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February 6:

Events
 * 1897 - Construction of the Hachiman Ironworks begins.
 * 1941 - Riot police begin removing steel towers erected by protesters at Narita Airport.
 * 1956 - Shukan Shinchō becomes the first weekly magazine published by someone other than a newspaper publisher.
 * 1989 - The children's book Totto-chan, the Little Girl at the Window is published in Arabic and becomes a big hit. It is later translated into Vietnamese and several other languages as well.
 * 2000 - Japan's first female mayor, Ōta Fusae is elected in the wake of Mayor Yokoyama Nokku's resignation in connection with allegations of sexual harassment.

Births
 * 976 - Emperor Sanjō (d. 1017)
 * 1536 - Sassa Narimasa (d. 1588), samurai
 * 1843 - Inoue Kowashi (d. 1895), scholar and politician
 * 1880 - Nishinoumi Kajirō II (d. 1931), sumo wrestler, the 25th Yokozuna
 * 1919 - Takashi Yanase (d. 2013), poet and illustrator, created Anpanman
 * 1930 - Jun Kondo, physicist and academic
 * 1961 - Yuko Kobayashi, voice actress
 * 1967 - Izumi Sakai (d. 2007), singer-songwriter
 * 1968 - Akira Yamaoka, composer and producer
 * 1969 - Masaharu Fukuyama, singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
 * 1975 - Tomoko Kawase, singer-songwriter and producer
 * 1980 - Mamiko Noto, voice actress and singer
 * 1985 - Joji Kato, speed skater
 * 1987 - Hayato Ichihara, actor

Deaths
 * 1593 - Emperor Ōgimachi (b. 1517)