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August 1
Events
- 607 - Ono no Imoko is dispatched as envoy to the Sui court in China (Traditional Japanese date: July 3, 607).
- 1894 - The First Sino-Japanese War erupts between Japan and China over Korea.
Births
- 1313 - Emperor Kōgon (d. 1364)
- 1377 - Emperor Go-Komatsu (d. 1433)
- 1933 - Masaichi Kaneda, baseball player and manager
- 1959 - Yoshihide Ōtomo, guitarist and songwriter
- 1963 - Koichi Wakata, astronaut and engineer
- 1968 - Shigetoshi Hasegawa, baseball player
- 1975 - Ryoko Yonekura, actress and model
- 1977 - Yoshi Tatsu, wrestler and boxer
- 1982 - Ai Tominaga, model and actress
- 1987 - Rumi Hiiragi, actress
- 1989 - Tomoka Kurokawa, actress
- 1994 - Ayaka Wada, singer
Deaths
- 1227 - Shimazu Tadahisa (b. 1179), warlord
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August 2
Events
- 1869 - Japan's samurai, farmer, artisan, merchant class system (Shinōkōshō) is abolished as part of the Meiji Restoration reforms. (Traditional Japanese date: June 25, 1869).
- 1918 - Japan announces that it is deploying troops to Siberia in the aftermath of World War I.
- 1943 - World War II: PT-109 rammed by the Japanese destroyer Amagiri and sinks. Lt. John F. Kennedy, future US President, saves all but two of his crew.
Births
- 1958 - Shō Hayami, voice actor and singer
- 1965 - Hisanobu Watanabe, baseball player and coach
- 1966 - Takashi Iizuka, wrestler
- 1973 - Hiroyuki Goto, game designer, created Kotoba no Puzzle: Mojipittan
- 1978 - Kazuki Namioka, actor
Deaths
- 1611 - Katō Kiyomasa (b. 1562), daimyo
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August 3
Events
- 1635 - The third of the Tokugawa shoguns, Iemitsu, establishes the system of alternate attendance (sankin kotai) by which the feudal daimyō are required to spend one year at Edo Castle in Tokyo and one year back home at their feudal manor, while their families remained in Tokyo as virtual political hostages. (Traditional Japanese Date: June 21, 1635).
- 1783 - Mount Asama erupts, killing 35,000 people.
Births
- 1959 - Koichi Tanaka, chemist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1970 - Masahiro Sakurai, video game designer, created Super Smash Bros. and Kirby
- 1990 - Shunya Shiraishi, actor
- 1993 - Yurina Kumai, singer
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August 4
Events
- 1854 - The Hinomaru is established as the official flag to be flown from Japanese ships.
- 1947 - The Supreme Court of Japan is established.
- 1975 - The Japanese Red Army takes more than 50 hostages at the AIA Building housing several embassies in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The hostages included the U.S. consul and the Swedish chargé d'affaires. The gunmen win the release of five imprisoned comrades and fly with them to Libya.
Births
- 1953 - Hiroyuki Usui, footballer and manager
- 1966 - Kensuke Sasaki, wrestler and mixed martial artist
- 1978 - Satoshi Hino, American-Japanese voice actor
- 1987 - Tomoya Warabino, actor
- 1994 - Mayuko Fukuda, actress
- 2001 - Seishiro Kato, actor
Deaths
- 1992 - Seichō Matsumoto (b. 1909), author
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August 5
Events
- 1874 - Japan launches its postal savings system, modeled after a similar system in England.
- 1882 - Martial law is enacted in Japan.
- 1912 - Japan's first taxicab service begins in Ginza, Tokyo.
- 1944 - World War II: Possibly the biggest prison breakout in history occurs as 545 Japanese POWs attempt to escape outside the town of Cowra, NSW, Australia.
Births
- 1948 - Shin Takamatsu, architect and professor
- 1965 - Motoi Sakuraba, keyboard player and composer
- 1968 - Kendo Kashin, wrestler
- 1972 - Ikuto Hidaka, wrestler
- 1981 - Kō Shibasaki, singer and actress
- 1993 - Suzuka Ohgo, actress
- 1998 - Kanon Suzuki, singer and actress
Deaths
- 1364 - Emperor Kōgon (b. 1313)
- 1991 - Soichiro Honda (b. 1906), engineer and businessman, founded Honda
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August 6
Events
- 1991 - Takako Doi, chair of the Social Democratic Party, becomes Japan's first female speaker of the House of Representatives.
