Portal:Japan/Anniversaries/September/September 5

September 5:

Events
 * 1905 - Russo-Japanese War: In New Hampshire, USA, the Treaty of Portsmouth, mediated by US President Theodore Roosevelt, ends the war.
 * 1942 - World War II: Japanese high command orders withdrawal at Milne Bay, first Japanese defeat in the Pacific War.
 * 1943 - World War II: The 503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment lands and occupies Nazdab, near Lae in the Salamaua–Lae campaign.
 * 1945 - Iva Toguri D'Aquino, a Japanese American suspected of being wartime radio propagandist Tokyo Rose, is arrested in Yokohama.

Births
 * 1567 - Date Masamune (d. 1636), daimyo
 * 1947 - Kiyoshi Takayama, mobster
 * 1952 - Masao Kusakari, actor and model
 * 1963 - Taki Inoue, race car driver
 * 1964 - Kihachirō Uemura, actor and voice actor
 * 1965 - Tōru Nakamura, actor
 * 1969 - Mariko Kouda, voice actress, singer, and radio personality
 * 1977 - Minoru Fujita, wrestler
 * 1990 - Ami Kikuchi, model and radio host

Deaths
 * 1165 - Emperor Nijō (b. 1143)