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October 1

October 1:

Events

1957 - The ¥5,000 banknote is first issued featuring a portrait of Prince Shōtoku.
1964 - Tōkaidō Shinkansen begins high-speed rail service from Tokyo Station to Shin-Ōsaka Station with the 0 Series Shinkansen.
1967 - Radio program All Night Nippon is first broadcast by Nippon Broadcasting System.
1969 - Japan's National Space Development Agency (NASDA) is formed.
1991 - Yonkoma comic strip Nono-chan debuts in the Asahi Shimbun.
1997 - Nagano Shinkansen rail service begins connecting Takasaki Station and Nagano Station.
2001 - The Ghibli Museum opens in Mitaka, Tokyo.
2003 - Japan's Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS), National Aerospace Laboratory of Japan (NAL) and National Space Development Agency (NASDA) merge to form the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA).
2004 - Seattle Mariners outfielder Ichiro Suzuki gets his 258th hit of the season, breaking George Sisler's 84-year-old single-season record.
2007 - An Earthquake Early Warning is first issued to the public.

Births

1887 - Shizuichi Tanaka (d. 1945), general
1958 - Masato Nakamura, bass player and producer
1964 - Max Matsuura, songwriter, producer, and screenwriter
1977 - Christel Takigawa, announcer and news presenter
1986 - Sayaka Kanda (d. 2021), actress and singer
1987 - Hiroki Aiba, actor and singer

Film and television

1967 - Ultra Seven begins airing on Tokyo Broadcasting System

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October 2

October 2:

Events

1982 - Sony launches the first consumer compact disc player (model CDP-101).

Births

1969 - Jun Akiyama, wrestler
1978 - Ayumi Hamasaki, singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
1997 - Hana Sugisaki, actress

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October 3

October 3:

Births

1804 - Townsend Harris (d. 1878), American merchant and politician, 1st U.S. Consul to Japan
1969 - Yuriko Ishida, Japanese actress and essayist
1969 - Tetsu, singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer
1973 - Keiko Agena, Japanese-American actress
1975 - Satoko Ishimine, singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1975 - Nakako Tsuzuki, figure skater
1978 - Aminishiki Ryūji, sumo wrestler
1979 - Yuri Ebihara, model and actress
1983 - Hiroki Suzuki, actor and singer
1991 - Aki Takajō, singer
1997 - Juri Takahashi, singer

Deaths

1999 - Akio Morita (b. 1921), businessman

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October 4

October 4:

Events

1943 - World War II: U.S. captures the Solomon Islands from the Imperial Japanese Army

Births

1918 - Kenichi Fukui (d. 1998), chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1922 - Shin Kyuk-Ho, South Korean-Japanese businessman, founded Lotte Group
1959 - Hitonari Tsuji, writer, composer, and director
1961 - Kazuki Takahashi, author and illustrator, created Yu-Gi-Oh!
1963 - Koji Ishikawa, author and illustrator
1967 - Tsuyoshi Koyama, actor and voice actor
1978 - Kei Horie, actor, writer, producer, and director
1981 - Shaura, singer
1983 - Risa Kudō, model and actress
1983 - Ai Maeda, actress, singer, and model
1983 - Tatsuya Ueda, singer and actor
1990 - Saki, musician and songwriter

Deaths

1305 - Emperor Kameyama (b. 1249)
1997 - Gunpei Yokoi (b. 1941), game designer, created Game Boy

Film and Television

2003
- Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon began airing on CBC, starring Miyuu Sawai, Rika Izumi, Keiko Kitagawa, Mew Azama, and Ayaka Komatsu
- Fullmetal Alchemist began airing on TBS

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October 5

October 5:

Births

1949 - Yashiki Takajin (d. 2014), singer and television personality
1950 - Mari Henmi, singer and actress
1960 - Hitomi Kuroki, actress
1964 - Keiji Fujiwara, voice actor
1989 - Kensho Ono, voice actor

Deaths

1714 - Kaibara Ekiken (b. 1630), botanist and philosopher

Film and television

1971 - Nantatte 18 sai! begins airing on Tokyo Broadcasting System, starring Yuki Okazaki, Sei Hiraizumi, Jun Tazaki, Haruko Katō, and Mitsuo Hamada
2013
- Miss Pilot begins airing on Fuji Television, starring Maki Horikita
- AKB48 Show! begins airing on NHK BS Premium and NHK World Premium, starring AKB48.

