Portal:Japan/Anniversaries/August/August 19

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