Portal:Japan/Anniversaries/April/April 4

1879 - The Ryūkyū Clan is abolished and Okinawa is born.
1890 - Patrick Lafcadio Hearn, known in Japan as Koizumi Yakumo after gaining Japanese citizenship, first arrives in Japan.
1899 - The Tokyo University of Foreign Studies is founded.
1905 - The Waseda Baseball Club travels abroad for the first time.
1978 - The female singing trio known as Candies play their final concert at the Kōrakuen Stadium.
1983 - NHK's morning drama Oshin debuts, eventually pulling in ratings as high as 65%.