1924 in Japan

← 1923 1922 1921 1924 in Japan → 1925 1926 1927
Decades:	1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s
See also:	Other events of 1924 List of years in Japan

Events in the year 1924 in Japan.

Incumbents

• Emperor: Taishō
• Regent: Hirohito
• Prime Minister:
  • Yamamoto Gonnohyōe (until January 7)
  • Kiyoura Keigo (from January 7 until June 11)
  • Katō Takaaki (from June 11)

Events

• January 26 – The future Emperor Shōwa marries Princess Kuninomiya Nagako.
• May 4–July 27 – Japan competed at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. Japan fielded a team of 28 athletes, who competed in four events.
• May 10 – Japanese general election, 1924: No party won a majority of seats, resulting in Kenseikai, Rikken Seiyūkai and the Kakushin Club forming the country's first coalition government led by Katō Takaaki.

Births

• February 18 – Fubuki Koshiji, actress and singer (d. 1980)
• February 24 – Chikage Awashima, film actress (d. 2012)
• February 26 – Noboru Takeshita, 74th Prime Minister of Japan (d. 2000)
• March 3 – Tomiichi Murayama, 81st Prime Minister of Japan
• March 7 – Kōbō Abe, writer, playwright and photographer (d. 1993)
• March 25 – Machiko Kyō, film actress
• March 27 – Hideko Takamine, film actress (d. 2010)
• April 29 – Shintaro Abe, politician (d. 1991)
• October 1 – Nobuko Otowa, film actress (d. 1994)
• November 3 – Toyoko Yamasaki, novelist (d. 2013)

Deaths

• January 27 – Hasegawa Yoshimichi, field marshal (b. 1850)
• March 24 – Prince Kachō Hirotada, army lieutenant (b. 1902)
• July 2 – Matsukata Masayoshi, 4th (and 6th) Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1835)
• July 15 – Kuroda Seiki, painter and teacher (b. 1866)
• October 24 – Nashiba Tokioki, admiral (b. 1850)
• November 15 – Daisuke Namba (b. 1899)
• December 31 – Tomioka Tessai, Nanga painter and calligrapher (b. 1837)

See also

• List of Japanese films of the 1920s

References