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October 6

October 6:

Births

1916 - Chiang Wei-kuo (d. 1997), Japanese-Chinese general
1961 - Miyuki Matsuda, actress
1982 - Hideki Mutoh, race car driver
1988 - Maki Horikita, actress

Film and television

2012 - Beyond Outrage, a yazuka film starring Takeshi Kitano, Toshiyuki Nishida, and Tomokazu Miura

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October 7

October 7:

Events

1940 - World War II: the McCollum memo proposes bringing the United States into the war in Europe by provoking the Japanese to attack the United States.
1942 - World War II: The October Matanikau action on Guadalcanal begins as United States Marine Corps forces attack Imperial Japanese Army units along the Matanikau River.

Births

1960 - Kyosuke Himuro, singer-songwriter and guitarist
1965 - Genji Hashimoto, race car driver
1965 - Kumiko Watanabe, voice actress
1984 - Toma Ikuta, actor and singer
1984 - Kazuki Kato, actor and singer

Deaths

1242 - Emperor Juntoku (b. 1197)
2007 - Norifumi Abe (b. 1975), motorcycle racer

Film and television

2007 - Jyouou begins airing on TV Tokyo, starring Hiromi Kitagawa
2009 - The Ancient Dogoo Girl begins airing on Mainichi Broadcasting System, starring Erika Yazawa and Masataka Kubota

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October 8

October 8:

Births

1919 - Kiichi Miyazawa (d. 2007), politician, 78th Prime Minister of Japan
1930 - Tōru Takemitsu (d. 1996), composer and theorist
1970 - Tetsuya Nomura, video game designer and director
1974 - Koji Murofushi, hammer thrower
1981 - Ryuji Sainei, actor
1985 - Eiji Wentz, singer-songwriter and actor
1987 - Aya Hirano, voice actress and singer
1987 - Yuichi Nakamura, actor
1996 - Sara Takanashi, ski jumper
1997 - Tina Tamashiro, model and idol

Deaths

1317 - Emperor Fushimi (b. 1265)

Film and television

1998 - Nemureru Mori begins airing on Fuji Television, starring Miho Nakayama and Takuya Kimura
2012 - Perfect Blue begins airing on Tokyo Broadcasting System, starring Miori Takimoto, Naomi Zaizen, Yasufumi Terawaki, and Aya Hirayama

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October 9

October 9:

Events

1942 - The last day of the October Matanikau action on Guadalcanal as United States Marine Corps forces withdraw back across the Matanikau River after destroying most of the Imperial Japanese Army's 4th Infantry Regiment.

Births

1924 - Hachiro Kasuga (d. 1991), singer
1950 - Yoshiyuki Konishi, Japanese fashion designer
1950 - Reichi Nakaido, singer and guitarist
1962 - Ōnokuni Yasushi, sumo wrestler, the 62nd Yokozuna
1969 - Jun Akiyama, wrestler
1972 - Kōki Miyata, voice actor
1981 - Maasa Takahashi, announcer and host

Deaths

1947 - Yukio Sakurauchi (b. 1888), entrepreneur and politician, cabinet minister in the pre-war Empire of Japan

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October 10

October 10:

Events

1943 - World War II: The Double Tenth Incident occurs in Japanese-occupied Singapore
1944 - World War II: The Formosa Air Battle begins
1964 - The opening ceremonies of the 1964 Summer Olympics are held in Tokyo
1966 - The first Health and Sports Day is held
2010 - The 2010 Japanese Grand Prix is held at the Suzuka Circuit in Suzuka, Mie, Japan

Births

1938 - Daidō Moriyama, photographer
1946 - Naoto Kan, lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Japan
1957 - Rumiko Takahashi, author and illustrator
1965 - Toshi, singer-songwriter and producer
1979 - Hitomi Satō, actress
1982 - Hideki Mutoh, race car driver
1984 - Chiaki Kuriyama, actress and singer

Deaths

1913 - Katsura Tarō (b. 1848), general and politician, and 6th Prime Minister of Japan
1949 - Chikuhei Nakajima (b. 1884), naval officer, engineer, and politician, founded Nakajima Aircraft Company
2008 - Kazuyoshi Miura (b. 1947), businessman

Film and television

1993 - Iron Chef begins airing on Fuji Television, starring Takeshi Kaga, Kenji Fukui, and Yukio Hattori

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October 11

October 11:

