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2008 Taro Aso becomes the new Prime Minister of Japan
2007 Earthquake in Japan damages nuclear power plan releasing 300 gallons of radioactive water 2007 Kiichi Miyazawa, dies in Tokyo, Japan, of natural causes, at 87 2006 Japan elects Shinzo Abe as new Prime Minister of Japan 2005 Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan suffers a 5.8 magnitude earthquake 2005 Magnitude 7 earthquake strikes west of Kyushu Island, Japan 2003 Maki Ishii, composer, contemporary classical music, dies of thyroid cancer in Kashiwa, Japan, at age 66 2000 After years of preparation for Y2K, only minor computer-related problems were reported (a problem with Hotmail, with a nuclear power plant in Japan and with apartment heating in Korea) 1998 Japan Golf Classic 1998 18th Winter Olympic games close at Nagano Japan 1998 U.S. hockey team destroys their rooms at Olympic village in Japan 1998 18th Winter Olympic games open at Nagano Japan 1997 Liselotte Neumann wins LPGA Toray Japan Queens Cup 1997 Toray Japan Queens Cup 1997 Toray Japan Queens LPGA Cup 1997 USA beats Japan 23-13 at LPGA Nichirei International 1997 Japan's maglev train breaks world speed record at 280.3 mph 1997 Vancouver Canucks beats Mighty Ducks, 3-2 in Japan 1997 Cartoon Channel premieres in Japan 1997 Rocker Rick Danko gets suspended sentence in Japan for drug smuggling 1997 America On Line, begins service in Japan 1997 NHL announce Might Ducks and Vancouver Canucks to open 1998 in Japan 1996 Mayumi Hirase wins LPGA Toray Japan Queens Cup 1996 Toray Japan Queens Cup 1996 U.S. beats Japan, 21 -14, at Nichirei International Golf Tournament 1996 Nintendo 64 video game system debuts in USA (3 months after Japan) 1996 Nintendo 64 goes on sale in Japan 1996 Shin Kanemaru, Vice President of Japan (1986-87), dies at 81 1995 Woo-Soon Ko wins LPGA Toray Japan Queens Cup Golf Tournament 1995 U.S. beats Japan, 19-17, at Nichirei International LPGA Golf Tournament 1995 Japan's Shinshinto Party wins local elections 1995 7.2 earthquake destroys Kobe Japan killing 5,372 die 1995 Major earthquake kills 5,092 in Kobe Japan 1994 Woo-Soon Ko wins LPGA Toray Japan Queens Golf Cup 1994 102.4 degrees F (39.1 degrees C) in Tokyo Japan: record 1994 Socialist, Tomiichi Murayama, elected premier of Japan 1994 Taiwan Airbus A-300 crashes at Nagoya Japan, 262 killed 1994 Tsutomu Hata elected premier of Japan 1994 Ice Dance Championship at Chiba Japan won by Gritschuk and Platov (RUS) 1994 Yuka Sato of Japan wins world figure skating championship in Tokyo 1994 Largest omelet (1,383 ft) made with 160,000 eggs in Yokohama Japan 1993 W Edwards Deming, U.S. economist (helped Japan after WW II), dies at 93 1993 Kakuei Tanaka, premier of Japan (1972-74), dies at 75 1993 Kakuei Tanaka, Prime Minister of Japan 1972 - 1974, dies 1993 Betsy King wins LPGA Toray Japan Queens Cup Golf Tournament 1993 Japan Hosokawa government begins 1993 Liberal-Democratic Party loses Japan's parliamentary election 1993 7.8 earthquake hits Hokkaido Japan, 160 killed 1993 7.5 earthquake strikes northern Japan, 2 die 1992 Betsy King wins LPGA Mazda Japan Golf Classic 1992 Battleship USS Missouri, on which, Japan surrendered, decommissioned 1992 Stan Hansen beats Jumbo Tsuruta to win All Japan Triple Crown 1991 Liselotte Neumann wins LPGA Mazda Japan Golf Classic 1991 Kiichi Miyazawa elected premier of Japan 1991 Mount Unzen erupts in Japan, worst eruption in Japanese history 1991 Harry Glicken, volcanologist, killed by Mount Unzen Volcano in Japan 1991 42 die in a train collision is Japan 1991 Shintaro Abe, minister of Exterior of Japan (1982-86), dies 1991 Largest wrestling crowd in Japan (64,500) at Tokyo Dome 1991 Jumbo Tsuruta beats Stan Hansen to win All Japan Triple Crown title 1991 Japan ends routine fingerprinting of all adult ethnic Koreans 1990 Nistani Keiji, philosopher, dies in Kyoto Japan 1990 Debbie Massey wins LPGA Mazda Japan 133 Golf Classic 1990 Brigitte D'Ortschy, Zen teacher Sanbo Kyodan line, dies in Japan at 69 1990 CUNY/Lehman College, Bronx, opens a branch campus in Hiroshma Japan 1990 Jushin "Thunder" Liger beats Naoki Sano to become New Japan IWGP champ 1990 Mitsuko