1952 in Japan

← 1951 1950 1949 1952 in Japan → 1953 1954 1955
Decades:	1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s
See also:	Other events of 1952 List of years in Japan

Events in the year 1952 in Japan.

Incumbents

• Emperor: Hirohito
• Prime Minister: Shigeru Yoshida
• Chief Cabinet Secretary: Shigeru Hori until October 30, Taketora Ogata
• Chief Justice of the Supreme Court: Kōtarō Tanaka
• President of the House of Representatives: Jōji Hayashi until August 1, Banboku Ōno from August 26 to August 28 and from October 24
• President of the House of Councillors: Naotake Satō

Events

• April 28 - Treaty of San Francisco goes into effect, ending the Allied occupation of Japan.
• October 1 - Japanese general election, 1952

Films

• The Flavor of Green Tea over Rice

Births

• January 2 - Makoto Nakajima, bureaucrat, Commissioner of the Japan Patent Office
• January 17 - Ryuichi Sakamoto, musician, composer, producer and actor (Yellow Magic Orchestra)
• January 28 - Tomokazu Miura, actor
• February 3 - Miyako Yamaguchi
• February 8 - Daisuke Gōri, voice actor
• May 18 - Ryūzaburō Ōtomo, voice actor
• June 9 - Yukihiro Takahashi, musician and singer (Yellow Magic Orchestra)
• June 20 - Kōichi Mashimo, anime director
• July 20 - Keiko Matsuzaka, actress
• November 16 - Shigeru Miyamoto, game designer
• December 6 - Shio Satō, Manga artist
• Shinichi Nishimiya, diplomat, designated Ambassador to China in 2012.

Deaths

• April 21 - Isamu Yokoyama
• August 22 - Hiranuma Kiichirō
• October 7 - Keisuke Okada

See also

• List of Japanese films of 1952

References