Portal:Japan/Anniversaries/August/August 2

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