Historical clue formulations

• One from "Japan's kitchen" — 2026-08-15
• Like those local to Universal Studios Japan — 2026-01-21
• Resident of Japan's third-largest city — 2025-06-04
• Resident of Japan's "second city" — 2020-07-26
• Pitcher Hideo Nomo, e.g., by birth — 2019-01-06
• Native of Japan's "second city" — 2018-01-02
• Certain Honshu resident — 2016-07-24
• Resident of the so-called "Chicago of Japan" — 2015-01-13
• Certain bullet train rider — 2013-12-12
• Resident of Japan's "second city" — 2008-04-29
• One of 2.7 million Japanese — 2007-02-03
• Dweller on the Yodo River — 2006-12-15
• Certain Japanese — 1997-11-22