Portal:Japan/Anniversaries/January/January 22
Events
- 646 - Emperor Kōtoku issues the Taika Reform Edicts. (Traditional Japanese Date: First Day of the First Month, 646)
- 1887 - Tōkyō Denkō begins selling electric lights.
- 1916 - Japan launches its first domestically manufactured blimp. The blimp left Tokorozawa at 1:30 p.m. and, after landing and refueling at Toyohashi, landed in Osaka at 5:10 p.m. the next day.
- 1947 - Armed police begin riding the Tōkaidō line to prevent illegal activity.
Births
- 826 - Emperor Montoku (d. 858)
- 1928 - Yoshihiko Amino (d. 2004), historian, author, and academic
- 1939 - Sonny Chiba (d. 2021), actor and martial artist
- 1955 - Keiko Takahashi, actress
- 1967 - Manabu Nakanishi, wrestler and mixed martial artist
- 1968 - Heath (d. 2023), singer-songwriter and bass player
- 1972 - Romi Park, voice actress and singer
- 1977 - Hidetoshi Nakata, footballer
- 1993 - Tasuku Nagase, actor
Deaths