Portal:Japan/Anniversaries/April/April 8
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- 1900 - The first sleeper cars appear on the former Sanyō Line between Kyoto and Mitajiri.
- 1922 - The Ministry of Education (Japan) establishes 2,000 regular use kanji (常用漢字 jōyō kanji?).
- 1940 - The National Fitness Law is passed, requiring regular checkups for males between the ages of 17 and 19.
- 1986 - Japanese idol singer Yukiko Okada leaps to her death at the age of 18.
