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August 29:

Events

• 708 - Copper coins are minted in Japan for the first time (Traditional Japanese date: August 10, 708).
• 1871 - Emperor Meiji orders the abolition of the han system and the establishment of prefectures as local centers of administration. (Traditional Japanese date: July 14, 1871).
• 1910 - Japan changes Korea's name to Chōsen and appoints a governor-general to rule its new colony.

Births

• 1962 - Hiroki Kikuta, game designer and composer
• 1968 - Teruaki Ogawa, actor and voice actor
• 1974 - Kumi Tanioka, keyboard player and composer
• 1989 - Hajime Isayama, illustrator, created Attack on Titan