Events

1942 - World War II: The Battle of Cape Esperance begins
1943 - World War II: The USS Wahoo submarine is sunk off the coast of Cape Sōya in the La Pérouse Strait
1997 - The inaugural event of Pride Fighting Championships is held in the Tokyo Dome
2005 - The city of Hokota, Ibaraki is created from the merger of several towns and villages

Births

1901 - Masanobu Tsuji (d. ca.1961), politician, author, and tactician of the Imperial Japanese Army
1946 - Sawao Kato, gymnast and educator
1954 - Atsuko Takahata, actress and voice actress
1973 - Takeshi Kaneshiro, actor and singer
1974 - Kane Kosugi, American-Japanese martial artist and actor
1974 - Fumika Suzuki, voice actress, model, and race queen
1977 - Shūhei Izumi, actor
1978 - Takuya Kawaguchi, footballer
1979 - Reiko Takagaki, model and actress
1980 - Motohiro Hata, singer-songwriter and guitarist
1980 - Tomokazu Sugita, voice actor
1985 - Aya Kiguchi, model
1988 - Rika Izumi, model, actress, and singer

Film and television

1999 - Ainori begins airing on Fuji Television, starring Masami Hisamoto, Kōji Imada, and Haruhiko Katō
2005 - 1 Litre no Namida begins airing on Fuji Television, starring Erika Sawajiri and Ryō Nishikido
2014 - Cape Nostalgia, a drama film starring Sayuri Yoshinaga, Hiroshi Abe, Yūko Takeuchi, and Shōfukutei Tsurube II
2015 - Angel Heart begins airing on Nippon TV, starring Takaya Kamikawa, Ayaka Miyoshi, and Saki Aibu

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October 12

October 12:

Events

1942 - World War II: The Battle of Cape Esperance concludes, resulting in a victory over Japan for the United States
1983 - Former Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka is convicted of accepting bribes as part of the Lockheed bribery scandals

Births

1008 - Emperor Go-Ichijō (d. 1036)
1891 - Fumimaro Konoe (d. 1945), politician, founded Taisei Yokusankai, 34th Prime Minister of Japan
1950 - Takeshi Kaga, actor
1960 - Hiroyuki Sanada, actor
1963 - Hideki Fujisawa, musician
1963 - Satoshi Kon (d. 2010), animator and screenwriter
1970 - Origa (d. 2015), Russian-Japanese singer
1979 - Rie Tomosaka, actress and singer
1989 - Anna Ohmiya, curler
1995 - Karin Ogino, model and actress

Deaths

1590 - Kanō Eitoku (b. 1543), painter
1632 - Kutsuki Mototsuna (b. 1549), commander
1858 - Hiroshige (b. 1797), painter
1960 - Inejiro Asanuma (b. 1898), politician
2007 - Kisho Kurokawa (b. 1934), architect, designed the Nakagin Capsule Tower

Film and television

2007 - Mop Girl begins airing on TV Asahi, starring Keiko Kitagawa
2010 - Second Virgin begins airing on NHK, starring Kyōka Suzuki, Kyoko Fukada, Hiroki Hasegawa, You, and Gō Ayano
2015 - 5-ji Kara 9-ji Made: Watashi ni Koi Shita Obōsan begins airing on Fuji Television, starring Satomi Ishihara and Tomohisa Yamashita

Holidays, observances, and anniversaries

1887 - Yamaha Corporation is founded
1940 - Taisei Yokusankai, a para-fascist organization, is organized
2004 - Satsumasendai, Kagoshima is founded with the merger of several towns and villages with the city of Sendai, Kagoshima

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October 13

October 13:

Births

1958 - Masako Mori, singer and actress
1960 - Katsuhisa Namase, actor
1964 - Masaya Onosaka, voice actor and singer
1973 - Nanako Matsushima, actress
1982 - Mika Hijii, actress and model
1984 - Misono, singer-songwriter and guitarist
1985 - Tsubasa Masuwaka, model
1989 - Wei Son, model
1992 - Yuko Takayama, actress
1993 - Kaito Ishikawa, voice actor
1994 - Hinako Sano, actress and model

Deaths

1282 - Nichiren (b. 1222), monk

Film and television

1997 - Love Generation begins airing on Fuji Television, starring Takuya Kimura and Takako Matsu
2005 - Brother Beat begins airing on Tokyo Broadcasting System, starring Misako Tanaka, Tetsuji Tamayama, Mokomichi Hayami, and Akiyoshi Nakao
2011 - Mitsu no Aji: A Taste of Honey begins airing on Fuji Television, starring Nana Eikura, Miho Kanno, and Arata
2013 - Andō Lloyd: A.I. knows Love? begins airing on Tokyo Broadcasting System, starring Takuya Kimura

