Portal:Japan/Anniversaries/March/March 23

March 23:

Events
 * 1913 - The Shijō Bridge is completed in Kyoto.
 * 1953 - The repatriation of Japanese from China begins as the first ship arrives in Maizuru Port.
 * 1966 - Eyewitness testimony by a three year old is ruled admissible in a court of law.
 * 1976 - A man angry over the Lockheed scandal flies a light plane into the home of Kodama Yoshio.
 * 1977 - The supreme court accepts the first foreign bar applicant for legal training (all bar passers in Japan must complete one year of training at the supreme court before becoming a lawyer.)
 * 1987 - Three and a half years after the famikon (video game console) goes on sale, the 10 millionth unit is sold.

Births
 * 1336 - Emperor Go-Kōgon (d. 1374)
 * 1910 - Akira Kurosawa (d. 1998), director, producer, and screenwriter
 * 1920 - Tetsuharu Kawakami (d. 2013), baseball player and manager
 * 1959 - Kazue Ikura, voice actress
 * 1971 - Hiroyoshi Tenzan, wrestler
 * 1979 - Nobuo Kyo, actor
 * 1989 - Mai Nishida, model, entertainer, and actress