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June 1
June 1:
Events
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1875 - Tokyo Kishōdai, the precursor to the
Japan Meteorological Agency, is established.
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1888 - The Tokyo Observatory (precursor to the
National Astronomical Observatory of Japan) is established.
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1897 - Japan's first ironworks, Yawata Iron & Steel, begins operation. Yawata Iron & Steel was merged with Fuji Iron & Steel in 1970 to form the
Nippon Steel Corporation.
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1903 -
Hibiya Park, Japan's first western style park, opens in Tokyo.
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1949 -
Japan National Railways and the
Japan Tobacco and Salt Public Corporation are both established.
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1951 - The minting of one-yen aluminum coins begins.
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1961 - The
Japan Meteorological Agency begins publishing the "discomfort index", based on temperature and humidity. It is said that a discomfort index above 70 makes some people uncomfortable, but a discomfort index above 80 makes everyone uncomfortable.
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1972 - The Road Traffic Law is passed, and the famous yellow and green
"young leaf" mark, required to be displayed in the window of cars drive by inexperienced drivers, is born.
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1980 - A forecast for the chance of precipitation is published in Tokyo for the first time.
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June 2
June 2:
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June 3
June 3:
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June 4
June 4:
Events
Births
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1829 -
Jinmaku Kyūgorō (d. 1903), sumo wrestler, the 12th
Yokozuna
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1953 -
Susumu Ojima, businessman, founded
Huser
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1954 -
Kazuhiro Yamaji, actor and voice actor
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1964 -
Kōji Yamamura, animator, producer, and screenwriter
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1971 -
Shoji Meguro, director and composer
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1972 -
Nikka Costa, Japanese-American singer-songwriter
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1979 -
Naohiro Takahara, footballer
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1984 -
Kento Handa, actor
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1995 -
Shiori Tamai, singer
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1997 -
Kana Nakanishi, singer
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June 5
June 5:
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June 6
June 6:
Events
Births
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1829 -
Honinbo Shusaku (d. 1862),
Go player
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1925 -
Hideji Ōtaki (d. 2012), actor
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1938 -
Ryuchi Matsuda (d. 2013), martial artist and author
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1951 -
Noritake Takahara, race car driver
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1952 -
Yukihiro Takahashi, drummer, producer, and actor
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1953 -
June Yamagishi, guitarist
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1965 -
Megumi Ogata, voice actress and singer
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1986 -
Junichi Tazawa, Japanese-American baseball player
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1992 -
Megumi Murakami, singer and actress
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June 7
June 7:
Events
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1871 - The Japan postal system is established, replacing the old
hikyaku system of postal runners.
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1893 - Baron
Yasumasa Fukushima completes his journey across
Siberia and returns home to Japan.
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1951 - The Weights and Measures Law is passed.
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1955 - The first annual Japan Mother's Conference is held in Tokyo.
