Portal:Japan/Anniversaries/August/August 6

August 6:

Events
 * 1991 - Takako Doi, chair of the Social Democratic Party, becomes Japan's first female speaker of the House of Representatives.
 * 1993 - According to Japanese government and Tokyo Broadcasting System networks report, heavy massive rain and debris blow occurred at widely Kagoshima and Aira area, Kyūshū, Japan, killing 72.

Births
 * 1180 - Emperor Go-Toba (d. 1239)
 * 1946 - Masaaki Sakai, actor and singer
 * 1963 - Tomoyuki Dan (d. 2013), voice actor
 * 1965 - Yuki Kajiura, pianist and composer
 * 1979 - Megumi Okina, actress and singer
 * 1993 - Kaori Ishihara, voice actress and singer

Holidays and observances
 * Tōrō nagashi (Hiroshima) - Floating lantern ceremony to honor those killed by the U.S. atomic bomb in Hiroshima.