1949 in Japan

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Events in the year 1949 in Japan.

Incumbents[]

  • Supreme Commander Allied Powers: Douglas MacArthur
  • Emperor: Hirohito[1]
  • Prime Minister: Shigeru Yoshida (L–Kōchi, 3rd term from February 16)
  • Chief Cabinet Secretary: Eisaku Satō (not Diet member→L–Yamaguchi) until February 16, (L–Nagano)
  • Chief Justice of the Supreme Court: Tadahiko Mibuchi
  • President of the House of Representatives: vacant until February 11, Kijūrō Shidehara (L–Ōsaka)
  • President of the House of Councillors: Tsuneo Matsudaira (Ryokufūkai–Fukushima) until November 14, Naotake Satō (Ryokufūkai–Aomori) from November 15
  • Diet sessions: 5th (special, February 11 to May 31), 6th (extraordinary, October 25 to November (?)), 7th (regular, December 4 to 1950, May 2)

Events[]

  • January 23 - 1949 Japanese general election[2]
  • January 26 – A fire breaks out at Hōryū-ji temple in Ikaruga, Nara Prefecture, destroying several murals.[3]
  • March Unknown date – Mens Shop Ogori, as predecessor of Uniqlo was founded in Ube, Yamaguchi Prefecture.[citation needed]
  • May 16: Opening of Tokyo, Osaka and Nagoya Stock Exchanges.
  • May 25: Ministry of International Trade and Industry formed.
  • June 1: Japanese National Railways become independent of the Ministry of Transportation.
  • June 22: A Typhoon Della, torrential massibie rain and landslide hit, many ship and fishing boat plunged around Uwa Sea, Ehime Prefecture, 468 person were human fatalities, including a passenger ferry Aoba Maru, and 367 persons were hurt, according to Japanese government official confirmed report.[citation needed]
  • July 5 - Shimoyama incident
  • July 15 - Mitaka incident
  • August 17 - Matsukawa derailment
  • September 15: First limited express trains begin operation on JNR lines.
  • October: Hideki Yukawa becomes the first Japanese winner of a Nobel Prize.
  • December 1
    • Izumi Real Estate, later, Sumitomo Realty & Development was founded.[page needed]
    • Marubeni was established that separate from Itochu.[citation needed]
  • December 16 – Auto parts company Denso established.[4]

Films[]

Late Spring

Births[]

Haruki Murakami
  • January 12: Haruki Murakami, author
  • January 15: Rumi Tama, film director, actress, and screenwriter
  • January 24: Rihoko Yoshida, voice actress
  • January 28: Masachika Ichimura, voice actor and musical singer
  • February 2: Yasuko Namba, mountaineer, summited the Seven Summits (d. 1996)
  • March 3: Hiroshi Kajikawa, archer
  • March 23: Aruno Tahara, voice actor
  • April 26
    • Morio Kazama, actor
    • Issei Sagawa, murderer
  • May 9: Kenji Shimaoka, volleyball player
  • May 11: Terumi Niki, actress
  • May 12: Moto Hagio, manga artist
  • June 5: Guts Ishimatsu, boxer
  • June 20: Arase Nagahide, sumo wrestler (d. 2008)
  • June 27: Norio Nagayama, spree killer (d. 1997)
  • July 14: Toyokazu Nomura, judoka
  • August 18: Takeshi Shudo, scriptwriter (d. 2010)
  • September 19: Sayoko Yamaguchi, model and actress (d. 2007)
  • September 20: Yutaka Higuchi, figure skater
  • September 21: Yūsaku Matsuda, actor (d. 1989)
  • October 5: Takajin Yashiki, singer and television celebrity
  • October 7: Yuji Katsuro, Nordic combined skier
  • October 21: Masao Ohba, boxer (d. 1973)
  • November 17: Yoshito Yasuhara, actor and voice actor
  • November 21: Kazumasa Hirai, weightlifter
  • November 24: Tamanofuji Shigeru, sumo wrestler (d. 2021)
  • November 28: Kyoko Mizuki, author and manga artist
  • December 2: Shūichi Ikeda, voice actor
  • December 16: Kensaku Morita, actor, singer and governor of Chiba Prefecture
  • December 20: Takao Okawara, film director, writer and producer
  • December 28: Kaoru Kitamura, writer

Deaths[]

  • January 8: Yoshijirō Umezu, war leader
  • January 20: Iwata Nakayama, photographer
  • February 6: Hiroaki Abe, admiral
  • May 5: Hideo Nagata, poet and playwright
  • May 6: Kunihiko Hashimoto, composer, violinist, conductor, and musical educator
  • May 17: Unno Juza, founding father of Japanese science fiction
  • June 30: Harukazu Nagaoka, diplomat
  • July 1: Isamu Takeshita, admiral
  • July 10: Moritake Tanabe
  • August 7: Uemura Shōen, artist
  • August 15: Kanji Ishiwara, war leader
  • October 12: Kiyoshi Kawakami, journalist
  • November 3: Hidemitsu Tanaka, author
  • November 14: Matsudaira Tsuneo, diplomat
  • November 20: Wakatsuki Reijirō, former prime minister
  • November 25: Kazuo Mizutani, chief of staff
  • December 14: Morita Sōhei, author

Statistics[]

  • Yen value: US$1 = ¥360 (fixed)

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Hirohito | Biography, Accomplishments, & Facts". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
  2. ^ Pharr, Susan J. (8 January 2021). Political Women in Japan: The Search for a Place in Political Life. Univ of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-35664-1.
  3. ^ Jones, Murray (1966). "The Burned Murals of Hōryū-ji. A Transformation of the Gods". Art Journal. 25 (3): 238–240. doi:10.2307/774980. ISSN 0004-3249. JSTOR 774980.
  4. ^ Hong, Paul; Park, YoungWon (19 December 2014). Building Network Capabilities in Turbulent Competitive Environments: Business Success Stories from the BRICs. CRC Press. p. 134. ISBN 978-1-4665-1576-5.
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