Portal:Japan/Anniversaries/July/July 9

July 9:

Events
 * 1944 - World War II: Battle of Saipan - Americans take Saipan from the Imperial Japanese Army.

Births
 * 1654 - Emperor Reigen (d. 1732)
 * 1947 - Haruomi Hosono, singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer
 * 1970 - Masami Tsuda, author and illustrator
 * 1974 - Tsuyoshi Kusanagi, actor and singer
 * 1982 - Sakon Yamamoto, race car driver
 * 1982  - Tomokazu Yoshida, actor
 * 1990 - Sosuke Ikematsu, actor

Film and television
 * 2007 - First Kiss begins airing on Fuji Television, starring Mao Inoue