Portal:Japan/Anniversaries/May/May 30

May 30:

Events
 * 713 - Emperor Genmei ordered the armistice of the "fudoki". (Japanese Date: Second Day of the Fifth Month, 713)
 * 1590 - Edo Castle surrendered. (Japanese Date: Twenty-seventh Day of the Fourth Month, 1590)
 * 1921 - The Ministry of Communications allowed private wireless telephones.
 * 1958 - Closure of the war criminal camp Sugamo Prison.
 * 1966 - US military nuclear submarine Snook arrived in Yonosuka for the first time.
 * 1967 - Toyo Kogyo's (currently Mazda) Cosmo Sports is the first rotary engine vehicle in the world on sale.
 * 1968 - Promulgated Consumer Production Basic Law.
 * 1972 - Tel Aviv airport shootings, 26 people were killed.
 * 1983 - A policy of the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications will allow CATV business to the private sector is announced.
 * 1990 - An acid icicle is found in Tsuchiura, Ibaraki Prefecture.

Births
 * 1914 - Akinoumi Setsuo (d. 1979), sumo wrestler, the 37th Yokozuna
 * 1920 - Franklin J. Schaffner (d. 1989), Japanese-American director and producer
 * 1969 - Naomi Kawase, director, producer, and screenwriter
 * 1969  - Ryuhei Kitamura, director, producer, and screenwriter
 * 1972 - Sōichirō Hoshi, voice actor and singer
 * 1979 - Rie Kugimiya, voice actress and singer
 * 1980 - Ryōgo Narita, author
 * 1981 - Hisanori Takada, footballer
 * 1982 - Asahi Uchida, actor
 * 1993 - Sota Fukushi, actor