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July 28:

Events

• 1957 - Heavy rain and mudslide occur at Isahaya in western Kyūshū, 992 killed.

Births

• 1938 - Alberto Fujimori, Peruvian politician, 90th President of Peru, given Japanese citizenship when he fled Peru
• 1948 - Eiichi Ohtaki (d. 2013), singer-songwriter and producer
• 1952 - Amano Yoshitaka, artist
• 1960 - Yōichi Takahashi, illustrator
• 1966 - Shikao Suga, singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1967 - Taka Hirose, bass player
• 1978 - Hitomi Yaida, singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1980 - Harumi Nemoto, model
• 1987 - Sumire (d. 2009), model
• 1991 - Rina Aizawa, actress and gravure idol

Deaths

• 1965 - Edogawa Ranpo (b. 1894), author and critic

Film and television

• 2012 - Eight Ranger, a film starring You Yokoyama, Subaru Shibutani, Shingo Murakami, Ryuhei Maruyama, Shota Yasuda, Ryo Nishikido, Tadayoshi Okura, and Hiroshi Tachi