Portal:Japan/Anniversaries/September/September 4

September 4:

Events
 * 1939 - World War II: Japan declares neutrality in European war.
 * 1951 - The first live transcontinental television broadcast takes place in San Francisco, California, from the Japanese Peace Treaty Conference.

Births
 * 1913 - Kenzō Tange (d. 2005), architect, designed the Yoyogi National Gymnasium
 * 1951 - Kaoru Kobayashi, actor
 * 1979 - Kosuke Matsuura, race car driver
 * 1980 - Hitomi Shimatani, singer
 * 1983 - Yuichi Nakamaru, idol, singer-songwriter, actor, television personality, and radio host
 * 1986 - Ayumi Kaihori, footballer