- 1993 - According to Japanese government and Tokyo Broadcasting System networks report, heavy massive rain and debris blow occurred at widely Kagoshima and Aira area, Kyūshū, Japan, killing 72.
Births
- 1180 - Emperor Go-Toba (d. 1239)
- 1946 - Masaaki Sakai, actor and singer
- 1963 - Tomoyuki Dan (d. 2013), voice actor
- 1965 - Yuki Kajiura, pianist and composer
- 1979 - Megumi Okina, actress and singer
- 1993 - Kaori Ishihara, voice actress and singer
Holidays and observances
- Tōrō nagashi (Hiroshima) - Floating lantern ceremony to honor those killed by the U.S. atomic bomb in Hiroshima.
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August 7
Events
- 1955 - Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering, the precursor to Sony, begins selling its first transistor radios in Japan.
- 1985 - Takao Doi, Mamoru Mohri and Chiaki Mukai are chosen to be Japan's first astronauts.
Births
- 1963 - Hiroaki Hirata, voice actor
- 1980 - Seiichiro Maki, footballer
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August 8
Events
- 1945 - World War II: The Soviet Union declares war on Japan and invades Manchuria.
- 1968 - Jurō Wada successfully performs Japan's first heart transplant.
Births
- 1079 - Emperor Horikawa (d. 1107)
- 1950 - Ken Kutaragi, businessman, created PlayStation
- 1951 - Mamoru Oshii, director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1963 - Rica Fukami, voice actress
- 1963 - Emi Shinohara, voice actress
- 1969 - Dick Togo, wrestler
- 1978 - Miho Shiraishi, actress
- 1978 - Natsuko Kuwatani, voice actress
- 1981 - Kaori Iida, singer and actress
Deaths
- 1604 - Horio Tadauji (b. 1578), daimyo
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August 9
Events
- 1942 - World War II: Battle of Savo Island - Allied naval forces protecting their amphibious forces during the initial stages of the Battle of Guadalcanal are surprised and defeated by an Imperial Japanese Navy cruiser force.
- 1993 - The Liberal Democratic Party of Japan loses a 38-year hold on national leadership.
- 1999 - The Diet of Japan enacts a law establishing the Hinomaru and Kimigayo as the official national flag and national anthem respectively.
Births
- 1933 - Tetsuko Kuroyanagi, actress, talk show host, and author
- 1985 - Haruka Kinami, actress
- 1989 - Kento Ono, actor and model
Deaths
- 1107 - Emperor Horikawa (b. 1079)
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August 10
Events
- 1904 - The Battle of the Yellow Sea between the Russian and Japanese battleship fleets
- 1905 - Russian and Japanese peace negotiations begin in Portsmouth
- 1944 - World War II: American forces defeat the last Japanese troops on Guam
- 1988 - Japanese American Internment: US President Ronald Reagan signs the Civil Liberties Act of 1988, providing $20,000 payments to Japanese-Americans who were either interned or relocated by in the United States during World War II
Births
- 1964 - Hiro Takahashi (d. 2005), singer, lyricist, and composer
- 1981 - Natsumi Abe, singer and actress
- 1992 - Mugi Kadowaki, actress
- 1993 - Yuto Nakajima, singer, dancer, and actor
Deaths
- 1862 - Shusaku Honinbo (b. 1829), Go player
- 1948 - Kwan-Ichi Asakawa (b. 1873), Japanese-American historian, author, and academic
Film and television
- 2013 - Enoshima Prism, a film starring Sota Fukushi, Shūhei Nomura, and Tsubasa Honda
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August 11
Births
- 1833 - Kido Takayoshi (d. 1877), politician
- 1892 - Eiji Yoshikawa (d. 1962), author
- 1909 - Yūji Koseki (d. 1989), composer
- 1959 - Yoshiaki Murakami, investor
- 1963 - Hiromi Makihara, baseball player
- 1965 - Shinji Mikami, video game designer
- 1986 - Kaori Fukuhara, voice actress
- 1987 - Shouta Aoi, voice actor
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August 12
Events
- 1281 - The fleet of Qubilai Khan is destroyed by a typhoon while approaching Japan.