Nishiwaki beats Nakano to become Japan Women wrestling champ 1989 Elaine Crosby wins LPGA Mazda Japan Golf Classic 1989 27th Tennis Fed Cup: USA beats Spain in Tokyo Japan (3-0) 1989 Worlds Ladies Figure Skating Champ in Paris won by Midori Ito (Japan) 1989 Akhito becomes emperor of Japan 1989 Hirohito, Japan's emperor (1922-89), dies at 87 after 62-year reign 1988 Japan beats MLB All-Star team 5-4 in Tokyo (Game 6 of 7) 1988 MLB All-Star team beats Japan 3-1 in Tokyo (Game 5 of 7) 1988 MLB All-Star team beat Japan 8-2 in Nishinomya, (Game 4 of 7) 1988 MLB all stars beats Japan 16-8 (Game 3 of 7) 1988 Japan and MLB all stars played to a 6-6 draw (Game 2 of 7) 1988 Patty Sheehan wins LPGA Mazda Japan Golf Classic 1988 Japan beats MLB all stars 2-1 in Tokyo (Game 1 of 7) 1988 "Les Miserables," opens at Chunichi Theatre, Nagoya Japan 1987 Yuko Moriguchi wins LPGA Mazda Japan Golf Classic 1987 Donald Trump takes out a full page New York Times ad lambasting Japan 1987 Nobusuke Kishi, premier of Japan (1957-60), dies at 90 1987 Japan's premier Nakasone visits the U.S. 1987 91st Boston Marathon won by Toshihiko Seko of Japan in 2:11:50 1987 Japan 1st exceeds military spending cap of 1% of GNP ($23 billion) 1986 Ai-Yu Tu wins LPGA Mazda Japan Golf Classic 1986 Premier Nakasones Liberal Democr Party wins Japan's election 1985 Jane Blalock wins LPGA Mazda Japan Golf Classic 1985 Japan launches its 2nd probe of Halley's Comet, Suisei 1985 Japan launches Planet A, a probe to Halley's comet 1985 23rd Tennis Fed Cup: Czechoslovakia beats USA in Nagoya Japan (2-1) 1985 Japan launches Sakigake space probe to Halley's Comet 1984 Nayoko Yoshikawa wins LPGA Mazda Japan Golf Classic 1984 Japan beats U.S. for olympic gold medal in baseball 1984 Soviet sub crashes into USS aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk off Japan 1983 Pat Bradley wins LPGA Mazda Japan Golf Classic 1983 President Reagan became 1st U.S. President to address Japan's legislature 1983 Japan launches Tenma satellite to study x-rays (450/570 km) 1982 Yasuhiro Nakasone elected Prime Minister of Japan succeeding Zenko Suzuki 1982 Yasuhiro Nakasone succeeds Zenko Suzuki as premier of Japan 1982 Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Mazda Japan Golf Classic 1981 Patty Sheehan wins LPGA Mazda Japan Golf Classic 1981 85th Boston Marathon won by Toshihiko Seko of Japan in 2:09:26 1981 Japan launches Hinotori satellite to study solar flares (580/640 k) 1980 Tatsuko Ohsako wins LPGA Mazda Japan Golf Classic 1980 Zenko Suzuki becomes premier of Japan 1980 Kasumi Takahashi, Tokyo, Japan, Australian rhythmic gymnast 1996 Olympics 1980 Soviet sub catches fire off Japan, 9 die 1979 Amy Alcott wins LPGA Mizuno Japan Golf Classic 1979 Japan launches Hakucho x-ray satellite and Corsa-B (550/580 km) 1979 22.2-km Oshimizu railroad tunnel holed through, central Honshu, Japan 1978 China and Japan formally ends 4 decades of dissension 1978 China and Japan sign peace treaty 1978 Kyoko Iwosoki, born in Japan, 100m breaststroke swimmer, Gold Medals 1992, 1996 Olympics 1977 Japan's Sadaharu Oh hits 756th home run to surpass Hank Aaron's total 1976 Donna Caponi Young wins LPGA/Japan Mizuno Golf 1976 Russian pilot Belenko defects to Japan in a Mig 25 jet 1975 Shelley Hamlin wins LPGA Japan Golf Classic 1975 Emperor Hirohito of Japan visits San Francisco 1975 Tsutsumi Otomo, hockey forward, Team Japan 1998 1975 Ai Sugiyama, born in Tokyo, Japan, tennis star 1975 Eisaku Sato, premier of Japan (1964-71 Nobel 1974), dies at 74 1975 Christopher Yule, hockey forward, Team Japan 1998 1974 Chako Higuchi wins Japan LPGA Golf Classic 1974 Shin Yahata, hockey forward, Team Japan 1998 1974 Kyoko Nagatsuka, Shizuoka Prefecture Japan, tennis star, 1996 Hobart 1973 Hiroyuki Miura, hockey defenseman, Team Japan 1998 1973 Bill Clay, Yokosuka Japan, U.S. sprint cyclist 1996 Olympics 1973 Fire at Taiyo department store, kills 101 and injures 84 (Kumamoto Japan) 1973 1st heavyweight championship fight in Japan (Foreman beats Roman) 1973 Yutaka Kawaguchi, hockey defenseman, Team Japan 1998 1973 Japan allows its citizens to own gold 1973 Naoko Sawamatsu, born in Nishinomiya, Japan, tennis star, 1994 Singapore 1973 Tatsuki