1994 Event Japans premier Morihiro Hosokawa resigns 1982 Death Takashi Shimura, Japans actor (Rashomon, 7 Samurais), dies at 76 1981 Death Hediki Joekawa, Japans physicist (Nobel 1949) at 74 1971 Event Japans emperor Hirohito visits Netherlands 1953 Death Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Japans/U.S. painter/etcher, dies at 59 1944 Event Japans begins offensive in Burma 1941 Event Japans invasion leader lands on Luzon, Philippines 1937 Event Japans army conquers Shanghai 1911 Birthday Nobutaka Shikanai, Japans media CEO, Fujisankei Com Group 1896 Birthday Teinosuke Kinugasa, Japans actor and director, Jujiro, Jigoku-mon 1893 Birthday Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Japans/U.S. painter/etcher/lithographer 1886 Birthday Tsugouharu T Foujita, Japans/French painter
