Portal:Japan/Anniversaries/February/February 21

1892 - Japan's first daily newspaper, the Tōkyō Nichinichi Shinbun (modern day Mainichi Shinbun) is established.
1911 - One of Japan's most well-known authors, Natsume Sōseki, sends a letter to the Ministry of Education, refusing the title of professor of literature. He explains that he just wants to go on living his life as "Natsume so-and-so."
1946 - The Metropolitan Police Department begins recruiting women.
1961 - Japanese actor Akagi Keiichirō dies in an automobile accident. The accident happened while he was working as a stand-in for Ishihara Yūjirō, and Takahashi Hideki was chosen as Ishihara's new stand-in actor.
1979 - Japan's first x-ray astronomy satellite, the Hakuchō, is launched successfully.