Katayama, hockey defenseman, Team Japan 1998 1972 Kyoko Ina, Tokyo, Japan, figure skater, 1993 North Atlantic Sr champ 1972 Japan and People's Republic of China begin diplomatic relations 1972 Japan and Communist China agree to re-establish diplomatic relations 1972 Ryan Fujita, hockey forward, Team Japan 1998 1972 Ryukyu Is and Daito Is returned to Japan after 27 years of U.S. control 1972 115 die in nightclub atop 7-story Sennichi department store (Osaka Japan) 1972 Kunihiko Sakurai, hockey forward, Team Japan 1998 1972 Naoko Kijimuta, born in Yokohama Kanagawa, Japan, tennis star, 1996 Jakarta 1972 Ryan Kuwabara, hockey forward, Team Japan 1998 1972 19 mountain climbers killed on Japan's Mount Fuji during an avalanche 1972 11th Winter Olympic games close at Sapporo, Japan 1972 11th Winter Olympic games opens in Sapporo, Japan (1st in Asia) 1971 Rika Hiraki, Beirut Lebanon, tennis star, 1992 Japan doubles 1971 Yone Kamio, Yokohama Japan, tennis star, 1995 semi-finalist Hobart 1971 Man-made earthslide at Kawasaki Japan, kills 15 1971 Midori, born in Osaka, Japan, violinist, prodigy, studied at Julliard, plays the 1734 Buarnerius del Gesu violin 1971 Makoto Kawahira, hockey forward, Team Japan 1998 1971 U.S. and Japan sign accord to return Okinawa to Japan 1971 Jiro Nihei, hockey goaltender, Team Japan 1998 1971 Mana Endo, Hiroshima Japan, tennis star, 1996 3rd round Australia Open 1971 Takeshi Yamanaka, hockey defenseman, Team Japan 1998 1971 John Lennon meets Yoko Ono's parents in Japan 1970 Kimiko Date, Kyoto Japan, tennis star, 1996 Japan Open 1970 Dusty Imoo, hockey goaltender, Team Japan 1998 1970 Yuchiro Miura of Japan skies down Mount Everest 1970 Expo '70 opens in Osaka, Japan 1970 Japan becomes 4th nation to put a satellite, Osumi, in orbit 1969 Takako Inque, Toride Japan, wrestler, Japan 1969 Mayumi Hirase, Kumamoto Japan, LPGA golfer, Japan Jr-1985, 86, 87 1969 Cuty [Yumi] Suzuki, Kawaguchi Japan, wrestler, Japan 1969 Midori Ito, born in Tokyo, Japan, ice skater, Silver Medal 1992 Olympics 1969 73rd Boston Marathon won by Yoshiaki Unetani of Japan in 2:13:49 1969 Takayuki Kobori, hockey defenseman, Team Japan 1998 1968 Hideo Nomo, born in Osaka, Japan, pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers 1968 Shinichi Iwasaki, hockey goaltender, Team Japan 1998 1968 Iwo Jima and Bonin Islands returned to Japan by US 1968 Earthquake kills 47 in Japan 1968 Hiroshi Matsuura, hockey forward, Team Japan 1998 1968 Japanese Trade and Cultural Center (Japan Center) dedicated in San Francisco 1968 Akira Nogami, born in Narashino, Chiba, professional Japanese wrestler, actor, wrestled for the New Japan Pro Wrestling promotion, NJPW, in 1991, reigned as IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion, in 2000, appeared in television show, Kamen Rider Kuuga, competed part-time after 2004, regularly wrestling with Keiji Mutoh's All Japan Pro Wrestling 1968 Spy ship USS Pueblo and 83-man crew seized in Sea of Japan by N Korea 1967 Shuzo Matsuoka, Tokyo, Japan, tennis star, 1995 USTA/Binghampton 1967 Akihito Sugisawa, hockey forward, Team Japan 1998 1967 Takayuki Miura, hockey defenseman, Team Japan 1998 1966 Dodgers complete an 18-game tour of Japan with a 9-8-1 record 1966 D T Suzuki, Zen Buddhism scholar, dies in Tokyo, Japan at 96 1966 70th Boston Marathon won by Kenji Kimihara of Japan in 2:17:11 1966 Jose Maria Olazabal, born in Fuenterrabia, Gipuzkoa, Basque country, Spain, professional golfer, 6 PGA Tour wins, 23 European Tour wins, 2 Japan Golf Tour wins 1966 All-Nippon Airways 727 crashes off Haneda Airport (Japan); kills 133 1965 Brent Franklin, Barrie Ont, Canadian Tour golfer, 1992 Japan Open-2nd 1965 Matt Kabayama, hockey forward, Team Japan 1998 1965 Yugi Iga, hockey forward, Team Japan 1998 1965 coal mine explosion in Fukuoka Japan kills 236 1965 69th Boston Marathon won by Morio Shigematsu of Japan in 2:16:33 1965 Soichi Noguchi, born in Yokohama, Japan, astronaut 1965 U.S. - Japan baseball relations suspended over Masanori Murakami dispute 1965 Atsuo Kudo, hockey defenseman, Team Japan 1998 1964 Eisaku Sato becomes premier of Japan 1964 Reginald Horace Blyth, Zen teacher/scholar, dies in Japan at 66 1964 18th Olympic