Portal:Japan/Anniversaries/December/December 18

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