Events
- 1880 - The Seismological Society of Japan is founded
- 1887 - Emperor Meiji is the first emperor to watch a kabuki play
- 1924 - The first title matches in professional boxing in Japan was held in the concert hall of Hibiya Park, Tokyo
- 1994 - China Airlines Flight 140 makes a failed landing and crashes at Nagoya Airport, killing 264 people
Births
- 1910 - Tomoyuki Tanaka (d. 1997), screenwriter and producer
- 1977 - Kosuke Fukudome, baseball player
- 1989 - Ayame Misaki, actress
- 1993 - Ryoma Takeuchi, actor and model
Deaths
- 1192 - Emperor Go-Shirakawa (b. 1127)
Film and television
- 2014 - Aibou: The Movie III, a mystery suspense crime film starring Yutaka Mizutani, Hiroki Narimiya, Tsuyoshi Ihara, Yumiko Shaku, and Toru Kazama
- 2015 - The Emperor's Cook begins airing on Tokyo Broadcasting System, starring Takeru Satoh