1938 in Japan
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Events in the year 1938 in Japan.
Incumbents
Events
- January - Taihoku Air Strike
- January-June - Battle of Northern and Eastern Henan
- March 24 - National Mobilization Law
- March 24-April 7 - Battle of Taierzhuang
- March 24-May 1 - Battle of Xuzhou
- May - Battle of Lanfeng
- May 10-12 - Amoy Operation
- May 21 - Tsuyama massacre
- June 11-October 27 - Battle of Wuhan
- July 1 - Battle of Xinfeng
- July 29-August 11 - Battle of Lake Khasan
- October 1-11 - Battle of Wanjialing
- October-December - Canton Operation
Births
- January 25 - Shotaro Ishinomori, author, manga artist, Father of "Henshin heroes" (d. 1998)
- April 22 - Issey Miyake, fashion designer
- September 3 - Ryōji Noyori, chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
- September 8 - Kenichi Horie
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Deaths
- May 21 - Mutsuo Toi
- September 17 - Sadao Yamanaka
- October 19 - Prince Fushimi Hiroyoshi
- November 20 - Enzo Matsunaga