games close at Tokyo, Japan 1964 Etsuko Inoue, Japan, tennis star 1964 R Kikuchi, Japan cosmonaut 1964 Ryoko Kikuchi, Japan cosmonaut 1964 Toshiyuki Sakai, hockey forward, Team Japan 1998 1964 Netherlands last whaling ship Willem Barents Sea sold to Japan 1964 Quake strikes Niigata Japan 1964 Japan joins OECO 1963 Train crash in Japan, kills 164 1963 450 die in a coal-dust explosion and 160 die in train crash (Japan) 1963 Thomas Ansberry, Okinawa Japan, U.S. 10K runner 1963 Koichi Wakata, Omiya Saitama Japan, astronaut, STS-72, sk: 92 1963 Hiromi Kobayashi, Fukushima Japan, LPGA golfer, 1993 JAL Big Apple 1962 Larry Doby, retires from Cleveland Indians to play in Japan 1962 Express train crashed into wreckage of a commuter train and a freight, killing 163, injuring 400 (Tokyo, Japan) 1962 Steve Tsujiura, hockey forward, Team Japan 1998 1961 Mine cave-in in Japan, kills 72 1960 Premier Kishi of Japan, resigns 1960 Japan signs security treaty with the U.S. 1960 Naruhito, crown prince of Japan 1960 U.S. and Japan sign joint defense treaty 1959 Japan hit by typhoon Vera; about 5,000 die 1959 Typhoon kills 2,000 in Japan and Korea 1959 Shunryu Suzuki completes his historical Japan to San Francisco voyage 1959 Japan's Crown Prince Akihito marries commoner Michiko Shoda 1958 Yoshinori Mizumaki, Tokyo, Japan, PGA golfer, 1994 Byron Nelson-2nd 1958 Mick Karn, born in Nicosia, Cypress, rocker, instrumentalist, musician, songwriter, bassist for art rock band Japan 1958 Elaine Crosby, born in Birmingham, Michigan, LPGA golfer, 1989 Mazda Japan Classic 1956 Japan admitted to UN 1956 Yoshiko Sakakibara, Chiba Japan, actress, Sailor Moon, Vampire Hunter 1956 Joe [Naomichi] Ozaki, Tekushima, Japan, golfer, 1995 Phoenix Open-8th 1955 Yankees begin 16-game exhibition in Japan 1955 Norio Honaga, born in Japan, athlete, professional wrestler, junior heavyweight three-time, New Japan Pro Wrestling Champion in IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship, retired and became referee in 1988 1955 Chiyonofuji Mitsugu, born in Hokkaido, Japan, sumo wrestler, 58th yokozuna, greatest, highest ranked sumo in recent times, won 31 tournament championships, coming in second to Taiho, noted as lightest yokozuna since Tochinoumi in the 1960's, head coach for Kokonoe stable 1955 59th Boston Marathon won by Hideo Hamamura of Japan in 2:18:22 1955 I Hatojama recognized as premier of Japan 1954 U.S. spy plane shot down North of Japan 1954 Typhoon hits Japan - 5 ferryboats sink killing about 1,600 1954 Takao Doi, Tokyo, Japan, astronaut, STS-87 1953 Earthquake/tsnunami strike Honshu Japan 1953 Giants end their tour of Japan (players got $331 of $3,000 promised) 1953 Typhoon destroys 1/3 of Nagoya Japan 1953 Braves Phil Paine is 1st former major leaguer to play in Japan 1953 Robyn Douglass, Sendai Japan, actress, Lonely Guy, Romantic Comedy 1953 Yoko Shimada, Kumamota Japan, author, Kir Royal, actress, Shogun 1953 57th Boston Marathon won by Keizo Yamada of Japan in 2:18:51 1952 U.S.S.R. declares peace treaty with Japan invalid 1952 Chiaki Naito-Mukai, Tatebayashi Japan, astronaut, STS-65, sk:95 1952 St. Louis Browns lend 2 black minor leaguers to Hankyu Braves of Japan 1952 Final ratification of peace treaty restoring sovereignty to Japan 1952 U.S. senate ratifies peace treaty with Japan 1951 Lefty O'Doul's all-stars, including Joe DiMaggio and Billy Martin, lose 3-1 to Pacific League all-star team (Japan) 1951 Japan signs peace treaty with 48 countries (SF) 1951 55th Boston Marathon won by Shigeki Tanaka of Japan in 2:27:45 1951 Ayako Okamoto, born in Hiroshima, Japan, LPGA golfer, 1990 Sara Lee 1950 Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Japan, actor, Lt A J Shimamura-Nash Bridges 1950 Heavy typhoon strikes Japan, kills about 250 1950 International Olympic Committee votes admission to West Germany and Japan in '52 1950 West Germany and Japan readmitted to International Amateur Athletic Federation 1950 ILTF re-admit Germany and Japan in Davis Cup, Poland and Hungary withdraws 1950 Pamela Franklin, Tokyo, Japan, actress, Satan's School for Girls 1948 Hideki Tojo, Japan Prime Minister 1941 - 1944 and 6 Japs, hanged for war crimes at 64 1948 Hiroshi "Can" Kikuchi, Japan (stage)writer (Tjitj kaeru), dies at 59 1948 Mamoru Mohri, Yoichi-machi Hokkaido Japan, astronaut, STS-47 1948 Takeshi Kitano, Tokyo, Japan, actor, Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence 1947 Japan forms a constitutional democracy 1946 Earthquake in South Japan, kills 1,086 1946 Sawao Kato, Japan, gymnast, Gold Medals 1968, 1972, 1976 Olympics 1946 Emperor Hirohito of Japan announces he is not a god 1945 U.S. regains possession of Wake Island from Japan 1945 V-J Day; formal surrender of Japan aboard USS Missouri (WW II ends) 1945 Japan surrenders ending WW II (U.S. date, 9/2 in Japan) 1945 General MacArthur lands in Japan 1945 Hong Kong liberated from Japan 1945 British liberate Hong Kong from Japan 1945 General MacArthur named Supreme Commander of Allied Powers in Japan 1945 U.S. troops land in Japan after Japanese surrender 1945 Japanese diplomats board Missouri to receive instructions on Japan's surrender at the end of WW II 1945 V-J Day; Japan surrenders unconditionally to end WW II 1945 Allies refuse Japan's surrender offer to retain Emperor Hirohito 1945 Japan announces willingness to surrender to Allies provided status of Emperor Hirohito remained unchanged 1945 U.S. drops 2nd atomic bomb "Fat Man" on Japan destroys part of Nagasaki 1945 U.S.S.R. declares war against Japan in WW II 1945 Atom Bomb dropped on Hiroshima (Aug 6th in Japan) 1945 Battleship USS South Dakota is 1st U.S. ship to bombard Japan 1945 Kuniaki Koiso resigns as Prime Minister of Japan; replaced by Kantaro Suzuki 1945 800 killed as Kamikaze attacked USS Franklin off Japan 1945 Japan declares Vietnam Independence 1945 Victoria Principal, Fukuoka Japan, actress, Earthquake, Pamela-Dallas 1944 Sub Swordfish departs Pearl Harbor for Japan 1944 General Koiso becomes premier of Japan 1944 In World War II, U.S. troops secure Saipan as Japan fell 1944 U.S. bombs Kyushu Japan 1944 1st B-29 raid against mainland Japan 1944 Isao Okano, Japan, middleweight judo 1964 Olympic gold 1943 FDR, Churchill and Chiang Kai-shek meet to discuss ways to defeat Japan 1943 Japan declares Philippine Independence (premier/president Jose Laurel) 1943 Japan leaves Aleutian Islands 1943 Yukio Kasaya, Japan, 70m ski jumper, Gold Medal 1972 Olympics 1943 Japan declares Burma Independence under U Ba Maw 1943 Trident conference in Washington D.C. (operation plan '43 against Japan) 1943 Churchill pledges England's full support to U.S. against Japan 1943 U.S. defeats Japan and wins Battle of Bismark Sea 1943 Chile breaks contact with Germany and Japan 1942 Japan bombs Port Darwin, Australia 1942 Isao Aoki, Abiko Chiba Japan, PGA golfer, 1983 Hawaiian Open 1942 Cuba declares war on Germany, Japan and Italy 1942 Brazil declares war on Germany, Japan and Italy 1942 Toyohiro Akiyama, born in Japan, cosmonaut, Soyuz TM-11 1942 Battle of Midway ends: Admiral Nimitz wins 1st WW II naval defeat of Japan 1942 Battle of Midway begins; Japan's 1st major defeat in WW II 1942 Mexico declares war on nazi-Germany and Japan 1942 Japan kills about 400 Filipino officers in Bataan 1942 Japan forces Java to use "Tokyo time" 1 hour forward 1942 Japan conquers Kuala Lumpur, Malaya 1942 Japan invades North-Celebes, Netherlands Indies 1941 Japan bombs Manila even though it was declared an "open city" 1941 Japan announces surrender of British-Canadian garrison at Hong Kong 1941 Japanese aircraft carriers Akagi/Kagu back in Kure, Japan 1941 1st ships of Admiral Nagumo's Pearl Harbor fleet return to Japan 1941 Japan begins assault on Rangoon Burma 1941 China declares war on Japan, Germany and Italy 1941 London: Dutch government declares Japan the war 1941 U.S. and Britain declare war on Japan, U.S. enters WW II 1941 Chicago Daily Tribune editorialize there will not be war with Japan 1941 Japan Tojo regime forms 1941 Tadao Ando, born in Osaka, Japan, Japanese architect, employs critical regionalism style of architecture, 1969, established firm Tadao Ando Architects & Associates, winner, Pritzker Architecture Prize 1995 1941 U.S. embargo on oil-export to Japan 1941 Franklin D. Roosevelt bans selling benzine/gasoline to Japan 1941 Takehide Nakatani, born in Japan, lightweight 1964 Olympic gold 1940 Japan