Portal:Japan/Anniversaries/December/December 22

December 22:

Events
 * 1885 - Samurai Itō Hirobumi becomes the first Prime Minister of Japan.
 * 1944 - World War II: Vietnam People's Army is formed to resist Japanese occupation of Indo-China, now Vietnam.

Births
 * 1178 - Emperor Antoku (d. 1185)
 * 1546 - Kuroda Yoshitaka (d. 1604), daimyo
 * 1954 - Hideshi Matsuda, race car driver
 * 1963 - Luna H. Mitani, Japanese-American painter and illustrator
 * 1966 - Sayuri Kokushō, actress and singer
 * 1976 - Aya Takano, author and illustrator
 * 1981 - Megumi Yasu, entertainer and actress
 * 1987 - Osamu Adachi, actor
 * 1992 - Shiori Kutsuna, Japanese-Australian actress

Holidays, observances, and anniversaries
 * Tōji (winter solstice)