Portal:Japan/Anniversaries/June/June 21

June 21:

Events
 * 1582 - Sengoku period: Oda Nobunaga, the most powerful of the Japanese daimyō, was forced to commit suicide by his own general Akechi Mitsuhide.
 * 1900 - The Metropolitan Police Department established road enforcement regulations.
 * 1951 - Japan became a member of the International Labour Organization and UNESCO.
 * 1957 - Kinetsu starts the operation of the cooling process.
 * 1978 - Continental shelf related bills are established.
 * 1994 - 100 yen equals to one dollar is established.

Births
 * 1730 - Motoori Norinaga (d. 1801), poet and scholar
 * 1952 - Kōichi Mashimo, director and screenwriter
 * 1972 - Nobuharu Asahara, sprinter and long jumper
 * 1986 - Hiroya Matsumoto. actor
 * 1986  - Hideaki Wakui, baseball player
 * 1990 - Kasumi Suzuki, actress
 * 1993 - Reni Takagi, singer
 * 1994 - Chisato Okai, singer and actress