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[MoCHE] Travel Through History #5

Day 3,146, 10:47 • Published in Japan Japan

• by Nanashi Senshi

Greetings citizens of eJapan and e-world, our Travel through the history articles continues. We are about to embark on unique time travel, so prepare yourself for a journey through time and witness important events in japanese history, enjoy😁

As usuall, Hiro Nakamura, the Master of Time and Space, will be our guide😁

1st of July

1589: Death of Lady Saigō, a wife of Tokugawa Ieyasu.

1859: In Japan, Hakodate, Kanagawa and Nagasaki are opened to British commerce and British subjects could travel within a range of 25 miles of each port.

1943: Tokyo City merges with Tokyo Prefecture and is dissolved. Since then, no city in Japan has had the name « Tokyo » (present-day Tokyo is not officially a city).

2006: Death of former Japanese premier Ryutaro Hashimoto.

2nd of July

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3rd of July

1442: Birth of Go-Tsuchimikado, 103rd emperor of Japan.

1888: Birth of Murakami Kagaku, a Japanese painter and illustrator.

1930: Birth of Kinji Fukasaku, film director and screenwriter.

1945: US troops land at Balikpapan and take Sepinggan airfield on Borneo (Indonesia).

1985: Birth of Minami Keisuke, Japanese singer and actor.

1991: Birth of Tomomi Itano, Japanese actress and singer.

4th of July

1330: Birth of Ashikaga Yoshiakira, Japanese shogun.

1868: The Battle of Ueno, in the city of Edo (Tokyo), the last forces of Japan’s Tokugawa shogunate are defeated, completing the Meiji Restoration.

1910: In a mutual defense agreements, Japan and Russia delineate their spheres of influence in Manchuria.

1920: The provisional government of Siberia’s Maritime Province agrees to hand over parts of the strategic oil- and coal-rich Sakhalin Islands to Japan.

1973: Birth of Gackt Camui - Gackt, musician, singer, songwriter and actor.

1984: Birth of Akanishi Jin, musician, singer, songwriter and actor.

1986: Birth of Takahisa Masuda, Japanese singer/idol.

5th of July

967: Death of Emperor Murakami of Japan.

1861: British legation in Edo.

1945: Liberation of the Philippines from Japanese is declared.

1951: Birth of Junko Abe - Keiko Fuji, Japanese enka singer and actress.

1968: Birth of Kenji Ito - Itoken, video game composer and musician.

1968: Birth of Ken Akamatsu, a mangaka (comic artist).

1984: Birth of Yu Yamada, Ryukyuan model, actress and singer.

1995: Death of Takeo Fukuda, Japanese Prime Minister.