1949 in Japan
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Events in the year1949 inJapan.
Incumbents
[edit]- Supreme Commander Allied Powers:Douglas MacArthur
- Emperor:Hirohito[1]
- Prime Minister:Shigeru Yoshida(L–Kōchi, 3rd term from February 16)
- Chief Cabinet Secretary:Eisaku Satō(not Diet member→L–Yamaguchi) until February 16,Kaneshichi Masuda(L–Nagano)
- Chief Justice of theSupreme Court:Tadahiko Mibuchi
- President of theHouse of Representatives:vacant until February 11,Kijūrō Shidehara(L–Ōsaka)
- President of theHouse of Councillors:Tsuneo Matsudaira(Ryokufūkai–Fukushima) until November 14,Naotake Satō(Ryokufūkai–Aomori) from November 15
- Dietsessions: 5th (special, February 11 to May 31), 6th (extraordinary, October 25 to November (?)), 7th (regular, December 4 to 1950, May 2)
Governors
[edit]- Aichi Prefecture:Hideo Aoyagi
- Akita Prefecture:Kosaku Hasuike
- Aomori Prefecture:Bunji Tsushima
- Chiba Prefecture:Tamenosuke Kawaguchi
- Ehime Prefecture:Juushin Aoki
- Fukui Prefecture:Harukazu Obata
- Fukuoka Prefecture:Katsuji Sugimoto
- Fukushima Prefecture:Kan'ichirō Ishihara(until 30 November); vacant thereafter (starting 30 November)
- Gifu Prefecture:Kamon Muto
- Gunma Prefecture:Yoshio Iyoku
- Hiroshima Prefecture:Tsunei Kusunose
- Hokkaido Prefecture:Toshifumi Tanaka
- Hyogo Prefecture:Yukio Kishida
- Ibaraki Prefecture:Yoji Tomosue
- Ishikawa Prefecture:Wakio Shibano
- Iwate Prefecture:Kenkichi Kokubun
- Kagawa Prefecture:Keikichi Masuhara
- Kagoshima Prefecture:Kaku Shigenari
- Kanagawa Prefecture:Iwataro Uchiyama
- Kochi Prefecture:Wakaji Kawamura
- Kumamoto Prefecture:Saburō Sakurai
- Kyoto Prefecture:Atsushi Kimura
- Mie Prefecture:Masaru Aoki
- Miyagi Prefecture:Saburō Chiba(until 3 January);Kazuji Sasaki(starting 25 February)
- Miyazaki Prefecture:Tadao Annaka
- Nagano Prefecture:Torao Hayashi
- Nagasaki Prefecture:Sōjirō Sugiyama
- Nara Prefecture:Mansaku Nomura
- Niigata Prefecture:Shohei Okada
- Oita Prefecture:Tokuju Hosoda
- Okayama Prefecture:Hirokichi Nishioka
- Osaka Prefecture:Bunzō Akama
- Saga Prefecture:Gen'ichi Okimori
- Saitama Prefecture:
- until 28 March:Mizo Nishimura
- 28 March-17 May:Yoshida Tadakazu
- starting 17 May:Yuuichi Oosawa
- Shiga Prefecture:Iwakichi Hattori
- Shiname Prefecture:Fujiro Hara
- Shizuoka Prefecture:Takeji Kobayashi
- Tochigi Prefecture:Juukichi Kodaira
- Tokushima Prefecture:Goro Abe
- Tokyo Prefecture:Seiichirō Yasui
- Tottori Prefecture:Aiji Nishio
- Toyama Prefecture:Kunitake Takatsuji
- Wakayama Prefecture:Shinji Ono
- Yamagata Prefecture:Michio Murayama
- Yamaguchi Prefecture:Tatsuo Tanaka
- Yamanashi Prefecture:Katsuyasu Yoshie
Events
[edit]- January 23 -1949 Japanese general election[2]
- January 26 – A fire breaks out atHōryū-jitemple inIkaruga, NaraPrefecture,destroying several murals.[3]
- March Unknown date – Mens Shop Ogori, as predecessor ofUniqlowas founded inUbe,Yamaguchi Prefecture.[citation needed]
- May 16: Opening ofTokyo,OsakaandNagoyaStock Exchanges.
- May 25:Ministry of International Trade and Industryformed.
- June 1:Japanese National Railwaysbecome independent of the Ministry of Transportation.
