August 7:

Events

• 1955 - Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering, the precursor to Sony, begins selling its first transistor radios in Japan.
• 1985 - Takao Doi, Mamoru Mohri and Chiaki Mukai are chosen to be Japan's first astronauts.

Births

• 1963 - Hiroaki Hirata, voice actor
• 1980 - Seiichiro Maki, footballer