1944 in Japan
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Events in the year 1944 in Japan.
Incumbents
- Emperor: Hirohito[1]
- Prime Minister:
- Hideki Tōjō, until July 22
- Kuniaki Koiso, from July 22
Events
- January 31-February 3 - Battle of Kwajalein
- February 17–23 - Battle of Eniwetok
- April 17-May 25 - Battle of Central Henan
- May–August - Battle of Changsha (1944)
- June 4-September 7 - Battle of Mount Song
- June 15-July 9 - Battle of Saipan
- June 15/16 - Bombing of Yawata (June 1944)
- June 19–20 - Battle of the Philippine Sea
- June 22-August 8 - Defense of Hengyang
- July 10-August 25 - Battle of Driniumor River
- July 21-August 10 - Battle of Guam (1944)
- July 24-August 1 - Battle of Tinian
- August 16-November 24 - Battle of Guilin-Liuzhou
- September 15-November 27 - Battle of Peleliu
- September 17-October 22 - Battle of Angaur
- October 10–20 - Formosa Air Battle
- December 7 - 1944 Tōnankai earthquake
- December 30–31 - Battle of Pearl Ridge
Births
- April 16 - Shoji Tabuchi
- July 8 - Hironobu Takesaki
Deaths
- January 25 - Monzo Akiyama, admiral (b. 1891)
- February 21 - Yoshimi Nishida, general (b. 1892)
- March 29 - Kiichi Hasegawa, admiral (b. 1894)
- March 31 - Mineichi Koga, Marshal Admiral (b. 1885)
- May 24 - Matsuji Ijuin, vice admiral (b. 1893)
- July 6 - Chūichi Nagumo, admiral (b. 1887)
- July 8 - Takeo Takagi, admiral (b. 1892)
- July 10 - Yoshitsugu Saitō, lieutenant general (b. 1890)
- July 19 - Shigeo Arai, freestyle swimmer (b. 1916)
- July 28 - Takeshi Takashina, general (b. 1891)
- August 1 - Kiyochi Ogata, colonel
- August 2
- Kakuji Kakuta, captain (b. 1890)
- Goichi Oya, admiral
- August 11 - Hideyoshi Obata, general (b. 1890)
- October 15 - Masafumi Arima, admiral (b. 1895)
- October 26 - Hiroyoshi Nishizawa, flying ace (b. 1920)
- November 7 - Hotsumi Ozaki, journalist and soviet spy (b. 1901)
- November 18 - Tsunesaburō Makiguchi, educator (b. 1871)
- November 24 - Kunio Nakagawa, general (b. 1898)
See also
References
- ^ "Hirohito | Biography, Accomplishments, & Facts". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
