Portal:Japan/Anniversaries/February/February 15
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- 1867 - A Tokugawa entourage attends the International Expo in Paris. (Japanese Date: Eleventh Day of the First Month, 1867)
- 1877 - Saigō Takamori departs Kagoshima, marking the beginning of the Satsuma Rebellion.
- 1916 - Japan's first school swimming pool opens at a junior high school in Osaka.
- 1925 - The Japan Ski Federation is formed.
- 1981 - The Nichigeki Dancing Team holds its last performance.
- 1984 - Kuroyanagi Tetsuko ("Totto chan") becomes a goodwill ambassador for UNICEF.
- 1987 - The International Whaling Commission calls upon Japan to halt all whaling.
