Portal:Japan/Anniversaries/September/September 28

September 28:

Births
 * 1667 - Asano Naganori (d. 1701), daimyo
 * 1867 - Hiranuma Kiichirō (d. 1952), politician, 35th Prime Minister of Japan
 * 1945 - Fusako Shigenobu, activist, founded the Japanese Red Army
 * 1969 - Masafumi Ōura (d. 2013), volleyball player and coach
 * 1969  - Minayo Watanabe, singer
 * 1970 - Kimiko Date-Krumm, tennis player
 * 1970  - Yūji Kishi, actor and voice actor
 * 1982 - Kazue Fukiishi, actress
 * 1992 - Koko Tsurumi, gymnast

Deaths
 * 1915 - Saitō Hajime (b. 1844), samurai

Film and television
 * 2015 - Asa ga Kita begins airing on NHK, starring Haru