Portal:Japan/Anniversaries/September/September 22

September 22:

Births
 * 1878 - Shigeru Yoshida (d. 1967), politician, 51st Prime Minister of Japan
 * 1939 - Junko Tabei, mountaineer
 * 1956 - Masayuki Suzuki, singer
 * 1981 - Subaru Shibutani, singer-songwriter and actor
 * 1982 - Kosuke Kitajima, swimmer
 * 1983 - Eriko Imai, singer

Deaths
 * 1253 - Dōgen (b. 1200), monk and philosopher
 * 1957 - Soemu Toyoda (b. 1885), admiral

Film and television
 * 2012 - Bingo, a comedy film starring Kazuki Shimizu and Sakiko Matsui

Holidays, observances, and anniversaries
 * Autumnal Equinox Day