A liquid crystal display device 10 in accordance with the present invention includes a liquid crystal 11 and a lighting device 12, the liquid crystal panel 11 having a liquid crystal layer 50 provided between a pair of glass substrates 31, 41, the lighting device 12 supplying illumination light to the liquid crystal panel 11. The liquid crystal display device 10 is characterized in that a metal-halide containing region 60 is formed in a position in one of the pair of glass substrates 31, 41. The metal-halide containing region 60 contains a crystal of metal halide which exhibits photochromism in the light supplied from the lighting device 12. The position is capable of blocking light toward a luminance point defect occurrence portion X that becomes a cause of a luminance point defect. The one of the pair of glass substrates 31, 41 is disposed on the lighting device 12 side.