1947 in Japan
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Events in the year 1947 in Japan.
Incumbents[]
- Supreme Commander Allied Powers: Douglas MacArthur
- Emperor: Hirohito[1]
- Prime Minister: Shigeru Yoshida (Peer–Imperial appointment) until May 24, Tetsu Katayama (S–Kanagawa)
- Chief Justice of the Supreme Court: Tadahiko Mibuchi from August 4
- Diet (Empire of Japan)
- President of the House of Representatives: (L–Ibaraki) until March 31
- President of the House of Peers: Iemasa Tokugawa (–Prince) until May 2
- Imperial Diet sessions: 92nd (regular session opened in December 1946, until March 31)
- Diet (State of Japan)
- President of the House of Representatives: (S–Tokyo) from May 24
- President of the House of Councillors: Tsuneo Matsudaira (Ryokufūkai–Fukushima) from May 20
- Diet sessions: 1st (special, May 20 to December 9), 2nd (regular, from December 10 to 1948)
Events[]
- February 25: Hachikō Line derailment
- April 5: In the first phase of the the governors of all 46 prefectures are elected directly for the first time. Also up are mayors of municipalities across the country.
- March 3: Sekisui Chemical was founded.[2]
- April 20: First election for the House of Councillors. 111 of 250 seats are won by non-affiliated candidates.
- April 25: 23rd Election for House of Representatives. wins 143 of 466 seats, followed by Liberal Party with 131 and Democratic Party with 124.
- April 30: In the second phase of the unified regional elections prefectural and municipal assemblies are elected.
- May 3: Constitution of Japan goes into effect.
- May 24: Tetsu Katayama becomes prime minister.
- August 4: Supreme Court of Japan established.
- September 14–16 – According to Japanese government official confirmed report, Typhoon Kathleen, an embankment collapse and flash flood occur around Saitama Prefecture, a debris flow and landslide occurred in Ashikaga, Ichinoseki and Mount Akagi area, resulting to toll death number was 1,930 persons, 1,547 persons were wounded.[citation needed]
Births[]
- January 1 – Hideaki Yanagida, wrestler
- January 18
- Takeshi Kitano, comedian, actor and director
- Sachio Kinugasa, professional baseball player (d.2018)[citation needed]
- January 22 – Senichi Hoshino, professional baseball pitcher and coach (d. 2018)[citation needed]
- February 5 – Teruhiko Saigō, singer and actor
- February 11 – Yukio Hatoyama, politician
- February 22 – Masahara Nakagawa, politician
- March 6 – Teru Miyamoto, author
- March 20 – Tamio Kageyama, novelist (died 1998)
- March 21 – Kazuhiko Katō, musician (died 2009)
- March 24 – Meiko Kaji, actress
- April 9 – Kazuko Sugiyama, voice actress
- June 10 – Hitoshi Igarashi, scholar (died 1991)
- September 20 – Kazumasa Oda, singer
- September 26 – Tadayoshi Yokota, volleyball player
- September 28 – Keishi Suzuki, former professional baseball pitcher
- October 7 – Reiko Kuroda, chemist
- November 4 – Toshiyuki Nishida, actor
- December 18 – Riyoko Ikeda, manga artist and singer
- December 22 – Mitsuo Tsukahara, artistic gymnast
Deaths[]
- January 5: Osami Nagano, admiral (b. )
- January 10: Sakunosuke Oda, novelist (b. 1913)
- March 27: Hisakazu Tanaka (b. )
- April 26: Hisao Tani, lieutenant general (b. 1882)
- June 18: Shigematsu Sakaibara, admiral (b. 1898)
- June 19: Kōsō Abe, admiral (b. 1892)
- July 13: Yone Noguchi, writer, poet, essayist and novelist (b. )
- July 30: Kōda Rohan, writer and author (b. 1867)
- August 7: Masao Baba, general (b. 1892)
- September 10: Hatazō Adachi, general (b. 1890)
- October 18: Michiaki Kamada, vice-admiral (b. 1890)
- December 6: Tadashige Daigo, vice-admiral (b. 1891)
- December 30: Riichi Yokomitsu, novelist (b. 1898)
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Hirohito | Biography, Accomplishments, & Facts". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
- ^ ja:積水化学工業#沿革 (Japanese language edition) Retrieved date May 2020.
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