1931 in Japan
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Events in the year 1931 in Japan.
Incumbents
- Emperor: Hirohito[1]
- Prime Minister:
- Osachi Hamaguchi: until April 14
- Wakatsuki Reijirō: April 14 – December 13
- Inukai Tsuyoshi: from December 13
Events
- March - March Incident
- June 27 - Nakamura Incident
- July 1 - Wanpaoshan Incident
- September 21 – A Richer Scale magnitude 6.5 earthquake hit in Yorii, Saitama Prefecture. According to Japanese government official confirmed report, killing 16 persons, 146 persons were wounded.[page needed]
- October 21 - October Incident
- November 4 - Resistance at Nenjiang Bridge
- November 4-18 - Jiangqiao Campaign
- Unknown date
- Teikyo Commerce School, later Teikyo University was founded in Tokyo.[page needed]
- A time recorder and robot brand, Amano was founded in Yokohama, as predecessor name of Amano Manufacturing.[page needed]
- A mail order cram school, Jitsuryoku-Zōshinsha (Ability Promotion), as predecessor of Zōshinsha Holdings (Z-kai) was founded. [2]
Films
Births
- January 2 – Toshiki Kaifu, Prime Minister of Japan
- January 6 – Kaoru Yachigusa, actress (d. 2019)
- January 20 – Ariyoshi Sawako, writer (d. 1984)
- January 21 – Yoshiko Kuga, actress
- January 28 – Sakyo Komatsu, science fiction writer (d. 2011)
- March 7 – Atsuko, Princess Yori, fourth daughter of Emperor Shōwa
- March 9 – Masahiro Shinoda, film director
- May 10 – Ichirō Nagai, voice actor (d. 2014)
- June 22 – Teruyuki Okazaki, black belt in Shotokan Karate
- July 5 – Ryuzo Sato, economist
- July 11 – Yasuo Ōtsuka, animator
- August 29 – Ichikawa Raizō VIII, actor (d. 1969)
- August 30 – Jōji Yanami, voice actor
- September 17 – Ayako Sono, writer
- November 29 – Shintaro Katsu, actor, (d. 1997)
- December 5 – Kyōko Kagawa, actress
- December 11 – Fujiko Yamamoto, actress
- December 15 – Shuntarō Tanikawa, poet and translator
- December 19 – Reiko Sato, actress and dancer (d. 1981)
Deaths
- January 27 – Nishinoumi Kajirō II, Sumo wrestler, 25th yokozuna (b. 1880)
- June 13 – Kitasato Shibasaburō, physician and bacteriologist (b. 1853)
- June 26 – Yamakawa Kenjirō, physicist, university president (b. 1854)
- August 2 – Kinue Hitomi, sprinter and long jumper (b. 1907)
- August 26 – Osachi Hamaguchi, Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1870)
- September 2 – Ichinohe Hyoe, general (b. 1855)
- November 11 – Shibusawa Eiichi, industrialist (b. 1840)
See also
References
- ^ "Hirohito | Biography, Accomplishments, & Facts". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
- ^ ja:Z会#沿革 (Japanese language edition) Retriveted date on June 18, 2020.