1954 in Japan

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Events in the year 1954 in Japan.

Incumbents

Emperor: Hirohito^[1]
Prime minister: Shigeru Yoshida (Liberal Democratic) until December 10, Ichirō Hatoyama (Liberal Democratic)
Chief Cabinet Secretary: Kenji Fukunaga until December 10, Ryutaro Nemoto
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court: Kōtarō Tanaka
President of the House of Representatives: Yasujirō Tsutsumi until December 10, Tō Matsunaga from December 11
President of the House of Councillors: Yahachi Kawai

Governors

Aichi Prefecture: Mikine Kuwahara
Akita Prefecture: Tokuji Ikeda
Aomori Prefecture: Bunji Tsushima
Chiba Prefecture: Hitoshi Shibata
Ehime Prefecture: Sadatake Hisamatsu
Fukui Prefecture: Harukazu Obata
Fukuoka Prefecture: Katsuji Sugimoto
Fukushima Prefecture: Sakuma Ootake
Gifu Prefecture: Kamon Muto
Gunma Prefecture: Shigeo Kitano
Hiroshima Prefecture: Hiroo Ōhara
Hokkaido: Toshifumi Tanaka
Hyogo Prefecture: Masaru Sakamoto
Ibaraki Prefecture: Yoji Tomosue
Ishikawa Prefecture: Wakio Shibano
Iwate Prefecture: Kenkichi Kokubun
Kagawa Prefecture: Masanori Kaneko
Kagoshima Prefecture: Katsushi Terazono
Kanagawa Prefecture: Iwataro Uchiyama
Kochi Prefecture: Wakaji Kawamura
Kumamoto Prefecture: Saburō Sakurai
Kyoto Prefecture: Torazō Ninagawa
Mie Prefecture: Masaru Aoki
Miyagi Prefecture: Otogorō Miyagi
Miyazaki Prefecture: Nagashige Tanaka
Nagano Prefecture: Torao Hayashi
Nagasaki Prefecture: Takejirō Nishioka
Nara Prefecture: Ryozo Okuda
Niigata Prefecture: Shohei Okada
Oita Prefecture: Tokuju Hosoda
Okayama Prefecture: Yukiharu Miki
Osaka Prefecture: Bunzō Akama
Saga Prefecture: Naotsugu Nabeshima
Saitama Prefecture: Yuuichi Oosawa
Shiga Prefecture: Kotaro Mori
Shiname Prefecture: Yasuo Tsunematsu
Shizuoka Prefecture: Toshio Saitō
Tochigi Prefecture: Aiji Nishio (until 7 November); Juukichi Kodaira (starting 7 November)
Tokushima Prefecture: Kuniichi Abe
Tokyo: Seiichirō Yasui
Tottori Prefecture: Shigeru Endo
Toyama Prefecture: Kunitake Takatsuji
Wakayama Prefecture: Shinji Ono
Yamagata Prefecture: Michio Murayama
Yamaguchi Prefecture: Taro Ozawa
Yamanashi Prefecture: Hisashi Amano

Events

January 2 - A stampede occurs in Nijubashi, Imperial Square, Tokyo, with 16 fatalities, according to Japan National Police Agency confirmed report.ja:二重橋事件^{[page needed]}
January 18 – Mabuchi Motor was founded in Matsudo, Chiba Prefecture.^{[citation needed]}
February 1 – A first issue of Chūnichi Sports was published in Nagoya.^{[citation needed]}
April 26 - Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai released in Japan.
July 1 - The Japanese Self-Defense Forces are established.
September 26
- A typhoon in the Tsugaru Strait sinks the ferry Tōya Maru, killing over 1,100 passengers and crew, wrecks at least seven other ships and seriously damages nine more.
- A massive fire in Iwanai, Hokkaido, a result of Typhoon Marie, leaves 38 people dead, 551 people injured according to Japan Fire and Disaster Management Agency official confirmed report.ja:岩内大火^{[page needed]}
October 8 - A sightseeing boat Uchigo Maru capsized due to overcrowding in Lake Sagami, Kanagawa Prefecture, 22 junior high school students perished, according to Japanese government confirmed report.^{[page needed]}
November 3 - Godzilla released in Japan.

A scene of stampede in Nijyubashi, Tokyo, 2 January.
1954 Toya Maru accident on 27 September.
A sightseeing boat Uchigo-Maru capsized in Lake Sagami, Kanagawa Prefecture on 8 October.

Births

January 6 - Yuji Horii, video game designer
January 8 - Yasushi Tao, professional baseball player and coach
January 9 - Satoshi Kirishima, anarchist and terrorist (d. 2024)
January 14 - Masanobu Fuchi, professional wrestler
January 19 - Yumi Matsutoya, singer
January 28 - Kaneto Shiozawa, voice actor (d. 2000)
January 29 - Yukinobu Hoshino, cartoonist
February 4 - Shigeru Chiba, Voice actor and actor
February 11 - Noriyuki Asakura, composer
February 17 - Yuji Takada, free-style wrestler
March 2 - Gara Takashima, voice actress
March 23 - Hideyuki Hori, voice actor
March 26 - Kazuhiko Inoue, voice actor
April 2 - Susumu Hirasawa, musician
April 17 - Norio Imamura, voice actor
April 22 - Jōji Nakata, voice actor
April 29 - Kazuko Kurosawa, costume designer
May 19 - Hōchū Ōtsuka, voice actor
May 22 - Shuji Nakamura, electronics engineer
June 2 - Chiyoko Kawashima, voice actress
June 4 - Kazuhiro Yamaji, actor and voice actor
July 10 - Yō Yoshimura, voice actor (d. 1991)
July 2 - Saori Minami, idol and singer
August 1 - Junpei Morita, actor and voice actor
September 16 - Masahiro Andoh, musician, guitarist of T-Square (band)
September 21 - Shinzō Abe, Prime Minister of Japan (d. 2022)
October 18 - Yūji Mitsuya, voice actor
November 8 - Kazuo Ishiguro, author
November 20 - Bin Shimada, voice actor

Deaths

July 28 - Sōjin Kamiyama, film star during the silent film era (b. 1884)
September 21 - Mikimoto Kōkichi, pearl farm pioneer (b. 1858)
October 6 - Yukio Ozaki, politician (b. 1859)

References

^ "Hirohito | Biography, Accomplishments, & Facts". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 27 March 2019.

[1] "Hirohito | Biography, Accomplishments, & Facts". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 27 March 2019.

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1954 in Japan

Incumbents

Governors

Events

Births

Deaths

See also

References