Portal:Japan/Anniversaries/June/June 19

June 19:

Events
 * 1917 - RIKEN is installed in Tokyo as an institution that performs Japan's first basic and applied research.
 * 1933 - Tanna Tunnel is completed, in 7.8 km, and was opened in December 1, 1934.
 * 1944 - Mariana offshore battle.
 * 1985 - Investment journal president Shigeki Nakae is arrested.

Births
 * 1301 - Prince Morikuni (d. 1333)
 * 1909 - Osamu Dazai (d. 1948), author
 * 1909  - Midori Naka (d. 1945), actress
 * 1966 - Joi Ito, Japanese-American businessman
 * 1973 - Yuko Nakazawa, singer and actress
 * 1973  - Yasuhiko Yabuta, baseball player
 * 1987 - Miho Fukuhara, singer and actress
 * 1987  - Mutsumi Tamura, voice actress
 * 1998 - Suzu Hirose, actress and model