Portal:Japan/Anniversaries/December/December 18
Events
- 1941 - Japan invades Hong Kong after British governor of Hong Kong, Mark Aitchison Young refuses to surrender to Japanese forces.
- 1944 - World War II: 77 B-29 Superfortress and 200 other aircraft of U.S. Fourteenth Air Force bomb Hankow, China, a Japanese supply base.
Births
- 1507 - Ōuchi Yoshitaka (d. 1551), daimyo
- 1960 - Kazuhide Uekusa, economist and academic
- 1963 - Rikiya Koyama, actor
- 1966 - Makiko Esumi, actress
- 1969 - Akira Iida, race car driver
- 1971 - Noriko Matsueda, pianist and composer
- 1975 - Masaki Sumitani, wrestler and comedian
- 1976 - Koyuki, actress and model
- 1978 - Funky Kato, singer-songwriter
- 1987 - Ayaka, singer-songwriter and producer
- 1987 - Miki Ando, figure skater
- 1987 - Yuki Furukawa, actor
- 1987 - Minami Tsukui, actress
- 1993 - Riria, actress