Portal:Japan/Anniversaries/March/March 24

March 24:

Events
 * 1603 - Tokugawa Ieyasu is proclaimed shōgun. (Traditional Japanese Date: Twelfth Day of the Second Month, 1603)
 * 1855 - A treaty of amity and commerce is entered into between Japan and Russia. (Traditional Japanese Date: Seventh Day of the Second Month, 1855)
 * 1860 - Ii Naosuke, the Great Elder of the shogunate, was assassinated outside the Sakurada gate to Edo Castle (incident outside Sakurada gate. (Traditional Japanese Date: Third Day of the Third Month, 1860)
 * 1928 - "Manequin girls" (live girls modeling clothing for sale) make their appearance at the Tokyo and Ueno Takashimaya department stores.
 * 1983 - The Chūgoku Freeway, between Osaka and Shimonoseki, at the westernmost tip of Honshū, is opened.
 * 1988 - Twenty seven students and teachers on their graduation trip are killed in a train accident in Shanghai, China.
 * 1995 - The unmanned submarine explorer Kaikō sets a depth record of 10,911 meters.

Births
 * 1657 - Arai Hakuseki (d. 1725), academic and politician
 * 1947 - Meiko Kaji, actress and singer
 * 1978 - Kaori Mochida, singer-songwriter
 * 1985 - Haruka Ayase, actress and singer
 * 1985  - Sayaka Hirano, table tennis player
 * 1986 - Kohei Hirate, race car driver
 * 1987 - Yuma Asami, model and actress
 * 1993 - Ryo Ryusei, actor
 * 1994 - Stay Gold (d. 2015), race horse