Holidays, observances, and anniversaries

Health and Sports Day

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October 14

October 14:

Events

1854 - The Anglo-Japanese Friendship Treaty between Britain and Japan is signed
1943 - World War II: The Second Philippine Republic is established under occupying Japanese forces
1994 - 6879 Hyogo is discovered by Kazuyoshi Itō
2001 - The 2001 Japanese Grand Prix is held

Births

1493 - Shimazu Tadayoshi (d. 1568), daimyo
1867 - Masaoka Shiki (d. 1902), poet, author, and literary critic
1888 - Yukio Sakurauchi (d. 1947), entrepreneur, politician, and cabinet minister
1900 - W. Edwards Deming (d. 1993), American statistician, educator, and author best known for his work in teaching top management in Japan how to improve design, service, product quality, testing, and sales
1909 - Mochitsura Hashimoto (d. 2000), officer and submarine commander
1953 - Kazumi Watanabe, guitarist
1957 - Gen Nakatani, politician, head of the Japan Defense Agency
1957 - Ikuo Takahara, footballer
1970 - Takako Katou, actress and singer
1970 - Hiromi Nagasaku, actress and singer
1980 - Ami Ishii, model
1987 - Hisashi Takeda, pitcher

Deaths

1942 - Noboru Yamaguchi (b. 1902), yakuza leader
1953 - Kyuichi Tokuda (b. 1894), politician
1959 - Genzo Kurita (b. 1926), serial killer
1986 - Takahiko Yamanouchi (b. 1902), physicist

Holidays, observances, and anniversaries

1980 - Big Comic Spirits begins publication

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October 15

October 15:

Events

1904 - The Russian Baltic Fleet leaves Reval, Estonia for Port Arthur during the Russo-Japanese War.

Births

1910 - Edwin O. Reischauer (d. 1990), Japanese-American scholar, diplomat, and educator, United States Ambassador to Japan
1958 - Masako Katsuki, voice actress
1977 - Masato Kawabata, race car driver
1978 - Takeshi Morishima, wrestler
1982 - Yōko Maki, actress
1982 - Sachiko Yamada, swimmer
1990 - Kiko Mizuhara, American-Japanese model, actress, and singer

Film and television

2007 - Galileo begins airing on Fuji Television, starring Kō Shibasaki and Masaharu Fukuyama

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October 16

October 16:

Births

1535 - Niwa Nagahide (d. 1585), samurai
1840 - Kuroda Kiyotaka (d. 1900), general and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Japan
1841 - Itō Hirobumi (d. 1909), politician, 1st Prime Minister of Japan
1936 - Akira Machida, judge, 15th Chief Justice of Japan
1969 - Takao Omori, wrestler
1970 - Kazuyuki Fujita, wrestler and mixed martial artist
1992 - Rika Adachi, actress and model

Film and television

2011 - Nankyoku Tairiku begins airing on Tokyo Broadcasting System, starring Takuya Kimura
2014 - Dear Sister begins airing on Fuji Television, starring Satomi Ishihara and Nao Matsushita

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October 17

October 17:

Births

1898 - Shinichi Suzuki (d. 1998), violinist and educator
1936 - Hiroo Kanamori, Japanese-American seismologist and academic
1972 - Musashi, martial artist and kick-boxer
1976 - Rena Inoue, Japanese-American figure skater
1977 - Hiroyuki Hirayama, actor
1979 - Koichiro Nishi, actor
1981 - Tsubasa Imai, singer, actor, and dancer
1983 - Toshihiro Matsushita, footballer
1983 - Riki Miura, actor
1983 - Junichi Miyashita, swimmer
1985 - Tomokazu Nagira, footballer
1987 - Hideto Takahashi, footballer
1988 - Tori Matsuzaka, actor
1988 - Yuko Oshima, singer and actress
1989 - Tokio Emoto, actor
1990 - Saki Kumagai, footballer
1990 - Arisa Murata, skier
1992 - Nanami Sakuraba, actress and singer

