Portal:Japan/Anniversaries/July/July 12
Events
- 1918 - Japanese Imperial Navy battle ship Kawachi blew up at Shunan, western Honshu, Japan, killing at least 621.
Births
- 1394 - Ashikaga Yoshinori (d. 1441), shogun
- 1909 - Motoichi Kumagai (d. 2010), photographer and illustrator
- 1966 - Taiji (d. 2011), bass player and songwriter
- 1966 - Misato Watanabe, singer
- 1971 - Kristi Yamaguchi, Japanese-American figure skater
- 1979 - Maya Kobayashi, journalist
- 1983 - Megumi Kawamura, volleyball player
- 1984 - Yoshino Nanjō, voice actress and singer
- 1988 - Risa Taneda, voice actress
- 1992 - Anna Ishibashi, model and actress
- 1994 - Kanako Momota, singer-songwriter
Deaths
- 1441 - Ashikaga Yoshinori (b. 1394), shogun
- 1966 - Daisetsu Teitaro Suzuki (d. 1870), author of books and essays on Buddhism, Zen, and Shin
Film and television
- 2011 - Ariadne no Dangan begins airing on Fuji Television, starring Atsushi Itō, Tōru Nakamura, Katsunori Takahashi, and Manami Konishi