eliminates U.S. terms (strike, play ball) from baseball 1940 Osamu Watanabe, Japan, featherweight 1964 Olympic gold 1940 Nazi-Germany, Italy and Japan sign 10 year formal alliance (Axis) 1940 Sadaharu, Ohio, of Yomiuri Giants, Japan, hit 868 career home run 1940 Rear Admiral Joseph Taussig testifies before U.S. Senate Naval Affairs Committee that war with Japan is inevitable 1939 Yoshinobu Miyake, Japan, featherweight, Gold Medals 1964, 1968 Olympics 1939 Junko Tabei, Japan, 1st woman to climb Mount Everest 1938 Liv Ullman, Tokyo, Japan, actress, Cries and Whispers, 40 Carats 1938 League of Nations declares Japan the aggressor against China 1938 Yuji Takahashi, born in Japan, composer, author, pianist, performer, grant recipient, Foundation for Contemporary Arts Grants to Artists 1938 1940 Olympic site changed from Tokyo Japan to Helsinki Finland 1938 Finland awarded 1940 Olympic games after Japan withdraws 1938 Japan declares war on China 1937 Japanese aircraft shell and sink U.S. gunboat Panay on Yangtze River in China. (Japan apologized and eventually paid U.S. $2.2M in reparations) 1937 Japan recognizes Franco government 1937 China declares war on Japan 1936 Chinese leader Chiang Kai-shek declares war on Japan 1936 Germany and Japan sign anti-Komintern pact 1936 Nazi-Germany and Japan sign Anti-Komintern pact 1936 Tokyo, Japan is awarded the 1940 Olympics, later cancelled 1936 Maki Ishii, born in Tokyo, Japan, composer, contemporary classical music 1936 1st pro baseball game in Japan is played Nagoya defeats Daitokyo, 8-5 1936 Military coup in Japan 1935 Japan invades Shanghai China 1934 Japan renounces Washington Naval Treaty of 1922 and London Treaty of 1930 1934 Yomiuri Giants, Japan's 1st professional baseball team forms 1934 Japan agress to fleet treaty of 1922 and 1930 1934 Eiji Sawamura, 17, gives up 1 hit, Lou Gehrig's home run, Japan beats U.S. 1-0 1934 Babe Ruth tours Tokyo Japan 1934 All-Star team led by Babe Ruth and Connie Mack sails to Hawaii and Japan 1934 Michiko, empress of Japan 1934 Typhoon strikes Honshu Island Japan, kills 4,000 1934 Fire destroys Hakodate Japan (kills 1,500, injures 1,000) 1934 Fire destroys Hakodate Japan, killing about 1,500 1934 Japan sends Henry Pu Yi as regent to emperor of Manchuria 1933 Akihito, emperor of Japan, 1989- 1933 Japan begins persecution of communists 1933 Japan leaves League of Nations 1933 Most powerful earthquake in 180 years hit Japan 1933 Yoko Ono, born in Tokyo, Japan, vocalist and artist 1933 Akira Miyoshi, born in Suginami, Tokyo, composer, influenced by Henri Dutilleux, professor, Toho Gakuen School of Music, Japan 1932 Ki Imukai, premier of Japan (1931-32), murdered 1932 Ki Inukai, premier Japan (1931-32), murdered 1932 Japan and China sign a peace treaty 1932 Nagisa Oshima, born in Kyoto, Japan, director, Town of Love and Hope 1932 Japan declares Manchuria Independent 1932 Japan occupies Shanghai 1931 Japan leaves the Golden Standard 1931 Chuhei Numbu of Japan, sets then long jump record at 26' 2" 1931 Hikaru Hayashi, born in Tokyo, Japan, composer, conductor, pianist, wrote more than 30 operas, over 100 film scores, authored more than 20 books 1931 1st nonstop transpacific flight, Japan to Washington (Herndon and Pangborn) 1931 Peking (200,000 demonstrators demand declaration of war on Japan) 1931 Japan takes Manchuria, renames it Manchukuo 1931 Takashi Ono, Japan, gymnast, Gold Medals 1956, 1960 Olympics 1931 Chiharu Igaya, Japan, slalom 1956 Olympics silver 1931 1st telecast of a sporting event in Japan (baseball) 1931 Ken Takakura, Goichi Oda, Kita Japan, actor, Story of Antarctic 1931 Toshiki Kaifu, premier of Japan, 1989-91 1930 690 earthquake shocks recorded in 1 day (Ito Japan) 1930 Toru Takemitsu, Tokyo, Japan, composer, Ki No Kyoko 1930 Ryohei Hirose, born in Hakodate, Japan, composer, professor, Kyoto University of Arts 1977 - 1996, composes music for shakuhachi, recorder, viola da gamba 1930 U.S., Britain and Japan sign London Naval Treaty 1929 Miyoshi Umeki, born in Japan, actress, Mrs Livingston-Courtship of Eddie's Father 1929 Toshiro Mayuzumi, Yokohama Japan, composer, Sphenogramme 1928 Hirohito ascended throne as Emperor of Japan 1928 Dainin Katagiri, Osaka