- June 22: ATyphoon Della,torrential massibie rain and landslidehit, many ship andfishing boatplunged aroundUwa Sea,Ehime Prefecture,468 person were human fatalities, includinga passenger ferryAoba Maru,and 367 persons were hurt, according toJapanese governmentofficial confirmed report.[citation needed]
- July 5 -Shimoyama incident
- July 15 -Mitaka incident
- August 17 -Matsukawa derailment
- September 15: First limited express trains begin operation on JNR lines.
- October:Hideki Yukawabecomes the first Japanese winner of aNobel Prize.
- December 1
- Izumi Real Estate, later,Sumitomo Realty & Developmentwas founded.[page needed]
- Marubeniwas established that separate fromItochu.[citation needed]
- December 16 –Auto partscompanyDensoestablished.[4]
Films
[edit]Births
[edit]
- January 12:Haruki Murakami,author
- January 15:Rumi Tama,film director, actress, and screenwriter
- January 24:Rihoko Yoshida,voice actress
- January 28:Masachika Ichimura,voice actor and musical singer
- February 2:Yasuko Namba,mountaineer, summited theSeven Summits(d.1996)
- March 3:Hiroshi Kajikawa,archer
- March 23:Aruno Tahara,voice actor
- April 26
- Morio Kazama,actor
- Issei Sagawa,murderer
- May 9:Kenji Shimaoka,volleyball player
- May 11:Terumi Niki,actress
- May 12:Moto Hagio,manga artist
- May 25:Yuki Katsuragi,singer (d.2022)
- June 5:Guts Ishimatsu,boxer
- June 20:Arase Nagahide,sumo wrestler (d.2008)
- June 27:Norio Nagayama,spree killer (d. 1997)
- July 14:Toyokazu Nomura,judoka
- August 18:Takeshi Shudo,scriptwriter (d.2010)
- September 19:Sayoko Yamaguchi,model and actress (d.2007)
- September 20:Yutaka Higuchi,figure skater
- September 21:Yūsaku Matsuda,actor (d.1989)
- October 5:Takajin Yashiki,singer and television celebrity (d.2014)
- October 7:Yuji Katsuro,Nordic combined skier
- October 21:Masao Ohba,boxer (d. 1973)
- November 17:Yoshito Yasuhara,actor and voice actor
- November 21:Kazumasa Hirai,weightlifter
- November 24:Tamanofuji Shigeru,sumo wrestler (d.2021)
- November 28:Kyoko Mizuki,author and manga artist
- December 2:Shūichi Ikeda,voice actor
- December 16:Kensaku Morita,actor, singer and governor ofChiba Prefecture
- December 20:Takao Okawara,film director, writer and producer
- December 28:Kaoru Kitamura,writer
Deaths
[edit]- January 8:Yoshijirō Umezu,war leader
- January 20:Iwata Nakayama,photographer
- February 6:Hiroaki Abe,admiral
- May 5:Hideo Nagata,poet and playwright
- May 6:Kunihiko Hashimoto,composer, violinist, conductor, and musical educator
- May 17:Unno Juza,founding father of Japanese science fiction
- June 30:Harukazu Nagaoka,diplomat
- July 1:Isamu Takeshita,admiral
- July 10:Moritake Tanabe
- August 7:Uemura Shōen,artist
- August 15:Kanji Ishiwara,war leader
- October 5:Yoshio Kodaira,rapist and serial killer (executed) (born1905)[5]
- October 12:Kiyoshi Kawakami,journalist
- November 3:Hidemitsu Tanaka,author
- November 14:Matsudaira Tsuneo,diplomat
- November 20:Wakatsuki Reijirō,former prime minister
- November 25:Kazuo Mizutani,chief of staff
- December 14:Morita Sōhei,author
Statistics
[edit]- Yenvalue: US$1 = ¥360 (fixed)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^"Hirohito | Biography, Accomplishments, & Facts".Encyclopedia Britannica.Retrieved27 March2019.
- ^Pharr, Susan J. (8 January 2021).Political Women in Japan: The Search for a Place in Political Life.Univ of California Press.ISBN978-0-520-35664-1.
- ^Jones, Murray (1966)."The Burned Murals of Hōryū-ji. A Transformation of the Gods".Art Journal.25(3): 238–240.doi:10.2307/774980.ISSN0004-3249.JSTOR774980.
- ^Hong, Paul; Park, YoungWon (19 December 2014).Building Network Capabilities in Turbulent Competitive Environments: Business Success Stories from the BRICs.CRC Press. p. 134.ISBN978-1-4665-1576-5.
- ^"Peace, It's Wonderful".Time. 17 October 1949. Archived fromthe originalon 30 October 2009.Retrieved9 February2008.
