Portal:Japan/Anniversaries/January/January 22

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January 22:

• 646 - Emperor Kōtoku issues the Taika Reform Edicts. (Traditional Japanese Date: First Day of the First Month, 646)
• 1887 - Tōkyō Denkō begins selling electric lights.
• 1916 - Japan launches its first domestically manufactured blimp. The blimp left Tokorozawa at 1:30 p.m. and, after landing and refueling at Toyohashi, landed in Osaka at 5:10 p.m. the next day.
• 1947 - Armed police begin riding the Tōkaidō line to prevent illegal activity.