ON 24 AUGUST IN JAPAN’S HISTORY
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Updated on August 24, 2019
842: Death of Saga, 52nd Japanese emperor, born on October 10, 786
http://www.myjapanesegreentea.com/emperor-saga
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Saga
1935: Birth of Tsutomu Hata, briefly Japanese Prime Minister in 1994
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsutomu_Hata
1942: Japanese aircraft carrier Ryujo is sunk and US carrier Enterprise heavily damaged in the Battle of East Solomon Islands
http://www.cv6.org/1942/solomons/solomons.htm
1945: Death of Midori Naka, Japanese actress, survivor of the Hiroshima atomic bombing, died of radiation poisoning, born on June 19, 1909
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midori_Naka
1956: Death of Kenji Mizoguchi, Japanese film director and screenwriter, born on 16 May 1898
http://sensesofcinema.com/2002/great-directors/mizoguchi/
http://www.filmref.com/directors/dirpages/mizoguchi.html
1960: Birth of Takashi Miike, Japanese filmmaker
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0586281/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takashi_Miike
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DwvvXZyMqE
2010: Death of Satoshi Kon, Japanese film director, born on October 12, 1963
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=1161
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satoshi_Kon
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1dt5j_paprika-trailer-us_news