Portal:Japan/Anniversaries/January/January 12

January 12:

Events
 * 1898 - Ito Hirobumi begins his third term as Prime Minister.

Births
 * 1914 - Mieko Kamiya (d. 1979), psychiatrist
 * 1935 - Tomiko Ishii, actress
 * 1949 - Kentarō Haneda (d. 2007), pianist and composer
 * 1949  - Haruki Murakami, author, translator, and academic
 * 1968 - Junichi Masuda, director, producer, and composer
 * 1976 - Miki Nakatani, actress and singer
 * 1983 - Miho Tanaka, model, entertainer, and actress
 * 1986 - Ayako Imoto, comedian and television personality
 * 1992 - Mao Kobayashi, model and singer
 * 1993 - Yu Inaba, Japanese actor
 * 1993  - Aika Mitsui, singer
 * 1996 - Ai Hashimoto, model and actress

Deaths
 * 2003 - Kinji Fukasaku (b. 1930), actor, director, and screenwriter

Film and television
 * 2004 - Pride begins airing on Fuji Television, starring Takuya Kimura and Yūko Takeuchi
 * 2012 - Saigo Kara Nibanme no Koi begins airing on Fuji Television, starring Kyōko Koizumi and Kiichi Nakai
 * 2012  - Saiko no Jinsei begins airing on Tokyo Broadcasting System, starring Tomohisa Yamashita, Nana Eikura, and Takashi Sorimachi