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Events in the year 1953 in Japan.
Incumbents[]
- Emperor: Hirohito[1]
- Prime minister: Shigeru Yoshida (Liberal Democratic)
- Chief Cabinet Secretary: Taketora Ogata until March 24, Kenji Fukunaga
- Chief Justice of the Supreme Court: Kōtarō Tanaka
- President of the House of Representatives: Banboku Ōno until March 14, Yasujirō Tsutsumi from May 18
- President of the House of Councillors: Naotake Satō until May 19, Yahachi Kawai
Governors[]
- Aichi Prefecture: Mikine Kuwahara
- Akita Prefecture:
- Aomori Prefecture:
- Chiba Prefecture:
- Ehime Prefecture:
- Fukui Prefecture:
- Fukuoka Prefecture:
- Fukushima Prefecture:
- Gifu Prefecture:
- Gunna Prefecture:
- Hiroshima Prefecture: Hiroo Ōhara
- Hokkaido:
- Hyogo Prefecture:
- Ibaraki Prefecture:
- Ishikawa Prefecture:
- Iwate Prefecture:
- Kagawa Prefecture:
- Kagoshima Prefecture:
- Kanagawa Prefecture:
- Kochi Prefecture:
- Kumamoto Prefecture:
- Kyoto Prefecture:
- Mie Prefecture: Masaru Aoki
- Miyagi Prefecture:
- Miyazaki Prefecture:
- Nagano Prefecture:
- Nagasaki Prefecture:
- Nara Prefecture:
- Niigata Prefecture: Shohei Okada
- Oita Prefecture:
- Okayama Prefecture: Yukiharu Miki
- Osaka Prefecture:
- Saga Prefecture:
- Saitama Prefecture:
- Shiga Prefecture:
- Shiname Prefecture:
- Shizuoka Prefecture:
- Tochigi Prefecture:
- Tokushima Prefecture:
- Tokyo:
- Tottori Prefecture: Shigeru Endo
- Toyama Prefecture:
- Wakayama Prefecture: Shinji Ono
- Yamagata Prefecture:
- Yamaguchi Prefecture: (until 24 March); (starting 30 April)
- Yamanashi Prefecture:
Events[]
- January 4 – NHK Radio broadcasts its first live marathon coverage.
- June 18 – Tachikawa air disaster - 129 die after a United States Air Force Douglas C-124 Globemaster II crashes shortly after taking off from Tachikawa Airfield.
- June 25 – 1953 North Kyushu flood hit in Chikugo River, Kitakyushu and Kumamoto area, 1013 persons were human fatalities, 2775 persons were hurt, according to Japanese government official confirmed report.[page needed]
- July 20 – 1953 Kii Peninsula flood, according to Japanese government official confirmed report, 1124 persons were human fatalities, 5819 persons were wounded.[page needed]
- August 15 – 1953 South Yamashiro flood, 429 person were human fatalities, with 994 person were hurt, according to Japanese government official confirmed report.[page needed]
- September 23 – 1953 Typhoon Tess, 478 person were human fatalities, with 2559 persons were hurt, Japanese government official confirmed report.[page needed]
- December 25 – The Amami Islands are returned to Japan from the US military following 8 years of occupation.
A flood swept damage in Kokura of 1953 North Kyushu flood
Damage in Ōkawara station by 1953 South Yamashiro Flood
Births[]
- January 9
- Shigeru So, former long-distance runner
- Takeshi So, former long-distance runner
- January 29 - Yorie Terauchi, actress
- February 4 - Kitarō, New Age musician
- February 13 - Kaoru Kurimoto, novelist and writer (d. 2009)
- February 23 – Satoru Nakajima, racing car driver
- February 28 - Kōzō Murashita, singer and songwriter (d. 1999)
- March 18 - Takashi Yoshimatsu, composer
- May 1 – Mayumi Aoki, swimmer
- May 4 – Masashi Ebara, actor and voice actor
- June 4 - Susumu Ojima, entrepreneur
- June 6 - June Yamagishi, Japanese guitarist
- July 12 – Akinobu Mayumi, former professional baseball player and coach
- July 14 – Katsuya Okada, politician
- July 19 - Shōichi Nakagawa, politician (d. 2009)
- July 31 - Tōru Furuya, actor, voice actor and narrator
- August 4 – Masataka Nashida, former professional baseball player and coach
- November 28 - Taeko Onuki, singer-songwriter
- December 6 - Masami Kurumada, manga artist and writer
- December 9 – Hiromitsu Ochiai, former professional baseball player and coach
- December 17 - Ikue Mori, drummer, composer, graphic designer
- December 28 - Tatsumi Fujinami, professional wrestler
Deaths[]
- January 4 - Yasuhito, Prince Chichibu
- February 19 - Nobutake Kondō, admiral
- May 28 - Tatsuo Hori, writer, poet and translator (b. 1904)
- July 7 - Tsumasaburō Bandō, actor
- September 7 - Nobuyuki Abe, politician, military leader, Prime Minister
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Hirohito | Biography, Accomplishments, & Facts". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
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