Portal:Japan/Anniversaries/July/July 26

July 26:

Events
 * 1941 - World War II: In response to the Japanese occupation of French Indo-China, US President Franklin D. Roosevelt orders the seizure of all Japanese assets in the United States.
 * 1963 - The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development votes to admit Japan.

Births
 * 1879 - Shunroku Hata (d. 1962), field marshal
 * 1931 - Takashi Ono, gymnast
 * 1936 - Tsutomu Koyama (d. 2012), volleyball player and coach
 * 1939 - Jun Henmi (d. 2011), author and poet
 * 1985 - Natsuki Katō, model and actress
 * 1988 - Sayaka Akimoto, singer, actress, and dancer
 * 1998 - Maya Sakura, singer and actress

Deaths
 * 1380 - Emperor Kōmyō (b. 1322)
 * 1611 - Horio Yoshiharu (b. 1542), daimyo