Portal:Japan/Anniversaries/January/January 27

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January 27:

• 1868 - The Battle of Toba-Fushimi begins. (Traditional Japanese Date: Third Day of the First Month, 1868)
• 1885 - The first ship of Japanese immigrants headed for Hawaii leaves Yokohama harbor.
• 1970 - The first Japan airliner is allowed to fly over Siberia, cutting the flight time to Europe by two hours.
• 1983 - The Seikan Tunnel, a 53.9 kilometer tunnel connecting the main island of Honshū with Hokkaidō, is completed. It opens in March.
• 1993 - Miyazawa Rie announces that she is breaking off her engagement to Sumō wrestler Takanohana.
• 1993 - Akebono becomes the first non-Japanese sumō wrestler to reach the rank of Yokozuna, and Takanohana becomes the youngest wrestler to be promoted to Ōzeki.