Portal:Japan/Anniversaries/October/October 1

October 1:

Events
 * 1957 - The ¥5,000 banknote is first issued featuring a portrait of Prince Shōtoku.
 * 1964 - Tōkaidō Shinkansen begins high-speed rail service from Tokyo Station to Shin-Ōsaka Station with the 0 Series Shinkansen.
 * 1967 - Radio program All Night Nippon is first broadcast by Nippon Broadcasting System.
 * 1969 - Japan's National Space Development Agency (NASDA) is formed.
 * 1991 - Yonkoma comic strip Nono-chan debuts in the Asahi Shimbun.
 * 1997 - Nagano Shinkansen rail service begins connecting Takasaki Station and Nagano Station.
 * 2001 - The Ghibli Museum opens in Mitaka, Tokyo.
 * 2003 - Japan's Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS), National Aerospace Laboratory of Japan (NAL) and National Space Development Agency (NASDA) merge to form the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA).
 * 2004 - Seattle Mariners outfielder Ichiro Suzuki gets his 258th hit of the season, breaking George Sisler's 84-year-old single-season record.
 * 2007 - An Earthquake Early Warning is first issued to the public.

Births
 * 1887 - Shizuichi Tanaka (d. 1945), general
 * 1958 - Masato Nakamura, bass player and producer
 * 1964 - Max Matsuura, songwriter, producer, and screenwriter
 * 1977 - Christel Takigawa, announcer and news presenter
 * 1986 - Sayaka Kanda (d. 2021), actress and singer
 * 1987 - Hiroki Aiba, actor and singer

Film and television
 * 1967 - Ultra Seven begins airing on Tokyo Broadcasting System