ON 28 FEBRUARY IN JAPAN’S HISTORY
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Updated on February 28, 2019
1942: Japanese land in Java, last Allied bastion in Dutch East Indies
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2852982/posts
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Java_(1942)
1942: The heavy cruiser USS Houston (CA-30) is sunk in the Battle of Sunda Strait with 693 crew members killed, along with HMAS Perth (D29) which lost 375 men
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Sunda_Strait
http://www.microworks.net/pacific/battles/sunda_strait.htm
http://www.combinedfleet.com/battles/Java_Campaign#Sunda_Strait
1952: Agreement between the USA and Japan on the deployment of US forces in Japan
1972: The Asama-Sanso incident ends in Japan
https://www.nhk.or.jp/digitalmuseum/nhk50years_en/history/p16/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asama-Sans%C5%8D_incident
http://www.gettyimages.ca/photos/asama-sanso-incident?sort=mostpopular&excludenudity=false&mediatype=photography&phrase=asama%20sanso%20incident&family=editorial
1972: Japanese Prime Minister Eisaku Sato says that Taiwan belongs to China
http://www.jakvydelat.com/eisaku-sato/
1993: Death of Japanese film director Ishiro Honda, born on 7 May 1911
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ishiro_Honda