1933 in Japan
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Events from the year 1933 in Japan.
Incumbents
- Emperor: Hirohito
- Empress consort: Empress Kōjun
- Prime Minister: Saitō Makoto
Events
- January 1-May 31 – Defense of the Great Wall
- February 21–March 1 – Battle of Rehe
- March 2 – 1933 Sanriku earthquake. Although the earthquake itself does little damage, the associated tsunami, recorded at a height of 28.7 metres (94 ft) at Ōfunato, Iwate, caused extensive damage, destroys many homes and causes numerous casualties.[1]
- April 1 – opening of Inariyama-kōen Station
- April 15 – opening of Moro Station and Ogose Station
- May – The 9th Far Eastern Games are held in Tokyo.
- May 31 – Tanggu Truce
- July 12 – opening of Naka-Itabashi Station
- August 1 – opening of Fujimigaoka Station, Inokashira-kōen Station, Kugayama Station, Takaido Station and Hamadayama Station
- October 10 – opening of Keisei Ueno Station
- establishment of Tokubetsu-keibi-tai (Metropolitan Police Department)
Births
- January 11 – Mariko Okada, film actress
- February 18 – Yoko Ono, singer, songwriter, and peace activist
- March 1 – Yoko Minamida, film actress (d. 2009)
- March 18 – Eikoh Hosoe, photographer and filmmaker
- April 16 – Takeo Watanabe, musician and composer (d. 1989)
- May 10 – Chikage Oogi, actress and politician
- May 23 – Shōzō Iizuka, voice actor
- July 17 – Keiko Awaji, film actress (d. 2014)
- August 9 – Tetsuko Kuroyanagi, actress, and author of children's book
- August 16 – Bunta Sugawara, actor (d. 2014)
- September 18 – Hiroshi Suzuki, Olympic swimmer
- October 20 – Chikara Hashimoto, baseball player (d. 2017)
- October 22 – Mitsuko Kusabue, film actress
- November 8 – Ayako Wakao, film actress
- December 23 – Akihito, 125th Emperor of Japan, fifth child of Emperor Hirohito and Empress Kōjun
Deaths
- January 23 – Sakai Toshihiko, writer and historian (b. 1871)
- February 20 – Takiji Kobayashi, author and novelist (b. 1903)
- March 18 – Sakuzō Yoshino, academic, and political scientist (b. 1878)
- July 27 – Nobuyoshi Mutō, field marshal, Commander of the Kwantung Army, ambassador (b. 1868)
- July 31 – Shimizu Shikin, novelist and women's rights activist (b. 1868)
- September 21 – Kenji Miyazawa, poet and author of children's books (b. 1896)
- October 15 – Inazō Nitobe, economist, author and educator (b. 1862)
- November 3 – Princess Nobuko Asaka, daughter of Emperor Meiji (b. 1891)
- November 8 – Uehara Yūsaku, field marshal (b. 1856)
- December 8 – Yamamoto Gonnohyōe, admiral and Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1852)
See also
References
- ↑ The Great Meiji Sanriku tsunami of 1896 is estimated to have generated a wave 38.2 meters high (Masayuki Nakao, "The Great Meiji Sanriku Tsunami" Archived 2008-12-23 at the Wayback Machine.
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