ON 7 APRIL IN JAPAN’S HISTORY
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Updated on April 7, 2019
1638: Death of Shimazu Tadatsune, Japanese ruler of Satsuma, born on 27 November 1576
https://wiki.samurai-archives.com/index.php?title=Shimazu_Tadatsune
1868: The Charter Oath, more literally, the Oath in Five Articles, is promulgated at the enthronement of Emperor Meiji of Japan The Oath outlined the main aims and the course of action to be followed during Emperor Meiji’s reign, setting the legal stage for Japan’s modernization. It can be considered the first constitution of modern Japan
http://www.duhaime.org/LawMuseum/LawArticle-1203/1868-Charter-Oath-of-the-Five-Articles.aspx
http://www.meijijingu.or.jp/english/about/7.html
1924: Birth of Ikuma Dan, Japanese composer (Yūzuru), who died on May 17, 2001
http://www.tohokingdom.com/people/ikuma_dan.htm
1938: End of the battle of Tai’erzhuang, won by the Chinese on Japanese
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Taierzhuang
http://history.04007.cn/en.php/HisMain/3595.html
1945: Admiral Suzuki becomes Japan’s third Prime Minister in a year
http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/topics/Kantaro_Suzuki
http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Suzuki-K.html
1945: The Japanese battleship Yamato, the largest ever constructed, is sunk 200 miles north of Okinawa while en-route on a suicide mission in Operation Ten-go
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/japanese-battleship-yamato-is-sunk-by-allied-forces
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_battleship_Yamato
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5UYt5ih1fc
2006: Ichiro Ozawa, 63 years old, is elected chairman of the Democratic Party of Japan prevailing on Naoto Kan
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ichir%C5%8D_Ozawa
2018: Japan activates first marines unit since WW2
https://www.sbs.com.au/news/japan-activates-first-marines-since-ww2