Portal:Japan/Anniversaries/September/September 9

September 9:

Events
 * 1942 - World War II: A Japanese floatplane drops an incendiary bomb on Oregon.
 * 1945 - Second Sino-Japanese War: Japan formally surrenders to China.

Births
 * 1466 - Ashikaga Yoshitane (d. 1523), shogun
 * 1892 - Tsuru Aoki (d. 1961), Japanese-American actress
 * 1903 - Phyllis A. Whitney (d. 2008), Japanese-American author
 * 1908 - Shigekazu Shimazaki (d. 1945), admiral
 * 1946 - Hayato Tani, actor
 * 1973 - Kazuhisa Ishii, baseball player
 * 1976 - Masaya Matsukaze, actor, voice actor, and radio personality
 * 1982 - Ai Otsuka, singer-songwriter, pianist, and actress
 * 1983 - Yamato Kinjo, actor
 * 1993 - Ryohei Kato, gymnast
 * 1988 - Shizuka Nakamura, model and actress

Deaths
 * 1612 - Nakagawa Hidenari (b. 1570), daimyo

Holidays, observances, and anniversaries
 * Chrysanthemum festival