ON 12 JANUARY IN JAPAN’S HISTORY
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Updated on January 12, 2019
1898: Ito Hirobumi begins his third term as Prime Minister of Japan
http://www.jref.com/glossary/ito_hirobumi.shtml
1935: Birth of Tomiko Ishii, Japanese actress
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0411032/
1945: US Task Force 38 destroys 41 Japanese ships in Battle Gratitude off the cost of Vietnam
http://www.mighty90.com/Operation_GRATITUDE.html
http://ww2db.com/battle_spec.php?battle_id=323
1949: Birth of Haruki Murakami, popular Japanese writer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haruki_Murakami
1949: Birth of Kentaro Haneda, Japanese composer who died on June 2, 2007
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kentaro_Haneda
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0352600/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAa8XaO5nsA
1968: Birth of Junichi Masuda, Japanese composer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junichi_Masuda
http://www.ocremix.org/composer/id/281/junichi-masuda/
1993: Birth of Aika Mitsui, Japanese singer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aika_Mitsui
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tj9g5SI8QII
2003: Death of Kinji Fukasaku, Japanese director, born on July 3, 1930
http://www.midnighteye.com/features/focus_fukasaku.shtml