Portal:Japan/Anniversaries/January/January 21
Events
- 1912 - Japan's first skiing competition is held at Takada in Niigata Prefecture.
- 1913 - The first French private school opens in Tokyo. Later graduates include Sakaguchi Ango, Tanizaki Junichiro and Takehisa Yumeji.
- 1930 - Japan, the United States, Great Britain, France and Italy hold a meeting in London regarding arms reduction.
- 1952 - Shiratori Kazuo of the Sapporo Police Department is shot and killed (the Shiratori Incident). Suspicion falls upon the Japanese Communist Party as being involved in the crime.
- 2007 - Awashima Marine Park catches a video tape of the rare frilled shark.
Births
- 1935 - Masamichi Noro (d. 2013), Japanese-French martial artist
- 1936 - Koji Hashimoto (d. 2005), director
- 1959 - Masaki Kyomoto, actor, singer, entertainer, and guitarist
- 1960 - Mamoru Nagano, animator and director
- 1969 - Tsubaki Nekoi, illustrator
- 1972 - Yasunori Mitsuda, composer and producer
- 1975 - Yuji Ide, race car driver
- 1980 - Nana Mizuki, singer-songwriter and voice actress
- 1981 - Masayuki Deai, actor
- 1982 - Go Shiozaki, wrestler
Deaths
- 1546 - Azai Sukemasa (b. 1491), daimyo
Film and television
- 2012 - Always Sanchōme no Yūhi '64, a film starring Hidetaka Yoshioka, Koyuki, Shinichi Tsutsumi, and Hiroko Yakushimaru