Portal:Japan/Anniversaries/October/October 23

October 23:

Events
 * 1992 - Emperor Akihito becomes the first Emperor of Japan to stand on Chinese soil.
 * 2004 - A powerful earthquake and its aftershocks hit Niigata prefecture, northern Japan, killing 35 people, injuring 2,200, and leaving 85,000 homeless or evacuated.

Births
 * 1920 - Ted Fujita (d. 1998), Japanese-American meteorologist and academic
 * 1956 - Akie Asaka, comedian
 * 1958 - Hiroyuki Kinoshita, actor
 * 1971 - Carlo Forlivesi, Italian-Japanese composer and scholar
 * 1973 - Emi Hashino, comedian and actress
 * 1983 - Sayaka Isoyama, model, entertainer, actress, and writer
 * 1987 - Miyuu Sawai, model and actress
 * 1987  - Naomi Watanabe, actress and comedian
 * 1991 - Princess Mako of Akishino

Deaths
 * 930 - Emperor Daigo (b. 885)

Film and television
 * 2011 - Boku to Star no 99 Nichi begins airing on Fuji Television, starring Hidetoshi Nishijima and Kim Tae-hee