Portal:Japan/Anniversaries/January/January 7

January 7:

Events
 * 1942 - World War II: The siege of the Bataan Peninsula begins.

Births
 * 1943 - Sadako Sasaki (d. 1955), victim of the Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
 * 1944 - Kotaro Suzumura, economist and academic
 * 1948 - Ichirou Mizuki, singer-songwriter and actor
 * 1975 - Yūko Nakamura, actress
 * 1978 - Asami Imajuku, model, actress, and singer
 * 1979 - Yōko Honna, voice actress
 * 1982 - Sho Tomita, actor
 * 1997 - Ayumi Ishida, singer

Deaths
 * 1989 - Hirohito, emperor (b. 1901)
 * 1996 - Tarō Okamoto (b. 1911), painter and sculptor

Film and television
 * 1999 - Ring: The Final Chapter begins airing on Fuji Television, starring Toshirō Yanagiba, Tomoya Nagase, Akiko Yada, Kotomi Kyono, and Tae Kimura
 * 2003 - Boku no Ikiru Michi begins airing on Fuji Television, starring Akiko Yada, Haruka Ayase, Hiroki Uchi, and Tsuyoshi Kusanagi

Holidays, observances, and anniversaries
 * Nanakusa (Seven Herbs Festival).