Portal:Japan/Anniversaries/January/January 31

1882 - The first life insurance policy beneficiary in Japan collects on a policy.
1947 - The General Headquarters (GHQ) issues an order prohibiting a general strike scheduled for February 1.
1956 - Chiharu Igaya becomes the first Japanese to win an Olympic medal at the 7th Winter Olympics.
1979 - Egawa Suguru joins the Hanshin Tigers and is traded the same day for the Tokyo Giants' Kobayashi Shigeru.
1985 - Social novelist Ishikawa Tatsuzō dies.
1999 - Professional wrestler Giant Baba dies.