Portal:Japan/Anniversaries/February/February 22

February 22:

Events
 * 1875 - The public viewing of civil trials is allowed.
 * 1942 – World War II: President Franklin D. Roosevelt orders General Douglas MacArthur out of the Philippines as American defenses collapse against the forces of Japan.
 * 1950 - Restrictions on the purchase and sale of milk are lifted.
 * 1971 - The New Tokyo International Airport Authority implements its first power of administrative subrogation in Narita, leading to clashes between the police and the airport opposition alliance.
 * 1973 - Kiyoshi Ōkubo is sentenced to death for the kidnap and murder of 8 women.
 * 1989 - Japan's largest Yayoi period fortified settlement is discovered at Yoshinogari in Saga Prefecture.
 * 1989 - Ryuichi Sakamoto wins the Grammy for best original motion picture soundtrack.

Births
 * 1935 - Hisako Kyōda, voice actress
 * 1943 - Otoya Yamaguchi (d. 1960), assassin of Inejiro Asanuma
 * 1948 - Harumi Miyako, singer
 * 1961 - Akira Takasaki, guitarist, songwriter, and producer
 * 1984 - Yuki Sato, actor
 * 1990 - Cecil Kishimoto, model

Film and television
 * 2014 - Girl's Blood, an erotic action film starring Yuria Haga, Asami Tada, Ayame Misaki, and Rina Koike