Portal:Japan/Anniversaries/September/September 21

September 21:

Events
 * 1934 - The Muroto typhoon hit in western Honshū, destroying temples, schools, and other buildings in and around Osaka, and killing 3,036 people

Births
 * 1949 - Yūsaku Matsuda (d. 1989), actor
 * 1954 - Shinzō Abe, politician, 90th Prime Minister of Japan
 * 1963 - Mamoru Samuragochi, composer
 * 1994 - Fumi Nikaidō, actress and model

Deaths
 * 1954 - Kokichi Mikimoto (b. 1858), businessman