1929 in Japan explained

Events in the year 1929 in Japan. It corresponds to Shōwa 4 (昭和4年) in the Japanese calendar.

Incumbents

Emperor

Hirohito^[1]

Prime Minister

- Tanaka Giichi

until July 2

- Osachi Hamaguchi

from July 2

Governors

Aichi Prefecture

Toyoji Obata (until 5 July); Masao Oka (starting 5 July)

Akita Prefecture: Iwao Koinuma (until 5 January); Shinji Kikuchi (starting 5 January)
Aomori Prefecture:
- - - until 30 January: Tetsuzo Yoshimura 30 January-5 July: Yujiro Shinjo
  - starting 5 July: Mitsuo Hirai Ehime Prefecture: Keizo Ichimura (until 8 November); Shin Kinoshita (starting 8 November)
- Fukui Prefecture: Joko Obama Fukuoka Prefecture: Saito Morikuni (starting month unknown)
Fukushima Prefecture: Aid Kiyoo (until 5 July); Koyanagi Makimamoru (starting 5 July)
Gifu Prefecture: Masao Kanazawa (until 5 July); Ken Usawa (starting 5 July)
Gunma Prefecture: Omori Keiichi (until 10 September); Hotta Kanae (starting 10 September)
Hiroshima Prefecture

Masao Kishimoto (until 5 July); Hiroshi Kawabuchi (starting 5 July)

Ibaraki Prefecture

Jiro Morioka (until 5 July); Shozo Ushijima (starting 5 July)

Ishikawa Prefecture

Nakano Kunikazu (starting month unknown)

Iwate Prefecture: Tojiro Io (until 5 July); Shichiro Niwa (starting 5 July)
Kagawa Prefecture: Toshio Motoda (until 5 July); Susumu Tsuboi (starting 5 July)
Kanagawa Prefecture

Ikeda Hiroshi (until month unknown); Jiro Yamagata (starting month unknown)

Kochi Prefecture: Ichiro Oshima (until 5 July); Tanaka (starting 5 July)
Kumamoto Prefecture

Saito Munenori (until month unknown); Omori Kichigoro (starting month unknown)

Kyoto Prefecture

Shigeyoshi Omihara (until July); Shinichi Sagami (starting July)

Mie Prefecture: Iori Hanada (until 8 November); Keizo Ichimura (starting 8 November)
Miyagi Prefecture

Katorataro Ushizu (until 9 October); Michio Yuzawa (starting 9 October)

Miyazaki Prefecture: Kunitoshi Yamaoka (until 5 July); Kaoru Ishida (starting 5 July)
Nagano Prefecture

Ryo Chiba (until 5 July); Shintaro Suzuki (starting 5 July)

Niigata Prefecture

Ozaki Yujiro (until 5 July); Takeo Mimatsu (starting 5 July)

Okayama Prefecture

Masao Kishimoto (until month unknown); Minabe Choji (starting month unknown)

Okinawa Prefecture

Chōhei Hosokawa (until 5 July); Masao Moriya (starting 5 July)

Osaka Prefecture

Yuichiro Chikaraishi

Saitama Prefecture

- until 6 February: Miyawaki Umekichi
- 6 February-5 July: Shirane Takekai
- starting 5 July: Chohei Hosokawa
- Shiname Prefecture: Rinsaku Yagi Tochigi Prefecture:
- until 5 July: Takeichi Fujiyama
- 5 July-8 November: Jiro Morioka
- starting 8 November: Harada
Tokyo

- until 9 October: Hiroshi Hiratsuka
- 5 July-9 October: Kenzo Kakagawa
- starting 9 October: Torataro Shizuka
Toyama Prefecture: Shirane Takesuke (until 8 February); Kozo Yamanaka (starting 8 February)
Yamagata Prefecture: Shinohara Eitaro (until 9 October); Kubota Osamu Kosuke (starting 9 October)

