Portal:Japan/Anniversaries/December/December 3

December 3:

Births
 * 1879 - Kafū Nagai (d. 1959), author and playwright
 * 1887 - Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni (d. 1990), general and politician, 43rd Prime Minister of Japan
 * 1899 - Hayato Ikeda (d. 1965), politician, 58th Prime Minister of Japan
 * 1902 - Mitsuo Fuchida (d. 1976), captain and pilot
 * 1932 - Takao Fujinami (d. 2007), politician, Chief Cabinet Secretary, member of House of Representatives
 * 1951 - Riki Chōshū, South Korean-Japanese wrestler
 * 1972 - Saki Takaoka, actress
 * 1976 - Tomotaka Okamoto, soprano
 * 1982 - Alexander, Japanese-Peruvian actor and model
 * 1991 - Masahiro Usui, actor
 * 1995 - Anna Iriyama, singer