Tuesday 23rd of March 1976 (-) — Pornographic actor and suicide pilot Mitsuyasu Maeno crashes a rented Piper Cherokee JA3551 airplane kamikaze-style into the mansion of multi-millionaire right-wing leader and leading figure in the Lockheed bribery scandals Yoshio Kodama Maeno's last words on the radio were “Long live the emperor! Banzai!”Kodama was in another part of the building convalescing from a stroke and escaped harm.
Sunday 6th of September 1998 (-) — Film director Akira Kurosawa dies of a stroke Kurosawa's longtime wish to die on the set while shooting a movie was never to be fulfilled.