Portal:Japan/Anniversaries/May/May 31

May 31:

Events
 * 1942 - World War II: Imperial Japanese Navy midget submarines begin a series of attacks on Sydney, Australia.

Births
 * 1835 - Hijikata Toshizō (d. 1869), commander
 * 1914 - Akira Ifukube (d. 2006), composer and educator
 * 1962 - Noriko Hidaka, voice actress and singer
 * 1964 - Yukio Edano, politician, Japanese Minister for Foreign Affairs
 * 1965 - Yōko Sōmi, voice actress
 * 1968 - Kyōka Suzuki, actress
 * 1974 - Hiroiki Ariyoshi, comedian and singer
 * 1975 - Mac Suzuki, baseball player
 * 1980 - Mika Katsumura, actress
 * 1980  - Kaori Manabe, television personality and model
 * 1987 - Nagi Yanagi, singer-songwriter