Portal:Japan/Anniversaries/February/February 22

1875 - The public viewing of civil trials is allowed.
1950 - Restrictions on the purchase and sale of milk are lifted.
1971 - The New Tokyo International Airport Authority implements its first power of administrative subrogation in Narita, leading to clashes between the police and the airport opposition alliance.
1973 - Ōkubo Kiyoshi is sentenced to death for the kidnap and murder of 8 women.
1989 - Japan's largest Yayoi period fortified settlement is discovered at Yoshinogari in Saga Prefecture.
1989 - Sakamoto Ryūichi wins the Grammy for best original motion picture soundtrack.