- 1978 - Japan and the People's Republic of China sign the Treaty of Peace and Friendship between Japan and the People's Republic of China.
- 1985 - Japan Airlines Flight 123 crashes into Mount Ogura in Gunma Prefecture, Japan, killing 520. It is the worst single-plane air disaster.
Births
- 1604 - Tokugawa Iemitsu (d. 1651), shogun
- 1963 - Kōji Kitao, sumo wrestler, the 60th Yokozuna
- 1968 - Kōji Yusa, voice actor
- 1972 - Takanohana Kōji, sumo wrestler, the 65th Yokozuna
- 1983 - Kana Asumi, voice actress and singer
Deaths
- 1864 - Sakuma Shōzan (b. 1811), scholar and politician
- 1985 - Kyu Sakamoto (b. 1941), singer-songwriter and actor
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August 13
Events
- 1536 - Buddhist monks from Kyoto's Enryaku Temple set fire to 21 Nichiren temples throughout Kyoto in the Tenbun Hokke Disturbance. (Traditional Japanese date: July 27, 1536).
- 1937 - Battle of Shanghai begins.
Births
- 1955 - Hideo Fukuyama, race car driver
- 1960 - Koji Kondo, conductor
- 1965 - Hayato Matsuo, composer and conductor
- 1969 - Midori Ito, figure skater
- 1973 - Ryoko Shinohara, singer and actress
- 1979 - Taizō Sugimura, politician
- 1986 - Yasuhisa Furuhara, actor
- 1990 - Sae Miyazawa, singer and actress
Deaths
- 1965 - Hayato Ikeda (b. 1899), politician, 58th Prime Minister of Japan
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August 14
Events
- 1183 - Taira no Munemori and the Taira clan take the young Emperor Antoku and the three sacred treasures and flee to western Japan to escape pursuit by the Minamoto clan. (Traditional Japanese date: Twenty-fifth Day of the Seventh Month of the Second Year of Juei).
- 1885 - Japan's first patent is issued to the inventor of a rust-proof paint.
- 1900 - A joint European-Japanese-United States force (Eight-Nation Alliance) occupies Beijing, in a campaign to end the bloody Boxer Rebellion in China.
- 1937 - The beginning of air-to-air combat of the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II in general, when 6 Imperial Japanese Mitsubishi G3M bombers were shot down by the Nationalist Chinese Air Force while raiding Chinese air bases, hence, 14 August has thus become acknowledged and celebrated as Chinese Air Force Day.
- 1945 - Japan accepts the Allied terms of surrender in World War II and the Emperor records the Imperial Rescript on Surrender (August 15 in Japan standard time).
Births
- 1297 - Emperor Hanazono (d. 1348)
- 1916 - Fumio Fujimura (d. 1992), baseball player and manager
- 1947 - Jiro Taniguchi, illustrator
- 1973 - Daisuke Ishiwatari, game developer, voice actor, and composer, created Guilty Gear
- 1979 - Yōichirō Morikawa, actor, director, and screenwriter
Deaths
- 1204 - Minamoto no Yoriie (b. 1182), shogun
- 1573 - Saitō Tatsuoki (b. 1548), daimyo
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August 15
Events
- 1549 - Jesuit priest Saint Francis Xavier comes ashore at Kagoshima
- 1863 - The Anglo-Satsuma War begins between the Satsuma Domain of Japan and the United Kingdom
- 1869 - Meiji government establishes six ministries below Pardication in the bottom of Cabinet, officer-of-Shinto-Worship, and jurisdiction of Cabinet
- 1945 - World War II: Victory over Japan Day (USA) - Japan surrenders
- 1945 - World War II: The Japanese Fourteenth Area Army is disbanded
- 1961 - Keiyo Road is specified to be the first driveway in Japan
- 1975 - Miki Takeo makes the first official pilgrimage to Yasukuni Shrine by a sitting prime minister on the anniversary of the end of World War II
Births
- 1865 - Mikao Usui (d. 1926), spiritual leader, founded Reiki
- 1877 - Tachiyama Mineemon (d. 1941), sumo wrestler, the 22nd Yokozuna
- 1924 - Yoshirō Muraki (d. 2009), production designer, art director, and fashion designer
- 1982 - Tsuyoshi Hayashi, actor
- 1983 - Yōko Honda, voice actress
- 1994 - Kosuke Hagino, swimmer
- 1995 - Yui Ogura, voice actress and singer
Deaths
- 1945 - Korechika Anami (b. 1887), general
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August 16
Events
- 1913 - Tōhoku Imperial University of Japan (modern day Tōhoku University) admits its first female students.
