Portal:Japan/Anniversaries/February/February 5
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- 1348 - Emperor Go-Murakami of the Southern Court leaves Yoshino. (Traditional Japanese Date: Sixth Day of the First Month, 1348)
- 1597 - Toyotomi Hideyoshi arrests 26 Christians and sentences them to death. (Traditional Japanese Date: Nineteenth Day of the Twelfth Month, 1596)
- 1872 - The Meiji government announces the issuance of new paper money. (Traditional Japanese Date: Twenty-seventh Day of the Twelfth Month, 1871)
- 1901 - Japan fires up the furnace at its first modern ironworks.
- 1905 - Japan's first bus line opens between Yokogawa and Kawabe in Hiroshima. However, due to opposition from horse carriage drivers, the service is abolished nine months later.
- 1920 - 24,000 strike at the Hachiman Ironworks.
- 1931 - Tōkyō Airline and Transport Co. holds the first ever examination for prospective stewardesses (referred to at the time as "air girls"). One hundred forty-one young women apply for only three open positions but later quit because of the low pay.
- 1936 - The Japan Occupational Baseball League is formed, launching professional baseball in Japan.
- 1987 - The X-ray satellite the Astro C is launched.