Film and television

2005 - Kiken na Aneki begins airing on Fuji Television, starring Misaki Ito
2009 - Shōkōjo Seira, begins airing on Tokyo Broadcasting System, starring Mirai Shida
2011 - The Reason I Can't Find My Love begins airing on Fuji Television, starring Karina Nose, Yuriko Yoshitaka, Yuko Oshima, and Izumi Inamori

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October 18

October 18:

Births

1127 - Emperor Go-Shirakawa (d. 1192)
1850 - Basil Hall Chamberlain (d. 1935), British professor of Tokyo Imperial University
1870 - D. T. Suzuki (d. 1966), author and scholar
1887 - Takashi Sakai (d. 1946), general in the Imperial Japanese Army and Governor of Hong Kong
1893 - George Ohsawa (d. 1966), philosopher and educator
1945 - Norio Wakamoto, voice actor
1954 - Yūji Mitsuya, actor, voice actor, and audio supervisor
1955 - Hiromi Go, singer
1958 - Megumi Ishii, actress and politician
1970 - Kazuhisa Irii, footballer
1970 - Michihiro Morita, Go player
1972 - Mika Ninagawa, photographer
1974 - Noboru Kaneko, actor
1979 - Hikaru Kawamura, model
1985 - Iori Nomizu, voice actor
1989 - Riisa Naka, actress

Deaths

1561 - Yamamoto Kansuke (b. 1501), samurai
1886 - Philipp Franz von Siebold (b. 1796), German physician and botanist, first European to teach Western medicine in Japan
1908 - Nozu Michitsura (b. 1840), field marshal
1947 - Michiaki Kamada (b. 1890), vice admiral and war criminal
1956 - Yoshio Markino (b. 1869), artist and author
1961 - Tsuru Aoki (b. 1892), Japanese-American actress

Film and television

2010 - Nagareboshi begins airing on Fuji Television, starring Yutaka Takenouchi and Aya Ueto
2011 - Nazotoki wa Dinner no Ato de begins airing on Fuji Television, starring Sho Sakurai and Keiko Kitagawa

Holidays, observances, and anniversaries

1881 - The Liberal Party of Japan is founded

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October 19

October 19:

Events

1956 - The Soviet–Japanese Joint Declaration of 1956 is signed

Births

1276 - Prince Hisaaki (d. 1328)
1910 - Shunkichi Hamada (d. 2009), field hockey player
1916 - Minoru Yasui (d. 1986), Japanese-American lawyer
1931 - Atsushi Miyagi, tennis player
1955 - LaSalle Ishii, television personality, actor, voice actor, and director
1958 - Hiromi Hara, footballer
1960 - Ayuo, Japanese-American composer, poet, lyricist, and singer
1960 - Takeshi Koshida, footballer
1967 - Yōji Matsuda, actor and voice actor
1967 - Yoko Shimomura, pianist and composer
1975 - Shian-Li Tsang, model
1976 - Hiroshi Sakai, footballer
1977 - Takamasa Suga, actor
1979 - Sachiko Sugiyama, volleyball player
1979 - Hiromi Yanagihara (d. 1999), singer and actress
1984 - Saki Fujita, voice actress
1985 - Erina Yamaguchi, model
1987 - Tsunenori Aoki, actor
1987 - Fumino Kimura, actress
1989 - Rakuto Tochihara, actor
1992 - Shiho, actress and model
1994 - Kenta Suga, actor

Deaths

1619 - Fujiwara Seika (b. 1561), philosopher

Film and television

1974 - Castle of Sand, a police procedural film starring Tetsurō Tamba, Go Kato, and Kensaku Morita
2010 - Freeter, Ie wo Kau begins airing on Fuji Television and Kyodo Television, starring Kazunari Ninomiya, Naoto Takenaka, Atsuko Asano, and Haruka Igawa

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October 20

October 20:

Events

1944 - World War II: The Formosa Air Battle concludes, resulting in a decisive Allied victory over Imperial Japanese forces

Births

1887 - Prince Yasuhiko Asaka (d. 1981)
1909 - Yasushi Sugiyama (d. 1993), painter
1932 - Rokurō Naya (d. 2014), voice actor
1934 - Empress Michiko
1959 - Koichi Kawanishi, drummer
1961 - Michie Tomizawa, voice actress and singer
1964 - Tomoko Yamaguchi, actress and singer
1983 - Takayuki Yamada, actor and singer
1988 - Risa Niigaki, singer and actress

