Portal:Japan/Anniversaries/January/January 5

January 5:

• 1874 - A road for horse carriages joining Tokyo's Kyōbashi district and Shinbashi district is completed.
• 1905 - Japan's General Nogi Maresuke and Russia's General Anatoly Stoessel meet at Shǔishīgōng (水師営, Suishiei).
• 1919 - Matsuisu Mako, a Shingeki (western style drama) actress, commits suicide. It is believed that she committed suicide to be with Shimamura Hōgetsu, who died two months earlier. Shimamura was a literary figure who co-founded the Geijutsuza Club with Matsuisu Mako for the purpose of introducing modern western style drama to Japan.
• 1955 - Cinerama opens in Tokyo and Osaka.
• 1974 - Japan and China sign a trade agreement.