Portal:Japan/Anniversaries/September/September 15

September 15:

Events
 * 1600 - Battle of Sekigahara
 * 1894 - First Sino-Japanese War: Japan defeats China in the Battle of Pyongyang.

Births
 * 767 - Saichō (d. 822), monk
 * 1880 - Chujiro Hayashi (d. 1940), physician
 * 1926 - Shohei Imamura (d. 2006), director, producer, and screenwriter
 * 1953 - Keiko Takeshita, actress
 * 1974 - Arata Iura, actor, model, and fashion designer
 * 1977 - Angela Aki, singer-songwriter
 * 1983 - Yuka Hirata, actress and model
 * 1996 - Nao Furuhata, idol and singer
 * 1999 - Nana Owada, idol, singer, and actress

Holidays, observances, and anniversaries
 * Respect for the Aged Day before 2003; beginning in 2003, Respect for the Aged Day is held on the third Monday of September.