Portal:Japan/Anniversaries/January/January 21

1912 - Japan's first skiing competition is held at Takada in Niigata Prefecture.
1913 - The first French private school opens in Tokyo. Later graduates include Sakaguchi Ango, Tanizaki Junichiro and Takehisa Yumeji.
1930 - Japan, the United States, Great Britain, France and Italy hold a meeting in London regarding arms reduction.
1952 - Shiratori Kazuo of the Sapporo Police Department is shot and killed (the Shiratori Incident). Suspicion falls upon the Japanese Communist Party as being involved in the crime.