1707    The 1707 Hōei earthquake causes more than 5,000 deaths in Honshu, Shikoku and Kyūshū, Japan

1918    The Japanese Imperial Navy battleship ''Kawachi'' blows up at Shunan, western Honshu, Japan, killing at least 621.

1934    A large typhoon hits western Honshū, Japan, killing 3,036 people.

1951    Fujiyoshida, a city located in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan, in the center of the Japanese main island of Honshū is founded.

1959    Nearly 5000 people die on the main Japanese island of Honshū as the result of a typhoon.

1983    The pilot shaft of the Seikan Tunnel, the world's longest sub-aqueous tunnel (53.85 km) between the Japanese islands of Honshū and Hokkaidō, breaks through.

1998    In Japan, the Akashi-Kaikyo Bridge linking Shikoku with Honshū and costing about $3.8 billion USD, opens to traffic, becoming the largest suspension bridge in the world.