Japan, Zen teacher, associate of Shunryu Suzuki 1927 Japan dedicates 1st subway in Orient (route under 2 miles long) 1927 Hiroshi Yamauchi, Kyoto Japan, owner for the Seattle Mariners 1927 Japan's Wakarsoeki government falls/Baron Tanaka becomes premier 1927 Earthquake measuring 8 on Richter scale strikes Tango, Japan 1926 Prince-regent Hirohito becomes emperor of Japan 1926 Hirohito becomes emperor of Japan 1926-1989 1926 Yoshihito, 123rd Emperor of Japan (1912-26), dies at 47 1925 Leo Esaki, Esaki Reona, Japan, physicist, Tunnel effect-Nobel 1973 1925 Japan's House of Representatives recognizes male suffrage 1925 U.S.S.R. and Japan sign treaty of Peking, Seychelles back to U.S.S.R. 1925 Yukio Mishima, Japan, novelist, Temple of Golden Pavilion 1924 Kenchoji Rinzai temple in Kamakur Japan, heavily damaged by earthquake 1924 Ikuma Dan, born in Tokyo, Japan, composer, graduated from Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, studied under famous opera composer Kosaku Yamada 1924 Machiko Kyo, born in Osaka, Japan, actor, Gate of Hell, Rashomon, Ugetsu 1924 Kobo Abe, born in Tokyo, Japan, playwright, Woman, the Dunes 1923 Unsuccessful attempt on prince-regent Hirohito of Japan 1922 Sadao Bekku, born in Tokyo, Japan, composer, classical music, wrote symphonies, film scores, sonata for flute, choral works, art songs, piano concerto, opera titled Prince Arima 1922 U.S., U.K., France, Italy and Japan sign Washington naval arms limitation 1921 U.S., France, Japan and British Empire sign a Pacific Treaty 1921 Takasji Hara, premier of Japan, murdered 1921 16th Davis Cup: USA beats Japan in New York (5-0) 1921 Kan Ishii, born in Tokyo, Japan, composer, famous for Symphonia Ainu, inspired by national primitivism, wrote orchestral and vocal music for film and stage, including music for science-fiction film Gorath 1921 Akio Morita, Kasugaya Japan, CEO, Sony 1920 Japan receives League of Nations mandate over Pacific islands 1919 Masao Takemoto, Japan, gymnast 1960 Olympics gold 1919 Akeo Watanabe, born in Tokyo, Japan, conductor, Nippon Philharmonic Orchestra 1956 - 1968 1919 Demonstrations for Korean independence from Japan begin 1918 Yasuhiro Nakasone, premier of Japan, 1982-87 1917 Lansing-Ishii Agreement; U.S. recognizes Japan's privileges in China 1917 Joan Fontaine, Tokyo, Japan, actress, Gunga Din, Ivanhoe, Rebecca 1917 Kusuo Kitamura, Japan, 1500m freestyle swimmer 1932 Olympics gold 1917 AP reports Mexico and Japan will allie with Germany if U.S. enters WW I 1916 Olivia de Havilland, born in Tokyo, Japan, actress, Adventures of Robin Hood 1915 Kon Ichikawa, Japan, director, Matatabi, Money Talks 1915 Yul Brynner, born in Sakhalin Island, Japan, actor, King and I, 10 Commandments 1915 Japan claims economic control of China 1914 Taisen Deshimaru, Saga City Japan, found several Zen centers in France 1914 Japan attack German concession on Chinese peninsula of Shanghai 1914 Japan declares war on Germany in World War I 1914 Japan joins side of allies 1912 "Kiche Maru" sinks off Japan, killing 1,000 1912 Mutsuhito, 122nd emperor of Japan (1867-1912), dies at 60 1910 Japan annexes Korea after 5 years as a protectorate 1910 Akira Kurosawa, born in Tokyo, Japan, director, 7 Samurai, Living 1909 Horiboemi Ito, Prince of Japan, assassinated by a Korean 1909 Osamu Dazai, born in Japan, novelist, Tsugaru, No Longer Human 1908 Kinue Hitoma, Japan, 800m runner, Silver Medal 1928 Olympics 1907 Hediki Yukawa, Japan, physicist, Nobel 1949 1906 Soichiro Honda, Japan, founder/CEO, Honda Motor Co 1905 Mikio Oda, Japan, triple jumper, 1928 Olympics gold 1904 Japan and Russia declares war after Japan's surprise attack on Russian fleet at Port Arthur disabled 7 Russian warships 1904 Japan declares war on Russia 1902 Jeno Takacs, born in Cinfalva, Hungary, composer, studied with Joseph Marx, Paul Weigarten, professor of piano, composition at University of Manila in the Philippines, gave concerts in China, Japan, Hong Kong 1901 Hirohito, Emperor of Japan, 1926-89 1901 Eisaku Sato, premier of Japan, Nobel 1974 1899 Yasonari Kawabata, Japan, novelist, Thousand Cranes 1897 Japan adopts Gold Standard 1896 Nobusuke Kishi, premier of Japan, 1957-60 1896 Tsunami strikes Shinto