Events

January 27 - An auto parts brand, Akebono Brake was founded, as predecessor name of Akebono Asbest Manufacturing.
April 1 - openings of Kugenuma-Kaigan Station, Satte Station and Tochigi Station
April 15 - Hankyu Department Store Osaka Umeda officially open in Kita-ku, Osaka.
October 1 - opening of Tōbu-Nikkō Station
November 17 - opening of Iwatsuki Station
December 15 - opening of Bungo-Mori Station
opening of the Beppu Rakutenchi Cable Line
founded of Pola Orbis, as predecessor name was Pola Chemical Industries in Shizuoka City.

Films

Births

January 1 - Haruo Nakajima, actor, stuntman, and choreographer (d. 2017)
January 16 - Shigeru Koyama, actor (d. 2017)
January 20 - Masaharu Kawakatsu, zoologist
January 23 - Kenji Suzuki, announcer
January 26 - Sumiteru Taniguchi, survivor of the Nagasaki atomic bombing, and anti–nuclear weapons activist (d. 2017)
January 30 - Isamu Akasaki, physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2021)
February 13 - Frankie Sakai, comedian, actor, and musician (d. 1996)
February 14
- Hirokazu Kobayashi, aikidoka (d. 1998)
- Masamoto Yashiro, businessman
March 20 - Kazue Takahashi, voice actress (d. 1999)
March 22 - Yayoi Kusama, artist
March 28 - Takehiro Irokawa, writer (d. 1989)
April 3 - Shinichiro Sakurai, automotive engineer (d. 2011)
April 6 - Shoichi Ozawa, actor, radio host and singer (d. 2012)
April 10 - Yozo Aoki, football player (d. 2014)
May 8 - Miyoshi Umeki, actress (d. 2007)
June 1 - Tatsuro Toyoda, businessman (d. 2017)
June 4 - Nakamura Tomijūrō V, Kabuki actor (d. 2011)
July 5 - Chikao Ohtsuka, voice actor (d. 2015)
September 29 - Tōru Ōhira, voice actor (d. 2016)
September 30 - Kazuko, Princess Taka, later "Kazuko Takatsukasa", daughter of Emperor Shōwa (d. 1989)
October 4 - Chokei Kishaba, Okinawan martial arts master (d. 2000)
November 7 - Akio Suzuki, medical scientist, educator (d. 2010)
November 17 - Gorō Naya, voice actor (d. 2013)
November 28 - Kuniko Mukōda, screenwriter (d. 1981)
December 12 - Toshiko Akiyoshi, jazz composer/arranger, bandleader and pianist
Unknown - Akihiko Okamura, photographer (d. 1985)

Deaths

February 10 - Nagai Nagayoshi, chemist and pharmacologist (b. 1844)
March 22 - Inoue Yoshika, Marshal Admiral (b. 1845)
April 13 - Gotō Shinpei, politician and scouting pioneer (b. 1857)
April 27 - Hōjō Tokiyuki, educator, mathematician and politician (b. 1858)
June 29 - Prince Kuniyoshi Kuni, prince and field marshal^[2] (b. 1873)
July 25 - Shōzō Makino silent film director and producer (b. 1878)
August 16 - Tsuda Umeko, educator (b. 1864)
August 26 - Ernest Mason Satow, British scholar, diplomat and Japanologist (b. 1843)
September 29 - Tanaka Giichi, general and Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1864)
October 31 - Senshō Murakami, Buddhist scholar and priest
November 22 - Kamakichi Kishinouye, marine biologist and cnidariologist (b. 1867)
December 20 - Ryūsei Kishida, painter (b. 1891)

Notes and References

Web site: Hirohito Biography, Accomplishments, & Facts . Encyclopedia Britannica . 27 March 2019 . en.
Fujitani, T; Cox, Alvin D (1998). Splendid Monarchy: Power and Pageantry in Modern Japan. University of California Press. .