- 1945 - An assassination attempt was made on Japan's prime minister, Kantarō Suzuki.
- 1946 - The Japan Business Federation, or Keidanren, is established, and Ichirō Ishikawa is appointed its representative.
Births
- 1904 - Minoru Genda (d. 1989), general, pilot, and politician
- 1982 - Tomohiro Ito, sprinter
- 1986 - Yu Darvish, baseball player
- 1987 - Eri Kitamura, voice actress and singer
- 1990 - Kōki Uchiyama, actor
- 1992 - Zawachin, idol and television personality
- 1994 - Riho Takada, actress and model
Deaths
- 1443 - Ashikaga Yoshikatsu (b. 1434), shogun
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August 17
Events
- 1942 - U.S. Marines raid the Japanese-held Pacific island of Makin (Butaritari).
Births
- 1959 - Chika Sakamoto, voice actress and singer
- 1974 - Tomomi Kahala, singer
- 1985 - Yū Aoi, actress
- 1988 - Erika Toda, actress
Deaths
- 1304 - Emperor Go-Fukakusa (b. 1243)
Film and television
- 2013 - School Girl Complex Hōsōbu Hen, a film starring Aoi Morikawa, Mugi Kadowaki, Maaya Kondō, Aoi Yoshikura, Ayuri Konno, and Tsukina Takai
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August 18
Events
- 1541 - A Portuguese ship drifts ashore in the ancient Japanese province of Higo (modern day Kumamoto Prefecture). (Traditional Japanese date: July 27, 1541)
- 1909 - Mayor of Tokyo Yukio Ozaki presents Washington, D.C. with 2,000 cherry trees, which President Taft decides to plant near the Potomac River.
- 1982 - Japanese election law is amended to allow for proportional representation.
Births
- 1965 - Kōji Kikkawa, singer
- 1965 - Ikue Ōtani, voice actress
- 1972 - Masahiro Nakai, singer and actor
- 1972 - Keiko, singer
- 1992 - Riko Narumi, actress
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August 19
Events
- 1965 - Japanese prime minister Eisaku Satō becomes the first post-World War II sitting prime minister to visit Okinawa.
Births
- 1914 - Fumio Hayasaka (d. 1955), composer
- 1962 - Toll Yagami, drummer
- 1969 - Kazuyoshi Tatsunami, baseball player
- 1972 - Chihiro Yonekura, singer-songwriter
- 1974 - Ryo Fukawa, comedian and musician
- 1977 - Takahiro Yamada, singer-songwriter and bass player
- 1986 - Saori Kimura, volleyball player
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August 20
Events
- 1900 - Japan's primary school law is amended to provide for four years of mandatory schooling.
- 1926 - Japan's public broadcasting company, Nippon Hōsō Kyōkai (NHK) is established.
Births
- 1936 - Hideki Shirakawa, chemist, engineer, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1968 - Yuri Shiratori, voice actress and singer
- 1972 - Anna Umemiya, television personality and model
- 1982 - Enyelbert Soto, Venezuelan-Japanese baseball player
- 1984 - Mirai Moriyama, actor
- 1986 - Ryo Katsuji, actor
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August 21
Events
- 1192 - Minamoto Yoritomo becomes Seii Tai Shōgun and the de facto ruler of Japan. (Traditional Japanese date: July 12, 1192)
- 1856 - America's first consul to Japan, Townsend Harris, arrives in Shimoda. (Traditional Japanese date: July 21, 1856)
- 1942 - World War II: Allied forces involved in the Guadalcanal campaign defeated an attack by Imperial Japanese Army soldiers in the Battle of the Tenaru.
