Portal:Japan/Anniversaries/February/February 25

February 25:

Events
 * 1902 - Tokyo Gas Co. gets an exclusive license to begin selling gas powered rice cookers. It is around this time that gas begins to be used for heating in addition to lighting.
 * 1947 - One hundred eighty four people are killed when a train on the Hachikō Line in Saitama jumps the tracks.
 * 1969 - The Fuji Evening News (Yūkan Fuji) is launched.
 * 1974 - The Budget Committee of the Lower House holds a hearing on consumer prices.
 * 1983 - Sakai City in Osaka passes the nation's first ethics regulations.

Births
 * 1923 - Takeo Kajiwara (d. 2009), Japanese Go player
 * 1926 - Masatoshi Gündüz Ikeda (d. 2003), Japanese-Turkish mathematician and academic
 * 1962 - Yasufumi Terawaki, actor
 * 1975 - Chiemi Chiba, voice actress, singer, and model
 * 1983 - Wataru Mori, actor
 * 1984 - Wakana Matsumoto, actress
 * 1989 - Kana Hanazawa, voice actress and singer

Deaths
 * 1553 - Hirate Masahide (b. 1492), samurai