Portal:Japan/Anniversaries/March/March 2

March 2:

Events
 * 1657 - The Great Fire of Meireki claims the lives of nearly 100,000 people in Edo
 * 1886 - The Imperial University proclamation is issued establishing the Imperial University (the predecessor to Tokyo University)
 * 1943 - World War II: Due to wartime policy, all baseball terms that were previously borrowed from English are officially replaced with Japanese words
 * 1943 - World War II: Battle of the Bismarck Sea – United States and Australian forces sink Japanese convoy ships
 * 1976 - A time bomb goes off in the Hokkaidō civic center, killing two people
 * 1981 - Official repatriation of war orphans left behind in China after World War II begins

Births
 * 1955 - Shoko Asahara, cult leader, founded Aum Shinrikyo
 * 1962 - Morioka Hiroyuki, author
 * 1971 - Manami Toyota, wrestler
 * 1980 - Maomi Yuki, entertainer

Holidays, observances, and anniversaries
 * 2006 - Nintendo DS Lite is released