Portal:Japan/Anniversaries/September/September 5
Events
- 1905 - Russo-Japanese War: In New Hampshire, USA, the Treaty of Portsmouth, mediated by US President Theodore Roosevelt, ends the war.
- 1942 - World War II: Japanese high command orders withdrawal at Milne Bay, first Japanese defeat in the Pacific War.
- 1943 - World War II: The 503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment lands and occupies Nazdab, near Lae in the Salamaua–Lae campaign.
- 1945 - Iva Toguri D'Aquino, a Japanese American suspected of being wartime radio propagandist Tokyo Rose, is arrested in Yokohama.
Births
- 1567 - Date Masamune (d. 1636), daimyo
- 1947 - Kiyoshi Takayama, mobster
- 1952 - Masao Kusakari, actor and model
- 1963 - Taki Inoue, race car driver
- 1964 - Kihachirō Uemura, actor and voice actor
- 1965 - Tōru Nakamura, actor
- 1969 - Mariko Kouda, voice actress, singer, and radio personality
- 1977 - Minoru Fujita, wrestler
- 1990 - Ami Kikuchi, model and radio host
Deaths
- 1165 - Emperor Nijō (b. 1143)