1946 in Japan

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Events in the year 1946 in Japan.

Incumbents[]

  • Emperor: Hirohito[1]
  • Prime Minister: Kijuro Shidehara, Shigeru Yoshida
  • Supreme Commander Allied Powers: Douglas MacArthur

Governors[]

  • Aichi Prefecture:
    • until 25 January:
    • 25 January-9 July: Saburo Hayakawa
    • starting 9 July: Mikine Kuwahara
  • Akita Prefecture:
    • until 25 January:
    • 25 January-9 July:
    • starting 9 July:
  • Aomori Prefecture: (until 25 January); (starting 25 January)
  • Ehime Prefecture: (until 4 October); (starting 4 October)
  • Fukui Prefecture:
    • until 25 May:
    • 25 May-4 October:
    • starting 4 October:
  • Fukushima Prefecture: (until 25 April); (starting 25 April)
  • Gifu Prefecture: (until 16 February); (starting 16 February)
  • Gunma Prefecture: Toshio Takahashi (until 25 January); (starting 25 January)
  • Hiroshima Prefecture: Tsunei Kusunose
  • Ibaraki Prefecture:
  • Iwate Prefecture: (until 26 January); (starting 26 January)
  • Kagawa Prefecture:
  • Kochi Prefecture:
  • Kumamoto Prefecture:
    • until 25 January:
    • 25 January-9 July: Hiroshi Nagai
    • starting 9 July:
  • Kyoto Prefecture: Atsushi Kimura
  • Mie Prefecture:
  • Miyagi Prefecture:
  • Miyazaki Prefecture:
  • Nagano Prefecture:
  • Niigata Prefecture:
    • until 25 January:
    • 25 January-9 July:
    • starting 9 July:
  • Okinawa Prefecture: (until 24 April)
  • Saga Prefecture: (until 4 July); (starting 4 July)
  • Saitama Prefecture: (until 25 January); (starting 25 January)
  • Shiname Prefecture:
    • until 25 January: Kiyoshi Ito
    • 25 January-8 June:
    • starting 8 June:
  • Tochigi Prefecture:
  • Tokyo:
    • until 15 January:
    • 15 January-8 June:
    • starting 8 June:
  • Toyama Prefecture:
    • until 25 January:
    • 25 January-9 July:
    • starting 9 July:
  • Yamagata Prefecture: (until 25 October); (starting 25 October)

Events[]

International Military Tribunal for the Far East convened in May
  • January 1: Emperor Shōwa renounces his divinity, known in Japanese as the Human Declaration
  • January 4: The Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers, General Douglas MacArthur order the Japanese government to expel all militarists from positions of power. The disbandment of all ultra-nationalist organizations is also ordered.
  • March 2: Kose Cosmetics founded in Oji region, Tokyo, as predecessor name was Kobayashi Kose Cosmetics.[page needed]
  • April 10: The Diet elections (a lower House of Representatives and upper House of Peers). Liberal Party wins 141 of 466 Diet seats, followed by the Progressive Party with 94 and the with 93.
  • April 16: Kijuro Shidehara resigns as president of the Progressive Party, and as prime minister effective April 22.
  • April 22: Sazae-san is first published.
  • May 2: Ichiro Hatoyama receives Imperial Order to form a cabinet.
  • May 3: International Military Tribunal for the Far East convenes.
  • May 4: Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers ("SCAP") purges Hatoyama.
  • May 7: Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo, the predecessor of Sony, is founded.
  • May 16: Shigeru Yoshida receives Imperial Order to form a cabinet.
  • May 22: Yoshida cabinet announced.
  • June 20: Emperor Hirohito submits a revision of the Imperial Constitution to the Diet.
  • August 16: Keidanren established.
  • August 20: Serial killer Yoshio Kodaira is arrested.
  • November 3: Constitution of Japan promulgated.
  • December 21: The Nankai earthquake strikes Wakayama Prefecture, killing 1,443.

Births[]

Deaths[]

  • Jnaaury 30: Kan Abe, politician (b. 1894)
  • February 10: Mushitaro Oguri, novelist (b. 1901)
  • February 13: Tamotsu Oishi, career officer (b. 1900)
  • February 23: Tomoyuki Yamashita, general (b. 1885)
  • April 3: Masaharu Homma, lieutenant general (b. 1887)
  • April 5: Fujiro Katsurada, parasitologist (b. 1867)
  • April 19: Rikichi Andō, general (b. 1884)
  • June 12: Hisaichi Terauchi, marshal (b. 1879)
  • June 26: Yōsuke Matsuoka, diplomat and Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. )
  • August 16: Prince Fushimi Hiroyasu (b. )
  • September 24: Yoshio Tachibana, lieutenant general (b. 1890)
  • September 30: Takashi Sakai, lieutenant general (b. 1887)
  • December 7: Sada Yacco, geisha, actress and dancer (b. 1871)
  • December 12: Gennosuke Fuse, anatomist (b. )

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Hirohito | Biography, Accomplishments, & Facts". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
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