Portal:Japan/Anniversaries/November/November 8

November 8:

Events
 * 1614 - Japanese daimyō Dom Justo Takayama is exiled to the Philippines by shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu for being Christian.

Births
 * 1885 - Tomoyuki Yamashita (d. 1946), general and politician, 4th Japanese Military Governors of the Philippines
 * 1918 - Kazuo Sakamaki (d. 1999), soldier
 * 1954 - Kazuo Ishiguro, Japanese-English author and screenwriter
 * 1974 - Masashi Kishimoto, author and illustrator, created Naruto
 * 1974  - Seishi Kishimoto, illustrator
 * 1978 - Kensaku Kishida, actor and entertainer
 * 1984 - Yoko Mitsuya, model and actress
 * 1987 - Maryjun Takahashi, model and actress

Deaths
 * 1600 - Natsuka Masaie (b. 1562), daimyō
 * 2013 - Chiyoko Shimakura (b. 1938), singer and actress

Film and television
 * 2014 - 0.5 mm, a drama film starring Sakura Ando, Akira Emoto, and Toshio Sakata