Births
- 1535 - Shimazu Yoshihiro (d. 1619), general
- 1962 - Tsutomu Miyazaki (d. 2008), serial killer
- 1986 - Koki Sakamoto, gymnast
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August 22
Events
- 1875 - The Treaty of Saint Petersburg between Japan and Russia is ratified, providing for the exchange of Sakhalin for the Kuril Islands.
Births
- 1943 - Masatoshi Shima, computer scientist, co-designed the Intel 4004
- 1967 - Yukiko Okada (d. 1986), singer and actress
- 1977 - Miho Kanno, actress and singer
- 1981 - Takumi Saito, actor and singer
- 1986 - Keiko Kitagawa, actress
Deaths
- 1155 - Emperor Konoe (b. 1139)
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August 23
Events
Births
- 1964 - Yoshikazu Taru, wrestler
- 1967 - Kazumi Totaka, musician and voice actor
Deaths
- 1176 - Emperor Rokujō (b. 1164)
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August 24
Events
- 1942 - World War II: The Battle of the Eastern Solomons. Japanese aircraft carrier Ryūjō is sunk and US carrier Enterprise heavily damaged.
Births
- 1960 - Takashi Miike, actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1963 - Hideo Kojima, director and producer
- 1968 - Shoichi Funaki, Japanese-American wrestler
- 1987 - Daichi Miura, singer-songwriter, dancer, and choreographer
- 1988 - Maya Yoshida, footballer
Deaths
- 1956 - Kenji Mizoguchi (b. 1898), director and screenwriter
- 2010 - Satoshi Kon (b. 1963), director and screenwriter
Film and television
- 2013 - Gatchaman, a tokusatsu film starring Tori Matsuzaka, Gō Ayano, Ayame Goriki, Tatsuomi Hamada, and Ryohei Suzuki
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August 25
Events
- 1894 - Kitasato Shibasaburo discovers the infectious agent of the bubonic plague and publishes his findings in The Lancet.
- 1942 - World War II: Battle of Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea.
- 1942 - World War II: Second day of the Battle of the Eastern Solomons. A Japanese naval transport convoy headed towards Guadalcanal is turned-back by Allied air attack, losing one destroyer and one transport sunk, and one light cruiser heavily damaged.
- 1989 - Mayumi Moriyama becomes Japan's first female cabinet secretary.
Births
- 1916 - Saburō Sakai (d. 2000), lieutenant and pilot
- 1956 - Takeshi Okada, footballer, coach, and manager
- 1967 - Nobuyuki Hiyama, voice actor
- 1968 - Yuri Mitsui, actress, model and race car driver
- 1968 - Takeshi Ueda, singer-songwriter and bass player
- 1977 - Masumi Asano, voice actress
- 1979 - Masato Wada, actor and singer
- 1992 - Miyabi Natsuyaki, singer and actress
Film and television
- 2012 - Anata e, a film starring Ken Takakura, Yūko Tanaka, Koichi Sato, Hideji Otaki, Kimiko Yo, and Haruka Ayase
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August 26
Births
- 1937 - Kenji Utsumi (d. 2013), voice actor
- 1941 - Akiko Wakabayashi, actress
- 1977 - Saeko Chiba, voice actress and singer
- 1982 - Akiko Kikuchi, model and actress
- 1983 - Toshiaki Imae, baseball player
Deaths
- 1990 - Minoru Honda (b. 1913), astronomer
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August 27
Events
- 663 - Remnants of the Korean Baekje Kingdom and their Yamato Japanese allies engage the combined naval forces of the Tang Chinese and Silla Koreans on the Geum River in Korea; the outcome is a significant Tang–Silla victory, while the Japanese would not attempt another invasion of Korea until the Japanese invasions of Korea of the late 16th century.
