ON 31 JULY IN JAPAN’S HISTORY
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Updated on July 31, 2019
781: In Japan, the oldest recorded eruption of Mt. Fuji
1143: Birth of Emperor Nijo, 78th emperor of Japan (1158-1165) who died on September 5, 1165
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Nij%C5%8D
1904: During the Russo-Japanese War, Battle of Hsimucheng when units of the Imperial Japanese Army defeat units of the Imperial Russian Army
http://memim.com/battle-of-hsimucheng.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Hsimucheng
1936: The International Olympic Committee announces that the 1940 Summer Olympics will to be held in Tokyo. However, the games are given back to the IOC after the Second Sino-Japanese War breaks
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940_Summer_Olympics
1943: Birth of Sab Shimono, Japanese-American actor
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0793634/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sab_Shimono
1956: Talks on the normalization of relations between Japan and Soviet Union resume in London
1967: Birth of Minako Honda, Japanese singer and musical actress, who died on November 5, 2005
https://peoplepill.com/people/minako-honda/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnSU7LZGdv8
1967: Birth of Mitsuo Iwata, Japanese voice actor
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=1045
1986: Death of Chiune Sugihara, Japanese diplomat who helped thousands of Jews leave the Soviet Union while serving as Japanese consul to Lithuania
http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Holocaust/sugihara.html
2006: Death of Akira Yoshimura, Japanese writer, born on May 1, 1927.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akira_Yoshimura
