Portal:Japan/Anniversaries/January/January 21

January 21:

Events
 * 1912 - Japan's first skiing competition is held at Takada in Niigata Prefecture.
 * 1913 - The first French private school opens in Tokyo. Later graduates include Sakaguchi Ango, Tanizaki Junichiro and Takehisa Yumeji.
 * 1930 - Japan, the United States, Great Britain, France and Italy hold a meeting in London regarding arms reduction.
 * 1952 - Shiratori Kazuo of the Sapporo Police Department is shot and killed (the Shiratori Incident). Suspicion falls upon the Japanese Communist Party as being involved in the crime.
 * 2007 - Awashima Marine Park catches a video tape of the rare frilled shark.

Births
 * 1935 - Masamichi Noro (d. 2013), Japanese-French martial artist
 * 1936 - Koji Hashimoto (d. 2005), director
 * 1959 - Masaki Kyomoto, actor, singer, entertainer, and guitarist
 * 1960 - Mamoru Nagano, animator and director
 * 1969 - Tsubaki Nekoi, illustrator
 * 1972 - Yasunori Mitsuda, composer and producer
 * 1975 - Yuji Ide, race car driver
 * 1980 - Nana Mizuki, singer-songwriter and voice actress
 * 1981 - Masayuki Deai, actor
 * 1982 - Go Shiozaki, wrestler

Deaths
 * 1546 - Azai Sukemasa (b. 1491), daimyo

Film and television
 * 2012 - Always Sanchōme no Yūhi '64, a film starring Hidetaka Yoshioka, Koyuki, Shinichi Tsutsumi, and Hiroko Yakushimaru