Portal:Japan/Anniversaries/June/June 21
Events
- 1582 - Sengoku period: Oda Nobunaga, the most powerful of the Japanese daimyō, was forced to commit suicide by his own general Akechi Mitsuhide.
- 1900 - The Metropolitan Police Department established road enforcement regulations.
- 1951 - Japan became a member of the International Labour Organization and UNESCO.
- 1957 - Kinetsu starts the operation of the cooling process.
- 1978 - Continental shelf related bills are established.
- 1994 - 100 yen equals to one dollar is established.
Births
- 1730 - Motoori Norinaga (d. 1801), poet and scholar
- 1952 - Kōichi Mashimo, director and screenwriter
- 1972 - Nobuharu Asahara, sprinter and long jumper
- 1986 - Hiroya Matsumoto. actor
- 1986 - Hideaki Wakui, baseball player
- 1990 - Kasumi Suzuki, actress
- 1993 - Reni Takagi, singer
- 1994 - Chisato Okai, singer and actress