Portal:Japan/Anniversaries/August/August 20

August 20:

Events
 * 1900 - Japan's primary school law is amended to provide for four years of mandatory schooling.
 * 1926 - Japan's public broadcasting company, Nippon Hōsō Kyōkai (NHK) is established.

Births
 * 1936 - Hideki Shirakawa, chemist, engineer, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
 * 1968 - Yuri Shiratori, voice actress and singer
 * 1972 - Anna Umemiya, television personality and model
 * 1982 - Enyelbert Soto, Venezuelan-Japanese baseball player
 * 1984 - Mirai Moriyama, actor
 * 1986 - Ryo Katsuji, actor