Portal:Japan/Anniversaries/December/December 11

December 11:

Events
 * 1941 - World War II: United States declare war on the Empire of Japan in the wake of the attack on Pearl Harbor.
 * 1941  - World War II: Poland declares war on the Empire of Japan.
 * 1994 - A bomb explodes on Philippine Airlines Flight 434, en route from Manila, Philippines, to Tokyo, Japan, killing one. The captain is able to safely land the plane.
 * 1997 - The Kyoto Protocol opens for signature.

Births
 * 1465 - Ashikaga Yoshihisa (d. 1489), shogun
 * 1936 - Taku Yamasaki, politician
 * 1948 - Shinji Tanimura (d. 2023), singer-songwriter
 * 1975 - Tomoka Kurotani, actress
 * 1976 - Yujiro Shirakawa, actor
 * 1985 - Aiko Kayō, singer and actress
 * 1994 - Alice Hirose, actress, television personality, and model

Deaths
 * 1840 - Emperor Kōkaku (b. 1771)