Portal:Japan/Anniversaries/July/July 26
Events
- 1941 - World War II: In response to the Japanese occupation of French Indo-China, US President Franklin D. Roosevelt orders the seizure of all Japanese assets in the United States.
- 1963 - The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development votes to admit Japan.
Births
- 1879 - Shunroku Hata (d. 1962), field marshal
- 1931 - Takashi Ono, gymnast
- 1936 - Tsutomu Koyama (d. 2012), volleyball player and coach
- 1939 - Jun Henmi (d. 2011), author and poet
- 1985 - Natsuki Katō, model and actress
- 1988 - Sayaka Akimoto, singer, actress, and dancer
- 1998 - Maya Sakura, singer and actress
Deaths
- 1380 - Emperor Kōmyō (b. 1322)
- 1611 - Horio Yoshiharu (b. 1542), daimyo