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January 1

January 1:

Events

  • 1873 - Japan begins using the Gregorian calendar
  • 1930 - The Ministry of Rail adopts the metric system for all of Japan's railways
  • 1946 - Emperor Shōwa renounces his divinity, known in Japanese as the Human Declaration
  • 1948 - The Nijūbashi Bridge, a well known double arched stone bridge located between the front and middle gates of the Imperial Palace, is opened to the public
  • 1950 - The old practice of advancing one's age every New Year's Day (regardless of one's date of birth) is replaced by the western style of advancing one's age on each anniversary of one's date of birth. Under the old system, someone born on November 1, for example, would turn one on January 1, two months later.
  • 1963 - The well known animated television show Astro Boy begins a four-year 200-episode run
  • 1973 - Health care for those over 70 years of age is made free of charge
  • 1991 - Telephone numbers in Tokyo are expanded from 7 digits to 8 digits

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January 2

January 2:

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  • 1905 - Russia surrenders Port Arthur, or Lüshunkou, to the Japanese, during the Russo-Japanese War.
  • 1942 - World War II: Manila is captured by Japanese forces.
  • 1948 - The Imperial Palace is reopened to the public for New Year's celebrations for the first time in 25 years, drawing 130,000 visitors.
  • 1954 - Sixteen people are crushed to death during New Year's celebrations at the Imperial Palace's Nijūbashi Bridge.
  • 1966 - Japan's first monster show, Ultra Q, begins broadcasting.
  • 1969 - During New Year's celebrations, a man is arrested for hurling a pachinko ball at Emperor Shōwa in resentment for having lost a friend during the war. The next year, the emperor begins making his New Year's appearances from behind protective glass.

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January 3

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January 4

January 4:

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  • 1873 - With the adoption of the Western calendar, the five seasonal festivals (gosekku)Jinjitsu on January 7th, Jōshi on March 3rd, Tango on May 5th, Tanabata on July 7th and Chōyō on September 9th)—are abolished.
  • 1877 - Land tax reform is implemented.
  • 1882 - Emperor Meiji issues the Imperial Script for the Military (Gunjin Chokuyu).
  • 1937 - Two plates containing 58 scales are stolen off of the kinshachi (a kind of dolphin fish) affixed to the top of the castle tower of Nagoya Castle. The culprit was apprehended 23 days later.
  • 1946 - The Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers, General Douglas MacArthur order the Japanese government to expel all militarists from positions of power. The disbandment of all ultra-nationalist organizations is also ordered.
  • 1948 - International telephone service between the United States and Japan is established.
  • 1953 - NHK Radio broadcasts its first live marathon coverage.
  • 1977 - Poisoned cola is placed in a telephone booth near Shinagawa Station, killing two.

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January 5

January 5:

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  • 1874 - A road for horse carriages joining Tokyo's Kyōbashi district and Shinbashi district is completed.
  • 1905 - Japan's General Nogi Maresuke and Russia's General Anatoly Stoessel meet at Shǔishīgōng (Suishiei).
  • 1919 - Matsuisu Mako, a Shingeki (western style drama) actress, commits suicide. It is believed that she committed suicide to be with Shimamura Hōgetsu, who died two months earlier. Shimamura was a literary figure who co-founded the Geijutsuza Club with Matsuisu for the purpose of introducing modern western style drama to Japan.
  • 1955 - Cinerama opens in Tokyo and Osaka.
  • 1974 - Japan and China sign a trade agreement.

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January 6

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January 7

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January 8

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January 9

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January 10

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January 11

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  • 1979 - Jack Soo (b. 1917), Japanese-American actor and singer

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January 12

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January 13

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January 14

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January 15

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January 16

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January 17

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January 18

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January 19

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January 20

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January 21

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January 22

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January 23

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January 24

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January 25

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January 26

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January 27

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January 28

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January 29

January 29:

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  • 1879 - Japan enters into an international telecommunications treaty.
  • 1934 - The Japan Iron & Steel Co., Ltd. is formed from the merger of Hachiman Steel and several other privately owned companies.
  • 1940 - Three trains on the Sakurajima Line, in Osaka collide and explode while approaching Ajikawaguchi station. 181 people are killed.
  • 1944 - Editors of Reform magazine and Central Review magazine are arrested in a wartime crackdown against liberal intellectuals known as the Yokohama Incident.
  • 1957 - The Shōwa Base is established at the South Pole.
  • 1961 - Mokkan (inscribed wooden slabs) are excavated at the site of the former capital Heijōkyō in Nara.
  • 1968 - A strike at the faculty of medicine marks the beginning of a period of demonstrations and unrest at Tokyo University.

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January 30

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January 31

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