1937 in Japan

← 1936 1935 1934 1937 in Japan → 1938 1939 1940
Decades:	1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s
See also:	Other events of 1937 List of years in Japan

Events in the year 1937 in Japan.

Incumbents

• Emperor: Hirohito
• Prime Minister: Kōki Hirota until February 2, Senjūrō Hayashi until June 4, Fumimaro Konoe

Events

• January 4 - Two plates containing 58 scales are stolen off of the kinshachi (a kind of dolphin fish) affixed to the top of the castle tower of Nagoya Castle. The culprit was apprehended 23 days later.
• March 15-May 31 - Nagoya Pan-Pacific Peace Exposition (1937)
• March 31 - Japanese general election, 1937^[1]
• July 7–9 - Marco Polo Bridge Incident
• early July-early August - Battle of Beiping-Tianjin
• July 26 - Langfang Incident
• July 29 - Tungchow Mutiny
• August - Operation Chahar
• August–November - Tianjin–Pukou Railway Operation
• August–December - Beiping-Hankou Railway Operation
• August 13-November 26 - Battle of Shanghai
• September 1-November 9 - Battle of Taiyuan
• September 13-November 11 - Battle of Xinkou
• September 24–25 - Battle of Pingxingguan
• October 26-November 1 - Defense of Sihang Warehouse
• December 12 - USS Panay incident

Births

• May 29 – Hibari Misora, singer and actress (d. 1989)
• June 25 – Keizō Obuchi, 54th Prime Minister of Japan (d. 2000)
• July 14 – Yoshirō Mori, 55th Prime Minister of Japan
• July 29 – Ryutaro Hashimoto, 53rd Prime Minister of Japan (d. 2006)

Deaths

• August 19:
  • Ikki Kita, philosopher and writer (b 1883)
  • Asaichi Isobe, army officer (b 1905)
  • Takaji Muranaka, Army officer (b 1903)
• October 22 – Chūya Nakahara, poet (b 1907)
• December 6 – Sone Tatsuzō, architect (b 1853)

See also

• List of Japanese films of the 1930s

References