Portal:Japan/Anniversaries/February/February 11

1869 - Japan's first lighthouse is erected at Kannonsaki on the Miura peninsula. (Traditional Japanese Date: First Day of the First Month, 1869)
1889 - The Meiji Constitution is promulgated.
1913 - The first tombow pencils go on sale.
1970 - The Tokyo University Space and Astronautical Research Center launches Japan's first (the world's fourth) man made satellite "Ōsumi."
1981 - Ichikawa Fusae, the chair of the League of Women Voters of Japan and champion of women's rights, dies.