1657 - Tokugawa Mitsukuni establishes editorial institutions in Edo and Mito[disambiguation needed] that begin compiling a comprehensive history of Japan that came to be known as the History of Great Japan (Dainihonshi). It wasn't completed until 1906. (Traditional Japanese Date: Twenty-seventh Day of the Second Month, 1657)
1928 - The Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Nihon Shōkō Kaigisho) is formed.
1946 - Japan's first post-war elections are held, and 39 women are elected.
1988 - The world's longest dual-use bridge (automobile and train), the Seto Ōhashi, is completed joining Japan's main island of Honshū with the island of Shikoku.