Portal:Japan/Anniversaries/September/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