Portal:Japan/Anniversaries/July/July 30

July 30:

Events
 * 1945 - World War II: Japanese submarine I-58 sinks the USS Indianapolis, killing 883 seamen.
 * 1953 - Rikidōzan holds a ceremony announcing the establishment of the Japan Pro Wrestling Alliance.
 * 1971 - An All Nippon Airways Boeing 727 and a Japanese Air Force F-86 collide over Morioka, Japan killing 162.

Births
 * 1984 - Ryōhei Kimura, voice actor
 * 1985 - Shinwa Kataoka, actor
 * 1993 - Miho Miyazaki, singer and actress

Deaths
 * 1912 - Emperor Meiji (b. 1852)
 * 1965 - Jun'ichirō Tanizaki (b. 1886), author