- 1232 - The Formulary of Adjudications is promulgated by Regent Hōjō Yasutoki. (Traditional Japanese date: August 10, 1232)
- 1943 - Japanese forces evacuate New Georgia island in the Pacific Theater of Operations during World War II.
- 1969 - The first installment of the Otoko wa Tsurai yo (It's Tough Being a Man) movies is released in Japan. Director and screenplay writer Yoji Yamada went on to make 48 installments of the series, which is recognized in the Guinness Book of World Records as the longest running movie series.
- 1993 - The Rainbow Bridge, connecting Tokyo's Shibaura and the island of Odaiba, is completed.
Births
- 1407 - Ashikaga Yoshikazu (d. 1425), shogun
- 1896 - Kenji Miyazawa (d. 1933), author and poet
- 1925 - Saiichi Maruya (d. 2012), author and critic
- 1971 - Hisayuki Okawa, long-distance runner
- 1976 - Milano Collection A.T., wrestler
- 1991 - Rikiya Otaka, actor
- 1992 - Ayame Goriki, actress and model
Deaths
- 1394 - Emperor Chōkei (b. 1343)
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August 28
Events
- 1937 - Toyota Motors becomes an independent company.
- 1953 - Nippon Television broadcasts Japan's first television show, including its first TV advertisement.
- 1971 - The dollar is allowed to float against the yen for the first time.
Births
- 1025 - Emperor Go-Reizei (d. 1068)
- 1840 - Alexander Cameron Sim (d. 1900), Scottish-Japanese pharmacist and businessman, founded Kobe Regatta & Athletic Club
- 1951 - Keiichi Suzuki, singer-songwriter and actor
- 1965 - Satoshi Tajiri, video game designer, founded Game Freak
- 1966 - Yoko Takahashi, singer
- 1974 - Takahito Eguchi, pianist and composer
- 1974 - Kaori Mizuhashi, voice actress
- 1975 - Yūko Gotō, voice actress
Deaths
- 2007 - Miyoshi Umeki (b. 1929), Japanese-American actress and singer
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August 29
Events
- 708 - Copper coins are minted in Japan for the first time (Traditional Japanese date: August 10, 708).
- 1871 - Emperor Meiji orders the abolition of the han system and the establishment of prefectures as local centers of administration. (Traditional Japanese date: July 14, 1871).
- 1910 - Japan changes Korea's name to Chōsen and appoints a governor-general to rule its new colony.
Births
- 1962 - Hiroki Kikuta, game designer and composer
- 1968 - Teruaki Ogawa, actor and voice actor
- 1974 - Kumi Tanioka, keyboard player and composer
- 1989 - Hajime Isayama, illustrator, created Attack on Titan
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August 30
Events
- 1590 - Tokugawa Ieyasu enters Edo Castle. (Traditional Japanese date: August 1, 1590)
- 1945 - Hong Kong is liberated from Japan by British Armed Forces.
- 1962 - Japan conducts a test of the NAMC YS-11, its first aircraft since the war and its only successful commercial aircraft from before or after the war.
- 1974 - Powerful bomb explodes at the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries headquarters in Marunouchi, Tokyo, Japan. 8 killed, 378 injured. Eight left-wing activists are arrested on May 19, 1975 by Japanese authorities.
Births
- 1983 - Jun Matsumoto, singer, dancer, and actor
Deaths
- 1428 - Emperor Shōkō (b. 1401)
- 1619 - Shimazu Yoshihiro (b. 1535), samurai and warlord
Film and television
- 2014 - Lupin III, an action film starring Shun Oguri, Tetsuji Tamayama, Gō Ayano, Meisa Kuroki, Tadanobu Asano, Jerry Yan, and Kim Joon
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August 31
Births
- 1879 - Emperor Taishō (d. 1926)
- 1947 - Yumiko Ōshima, author and illustrator
- 1956 - Masashi Tashiro, singer, actor, and director
- 1968 - Hideo Nomo, Japanese-American baseball player
- 1973 - Kaori Mizumori, singer
- 1975 - Takahiro Suwa, wrestler
- 1998 - Saya Kawamoto, idol and singer
Deaths
- 1234 - Emperor Go-Horikawa (b. 1212)
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