20th century

Akashi Kaijin 明石海人 1901 Writer Akira Shimada 島田叡 1901 Politician Motojirō Kajii 梶井基次郎 1901 Writer Mushitarō Oguri 小栗虫太郎 1901 Writer Hirotada Kachō 華頂宮博忠王 1902 Politician Masako Ogawa 小川正子 1902 Writer On Watanabe 渡辺温 1902 Writer Fumiko Kaneko 金子文子 1903 Politician Kōtarō Migishi 三岸好太郎 1903 Painter Misuzu Kaneko 金子みすゞ 1903 Writer Shimaki Kensaku 島木健作 1903 Writer Tokihiko Okada 岡田時彦 1903 Actor Nittai-ji Temple 覚王山日泰寺 1904 Buddhist temple Aimitsu 靉光 1907 Painter Chūya Nakahara 中原中也 1907 Writer Kinue Hitomi 人見絹枝 1907 Journalist Atsushi Nakajima 中島敦 1909 Writer Kōichi Kishi 貴志康一 1909 Musician Osamu Dazai 太宰治 1909 Writer Chika Sagawa 左川ちか 1911 Writer Tomegorō Yoshizumi 吉住留五郎 1911 Journalist Hirohide Fushimi 伏見博英 1912 Politician Shunsuke Matsumoto 松本竣介 1912 Painter Taishō era 大正 1912 Japanese era name Verda Majo 長谷川テル 1912 Writer Hidemitsu Tanaka 田中英光 1913 Writer Nankichi Niimi 新美南吉 1913 Writer Sakunosuke Oda 織田作之助 1913 Writer Hōjō Tamio 北条民雄 1914 Writer Michizō Tachihara 立原道造 1914 Writer Michiko Kuwano 桑野通子 1915 Actor 1925 North Tajima earthquake 北但馬地震 1925 Earthquake Shōwa era 昭和 1926 Japanese era name 1927 North Tango earthquake 北丹後地震 1927 Earthquake Soviet–Japanese border conflicts 日ソ国境紛争 1932 War Tsuyama massacre 津山事件 1938 Massacre Bangka Island massacre バンカ島事件 1942 Massacre 1943 Tottori earthquake 鳥取地震 1943 Earthquake 1945 Mikawa earthquake 三河地震 1945 Earthquake Battle of Iwo Jima 硫黄島の戦い 1945 Battle Battle of Okinawa 沖縄戦 1945 Battle Japanese Instrument of Surrender 日本の降伏文書 1945 Peace treaty 1948 Fukui earthquake 福井地震 1948 Natural disaster Korean War 朝鮮戦争 1950 War Security Treaty Between the United States and Japan 日本国とアメリカ合衆国との間の安全保障条約 1951 Treaty 1973 Taiyo Department Store fire 大洋デパート火災 1952 Conflagration 1964 Niigata earthquake 新潟地震 1964 Natural disaster 1982 Urakawa earthquake 浦河沖地震 1982 Natural disaster 1983 Sea of Japan earthquake 日本海中部地震 1983 Earthquake 1984 Nagano earthquake 長野県西部地震 1984 Earthquake Bunkamura Bunkamura 1989 Historic site Heisei era 平成 1989 Japanese era name Art Tower Mito 水戸芸術館 1990 Historic site Sendai Daikannon Temple 大観密寺 1991 Buddhist temple 1993 Kushiro-Oki earthquake 釧路沖地震 1993 Earthquake 1993 Okushiri earthquake 北海道南西沖地震 1993 Earthquake 1994 Kuril Islands earthquake 北海道東方沖地震 1994 Earthquake 1994 offshore Sanriku earthquake 三陸はるか沖地震 1994 Natural disaster Great Hanshin Earthquake 兵庫県南部地震 1995 Natural disaster Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo 東京都現代美術館 1995 Historic site