Portal:Japan/Anniversaries/January/January 11

January 11:

Events
 * 1942 - World War II: Japan declares war on the Netherlands and invades the Netherlands East Indies.
 * 1942  - World War II: The Japanese capture Kuala Lumpur.

Births
 * 1322 - Emperor Kōmyō (d. 1380)
 * 1359 - Emperor Go-En'yu (d. 1393)
 * 1911 - Zenko Suzuki (d. 2004), politician, 70th Prime Minister of Japan
 * 1948 - Wajima Hiroshi, sumo wrestler, 54th Yokozuna
 * 1956 - Kuniaki Kobayashi, wrestler
 * 1973 - Eri Fukatsu, actress
 * 1985 - Rie fu, singer
 * 1985  - Kazuki Nakajima, race car driver
 * 1988 - Junjun, Chinese-Japanese singer
 * 1989 - Sonmi, model

Deaths
 * 1979 - Jack Soo (b. 1917), Japanese-American actor and singer

Film and television
 * 2000 - Omiai Kekkon begins airing on Fuji Television, starring Takako Matsu and Yūsuke Santamaria
 * 2008 - Guren Onna begins airing on TV Tokyo, starring Ai Takabe