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Poisoned curry case in Wakayama
1998 (Heisei 10)A highly toxic arsenic (arsenous acid) was mixed into the curry served at the summer festival in Sonobe, Wakayama City, killing 4 people and poisoning 63 people. Masumi Hayashi, a housewife, was arrested and charged with arsenic, and was sentenced to death for murder and attempted murder.
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Professor Kikunae Ikeda Obtains Glutamic Acid Manufacturing Patent
1908 (Meiji 41)Professor Kikunae Ikeda (1864-1936) of the Department of Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Tokyo Imperial University (currently Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Tokyo University) obtained a patent for “Glutamic acid-based seasoning manufacturing method” that produces the umami component of kelp. Suzuki Yakusho (Ajinomoto), which undertook commercialization from Ikeda, commercialized monosodium glutamate as “Ajinomoto”. Ikeda was honored as one of the “Ten Great Inventors of Japan” selected by the Japan Patent Office in 1985.
Mitsubishi establishes Nikon for domestic production of military equipment
1917 (Taisho 6) yearNippon Kogaku Kogyo (currently Nikon) was established in Haramachi, Koishikawa-ku, Tokyo (currently Hakusan, Bunkyo-ku) with the aim of domestically producing optical equipment such as rangefinders and sights. At that time, military optical equipment relied on imports, but it became difficult to obtain due to the outbreak of World War I. Established by Koyata Iwasaki, president of Mitsubishi Joint Stock Company, by integrating existing companies such as Tokyo Keiki Seisakusho. Before the war, it was manufactured mainly in the military field such as rangefinders for battleship main guns and sights for sniper rifles. After the war, it grew in the consumer field such as cameras and semiconductor manufacturing equipment.
40.8 degrees in Yamagata City, the hottest in Japan for 74 years
1933 (Showa 8)Recorded the highest temperature of 40.8 degrees in Yamagata City. It was the highest temperature ever recorded in Japan for 74 years until it was recorded at 40.9 degrees Celsius in Tajimi City, Gifu Prefecture in 2007 (Heisei 19).
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Established Housing Corporation to resolve housing difficulties
1955 (Showa 30)The Japan Housing Corporation was established to solve the postwar housing difficulties. In response to the rapid influx of population into the Tokyo metropolitan area and the Kansai area, we worked on the creation of large-scale housing estates in the suburbs and the sale and rental of apartment buildings. In 1981, it was integrated with the Residential Land & Development Corporation and became the Housing and Urban Development Corporation. After working for the Urban Infrastructure Development Corporation, it was integrated with the regional urban development and development department of the Regional Development and Development Corporation, and in July 2004, it was transferred to the Independent Administrative Institution Urban Renewal Organization (UR Urban Organization).
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Abe siblings win gold medal on the same day at the Tokyo Olympics Judo
2021 (Reiwa 3)At the Tokyo Olympics Judo, Hifumi Abe of the 66 kg class for boys and Uta Abe of the 52 kg class for women won the gold medal with their siblings. Yuto Horigome won the gold medal on the skateboarding men’s street, and Yui Ohashi won the gold medal in the 400-meter individual medley for swimming women.
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