ON 19 JANUARY IN JAPAN’S HISTORY
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Updated on January 19, 2019
1200: Birth of Dogen Zenji, Japanese Buddhist monk who died on September 22, 1253
http://sped2work.tripod.com/dogen.html
1686: Birth of Hakuin Ekaku, Japanese Zen Buddhist
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hakuin_Ekaku
http://saieditor.com/stars/hakuin.html
1895: During the sino-Japanese war, Japanese landing in Shandong Chengshan. Beginning of the decisive battle of Weihaiwei the following day
1932: Five Japanese are attacked in Shanghai by Chinese. One of them, a Buddhist monk is killed
1942: Japanese forces invade Burma from Thailand
http://ww2db.com/battle_spec.php?battle_id=59
1946: Founding of the International military tribunal for Far-East, or Tokyo Tribunal
http://ibiblio.org/hyperwar/PTO/IMTFE/index.html
http://www.geocities.co.jp/Milano-Aoyama/6915/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Military_Tribunal_for_the_Far_East
1948: Death of Onisaburo Deguchi, co-founder of the Japanese religious sect Oomoto
http://www.oomoto.or.jp/English/enKyos/seisi-en.html
1958: Peace treaty and war reparations agreement between Japan and Indonesia
1960: Signature of a new treaty of mutual cooperation and security between USA and Japan
http://www.mofa.go.jp/region/n-america/us/q&a/ref/1.html
http://www.mofa.go.jp/region/n-america/us/security/agree0009.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Mutual_Cooperation_and_Security_between_the_United_States_and_Japan
1977: Birth of Cocco, Japanese singer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cocco
http://www.cocco.co.jp/english/index.html
1977: President Gerald Ford pardons Iva Toguri D’Aquino “Tokyo Rose”
http://www.biography.com/people/tokyo-rose-37481?page=1
1983: Birth of Hikaru Utada, Japanese singer
http://women.stareastasia.com/hikaru-utada/
http://yummycelebrities.com/2006/02/05/utada-hikaru/
1985: Birth of Rika Ishikawa, Japanese singer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rika_Ishikawa
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUX9xipa3RQ&NR=1