Film and television

2008 - Innocent Love begins airing on Fuji Television, starring Maki Horikita
2012 - Land of Hope, a film starring Isao Natsuyagi, Naoko Otani, Jun Murakami, Megumi Kagurazaka, and Denden
2012 - Space Sheriff Gavan: The Movie, a tokusatsu film starring Yuma Ishigaki and Kenji Ohba

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October 21

October 21:

Births

1675 - Emperor Higashiyama (d. 1710)
1894 - Edogawa Ranpo (d. 1965), author and critic
1959 - Ken Watanabe, actor and producer
1965 - Hisashi Imai, singer-songwriter and guitarist
1972 - Masakazu Morita, voice actor
1974 - Yumi Karahashi, announcer
1979 - Shiho Takano, actress
1984 - Jessica Michibata, Argentine-Japanese model
1989 - May'n, singer
1998 - Ryoka Oshima, singer

Deaths

1600 - Shima Sakon (b. 1540), daimyo

Film and television

2005 - Hana Yori Dango begins airing on Tokyo Broadcasting System, starring Mao Inoue, Jun Matsumoto, Shun Oguri, Shota Matsuda, and Tsuyoshi Abe
2011 - Jūichinin mo iru! begins airing on TV Asahi, starring Ryunosuke Kamiki

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October 22

October 22:

Events

794 - Emperor Kanmu relocates the Japanese capital to Heiankyo (now Kyoto)

Births

1197 - Emperor Juntoku (d. 1242)
1917 - Joan Fontaine (d. 2013), Japanese-American actress and singer
1939 - Susumu Kurobe, actor
1948 - Tetsuo Kanno, politician
1957 - Chris Peppler, radio personality
1960 - Shigeru Muroi, actress
1961 - Takaaki Ishibashi, comedian, singer, and actor
1966 - Yuri Arbachakov, Russian-Japanese boxer
1973 - Ichiro Suzuki, baseball player
1985 - Manpei Takagi, actor
1985 - Shinpei Takagi, actor
1986 - Kenji Ebisawa, actor
1986 - Akihiro Sato, footballer

Deaths

1625 - Kikkawa Hiroie (b. 1561), daimyo
1914 - Konishiki Yasokichi I (b. 1866), sumo wrestler, the 17th Yokozuna
1979 - Mieko Kamiya (b. 1914), psychiatrist
1991 - Hachiro Kasuga (b. 1924), singer
1999 - Mitsugi Ohno (b. 1926), glassblower
2010 - Eio Sakata (b. 1920), Go player

Film and television

2011 - Gyokairui Yamaoka Maiko, a fantasy film starring Uki Satake and Cocoro Takami
2012 - Priceless begins airing on Fuji Television, starring Takuya Kimura

Holidays, observances, and anniversaries

Jidai Matsuri (Kyoto)
2010 - The International Nuclear Energy Development of Japan is founded

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October 23

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

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October 24

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

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October 25

October 25:

Births

1936 - Masako Nozawa, actress
1946 - Koji Yamamoto, baseball player and manager
1971 - Midori Gotō, Japanese-American violinist and educator
1972 - Sayuri Uchida, actress
1978 - Maria Takagi, actress
1983 - Hotaru Akane, actress and activist
1985 - Ayahi Takagaki, voice actress and singer

Deaths

2000 - Mochitsura Hashimoto (b. 1909), officer and submarine commander

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October 26

October 26:

Events

1949 - The Japan Newspaper Publishers and Editors Association creats a "Policy on Kisha Clubs", stating that they are "an organization for the purpose of socialization, and are not to intervene in matters related to reporting"
1999 - Yoshifumi Kubota murders Shiori Ino in front of a train station. This incident later revealed significant dereliction of duties on the part of Saitama Prefectural Police, and was the impetus for a stalking law in Japan.
2011 - Tsuyoshi Kikukawa resigns as the President and Chairman of Olympus Corporation due to investigations regarding the optical equipment company's recent acquisitions

Births

1947 - Kenzo Kitakata, novelist
1966 - Masaharu Iwata, keyboard player and composer
1968 - Miyuki Imori, entertainer, actress, and singer
1972 - Matsuko Deluxe, columnist, essayist, and television personality
1973 - Taka Michinoku, wrestler and trainer
1974 - Lisa, singer and producer
1976 - Shinji Takao, Go player
1980 - Koichi Watanabe, kick-boxer
1991 - Riho Iida, actress and model
1991 - Shu Watanabe, actor

