Portal:Japan/Anniversaries/October/October 24

October 24:

Events
 * 1944 - World War II: The Japanese aircraft carrier Zuikaku, and the battleship Musashi are sunk in the Battle of Leyte Gulf.
 * 1964 - The closing ceremonies of the 1964 Summer Olympics are held in Tokyo

Births
 * 1931 - Ken Utsui (d. 2014), actor
 * 1941 - Peter Takeo Okada, priest, 11th Archbishop of Tokyo
 * 1959 - Chihiro Fujioka, director and composer
 * 1980 - Aiko Itō, actress
 * 1984 - Kaela Kimura, singer-songwriter
 * 1986 - Nobuhiko Okamoto, voice actor and singer

Deaths
 * 1983 - Jiang Wen-Ye (b. 1910), Taiwanese composer, active mainly in Japan and later in China