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June 8
June 8:
Events
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1648 - 日光の杉並木の植樹が完了、その数約20万本といわれる。
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1871 - 東京―長崎間の郵便開設
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1942 - 軍事費不足を補うために、「弾丸切手」が発売される。
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1947 - 日本教職員組合(日教組)が発足。組合員数は、結成時で約50万人。この日、奈良県に全国の教職員の代議員約1万人が集まり「日教組」が結成された。
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1954 - 改正警察法が公布される。
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1962 - 日本最大の人造湖・奥只見ダムが完成。
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1983 - 中曽根首相、国有地の有効利用を指示、地価高騰を招く。
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1985 - 大鳴門橋(四国・淡路島間・1629メートル)が開通する。
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1990 - 太陽地球環境研究所発足
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June 9
June 9:
Events
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1935 - 吉岡隆徳、100メートルに10秒3の世界タイ記録を出す。
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1954 - 自衛隊法公布される。防衛庁設置法と自衛隊法の防衛2法がこの日公布され、7月1日から施行された。陸・海・空3軍方式に拡大され、自衛官約15万2千人と非制服組1万2千人余で発足。
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1957 - 小河内ダム(人造湖・奥多摩湖)の放水始まる。
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1993 - 皇太子・雅子様結婚の儀。この日、皇太子徳仁(なるひと)親王と、小和田雅子さんがご成婚。
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June 10
June 10:
'Events
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1852 - 医師の吉田純道、帝王切開手術を行う。
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1913 - 森永製菓が日本初のミルクキャラメルを発売する。20粒10銭。
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1959 - 国立西洋美術館が開館する。東京の上野公園内に「国立西洋美術館」が開館した。戦後フランスから返還された松方コレクションを中心に、ロダンの彫刻や印象派の絵画などが収蔵、展示。
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1962 - 北陸トンネルが開通する(全長1万3869メートル)。
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1973 - 東京の上野~新橋間の5.5キロが初の歩行者天国となる。
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1986 - 臨時行革審、最終答申を出す。
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June 11
June 11:
Events
Births
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1662 -
Tokugawa Ienobu (d. 1712), shogun
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1894 -
Kiichiro Toyoda (d. 1952), businessman, founded
Toyota
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1899 -
Yasunari Kawabata (d. 1972), author and poet,
Nobel Prize laureate
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1910 -
Jiang Wen-Ye (d. 1983), Taiwanese composer, active mainly in Japan and later in China
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1951 -
Yasumasa Morimura, painter and photographer
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1976 -
Gran Naniwa (d. 2010), wrestler
- 1976 -
Reiko Tosa, runner
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1977 -
Mami Higashiyama, actress and singer
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1979 -
Rino Nakasone Razalan, Japanese-American dancer and choreographer
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1983 -
Atsushi Maruyama, actor
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1985 -
Snow, singer
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1987 -
TiA, singer
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1988 -
Yui Aragaki, actress and singer
- 1988 -
Halca, musician
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1991 -
Erica Tonooka, actress
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1996 -
Ayaka Sasaki, singer
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1983 - Game software developer and publisher
Capcom is founded
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June 12
June 12:
Events
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1560 -
Battle of Okehazama:
Oda Nobunaga defeats
Imagawa Yoshimoto.
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1872 - 日本初の鉄道が、品川~横浜間で開通。機関車はイギリス製で運転手もイギリス人だった。
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1884 - 第1回婦人慈善市が鹿鳴館で開かれる(日本初のバザー)。
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1886 - 日本初のストライキが、甲府の雨宮製糸工場で行われる。製糸工場の女子従業員たちが、賃金の引き下げや、遅刻早退の大幅賃金差し引きなどに反発して、ストライキを行う。ちなみに労働時間は、朝4時半出場、午後7時半退場だった。
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1915 - 杉本京太らが邦文タイプライターの特許を取得。
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1956 - アジア・アフリカ会議に日本初出席。
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1959 - 野球の殿堂、「野球体育博物館」開館。
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1969 - 原子力船「むつ」の進水式が行われる。
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1977 - 樋口久子選手、全米女子プロゴルフ選手権に日本人として初優勝。
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1979 - 新憲法下で「事実たる慣習」となった元号に法的な根拠を求める元号法が施行。元号は政令で定め、皇位の継承があった場合に限り改めることを盛り込む。
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June 13
June 13:
Events
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1924 - The first performance of Kaisen occurred in Tsukiji Theater.
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1948 -
Osamu Dazai committed suicide.
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1976 -
Yōhei Kōno formed the
New Liberal Club.
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1983 - Totsuka Yacht school principal, Hiroshi Totsuka, is arrested in suspicion of lethal damage.
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1996 - The Garuda Indonesia aircraft failed to take-off at Fukuoka Airport by bursting into flames. 3 people were killed.
