Portal:Japan/Anniversaries/March/March 27

March 27:

Events
 * 1933 - Japan decides to leave the League of Nations
 * 1982 - A ceremony is held celebrating the completion of the rebuilding of the Katsura Detached Palace
 * 1985 - The Supreme Court of Japan rules that the taxation of individual income is constitutional.

Births
 * 1901 - Eisaku Satō (d. 1975), politician, 61st Prime Minister of Japan, Nobel Prize laureate
 * 1903 - Nobuo Aoyagi (d. 1976), director and producer
 * 1923 - Shūsaku Endō (d. 1996), author
 * 1961 - Tak Matsumoto, singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
 * 1966 - Haruto Umezawa, illustrator
 * 1967 - Kenta Kobashi, wrestler and rugby player
 * 1975 - Katsuaki Fujiwara, motorcycle racer
 * 1982 - Kurara Chibana, model and actress, Miss Universe Japan 2006
 * 1988 - Atsuto Uchida, footballer
 * 1992 - Aoi Yūki, voice actress and singer

Deaths
 * 1952 - Kiichiro Toyoda (b. 1894), businessman, founded Toyota