1936 in Japan explained
Events in the year 1936 in Japan. It corresponds to Shōwa 11 (昭和11年) in the Japanese calendar.
Incumbents
Hirohito[1]
Events
- February 5 - Japanese Baseball League is founded.
- February 6 - Ricoh founded.[2]
- February 21 - According to USGS official report, a Richer scale 6.0 earthquake hit on Mount Nijō, Nara Prefecture, according to Japanese government official confirmed report, kills nine persons and injures 59 persons.[3]
- February 26 - 29 - February 26 Incident (二・二六事件, Niniroku Jiken): The Imperial Way Faction engineers a failed coup against the Japanese government; some politicians are killed.
- February 27 - Tokyo is placed under martial law (not to be repealed until July 16)
- February 29
- Prime Minister Keisuke Okada, a target in the February 26 incident, emerges from hiding.
- Emperor Hirohito orders the Japanese army to arrest 123 conspirators in Tokyo government offices; 19 of them are executed in July.
- Facing overwhelming opposition as the army moved against them, the rebels surrender
- March 4 - The Emperor signs an ordinance on March 4 establishing a Special Court Martial (特設軍法会議) to try those involved in the February 26 uprising.[4]
- March 9 - Pro-democratic militarist Keisuke Okada steps down as Prime Minister of Japan and is replaced by radical militarist Kōki Hirota.
- March 12 - Ukichiro Nakaya creates the first artificial snow crystal.
- May 11 - According to Japanese government and former Japan Health and Welfare Ministry official report, a massive food poisoning hit, many attend and their families presented Daifuku rice cake eat, after 2,200 persons affective salmonella infection in junhor high-school sports festival in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, total 29 students and 15 parents and families were lost to lives.[5]
- May 18 - Sada Abe strangled her lover with an obi and then cut off his genitals to carry around with her as a souvenir. When the crime was discovered the next day it became a national sensation and would be the subject of many books and movies over the decades to follow.[6]
- July 31 - The International Olympic Committee announces that the 1940 Summer Olympics will be held in Tokyo. However, the games are given back to the IOC after the Second Sino-Japanese War breaks out, and are eventually cancelled altogether because of World War II.
- August 1 - August 16 - Japan competes at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany. Japan wins six gold medals, four silvers, and eight Bronze.
- November 20 - Mitsubishi Osarizawa mine and Nakazawa dam collapse by heavy rain, total 362 persons fatalities in Akita Prefecture, according to Japanese government official confirmed report.
- Unknown date - Bousei-gakujuku, as predecessor of Tokai University was founded in Musashino, Tokyo.
Films
Births
- January 24 - Etsuko Ichihara, (d. 2019)
- February 20 - Shigeo Nagashima, professional baseball player, coach
- April 10 - Makoto Wada, illustrator, essayist and film director
- April 22 - Takeshi Koba, professional baseball player and coach
- June 19 - Takeshi Aono, voice actor (d. 2012)
- June 27 - Tadanori Yokoo, graphic designer, illustrator, print maker and painter.
- July 8 - Kazuhiro Tanaka, modern pentathlete
- July 16
- Yasuo Fukuda, 58th Prime Minister of Japan
- Akira Kinoshita, photographer
- July 23 - Keiichi Tanaami, pop artist (d. 2015)
- September 3 - Ikki Kajiwara, author, manga writer, and film producer (d. 1987)
- September 4 - Yoshihisa Yoshikawa, sport shooter (d. 2019)
- October 12 - Minoru Murayama, Japanese baseball pitcher (d. 1998)
- October 14 - Fuyumi Shiraishi, voice actress (d. 2019)
- October 16 - Akira Machida, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Japan (d. 2015)
- October 25 - Masako Nozawa, voice actress
- October 29 - Akiko Kojima, model and beauty queen
- October 31 - Shigeo Takii, supreme court justice (d. 2015)
- December 4 - Michiko Yamamoto, writer and poet
Deaths
- January 11 - Ikuta Chōkō, translator, author and literary critic (b. 1882)
- February 1 - Genji Matsuda, politician and cabinet minister (b. 1876)
- February 26
- February 29 - Shirō Nonaka, Imperial Japanese Army officer (b. 1903)
- March 11 - Yumeno Kyūsaku, writer (b. 1889)
- March 12 - Uchida Kōsai, statesman, diplomat and interim prime minister (b. 1865)
- March 27 - Kawasaki Takukichi, politician and cabinet minister (b. 1871)
- April 8 - Chūhachi Ninomiya, aviation pioneer (b. 1866)
- May 3 - Kikunae Ikeda, chemist (b. 1864
- May 27 - Take Hagiwara, military nurse (b. 1873)
- June 10 - Tsuchida Bakusen, nihonga painter (b. 1887)
- June 27 - Miekichi Suzuki, novelist (b. 1882)
- July 3 - Saburo Aizawa (b. 1889)
- July 12 - Yasuhide Kurihara (b. 1908)
- October 8 - Utako Shimoda, educator and poet (b. 1854)
See also
Notes and References
- Web site: Hirohito Biography, Accomplishments, & Facts . Encyclopedia Britannica . 27 March 2019 . en.
- Book: Carr . Jennifer L. . Major Companies of The Far East and Australasia 1991/92: Volume 2: East Asia . 2012-12-06 . Springer Science & Business Media . 978-94-011-3010-3 . 234 . en.
- [:ja:河内大和地震]
- Chaen (2001), p. 186-99
- [:ja:浜一中大福餅事件]
- Web site: The Cruelest Cut . Honjo . Yuki Allyson . JapanReview.net . August 16, 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100729195611/http://www.japanreview.net/review_geisha_harlot_strangler_star.htm . July 29, 2010 .
