1939 in Japan

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← 1938 1937 1936 1939 in Japan → 1940 1941 1942
Decades:	1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s
See also:	Other events of 1939 History of Japan  • Timeline  • Years

Events in the year 1939 in Japan.

Incumbents[]

• Emperor: Hirohito^[1]
• Prime Minister: Fumimaro Konoe until January 5, then Nobuyuki Abe

Events[]

• February - Hainan Island Operation
• March - Battle of Xiushui River
• March 1 – According to Japanese government official confirmed report, Japanese Imperial Army ammunition dump explode in Hirakata, Osaka Prefecture, 94 persons were human fatalities, 602 persons were hurt.^{[citation needed]}
• March 17-May 9 - Battle of Nanchang
• April 20-May 24 - Battle of Suixian–Zaoyang
• May 11-September 16 - Battles of Khalkhin Gol
• June - Swatow Operation
• June 1 –Nippon Electric Works and Showa Fertilizer were merger, becomes name was Showa Denko.^{[citation needed]}
• September 13-October 8 - Battle of Changsha (1939)
• Unknown date – Mukogawa Higher Women's School was founded, as predecessor of Mukogawa Women's University.^{[citation needed]}

Births[]

• February 9 – Tadahiro Matsushita, politician (d. 2012)
• February 17 – Toshihiro Nikai, politician
• March 2 – Takako, Princess Suga, youngest child of Emperor Shōwa
• April 9 – Ikuko Tani, actress, voice actress and narrator
• August 13 – Shijaku Katsura, rakugo performer (d. 1999)
• September 22 – Junko Tabei, mountaineer, first woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest (d. 2016)

Deaths[]

• February 18 – Kanoko Okamoto, author, poet, and Buddhist scholar (b. )
• March 29 – Michizō Tachihara, poet and architect (b. 1914)
• September 7 – Kyōka Izumi, novelist and Kabuki playwright (b. 1873)
• November 11 – Kagaku Murakami, painter and illustrator (b. )
• December 25 – Masao Nakamura, major general (b. 1892)

See also[]

• List of Japanese films of the 1930s

References[]