Portal:Japan/Anniversaries/September/September 2

September 2:

Events
 * 1867 - Mutsuhito, the Meiji Emperor of Japan, marries Masako Ichijō. The Empress consort is thereafter known as Lady Haruko. Since her death in 1914, she's called by the posthumous name Empress Shōken.
 * 1945 - World War II: The Southern Expeditionary Army Group is disbanded
 * 1945  - World War II: Combat in World War II ends in the Pacific Theater: The final official surrender of Japan is accepted aboard the battleship USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay.

Births
 * 1879 - An Jung-geun (d. 1910), Korean activist, assassin of Itō Hirobumi
 * 1946 - Joe Yamanaka (d. 2011), singer and actor
 * 1966 - Yū Hayami, singer and actress
 * 1980 - Hiroki Yoshimoto, race car driver
 * 1986 - Ryuji Imaichi, singer
 * 1988 - Keisuke Kato, actor and entertainer

Deaths
 * 1274 - Prince Munetaka (b. 1242), shogun
 * 1944 - Shirō Takasu (b. 1884), career naval officer in the Imperial Japanese Navy