Portal:Japan/Anniversaries/December/December 7
Events
- 1941 - World War II: The Imperial Japanese Navy launches a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor shortly after dawn
Births
- 1561 - Kikkawa Hiroie (d. 1625), daimyo
- 1965 - Teruyuki Kagawa, actor
- 1965 - Toshinori Omi, actor
- 1966 - Shinichi Ito, motorcycle racer
- 1966 - Kazue Itoh, actress
- 1967 - Katsuya Terada, illustrator
- 1979 - Ayako Fujitani, actress
- 1991 - Dori Sakurada, actor, singer, and dancer
- 1994 - Yuzuru Hanyu, figure skater
Deaths
- 2009 - Shunkichi Hamada (b. 1910), field hockey player
Film and television
- 2013 - Ask This of Rikyu, a biographical film starring Ichikawa Ebizō XI, Miki Nakatani, Ichikawa Danjūrō XII, and Yūsuke Iseya