Portal:Japan/Anniversaries/November/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