ON 28 DECEMBER IN JAPAN’S HISTORY
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Updated on December 28, 2018
1164: Birth of Emperor Rokujo, 79th Japanese Emperor from 1165 to 1168, who died on August 23, 1176
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Rokuj%C5%8D
1308: Hanazono, 95th Emperor of Japan is enthroned and reigns up to March 1318. Not to be confused with Go-Hanazono (1419-1471)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Hanazono
1367: Death of Ashikaga Yoshiakira, Japanese shogun, born on July 2, 1330
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashikaga_Yoshiakira
1828: 6.8 earthquake strikes Echigo Japan, 30,000 killed
1898: Birth of Shigematsu Sakaibara, Japanese Admiral, garrison commander on Wake Island during WWII. Tried then hanged in 1947
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shigematsu_Sakaibara
1934: Birth of Yujiro Ishihara, Japanese actor who died on July 17, 1987
http://shishido0.tripod.com/ishihara.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70PCRsrlXEA
1941: With the support of the Japanese, foundation of the Burma National Army
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burma_National_Army
https://www.liveleak.com/view?i=fd8_1455196596
2006: Komei Abe, Japanese composer, dies at 95
http://www.naxos.com/person/Komei_Abe/17985.htm
2015: South Korea and Japan have reached a landmark agreement on the thorny issue of wartime sex slaves, known as comfort women, that has long strained relations
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/29/world/asia/comfort-women-south-korea-japan.html?_r=0
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/12/japan-south-korea-reach-comfort-women-agreement-151228072000869.html
http://worldaffairsjournal.org/content/foreign-ministers-japan-and-republic-korea-comfort-women