1932 in Japan

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Events in the year 1932 in Japan.

Incumbents[]

Events[]

  • January 9 – Sakuradamon Incident (1932)
  • January 25 – Nippon Bakelight, later Sumitomo Bakelight was founded.[citation needed]
  • January 25–February 4 – Defense of Harbin
  • January 28–March 3 – January 28 Incident
  • February 20 – 1932 Japanese general election
  • May 15 – May 15 Incident
  • July 15 – Takashimaya Department Store in Osaka Nanba was officially open.[citation needed]
  • August 12 – Tokyo Takarazuka Cinema Production, as predecessor of Toho was founded.[citation needed]
  • September 1 – Topcon was founded.[page needed]
  • September 15 – the Japan-Manchukuo Protocol is signed by Japan giving Japanese forces permission to station in Manchukuo[2]
  • December 16 – Shirokiya Department Store fire
  • Winter – The Japanese Communist Party make a concerted effort to reestablish its central organization during a time of police repression[3]
  • Unknown date
    • Pharmacy retailer, Matsumoto Kiyoshi founded in Matsudo, Chiba Prefecture, as predecessor name was Matsumoto Pharmacy Shop.[page needed]
    • Nanzan Secondary School, later Nanzan University was founded in Nagoya.[citation needed]

Films[]

  • - directed by Teinosuke Kinugasa
  • - directed by
  • I Was Born, But... - directed by Yasujirō Ozu
  • - directed by Mansaku Itami
  • - directed by Kenji Mizoguchi
  • - directed by Mikio Naruse
  • - directed by Yasujirô Ozu
  • Until the Day We Meet Again - directed by Yasujirô Ozu
  • - directed by
  • - directed by Yasujirō Ozu

Births[]

  • March 7 – Momoko Kōchi, actress (d. 1998)
  • March 31 – Nagisa Oshima, film director and screenwriter (d. 2013)
  • April 3 – Ineko Arima, film actress
  • April 4 – Meisei Goto, author (d. 1999)
  • June 25 – Ichiro Ogimura, table tennis player (d. 1994)
  • August 11
    • Asei Kobayashi, composer and lyricist (d. 2021)
    • Keiko Kishi, film actress and UNFPA Goodwill Ambassador
  • September 10 – Yasuo Yamada, voice actor (d. 1995)
  • September 18 – Hisashi Owada, diplomat and law professor
  • September 30 – Shintarō Ishihara, Japanese author and politician
  • October 2 – Masanobu Deme, film director (d. 2016)
  • November 20
    • Umeko Ando, Ainu singer and musician
    • Yorozuya Kinnosuke, kabuki actor (d. 1996)
  • November 23 – Kunie Tanaka, film actor
  • December 15 – Tatsuya Nakadai, film actor
  • December 25 – Jun Etō, literary critic (d. 1999)

Deaths[]

  • February 9 – Junnosuke Inoue, businessman and banker (assassinated) (b. 1869)
  • March 5 – Dan Takuma, businessman (assassinated) (b. 1858)
  • March 24 – Motojirō Kajii, writer (b. 1901)
  • March 26 – Kigoshi Yasutsuna, general (b. 1854)
  • May 15 – Inukai Tsuyoshi, politician and Prime Minister of Japan (assassinated) (b. 1855)
  • May 26 – Yoshinori Shirakawa, general, (b. 1869)
  • June 14 – Yamamoto Yaeko, nurse, wife of Joseph Hardy Neesima (b. 1845)
  • July 24 – Hidaka Sōnojō, admiral (b. 1848)

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Hirohito | Biography, Accomplishments, & Facts". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
  2. ^ Howland, Douglas; White, Luise (2009). The State of Sovereignty: Territories, Laws, Populations. Indiana University Press. p. 83. ISBN 978-0-253-22016-5.
  3. ^ Beckmann, George M.; Okubo, Genji (1969). The Japanese Communist Party 1922-1945. Stanford University Press. p. 239. ISBN 978-0-8047-0674-2.
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