1923 in Japan

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Events in the year 1923 in Japan. It corresponds to Taishō 12 (大正12年) in the Japanese calendar.

Incumbents[]

Events[]

Marunouchi in Tokyo in flames after the Great Kantō earthquake.
  • April unknown date – Yamanouchi Pharmaceutical was founded, as predecessor part of Astellas Pharma.[citation needed]
  • May – 1923 Far Eastern Games held in Osaka.
  • August 24 – Prime Minister Katō Tomosaburō dies in office.
  • August 29 – Fuji Electric Manufacturing, later Fuji Electric was founded.[citation needed]
  • September 1 – The Great Kantō earthquake devastates Tokyo and Yokohama, killing an estimated 142,807 people, but according to a Japanese construction research center report in 2005, 105,000 are confirmed dead. Varied accounts indicate the duration of the earthquake was between four and ten minutes.[2]
  • September 1-21 - Kantō Massacre: Young Japanese vigilante groups, driven by rumors of a Korean revolt, attack and murder thousands of Korean residents.
  • September 2
  • September 3–5 – Kameido incident
  • September 4 – The area of martial law is expanded to cover all of Tokyo, Kanagawa, Chiba, and Saitama prefectures.
  • September 7 – A Curfew is issued in Tokyo.
  • September 16 – Amakasu Incident: The feminist Noe Itō and her partner, the anarchist Sakae Ōsugi are beaten and killed by a police squadron led by Lieutenant Amakasu Masahiko, along with Ōsugi's six-year-old nephew, and their bodies disposed in a well. Following countrywide outcry, Amakasu was court-martialed and sentenced to 10 years in prison.[3]
  • December 27 – Toranomon Incident: An assassination attempt is made on the crown prince Hirohito in Tokyo by Daisuke Namba, but the attempt fails.
  • Unknown date –Yamanouchi Pharmacy, as predecessor of Astellas was founded.[citation needed]

Births[]

  • March 27 – Shūsaku Endō, writer (d. 1996)
  • May 24 – Seijun Suzuki, filmmaker, actor, and screenwriter (d. 2017)
  • June 4 – Yuriko, Princess Mikasa, wife of Prince Takahito
  • August 7 – Ryōtarō Shiba, writer (d. 1996)
  • October 7 – Tomio Aoki, film actor (d. 2004)

Deaths[]

  • January 8 – Shimamura Hayao, Marine Admiral (b. 1858)
  • February 3 – Kuroki Tamemoto general (b. 1844)
  • February 4 – Prince Fushimi Sadanaru, Field Marshal (b. 1858)
  • April 1 – Prince Naruhisa Kitashirakawa, military personnel (b. 1887)
  • June 9
    • Takeo Arishima, novelist, writer and essayist (suicide) (b. 1878)
    • Akiko Hatano, journalist (suicide) (b. 1894)
  • June 19 – Shō Shō, member of the House of Peers (b. 1888)
  • August 24 – Katō Tomosaburō, Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1861)
  • September 1 – Matsuoka Yasukowa, politician and cabinet minister (B. 1846)
  • September 2 – Kuriyagawa Hakuson, literary critic (b. 1880)
  • September 16
  • November 8 – Fusakichi Omori, seismologist (b. 1868)
  • November 26 – Otani Kikuzo, general (b. 1856)
  • December 29 – Kōno Hironaka, politician (b. 1849)

See also[]

  • List of Japanese films of the 1920s

References[]

  1. ^ "Taishō | emperor of Japan". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
  2. ^ James, Charles. "The 1923 Tokyo Earthquake and Fire" (PDF). University of California, Berkeley. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 March 2007. Retrieved 21 December 2011.
  3. ^ Cybriwsky, Roman (2011). Historical Dictionary of Tokyo. Scarecrow Press. p. 21. ISBN 978-0-8108-7489-3.
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