Portal:Japan/Anniversaries/February/February 12
Events
- 754 - Buddhist priest Ganjin arrives from China. (Traditional Japanese Date: Sixteenth Day of the First Month, 754)
- 1868 - Okubo Toshimichi proposes to the new Meiji government that the emperor be relocated to Osaka. (Traditional Japanese Date: Nineteenth Day of the First Month, 1868)
- 1921 - Members of the Ōmotokyō religious sect (a form of Shintoism) are arrested in the first of two crackdowns against the religion.
- 1949 - The Tokyo Stock Exchange is founded. The Osaka Stock Exchange is founded three days later on February 15, 1949.
- 1984 - Naomi Uemura completes a winter solo climb to the top of Mount McKinley. However, she disappeared on the climb down and was never heard from again.
Births
- 661 - Princess Ōku (d. 702)
- 1218 - Kujō Yoritsune (d. 1256), shogun
- 1917 - Raizo Matsuno (d. 2006), politician
- 1920 - Yoshiko Yamaguchi (d. 2014), Chinese-Japanese actress, singer, and politician
- 1941 - Naomi Uemura (d. 1984), mountaineer and explorer
- 1974 - Toranosuke Takagi, race car driver
- 1985 - Leilani Gaja, model and actress
- 1987 - Miiko Morita, model, actress, and television personality
- 1988 - Nana Eikura, actress and radio host
- 1994 - Miori Ichikawa, singer
- 1995 - Rina Kawaei, singer
Deaths