Portal:Japan/Anniversaries/December/December 7

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