Portal:Japan/Anniversaries/August/August 8

August 8:

Events
 * 1945 - World War II: The Soviet Union declares war on Japan and invades Manchuria.
 * 1968 - Jurō Wada successfully performs Japan's first heart transplant.

Births
 * 1079 - Emperor Horikawa (d. 1107)
 * 1950 - Ken Kutaragi, businessman, created PlayStation
 * 1951 - Mamoru Oshii, director, producer, and screenwriter
 * 1963 - Rica Fukami, voice actress
 * 1963  - Emi Shinohara, voice actress
 * 1969 - Dick Togo, wrestler
 * 1978 - Miho Shiraishi, actress
 * 1978  - Natsuko Kuwatani, voice actress
 * 1981 - Kaori Iida, singer and actress

Deaths
 * 1604 - Horio Tadauji (b. 1578), daimyo