 1975 - Taira Imata, actor
• 1976 - Yakkun Sakurazuka (d. 2013), voice actress and singer
• 1986 - Leah Dizon, American-Japanese singer and model
• 1991 - Taichi Saotome, actor

Deaths

• 1732 - Emperor Reigen (b. 1654)

Holidays, observances, and anniversaries

• 1948 - The Honda Motor Company is founded.

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September 25

September 25:

Events

• 2003 - A magnitude-8.0 earthquake strikes just offshore of Hokkaidō.

Births

• 1358 - Ashikaga Yoshimitsu (d. 1408), shogun
• 1950 - Midori Kiuchi, actress
• 1964 - Kikuko Inoue, singer-songwriter and voice actress
• 1970 - Aja Kong, wrestler
• 1970 - Misa Shimizu, actress
• 1977 - Kiyoshi Ijichi, drummer
• 1988 - Mariya Ise, voice actress
• 1990 - Mao Asada, figure skater
• 2004 - Seiran Kobayashi, actress

Deaths

• 1333 - Prince Morikuni (b. 1301), shogun
• 1617 - Emperor Go-Yōzei (b. 1572)

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September 26

September 26:

Events

• 1954 - Japanese rail ferry Toya Maru sinks during a typhoon in the Tsugaru Strait killing 1,172.

Births

• 1946 - Togo Igawa, actor
• 1961 - Ken Mitsuishi, actor
• 1973 - Mizuki Sano, actor
• 1977 - Aka Plu, comedian
• 1979 - Naomichi Marufuji, wrestler
• 1981 - Ayumi Tsunematsu, voice actress
• 1985 - Rina Akiyama, actress and model
• 1988 - Marina Kuroki, actress and singer
• 1989 - Chinami Suzuki, model, television host, and actress

Deaths

• 1626 - Wakisaka Yasuharu (b. 1554), daimyo
• 2006 - Iva Toguri D'Aquino (b. 1916), American typist and broadcaster

Film and television

• 2014 - Gekijōban Zero, a horror film starring Ayami Nakajō and Aoi Morikawa

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September 27

September 27:

Events

• 1940 - World War II: The Tripartite Pact is signed in Berlin by Germany, Japan and Italy.
• 1942 - Last day of the September Matanikau action on Guadalcanal as United States Marine Corps troops barely escape after being surrounded by Japanese forces near the Matanikau River.
• 1959 - Nearly 5,000 people die on the main Japanese island of Honshū as the result of a typhoon.

Births

• 808 - Emperor Ninmyō (d. 850)
• 1544 - Takenaka Shigeharu (d. 1579), samurai
• 1950 - Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Japanese-American actor and martial artist
• 1951 - Ren Osugi, actor
• 1965 - Robert Baldwin, Canadian-Japanese actor
• 1965 - Ricky Fuji, wrestler
• 1970 - Yoshiharu Habu, chess player
• 1980 - Asashōryū Akinori, Mongolian sumo wrestler, the 68th Yokozuna
• 1988 - Asami Tada, model
• 1989 - Mikiho Niwa, actress, model, and singer
• 1991 - Rio Uchida, model and actress

Deaths

• 1557 - Emperor Go-Nara (b. 1497)
• 1998 - Narita Brian (b. 1991), race horse
• 2007 - Kenji Nagai (b. 1957), photographer and journalist

Film and television

• 2014 - Mother, an autobiographical film starring Kataoka Ainosuke VI

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September 28

September 28:

Births

• 1667 - Asano Naganori (d. 1701), daimyo
• 1867 - Hiranuma Kiichirō (d. 1952), politician, 35th Prime Minister of Japan
• 1945 - Fusako Shigenobu, activist, founded the Japanese Red Army
• 1969 - Masafumi Ōura (d. 2013), volleyball player and coach
• 1969 - Minayo Watanabe, singer
• 1970 - Kimiko Date-Krumm, tennis player
• 1970 - Yūji Kishi, actor and voice actor
• 1982 - Kazue Fukiishi, actress
• 1992 - Koko Tsurumi, gymnast

Deaths

• 1915 - Saitō Hajime (b. 1844), samurai

Film and television

• 2015 - Asa ga Kita begins airing on NHK, starring Haru

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September 29

September 29:

Events

• 1972 - Sino-Japanese relations: Japan establishes diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China after breaking official ties with the Republic of China.

Births

• 1952 - Takanosato Toshihide (d. 2011), sumo wrestler, the 59th Yokozuna
• 1970 - Yoshihiro Tajiri, wrestler
• 1972 - Togi Makabe, wrestler
• 1979 - Takumi Beppu, cyclist
• 1991 - Shuko, actress and lyricist

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September 30

September 30:

Events

• 1999 - One of Japan's worst nuclear accidents at a uranium reprocessing facility in Tōkai, Ibaraki
• 2004 - The first images of a live giant squid in its natural habitat are taken 600 miles south of Tokyo

Births

• 1932 - Shintarō Ishihara, author, playwright, and politician, Governor of Tokyo (d. 2022)
• 1983 - Reiko Shiota, badminton player
• 1986 - Takahiro Nishijima, singer and actor
• 1987 - Rumi Hanai, actress, model, and gymnast

Deaths

• 1551 - Ōuchi Yoshitaka (b. 1507), daimyo
• 1946 - Takashi Sakai (b. 1887), lieutenant general in the Imperial Japanese Army, Governor of Hong Kong

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