1934 in Japan
Appearance
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Events in the year 1934 in Japan.
Incumbents
Events
- March 21 – 1934 Hakodate fire, Japanese government official report, 2166 persons were perished.[page needed]
- April – Teijin Incident: Ministry of Justice ordered the arrest of the Vice-Minister of Finance, director of the Bank of Taiwan and president of Teijin
- July 3 – Teijin Incident: Prime Minister Saito dissolves the government, on receiving word that a number of cabinet ministers were also scheduled to be arrested.
- September 21 – 1934 Muroto typhoon
- November – Military Academy Incident
- Unknown date – Showa Rayon, as predecessor of Kureha founded.[page needed]
Births
- January 1 – Kiyoshi Kodama, actor (d. 2011)
- January 10 – Hiroyuki Nagato, actor (d. 2011)
- February 3 – Noboru Akiyama, baseball pitcher (d. 2000)
- March 9 – Haruko Wakita, academic (d. 2016)
- April 29 – Akira Takarada, actor
- June 25 – Kinya Aikawa, actor, voice actor and tarento (d. 2015)
- June 26 – Toru Goto, freestyle swimmer
- July 14 – Jun Hazumi, voice actor
- July 25 – Kazuya Tatekabe, voice actor (d. 2015)
- August 20 – Yoko Tsukasa, actress
- September 26 – Shinji Maki, comedian (d. 2013)
- October 20 – Empress Michiko, wife of emperor Akihito
- November 22 – Osamu Kobayashi, voice actor (d. 2011)
- December 28 – Yujiro Ishihara, actor and singer (d. 1987)
Deaths
- January 9 – Hakaru Hashimoto, medical scientist (b. 1881)
- January 13 – Bunzō Hayata, botanist (b. 1874)
- January 16 – Tokihiko Okada, silent film actor (b. 1903)
- February 24 – Sanjugo Naoki, novelist (b. 1891)
- May 30 – Tōgō Heihachirō, admiral of the fleet (b. 1848)
- June 26 – Naitō Torajirō, historian and Sinologist (b. 1866)
- September 1 – Yumeji Takehisa, nihonga painter (b. 1884)
See also
References
- ^ "Hirohito | Biography, Accomplishments, & Facts". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 27 March 2019.