Portal:Japan/Anniversaries/December/December 8

December 8:

Events
 * 1941 - World War II: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt declares December 7 to be "a date which will live in infamy", after which the U.S. declares war on Japan.
 * 1941  - World War II: Japanese forces simultaneously invade Shanghai International Settlement, Malaya, Thailand, Hong Kong, the Philippines, and the Dutch East Indies.
 * 2010 - The Japanese solar-sail spacecraft IKAROS passes the planet Venus at a distance of about 80,800 km.

Births
 * 1962 - Marty Friedman, American-Japanese guitarist, songwriter, and television host
 * 1963 - Toshiaki Kawada, wrestler
 * 1964 - Chigusa Nagayo, wrestler
 * 1967 - Kotono Mitsuishi, voice actress and singer
 * 1970 - Emi Wakui, actress
 * 1992 - Yui Yokoyama, singer and actress
 * 1994 - Aika Ota, singer
 * 1994  - Suzuran Yamauchi, singer (SKE48 and AKB48)

Deaths
 * 1996 - Kashiwado Tsuyoshi (b. 1938), sumo wrestler, the 47th Yokozuna

Holidays, observances, and anniversaries
 * Bodhi Day