Portal:Japan/Anniversaries/May/May 23

May 23:

Events
 * 1896 - One high baseball team play against a foreign team from Yokohama (first baseball game of a foreigner). The Daiichi baseball team won in 29-4.
 * 1919 - 3 Yen or more taxpayers to election law established that gives the right to vote.
 * 1969 - A pollution white paper is first announced for the first time.
 * 1980 - Kagemusha directed by Akira Kurosawa wins the Grand Prix at the Cannes Film Festival. It was the first Japanese film since Jigokumon in 26 years.

Births
 * 1938 - Nobuyuki Katsube, actor and voice actor
 * 1959 - Ryuta Kawashima, neuroscientist and academic
 * 1965 - Kappei Yamaguchi, voice actor and singer
 * 1989 - Natsuna Watanabe, actress and model

Film and television
 * 2009 - Mr. Brain begins airing on Tokyo Broadcasting System, starring Takuya Kimura
 * 2015 - Initiation Love, a romance film starring Atsuko Maeda, Shota Matsuda, and Fumino Kimura