1943 in Japan

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Events in the year 1943 in Japan.

Incumbents[]

Governors[]

  • Aichi Prefecture: (until 1 July); Shinji Yoshino (starting 1 July)
  • Akita Prefecture: Fumi (until 1 January); (starting 1 July)
  • Aomori Prefecture: (until 31 March); (starting 31 March)
  • Ehime Prefecture: (until 1 July); Aikawa Katsuroku (starting 1 July)
  • Fukui Prefecture: (until 16 July); (starting 16 July)
  • Fukushima Prefecture: (until 30 June); (starting 1 July)
  • Gifu Prefecture:
  • Gunma Prefecture: (until 22 April); (starting 22 April)
  • Hiroshima Prefecture: Saiichiro Miyamura (until 1 July); Sukenari Yokoyama (starting 1 July)
  • Ibaraki Prefecture: (until 1 July); (starting 1 July)
  • Iwate Prefecture:
  • Kagawa Prefecture:
  • Kochi Prefecture: (until 1 July); (starting 1 July)
  • Kumamoto Prefecture:
  • Kyoto Prefecture: (until August); (starting August)
  • Mie Prefecture: (until 1 July); (starting 1 July)
  • Miyagi Prefecture: (until 1 July); (starting 1 July)
  • Miyazaki Prefecture: (until 1 July); (starting 1 July)
  • Nagano Prefecture: (until 10 January); (starting 10 January)
  • Niigata Prefecture: (until 1 February); (starting 1 February)
  • Oita Prefecture: (until 1 May)
  • Okinawa Prefecture: (until 1 July); (starting 1 July)
  • Saga Prefecture:  [ja]
  • Saitama Prefecture: Toshio Otsu (until 1 July); (starting 1 July)
  • Shiname Prefecture: (until 10 October); (starting 10 October)
  • Tochigi Prefecture:
  • Tokyo: (until 1 July); (starting 1 July)
  • Toyama Prefecture: Kingo Machimura (until 23 April); (starting 23 April)
  • Yamagata Prefecture:

Events[]

  • January 14 – February 7 – Operation Ke
  • January 29–30 – Battle of Rennell Island
  • January 29–31 – Battle of Wau
  • March 2–4 – Battle of the Bismarck Sea
  • March 27 – Battle of the Komandorski Islands
  • May 11–30 – Battle of Attu
  • June 28 – July 1 – Battle of Viru Harbor
  • June 30 – July 3 – Battle of Wickham Anchorage
  • July 6 – Battle of Kula Gulf
  • July 10–11 �� Battle of Enogai
  • July 12/13 – Battle of Kolombangara
  • July 20 – Battle of Bairoko
  • July 22 – August 4 – Battle of Munda Point
  • August 6–7 – Battle of Vella Gulf
  • August 17–18 – Battle off Horaniu
  • September 10 – 1943 Tottori earthquake
  • October 27 – November 12 – Battle of the Treasury Islands
  • November 7–8 – Battle of Koromokina Lagoon
  • November 18–25 – Battle of Piva Forks
  • November 20–23 – Battle of Tarawa
  • November 20–23 – Battle of Makin

Films[]

Births[]

Antonio Inoki
  • January 7 – Sadako Sasaki, hibakusha (d. 1955)
  • January 15 – Kirin Kiki, actress (d. 2018)
  • January 19 – Haruo Yasuda, golfer
  • February 20 – Antonio Inoki, wrestler
  • February 22 – Otoya Yamaguchi, assassin (d. 1960)
  • April 3 – Hikaru Saeki, Japanese admiral, the first female star officer of the Japan Self-Defense Forces
  • April 5 – Fighting Harada, boxer (real name Masahiko Harada)
  • May 4 – Michiyo Azusa, singer and actress (real name Michiyo Hayashi) (d. 2020)[2]
  • June 20 – Masayuki Uemura, engineer and video game producer (d. 2021)[3]
  • August 17 – Yukio Kasaya, ski jumper
  • September 16 – Tadamasa Goto, Japanese yakuza boss
  • November 20 – Mie Hama, actress
  • December 2 – Kiwako Taichi, actress (d. 1992)
  • December 11 – Mariko Kaga, actress

Deaths[]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Hirohito | Biography, Accomplishments, & Facts". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
  2. ^ Kaisha, Kabushiki (1989). 日本著者名 人名典拠錄 [Japanese Dictionary of Authors' Names and Personal names] (in Japanese). Tokyo: Hatsubaimoto Kinokuniya Shoten. p. 103. ISBN 978-4-81690-902-3.
  3. ^ Masayuki Uemura, Creator Of The NES and SNES, HasPassed Away
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