Portal:Japan/Anniversaries/September/September 18

September 18:

Events
 * 1931 - The Mukden Incident gives Japan the pretext to invade and occupy Manchuria.
 * 1945 - Gen. Douglas MacArthur moves his command headquarters to Tokyo.

Births
 * 1895 - Tomoji Tanabe (d. 2009), super-centenarian
 * 1954 - Takao Doi, engineer and astronaut
 * 1973 - Ami Onuki, singer and voice actress
 * 1990 - Yuki Yamada, actor

Deaths
 * 1598 - Toyotomi Hideyoshi (b. 1536), daimyo

Film and television
 * 1981 - Omoide Zukuri begins airing on Tokyo Broadcasting System, starring Masako Mori, Yūko Kotegawa, Yūko Tanaka, Kyōhei Shibata, and Takehiko Maeda