1947 in Japan

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See also:	Other events of 1947 History of Japan  • Timeline  • Years

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[]

• List of Japanese films of the 1940s

References[]