Portal:Japan/Anniversaries/November/November 30

November 30:

Events
 * 1942 - World War II: Battle of Tassafaronga; A smaller squadron of Japanese destroyers led by Raizō Tanaka defeats a U.S. cruiser force under Carleton H. Wright.

Births
 * 1928 - Takako Doi (d. 2014), scholar and politician
 * 1964 - Jushin Thunder Liger, wrestler and mixed martial artist
 * 1965 - Fumihito, Prince Akishino
 * 1977 - Kazumi Saito, baseball player and coach
 * 1985 - Hikari Mitsushima, actress and singer
 * 1985  - Aoi Miyazaki, actress
 * 1988 - Eir Aoi, singer
 * 1993 - Yuri Chinen, actor and singer

Deaths
 * 1908 - Nishinoumi Kajirō I (b. 1855), sumo wrestler, the 16th Yokozuna
 * 2008 - Munetaka Higuchi (b. 1958), drummer and producer
 * 2014 - Go Seigen (b. 1914), Chinese-Japanese Go player