Portal:Japan/Anniversaries/October/October 12
Events
- 1942 - World War II: The Battle of Cape Esperance concludes, resulting in a victory over Japan for the United States
- 1983 - Former Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka is convicted of accepting bribes as part of the Lockheed bribery scandals
Births
- 1008 - Emperor Go-Ichijō (d. 1036)
- 1891 - Fumimaro Konoe (d. 1945), politician, founded Taisei Yokusankai, 34th Prime Minister of Japan
- 1950 - Takeshi Kaga, actor
- 1960 - Hiroyuki Sanada, actor
- 1963 - Hideki Fujisawa, musician
- 1963 - Satoshi Kon (d. 2010), animator and screenwriter
- 1970 - Origa (d. 2015), Russian-Japanese singer
- 1979 - Rie Tomosaka, actress and singer
- 1989 - Anna Ohmiya, curler
- 1995 - Karin Ogino, model and actress
Deaths
- 1590 - Kanō Eitoku (b. 1543), painter
- 1632 - Kutsuki Mototsuna (b. 1549), commander
- 1858 - Hiroshige (b. 1797), painter
- 1960 - Inejiro Asanuma (b. 1898), politician
- 2007 - Kisho Kurokawa (b. 1934), architect, designed the Nakagin Capsule Tower
Film and television
- 2007 - Mop Girl begins airing on TV Asahi, starring Keiko Kitagawa
- 2010 - Second Virgin begins airing on NHK, starring Kyōka Suzuki, Kyoko Fukada, Hiroki Hasegawa, You, and Gō Ayano
- 2015 - 5-ji Kara 9-ji Made: Watashi ni Koi Shita Obōsan begins airing on Fuji Television, starring Satomi Ishihara and Tomohisa Yamashita
Holidays, observances, and anniversaries
- 1887 - Yamaha Corporation is founded
- 1940 - Taisei Yokusankai, a para-fascist organization, is organized
- 2004 - Satsumasendai, Kagoshima is founded with the merger of several towns and villages with the city of Sendai, Kagoshima