1937 in Japan

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Events in the year 1937 in Japan.

Incumbents[]

Governors[]

  • Aichi Prefecture: (until 10 February); (starting 10 February)
  • Akita Prefecture: (until 24 June); (starting 24 June)
  • Aomori Prefecture:
  • Ehime Prefecture:
  • Fukui Prefecture: (until 4 November); (starting 4 November)
  • Fukushima Prefecture: (until 7 July); (starting 7 July)
  • Gifu Prefecture: (until 20 February); Miyano Shozo (starting 20 February)
  • Gunma Prefecture: (until 7 July); (starting 7 July)
  • Hiroshima Prefecture: Saburo Hayakawa (until 8 January); Aijiro Tomita (starting 8 January)
  • Ibaraki Prefecture: (until 8 January); (starting 8 January)
  • Ishikawa Prefecture: (until 1938); Shunsuke Kondo (starting 1938)
  • Iwate Prefecture: (until 5 June); (starting 5 June)
  • Kagawa Prefecture: (until 24 December); (starting 24 December)
  • Kumamoto Prefecture:
  • Kochi Prefecture:
  • Kyoto Prefecture: Keiichi Suzuki
  • Mie Prefecture:
    • until 8 January: Aijiro Tomita
    • 8 January-4 November:
    • 4 November-24 December:
    • starting 24 December:
  • Miyagi Prefecture:
  • Miyazaki Prefecture: (until 7 July); (starting 7 July)
  • Nagano Prefecture:
  • Niigata Prefecture:
  • Okayama Prefecture:
  • Okinawa Prefecture:
  • Saga Prefecture: (until 7 July); (starting 7 July)
  • Saitama Prefecture:
  • Shiname Prefecture:
  • Tochigi Prefecture: (until 1 October); (starting 1 October)
  • Tokyo:
  • Toyama Prefecture:
  • Yamagata Prefecture:

Events[]

  • January 4 - Two plates containing 58 scales are stolen off of the kinshachi (a kind of dolphin fish) affixed to the top of the castle tower of Nagoya Castle. The culprit was apprehended 23 days later.
  • February 11 – Hasegawa Builder Corporation, as predecessor of Haseko Corporation founded in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture.[page needed]
  • March 15-May 31 - Nagoya Pan-Pacific Peace Exposition (1937)
  • March 30 – Marui founded as installndnt credit store in Nakano, Tokyo.[page needed]
  • March 31 - 1937 Japanese general election[2]
  • May – Mitsubishi Real Estate was founded.[3]
  • July 7–9 - Marco Polo Bridge Incident
  • early July-early August - Battle of Beiping-Tianjin
  • July 26 - Langfang Incident
  • July 29 - Tungchow Mutiny
  • August - Operation Chahar
  • August–November - Tianjin–Pukou Railway Operation
  • August–December - Beiping-Hankou Railway Operation
  • August 13-November 26 - Battle of Shanghai
  • September 1-November 9 - Battle of Taiyuan
  • September 13-November 11 - Battle of Xinkou
  • September 24–25 - Battle of Pingxingguan
  • October 26-November 1 - Defense of Sihang Warehouse
  • December 12 - USS Panay incident[4]

Births[]

  • February 12 – Keisuke Sagawa, actor (d. 2017)
  • March 25 – Hidekatsu Shibata, actor, voice actor and narrator
  • April 6 – Minoru Betsuyaku, playwright, novelist, and essayist
  • April 18 – Keiko Abe, marimba player and composer[5]
  • May 26 – Monkey Punch, manga artist (Lupin III) (d. 2019)
  • May 29 – Hibari Misora, singer and actress (d. 1989)
  • June 25 – Keizō Obuchi, Prime Minister of Japan (d. 2000)
  • July 14 – Yoshirō Mori, Prime Minister of Japan
  • July 29 – Ryutaro Hashimoto, Prime Minister of Japan (d. 2006)[6]
  • August 26 – Kenji Utsumi, actor and voice actor (d. 2013)

Deaths[]

  • May 2 – Takuji Iwasaki, meteorologist, biologist, ethnologist historian (b. 1869)
  • July 16 – Kanichiro Tashiro, lieutenant general (b. )
  • August 19:
    • Ikki Kita, philosopher and writer (b )
    • Asaichi Isobe, army officer (b 1905)
    • Takaji Muranaka, Army officer (b 1903)
  • October 22 – Chūya Nakahara, poet (b 1907)
  • December 6 – Sone Tatsuzō, architect (b )

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Hirohito | Biography, Accomplishments, & Facts". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
  2. ^ The 20th House of Representatives election Archived 2014-02-16 at the Wayback Machine (in Japanese)
  3. ^ "MITSUBISHI ESTATE | PROFILE OF MITSUBISHI ESTATE | HISTORY". www.mec.co.jp. Retrieved 19 February 2021.
  4. ^ Scherr, Arthur (2010). "Presidential Power, the "Panay" Incident, and the Defeat of the Ludlow Amendment". The International History Review. 32 (3): 455–500. ISSN 0707-5332. Retrieved 19 February 2021.
  5. ^ "Abe, Keiko". Grove Music Online. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
  6. ^ "Ryutaro Hashimoto". The Independent. 1 April 2009. Retrieved 19 February 2021.
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