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June 14
June 14:
Births
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June 15
June 15:
Births
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1763 -
Kobayashi Issa (d. 1827), priest and poet
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1881 -
Kesago Nakajima (d. 1945), lieutenant general in the
Imperial Japanese Army
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1926 -
Shigeru Kayano (d. 2006), activist
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1961 -
Yoshimi Iwasaki, singer and actress
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1967 -
Yūji Ueda, voice actor and singer
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1981 -
Yuki Kubota, model and actor
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1988 -
Miku Ishida, singer and actress
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1990 -
Miwa, singer-songwriter
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1991 -
Rina Takeda, actress and black belt
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1993 -
Kanna Arihara, singer
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1994 -
Rina Hidaka, voice actress
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June 16
June 16:
Events
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1884 - 全国天気予報開始。
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1920 - 東京・神田に中央職業所開設。この年、全国44ヶ所に職業紹介所が新設された。
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1924 - 孫文が三民主義(民族主義・民権主義・民生主義)を唱える。
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1939 - 国民精神総動員委員会が中元歳暮の贈答廃止などを決定する。
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1949 - 家庭裁判所が創設される。
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1964 - 新潟地震発生(マグニチュード7.7)で26人が死亡。
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1991 - 冬期オリンピック長野招致決定
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June 17
June 17:
Events
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1857 - Conclusion of the
Treaty of Shimoda (Japan-US trade) in Japan and the US.
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1933 - The GOSTOP incident occurred which triggered the conflict of the army and police in Osaka.
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1955 - A telephone subscription, 2 millionth phone in Shibuya, corresponds to a Tokyo photo shop
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1960 - Tokyo 7 newspaper went to a joint declaration in a security problem
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1971 - The
1971 Okinawa Reversion Agreement was signed simultaneously in Washington D.C. and Tokyo.
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1973 - The Nemuro Peninsula was off the coast during an earthquake.
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1985 - Judo competetitor
Yasuhiro Yamashita retired.
Births
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1920 -
Setsuko Hara, actress
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1961 -
Kōichi Yamadera, actor and singer
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1968 -
Minoru Suzuki, wrestler and mixed martial artist
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1976 -
Keisuke Ogihara, rapper
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1978 -
Kumiko Asō, actress
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1980 -
Kimeru, singer and actor
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1983 -
Kazunari Ninomiya, singer-songwriter and actor
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1987 -
Nozomi Tsuji, singer and actress
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1988 -
Toru Baba, actor, entertainer, and singer
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1991 -
Haru, actress and model
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1995 -
Aoi Morikawa, actress and model
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2004 -
Fuku Suzuki, actor and singer
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June 18
June 18:
Events
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1869 - 日本で初めてアイスクリームが製造販売される
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1945 - 沖縄戦でひめゆり部隊が集団自決。
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1985 - 豊田商事会長刺殺事件起こる。金の現物取り引きを装った「ペーパー商法」で問題となった豊田商事の永野一男会長が大阪の自宅マンションで、大勢の報道陣の前で、2人の男に刺殺される。
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1988 - 川崎市助役のリクルート株受領が発覚、リクルート事件へと発展する。朝日新聞のスクープによって、川崎市の助役がリクルート関連株の譲渡で1億円の利益を得ていたことが発覚。これが、リクルート事件の発端となる。
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June 19
June 19:
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1917 -
RIKEN is installed in Tokyo as an institution that performs Japan's first basic and applied research.
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1933 -
Tanna Tunnel is completed, in 7.8 km, and was opened in December 1, 1934.
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1944 - Mariana offshore battle.
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1985 - Investment journal president Shigeki Nakae is arrested.
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June 20
June 20:
Events
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1703 -
The Love Suicides at Sonezaki is first staged.
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1899 - The first Japanese-made film is screened at the Kabuki-za.
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1933 - Japan's first dominant marriage agency is established in Tokyo. It is opened in Shirokiya in order to eliminate the tragedy arising from an inadvertent marriage.
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1958 - A peace march to appeal the ban of atomic and hydrogen bombs, started between Tokyo and Hiroshima from 1,000 km.
