1942 in Japan

← 1941 1940 1939 1942 in Japan → 1943 1944 1945
Decades:	1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s
See also:	Other events of 1942 List of years in Japan

Events in the year 1942 in Japan.

Incumbents

• Emperor: Hirohito
• Prime Minister: Hideki Tōjō

Events

Below, events of World War II have the "WWII" preface

• 11 January – Japanese paratroopers land on Sulawesi.
• 12 January – Japan declares war on the Dutch.
• 22 January – Hideki Tōjō warns Australia that "if you continue resistance, we Japanese will destroy you."
• 4 February – Japan demands the surrender of Singapore.
• 17 February – Singapore is renamed Shōnan ("Light of the South").
• 20 March – The navy minister, Admiral Shigetarō Shimada says that in view of the Allies' "Retaliation and hatred", Japan would no longer follow recognized rules of sea warfare.
• 18 April – Doolittle Raid, the first bombing raid on the Japanese home islands
• 25 May – Four ships leave Hokkaido to stage a diversionary raid on the Aleutian Islands.
• 4–7 June – Battle of Midway
• 21 August – Battle of the Tenaru
• 11–12 October – Battle of Cape Esperance
• 12–15 November – Naval Battle of Guadalcanal

Births

• January 8 – Junichiro Koizumi, politician
• April 2 – Hiroyuki Sakai, chef
• April 25 – Katsuji Adachi, professional wrestler (d. 2010)
• May 24 – Ichirō Ozawa, politician
• August 31 – Isao Aoki, golfer
• September 16 – Tadamasa Goto, yakuza boss

Deaths

• May 29 – Akiko Yosano, author and poet (b. 1878)
• June 4 – Tamon Yamaguchi, admiral (b. 1892)
• June 5 – Ryusaku Yanagimoto, captain (b. 1894)
• August 21 – Kiyonao Ichiki^[1] (b. 1892)
• August 26 – Junichi Sasai, aviator (b. 1918)
• September 5 – Toshinari Maeda, general (b. 1885)
• October 12 – Aritomo Gotō, admiral (b. 1888)
• October 21 – Toshio Ōta, aviator (b. 1919)
• October 26 – Yumio Nasu, major general (b. 1892)
• November 5 – Kiyoura Keigo, politician and Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1850)
• November 23 – Tomitarō Horii, lieutenant general (b. 1890)
• December 4 – Atsushi Nakajima, author (b. 1909)

References

See also

• List of Japanese films of the 1940s

External links