Portal:Japan/Anniversaries/November/November 9

November 9:

Events
 * 1867 - Tokugawa shogunate hands power back to the Emperor of Japan, starting the Meiji Restoration.
 * 1937 - Japanese troops take control of Shanghai, China.
 * 1963 - At Miike coal mine, Miike, Japan, an explosion kills 458, and hospitalises 839 with carbon monoxide poisoning.

Births
 * 1954 - Sukekiyo Kameyama (d. 2013), voice actor
 * 1972 - Naomi Shindō, voice actress and singer
 * 1974 - Ryo Kase, actor
 * 1981 - Kengo Ohkuchi, actor

Film and television
 * 2013 - The Kiyosu Conference, a period comedy film starring Kōji Yakusho, Yo Oizumi, Fumiyo Kohinata, and Kōichi Satō