Portal:Japan/Anniversaries/August/August 22

August 22:

Events
 * 1875 - The Treaty of Saint Petersburg between Japan and Russia is ratified, providing for the exchange of Sakhalin for the Kuril Islands.

Births
 * 1943 - Masatoshi Shima, computer scientist, co-designed the Intel 4004
 * 1967 - Yukiko Okada (d. 1986), singer and actress
 * 1977 - Miho Kanno, actress and singer
 * 1981 - Takumi Saito, actor and singer
 * 1986 - Keiko Kitagawa, actress

Deaths
 * 1155 - Emperor Konoe (b. 1139)