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October 22:

Events
 * 794 - Emperor Kanmu relocates the Japanese capital to Heiankyo (now Kyoto)

Births
 * 1197 - Emperor Juntoku (d. 1242)
 * 1917 - Joan Fontaine (d. 2013), Japanese-American actress and singer
 * 1939 - Susumu Kurobe, actor
 * 1948 - Tetsuo Kanno, politician
 * 1957 - Chris Peppler, radio personality
 * 1960 - Shigeru Muroi, actress
 * 1961 - Takaaki Ishibashi, comedian, singer, and actor
 * 1966 - Yuri Arbachakov, Russian-Japanese boxer
 * 1973 - Ichiro Suzuki, baseball player
 * 1985 - Manpei Takagi, actor
 * 1985  - Shinpei Takagi, actor
 * 1986 - Kenji Ebisawa, actor
 * 1986  - Akihiro Sato, footballer

Deaths
 * 1625 - Kikkawa Hiroie (b. 1561), daimyo
 * 1914 - Konishiki Yasokichi I (b. 1866), sumo wrestler, the 17th Yokozuna
 * 1979 - Mieko Kamiya (b. 1914), psychiatrist
 * 1991 - Hachiro Kasuga (b. 1924), singer
 * 1999 - Mitsugi Ohno (b. 1926), glassblower
 * 2010 - Eio Sakata (b. 1920), Go player

Film and television
 * 2011 - Gyokairui Yamaoka Maiko, a fantasy film starring Uki Satake and Cocoro Takami
 * 2012 - Priceless begins airing on Fuji Television, starring Takuya Kimura

Holidays, observances, and anniversaries
 * Jidai Matsuri (Kyoto)
 * 2010 - The International Nuclear Energy Development of Japan is founded