Portal:Japan/Anniversaries/January/January 12
Events
- 1898 - Ito Hirobumi begins his third term as Prime Minister.
Births
- 1914 - Mieko Kamiya (d. 1979), psychiatrist
- 1935 - Tomiko Ishii, actress
- 1949 - Kentarō Haneda (d. 2007), pianist and composer
- 1949 - Haruki Murakami, author, translator, and academic
- 1968 - Junichi Masuda, director, producer, and composer
- 1976 - Miki Nakatani, actress and singer
- 1983 - Miho Tanaka, model, entertainer, and actress
- 1986 - Ayako Imoto, comedian and television personality
- 1992 - Mao Kobayashi, model and singer
- 1993 - Yu Inaba, Japanese actor
- 1993 - Aika Mitsui, singer
- 1996 - Ai Hashimoto, model and actress
Deaths
- 2003 - Kinji Fukasaku (b. 1930), actor, director, and screenwriter
Film and television
- 2004 - Pride begins airing on Fuji Television, starring Takuya Kimura and Yūko Takeuchi
- 2012 - Saigo Kara Nibanme no Koi begins airing on Fuji Television, starring Kyōko Koizumi and Kiichi Nakai
- 2012 - Saiko no Jinsei begins airing on Tokyo Broadcasting System, starring Tomohisa Yamashita, Nana Eikura, and Takashi Sorimachi