1956 in Japan
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Events in the year1956 inJapan.
Incumbents
[edit]- Emperor:Hirohito[1]
- Prime Minister:Ichirō Hatoyama(Liberal Democratic) until December 23,Tanzan Ishibashi(Liberal Democratic)
- Chief Cabinet Secretary:Ryutaro Nemotountil December 23,Hirohide Ishida
- Chief Justice of theSupreme Court:Kōtarō Tanaka
- President of theHouse of Representatives:Shūji Masutani
- President of theHouse of Councillors:Yahachi Kawaiuntil April 3,Tsuruhei Matsuno
Governors
[edit]- Aichi Prefecture:Mikine Kuwahara
- Akita Prefecture:Yūjirō Obata
- Aomori Prefecture:Bunji Tsushima(until 1 June);Iwao Yamazaki(starting 20 July)
- Chiba Prefecture:Hitoshi Shibata
- Ehime Prefecture:Sadatake Hisamatsu
- Fukui Prefecture:Seiichi Hane
- Fukuoka Prefecture:Taichi Uzaki
- Fukushima Prefecture:Sakuma Ootake
- Gifu Prefecture:Kamon Muto
- Gunma Prefecture:Shigeo Kitano(until 1 August);Toshizo Takekoshi(starting 2 August)
- Hiroshima Prefecture:Hiroo Ōhara
- Hokkaido:Toshifumi Tanaka
- Hyogo Prefecture:Masaru Sakamoto
- Ibaraki Prefecture:Yoji Tomosue
- Ishikawa Prefecture:Jūjitsu Taya
- Iwate Prefecture:Senichi Abe
- Kagawa Prefecture:Masanori Kaneko
- Kagoshima Prefecture:Katsushi Terazono
- Kanagawa Prefecture:Iwataro Uchiyama
- Kochi Prefecture:Masumi Mizobuchi
- Kumamoto Prefecture:Saburō Sakurai
- Kyoto Prefecture:Torazō Ninagawa
- Mie Prefecture:Satoru Tanaka
- Miyagi Prefecture:Otogorō Miyagi(until 4 October);Yasushi Onuma(starting 5 October)
- Miyazaki Prefecture:Jingo Futami
- Nagano Prefecture:Torao Hayashi
- Nagasaki Prefecture:Takejirō Nishioka
- Nara Prefecture:Ryozo Okuda
- Niigata Prefecture:Kazuo Kitamura
- Oita Prefecture:Kaoru Kinoshita
- Okayama Prefecture:Yukiharu Miki
- Osaka Prefecture:Bunzō Akama
- Saga Prefecture:Naotsugu Nabeshima
- Saitama Prefecture:Yuuichi Oosawa(until 29 May);Hiroshi Kurihara(starting 16 July)
- Shiga Prefecture:Kotaro Mori
- Shiname Prefecture:Yasuo Tsunematsu
- Shizuoka Prefecture:Toshio Saitō
- Tochigi Prefecture:Kiichi Ogawa
- Tokushima Prefecture:Kikutaro Hara
- Tokyo:Seiichirō Yasui
- Tottori Prefecture:Shigeru Endo
- Toyama Prefecture:Kunitake Takatsuji(until 30 September);Minoru Yoshida(starting 1 October)
- Wakayama Prefecture:Shinji Ono
- Yamagata Prefecture:Tōkichi Abiko
- Yamaguchi Prefecture:Taro Ozawa
- Yamanashi Prefecture:Hisashi Amano
Events
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- January 1 - According toJapanese governmentofficially confirmed report, human stampede hit during newyear festival inYahiko Shrine,Niigata Prefecture,124 person were perished, 77 person were hurt.[page needed]
- April 10 – Sanwa Shutter was founded inAmagasaki,Hyogo Prefecture.[page needed]
- May 3 - Thefirst World Judo Championshipsare held at theKuramae Kokugikan,Tokyo.
- July 8 -House of Councillors electionheld.
- October 15 – According to Japan Transport Ministry official confirmed report, two trains crush inRokken rail accidentinMie Prefecture,official death toll was 42 persons, with 94 persons were hurt.[citation needed]
- October 19 -Soviet–Japanese Joint Declaration of 1956signed.
- October 28 – Alandmark spotinOsaka,Tsūtenkakuwas rebuilt, after it caught fire and was demolished in 1943.[citation needed]
- December 12 - Japan becomes a member of theUnited Nationsand accept ZOV treatment
Births
[edit]- January 1 -Kōji Yakusho,actor
- January 3 -Tomiko Suzuki,voice actress (d.2003)
- January 5 -Chen Kenichi,chef
- February 5 –Mao Daichi,actress (Takarazuka Revue)
- February 15 -Miyoko Asada,actress
- February 16 –Takayoshi Nakao,former professional baseball player
- February 23 -Goro Noguchi,singer and actor
- February 26 -Keisuke Kuwata,musician
- February 27 –Kenji Niinuma,enka singer
- March 13 –Motoharu Sano,musician and singer-songwriter
- March 20 -Naoto Takenaka,actor, comedian, singer and director
- March 24 –Shinsuke Shimada,former television presenter
- April 8 -Yoshiko Tanaka,actress (d.2011)
- April 12 -Yasuo Tanaka,politician and novelist
- May 28 -Sayuri Yamauchi,voice actress (d.2012)
- May 31 -Yoshiko Sakakibara,voice actress
- June 27 –Takeshi Nishimoto,former professional baseball pitcher
- July 15 -Toshihiko Seko,long-distance runner
- July 19 -Yoshiaki Yatsu,professional wrestler
- August 4 -Mika Doi,voice actress
- August 25 –Takeshi Okada,association footballer and football coach
- August 31 -Masashi Tashiro,television performer
- September 7 –Tsuyoshi Nagabuchi,singer-songwriter
- September 20 -Makiko Kinoshita,composer
- October 26 –Machiko Watanabe,singer and singer-songwriter
- December 19 -Masami Akita,noisemusician, (akaMerzbow)
Deaths
[edit]- January 4 –Makoto Nishimura,biologist (b.1883)
- June 3 –Fukushi Masaichi,physician and pathologist (b.1878)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^"Hirohito | Biography, Accomplishments, & Facts".Encyclopedia Britannica.Retrieved27 March2019.