festival on beach at Sanriku Japan 27,000 are killed, 9,000 injured, with 13,000 houses destroyed 1895 China cedes Taiwan to Japan under Treaty of Shimonoseki 1894 Yoshida Isoya, Tokyo, Japan, architect, modern sukiya style 1894 Japan defeats China in Battle of Ping Yang 1894 Treaty of Aoki-Kimberley signed between Japan and England 1893 Commodore Perry arrives in Japan 1893 Japan adopts the Gregorian calendar 1892 Ryunosuke Akutagawa, born in Japan, writer, Rashomon in Kappa 1891 Quake strikes Mino-Owari, Japan kills 7,300 1890 Turkish frigate "Ertogrul" burns off of Japan, kills 540 1890 Sessue Hayakawa, born in Japan, actor, Bridge on River Kwai, Hell to Eternity 1889 Meiji constitution of Japan adopted; 1st Diet convenes in 1890 1888 Bandai volcano (Japan) erupts for 1st time in 1,000 years 1888 Tojohiko Kagawa, Japan, Christian-social reformer, Grain of Wheat 1888 Toyohiko Kagawa, born in Kobe, Japan, Christian social reformer 1886 Teiichi Igarashi, Japan, climed Mount Fuji at age 99 1886 Junichiro Tanizaki, Japan, writer, Snow Dusting 1883 Shiga Naoya, Japan, novelist, Road Through Dark Night 1879 Joshihito, emperor of Japan, 1912-26 1878 Akiko Yosano, Japan, poet, Tangled Hair 1876 Tsunami's after earthquake floods NE coast of Japan, kills 28,000 1870 D T Suzuki, Kanazawa Japan, Zen Buddhist scholar 1869 Baptist minister invents rickshaw in Yokohama, Japan 1869 Ozaki Koyo, Japan, novelist/essayist/haiku poet, The Heart 1868 Meiji Restoration returns authority to Japan's emperors 1867 15th and last Tokugawa Shogun resigns in Japan 1867 Masaoka Shiki, Japan, haiku and tanka poet/diarist, Salt Water Ballads 1867 Prince Mutsuhito, 14, becomes Emperor Meiji of Japan (1867-1912) 1864 British, French and Dutch fleets attacked Japan in Shimonoseki Straits 1858 Netherlands and Japan sign trade agreement 1858 1st commercial treaty between U.S. and Japan signed 1858 U.S. citizens allowed to live anywhere in Japan 1854 Treaty of Kanagawa: Commodore Perry forces Japan to opens ports to U.S. 1854 U.S. Commodore Matthew C. Perry's 2nd trip to Japan 1853 Russian fleet appears at Nagasaki, Japan 1853 Commodore Perry requests trade relations with Japan 1853 Admiral Perry and U.S. Navy visit Japan 1853 Commodore Matthew Perry reach Japan 1852 Mutsuhito, 122nd emperor of Japan, 1867-1912 1847 Heihatjiro Tojo, Japan, Admiral, Russian-Japanese war 1846 Japan invents the rickshaw 1828 6.8 earthquake strikes Echigo Japan, 30,000 killed 1804 Townsend Harris, 1st Western consul to reside in Japan 1794 Matthew Calbraith Perry, Commodore, opened Japan 1793 Volcano Unsen on Japan erupts killing about 53,000 1769 Hakuin Ekaku, Zen teacher (reformer of Rinzai school), dies in Japan 1689 Matsuo Basho, zen poet, leaves for 150 days journey on Honshu Japan 1686 Hakuin Ekakuborn, Japan, Zen Buddhist 1637 Toyotomi Hideyoshi, unified Japan 1600 Battle of Sekigahara sets Tokugawa clan as Japan's rulers (shoguns) 1549 Portuguese missionaries Franciscus Xaverius lands in Kagoshima Japan 1506 Sesshu Toyo, Zen monk/painter, dies in Yamaguchi Japan at 86 1506 Francis Xavier, saint and Jesuit missionary to India, Malaya, and Japan 1481 Ikkyu Sojun, Zen head of Daitokuji temple, dies in Kyoto, Japan at 87 1476 Kano Motonobu, Kyoto Japan, co-founder, Kano school of painting 1382 Daigaku, Zen teacher/46th head of Engakuji, dies in Kamakura Japan 1351 Muso Soseki, Zen teacher/Rinzai line/head of Nanzenji, dies in Japan 1337 Daito Kokushi, leader of O-To-Kan Rinzai school in Japan, dies at 54 1327 Bassui Tokusho, Zen founder, Kogakuji monastery in Nakamura Japan 1293 Earthquake strikes Kamakura Japan, 30,000 killed 1281 Kublai Khans invading fleet disappears in typhoon near Japan 1280 Sogen Mugaku, founder of Engakuji temple arrives in Japan from China 1278 Daikaku, Zen teacher Rinzai line/head of Kenchoji, dies in Japan at 65 1262 Shinran, founder of Japan's True Pure Land Buddhist sect, dies 1222 Nichiren, Japan, Buddhist priest and saint 1200 Dogen Kigen, Japan, Zen teacher, 1st patriarch of the Japanese Soto 1185 Antoku Taira, emperor of Japan (1180-85), drowns 1129 Shirakawa, emperor of Japan (1072-86)/budhist monk, dies at 76 |
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