Deaths

1609 - Matsudaira Tadayori (b. 1582), samurai and daimyō
1909 - Itō Hirobumi (b. 1841), politician, 1st Prime Minister of Japan
1919 - Akashi Motojiro (b. 1864), general
1927 - Jūkichi Yagi (b. 1898), poet
1944 - Hiroyoshi Nishizawa (b. 1920), flying ace
1960 - Toshizō Nishio (b. 1881), general
1961 - Sadae Inoue (b. 1886), general
1998 - Kenkichi Iwasawa (b. 1917), mathematician
2009 - Yoshirō Muraki (b. 1924), designer and director

Film and television

1979 - Kinpachi-sensei begins airing on Tokyo Broadcasting System, starring Tetsuya Takeda

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October 27

October 27:

Events

1557 - Emperor Ōgimachi, 106th Emperor of Japan, begins his reign
1911 - Chikuhei Nakajima pilots Japan's first airship
1930 - Wushe Incident: A group of 300 Seediq warriors massacre 136 mostly-Japanese men, women, and children at an athletics meet at the Taiwan-Chinese Musyaji Elementary School in Taiwan
1980 - The Tokyo Temple (now Tokyo Japan Temple) of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is dedicated
1992 - Allen R. Schindler, Jr., an American Radioman Petty Officer Third Class in the United States Navy, is killed by a shipmate and an accomplice in a public toilet in Sasebo, Nagasaki for being gay

Births

1858 - Saitō Makoto (d. 1936), naval officer and politician, 30th Prime Minister of Japan
1884 - Shirō Takasu (d. 1944), naval officer
1890 - Toshinari Shōji (d. 1974), general
1906 - Kazuo Ohno (d. 2010), dancer
1926 - Takumi Shibano (d. 2010), translator and author
1933 - Ryō Hanmura (d. 2002), author
1935 - Charlie Tagawa, Japanese-American entertainer and banjoist
1952 - Atsuyoshi Furuta, footballer
1966 - Masanobu Takashima, actor
1978 - Manami Konishi, actress and singer
1979 - Hiroyuki Yamamoto, footballer
1980 - Sayuri Osuga, speed skater and cyclist
1982 - Takashi Tsukamoto, actor and singer
1987 - Thelma Aoyama, singer
1991 - Shohei Takahashi, footballer
1992 - Junya Ikeda, actor and voice actor
1992 - Taiko Katono, actor and model
1999 - Haruka Kudo, singer and actress

Deaths

1816 - Santō Kyōden (b. 1761), poet, writer and artist
2008 - Frank Nagai (b. 1932), singer

Film and television

2005 - Reincarnation, a horror film starring Yūka, Karina Nose, Kippei Shiina, and Shun Oguri
2012 - A Terminal Trust, a drama film starring Tamiyo Kusakari, Kōji Yakusho, Takao Osawa, and Tadanobu Asano

Holidays, observances, and anniversaries

1921 - Michinoku Bank is founded
1923 - Supermarket chain CGC Japan is founded
2005 - Dengeki Maoh begins publication

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October 28

October 28:

Events

1707 - The 1707 Hōei earthquake, at an estimated 8.6 M_L, killed over 5000 people and was the largest quake in Japanese history until the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake
1891 - The 1891 Mino–Owari earthquake, at an estimated 8.0 M_s, killed and estimated 7273 and had an estimated 17,175 casualties

Births

1837 - Tokugawa Yoshinobu (d. 1913), shogun, 15th and last shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate
1860 - Kanō Jigorō (d. 1938), martial artist
1917 - Jack Soo (d. 1979), Japanese-American actor and singer
1921 - Azumafuji Kin'ichi (d. 1973), sumo wrestler, the 40th Yokozuna
1938 - Keigo Abe, master of Shotokan karate who founded the Japan Shotokan Karate Association
1944 - Keizō Kanie, actor
1959 - Toshio Masuda, composer
1960 - Yoko Kagabu, volleyball player
1965 - Miyako Yoshida, ballerina
1968 - Mayumi Ozaki, wrestler
1969 - Noriyoshi Omichi, baseball player
1980 - Kanzi, American bonobo known for having exhibited advanced linguistic aptitude
1982 - Mai Kuraki, singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer
1982 - Hironori Saruta, footballer
1983 - Kayo Noro, singer and entertainer
1986 - Aki Toyosaki, voice actress and singer
1988 - Nanao, model and actress
1988 - Shota Kawanishi, footballer