ON 22 JANUARY IN JAPAN’S HISTORY
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Updated on January 22, 2019
1553: Birth of Mori Terumoto, Japanese warrior, who died on 27 April 1599
http://www.samurai-archives.com/terumoto.html
1928: Birth of Shozo Shimamoto, Japanese painter who died on January 25, 2013
http://artasiapacific.com/News/MemoryOfShozoShimamotoGutaiArtistHonored
http://www.axel-vervoordt.com/en/gallery/artists/shozo-shimamoto/bio
http://www.google.fr/search?q=shozo+shimamoto&nord=1&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=-ozeUpeXArLOyAPI54GIDA&sqi=2&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAQ&biw=1366&bih=628
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwpnezZxkhY
1928: Birth of Yoshihiko Amino, Japanese historian who died on February 27, 2004
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoshihiko_Amino
1943: Australian and American forces finally defeat the Japanese army in Papua New Guinea. This turning point in the Pacific War marks the beginning of the end of Japanese aggression
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Buna-Gona
http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/topics/Battle_of_Buna-Gona
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNCBEZtzSz4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCbG0kRnlNw&feature=related
1972: Birth of Romi Paku, Japanese seiyu (voice actress)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romi_Paku
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgH_QNvYghU
1993: Death of Abe Kobo, Japanese writer, born on March 7, 1924
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-kobo-abe-1480301.html
http://www.nytimes.com/1993/01/23/obituaries/kobo-abe-68-the-skeptical-poet-of-an-uprooted-society-is-dead.html
