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Events in the year 1939 in Japan.
Incumbents
- Emperor: Hirohito
- Prime Minister: Fumimaro Konoe until January 5, then Nobuyuki Abe
Events
- February - Hainan Island Operation
- March - Battle of Xiushui River
- March 17-May 9 - Battle of Nanchang
- April 20-May 24 - Battle of Suixian–Zaoyang
- May 11-September 16 - Battles of Khalkhin Gol
- June - Swatow Operation
- September 13-October 8 - Battle of Changsha (1939)
Births
- February 9 – Tadahiro Matsushita, politician (d. 2012)
- March 2 – Takako, Princess Suga, youngest child of Emperor Shōwa
Deaths
- February 18 – Kanoko Okamoto, author, poet, and Buddhist scholar (b. 1889)
- March 29 – Michizō Tachihara, poet and architect (b. 1914)
- September 7 – Kyōka Izumi, novelist and Kabuki playwright (b. 1873)
- December 25 – Masao Nakamura, major general (b. 1892)
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