Portal:Japan/Anniversaries/February/February 6
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- 1897 - Construction of the Hachiman Ironworks begins.
- 1941 - Riot police begin removing steel towers erected by protesters at Narita Airport.
- 1956 - Shukan Shinchō becomes the first weekly magazine published by someone other than a newspaper publisher.
- 1989 - The children's book Totto-chan, the Little Girl at the Window is published in Arabic and becomes a big hit. It is later translated into Vietnamese and several other languages as well.
- 2000 - Japan's first female mayor, Ōta Fusae is elected in the wake of Mayor Yokoyama Nokku's resignation in connection with allegations of sexual harassment.
