Portal:Japan/Anniversaries/July/July 2

July 2:

Events
 * 1582 - Battle of Yamazaki: Toyotomi Hideyoshi defeats Akechi Mitsuhide.
 * 1950 - Kinkaku-ji in Kyoto is destroyed by fire.

Births
 * 1902 - Takahiko Yamanouchi (d. 1986), theoretical physicist
 * 1964 - Hisakatsu Oya, wrestler

Film and television
 * 2006 - Dare Yorimo Mama o Ai su begins airing on Tokyo Broadcasting System, starring Masakazu Tamura and Yuki Uchida