ON 15 OCTOBER IN JAPAN’S HISTORY
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Updated on October 15, 2019
1904: The Russian Baltic Fleet leaves Reval, Estonia for Port Arthur (Lushun) in China during the Russo-Japanese War
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russo-Japanese_War
1948: Shigeru Yoshida succeeds Hitoshi Ashida as 48th Prime minister, up to February 1949
http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Shigeru_Yoshida.aspx#1
1955: Death of Fumio Hayasaka, Japanese composer, born on August 1914
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fumio_Hayasaka
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fel93RxdDBw
1952: Birth of Kunihiko Yuyama, Pokemo series film director
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=3943
1982: Birth of Yoko Maki, Japanese actress
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1536988/
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=17780
http://www.acephotos.org/t47840/yoko-maki-photos.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ig9x8l6OqDc
2001: Japan prime minister Junichiro Koizumi pays a visit to Seoul. As he did in Beijing, he expresses his remorse for old past
http://japan.kantei.go.jp/koizumiphoto/2001/10/15korea_e.html
2002: In Japan 5 citizens snatched by North Korean agents in 1978, returned home for a visit
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2002/oct/16/northkorea.japan
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/northkorea/1410389/Japanese-kidnapped-by-North-Koreans-return-home-in-tears.html
2004: Japan wins a two-year term on the U.N. Security Council along with Argentina, Denmark, Greece and Tanzania.