Portal:Japan/Anniversaries/September/September 12
Events
- 1942 - World War II: First day of the Battle of Edson's Ridge during the Guadalcanal campaign. U.S. Marines protecting Henderson Field on Guadalcanal are attacked by Imperial Japanese Army forces.
- 2007 - Shinzō Abe announced he resigns as Prime Minister of Japan.
Births
- 1875 - Matsunosuke Onoe (d. 1926), actor and director
- 1894 - Kyuichi Tokuda (d. 1953), politician, Chairman of the Japanese Communist Party
- 1913 - Eiji Toyoda (d. 2013), businessman
- 1969 - Shigeki Maruyama, golfer
- 1974 - Kenichi Suzumura, voice actor and singer-songwriter
- 1982 - Nana Ozaki, model
- 1986 - Yuto Nagatomo, footballer
Deaths
- 1945 - Hajime Sugiyama (b. 1880), general