Portal:Japan/Anniversaries/January/January 14

January 14:

Events
 * 1943 - World War II: Operation Ke, the successful Japanese operation to evacuate their forces from Guadalcanal during the Guadalcanal campaign, begins.

Births
 * 1702 - Emperor Nakamikado (d. 1737)
 * 1905 - Takeo Fukuda (d. 1995), politician, 67th Prime Minister of Japan
 * 1925 - Yukio Mishima (d. 1970), author, poet, and playwright
 * 1938 - Morihiro Hosokawa, journalist and politician, 79th Prime Minister of Japan
 * 1954 - Masanobu Fuchi, wrestler and booker
 * 1954  - Junichi Ishida, actor and television personality
 * 1959 - Kōtarō Yoshida, actor
 * 1980 - Yūko Kaida, actress
 * 1980  - Sosuke Sumitani, announcer
 * 1980  - Hiroshi Tamaki, actor and singer
 * 1981 - Chiharu Niiyama, actress and model
 * 1983 - Takako Uehara, singer, actress, and radio host
 * 1984 - Erika Matsuo, violinist
 * 1986 - Kouhei Takeda, actor, entertainer, and model
 * 1987 - Atsushi Hashimoto, actor
 * 1998 - Ai Moritaka, model and actress

Deaths
 * 1701 - Tokugawa Mitsukuni, daimyo (b. 1628)

Film and television
 * 2007 - Karei-naru Ichizoku begins airing on Tokyo Broadcasting System, starring Takuya Kimura
 * 2008 - Bara no nai Hanaya begins airing on Fuji Television, starring Shingo Katori, Yūko Takeuchi, and Shota Matsuda
 * 2011 - Heaven's Flower The Legend of Arcana begins airing on Tokyo Broadcasting System, starring Umika Kawashima, Yoshiko Mita, and Gō Ayano
 * 2012 - Gekkō no Kamen, a film starring Itsuji Itao, Tadanobu Asano, and Satomi Ishihara
 * 2013 - Biblia Koshodō no Jiken Techō begins airing on Fuji Television, starring Ayame Goriki and Akira