Portal:Japan/Anniversaries/August/August 7

August 7:

Events
 * 1955 - Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering, the precursor to Sony, begins selling its first transistor radios in Japan.
 * 1985 - Takao Doi, Mamoru Mohri and Chiaki Mukai are chosen to be Japan's first astronauts.

Births
 * 1963 - Hiroaki Hirata, voice actor
 * 1980 - Seiichiro Maki, footballer