Portal:Japan/Anniversaries/July/July 1

July 1:

Events
 * 1943 - Tokyo City merges with Tokyo Prefecture and is dissolved. Since then, no city in Japan has had the name "Tokyo." (Present-day Tokyo is not considered a city.)
 * 1979 - Sony introduces the Walkman.

Births
 * 1916 - Olivia de Havilland, Japanese-American actress and singer
 * 1920 - Harold Sakata (d. 1982), Japanese-American wrestler and actor
 * 1946 - Masaharu Satō, voice actor
 * 1947 - Kazuyoshi Hoshino, race car driver
 * 1956 - Takayuki Godai, actor
 * 1977 - Keigo Hayashi, musician
 * 1990 - Natsuki Sato, singer
 * 1994 - Anri Okamoto, model and actress

Film and television
 * 1999 - Rasen begins airing on Fuji Television, starring Goro Kishitani
 * 2002 - Lunch no Joō begins airing on Fuji Television, starring Yūko Takeuchi, Yōsuke Eguchi, Satoshi Tsumabuki, and Shinichi Tsutsumi
 * 2012 - Beautiful Rain begins airing on Fuji Television, starring Etsushi Toyokawa and Mana Ashida