Events

1845 - Japan's first match factory begins operation
1899 - As part of its effort to modernize, Japan passes its first copyright law
1904 - Russo-Japanese War: Russian troops in Korea retreat toward Manchuria followed by 100,000 Japanese troops
1951 - Japan participates in the First Asian Games, held in New Delhi
1952 - A strong earthquake from Southern Hokkaidō to Northeast Honshū (the Tokachi Earthquake) kills 307 people and destroys 3,353 homes
1966 - A Canadian Pacific Airlines DC-8 crashes at Haneda Airport, killing 64
1967 - Hawaiian sumō wrestler Takamiyama becomes the first non-Japanese wrestler to be elevated to the rank of sekitori
1974 - The ban on aluminum bats in high school baseball is lifted
1979 - Tsuneo Hasegawa conquers the northern face of Grandes Jorasses, on the border between France and Italy, during a winter solo climb

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