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1991 -
Tōhoku Shinkansen is opened between Ueno and Tokyo. With a city center section of 3.6 km, it led from Morioka to contact Tokyo Station to Hakata.
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June 21
June 21:
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June 22
June 22:
Events
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1897 -
Kyoto University is founded.
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1963 - "
Sukiyaki" (I Look Up As I Walk) became a big hit. It made 100 million copies.
Kyu Sakamoto sings "Sukiyaki which topped 100 million copies in record sales in the United States. It shines to a gold disc. In addition, in Billboard on July 15, it ranked number one in the charts.
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1965 - The Japan-South Korea Basic Treaty is signed. It was signed in Tokyo. Like the disabled, the Japan and South Korea annexation treaty is confirmed.
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1976 - The first arrests exits in the
Lockheed bribery scandals.
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1980 - The first double election is carried out.
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1992 - The Bone Marrow Bank patient registration starts.
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June 23
June 23:
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June 24
June 24:
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1692 - 江戸幕府が富くじ禁止令を出す。
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1804 - 間宮林蔵が宗谷海峡を探険。
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1864 - 幕府、神戸に海軍操練所を開く(頭取・勝海舟)が封切り。
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1931 - The
Tokorozawa Army Flight School achieves its first successful mid-air refueling.
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1958 -
Mt. Aso in
Kumamoto Prefecture erupts, killing 12 and injuring 21.
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1985 - Singer
Matsuda Seiko and actor Kanda Masaki are married. 35% of television viewers tune in to watch.
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1988 - It is reported that
Recruit, a real estate and telecommunications company, sold shares of its subsidiary Recruit Cosmos Co. to a number of politicians before taking the stock public.
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June 25
June 25:
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June 26
June 26:
Events
Births
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1928 -
Yoshiro Nakamatsu, inventor
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1966 -
Yūko Minaguchi, voice actress
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1968 -
Isshin Chiba, voice actor
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1970 -
Takeshi Konomi, illustrator
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1972 -
Asako Tajimi, volleyball player
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1977 -
Tite Kubo, illustrator
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1979 -
Ryō Fukuda, race car driver
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1981 -
Kanako Kondō, voice actress and singer
- 1981 -
Takashi Toritani, baseball player
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1983 -
Toyonoshima Daiki, sumo wrestler
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1988 -
Rina Nakanishi, model and singer
- 1988 -
Masakazu Tashiro, footballer
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June 27
June 27:
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1180 - Fukuhara capital is relocated.
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1467 - Onin turbulence happens in Kyoto.
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1849 - The first international yacht race occurred.
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1869 - The
Boshin War ended,
Enomoto Takeaki from Hakodate was surrendered in Goryokaku.
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1871 - New Huo Tiao is promulgated, their monetary unit is the Yen and
Qian Lin. On this day, it is by gold standard. Its designation is in "circle", "Qian", and "phosphorus" in decimals. The old one was converted to gold 1.5g to 1 Yen.
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1882 - The
Bank of Japan is established.
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1915 -
Kitazawa Rakuten, Okamoto Ippei and several others hold the first Manga Festival in
Chōfu, Tokyo.
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1949 - The repatriation of Japanese soldiers from the former
Soviet Union begins with the first ship landing at
Maizuru.
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1964 - The National Summer Sports Festival is cancelled due to a strong earthquake in
Niigata.
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1972 - The
Supreme Court of Japan recognizes a right to sunlight, which limits builders from building in such a way as to block the amount of sunlight received by residential homes.
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1994 - Seven people die in the
Matsumoto sarin incident. Later it is discovered that the
Aum Shinrikyō is responsible.
- 1994 - The
yen trades at 100 yen to the dollar for the first time and finishes the day at 99.93 yen to the dollar.
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June 28
June 28:
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1975 - Shūshoku Jōhō, an employment magazine, publishes its first issue.
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June 29
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June 30
June 30:
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