1941 in Japan explained

Events in the year 1941 in Japan. It corresponds to Shōwa 16 (昭和16年) in the Japanese calendar.

Incumbents

Kodama Kyuichi (until 26 March); Yukisawa Chiyoji (starting 26 March)

- - Akita Prefecture: Fumi Aomori Prefecture: Seiichi Ueda Ehime Prefecture: Shizuo Furukawa (until 4 November); Susumu Nakamura Noriyuki (starting 4 November)
  - Fukui Prefecture: Kubota Fukushima Prefecture: Sumio Hisakawa Gifu Prefecture: Miyano Shozo (until 7 January); Tetsushin Sudo (starting 7 January)
Gunma Prefecture: Susukida Yoshitomo (until 20 October); Goro Murata (starting 20 October)
Hiroshima Prefecture

Katsuroku Aikawa (until 26 March); Tokiji Yoshinaga (starting 26 March)

Tokitsugi Yoshinaga (until 26 March); Kanichi Naito (starting 26 March)

- - Iwate Prefecture: Yoshifumi Yamauchi Kagawa Prefecture: Osamu Eianhyaku Kanagawa Prefecture

Kochi Prefecture: Tomoichi Koyama (until 7 January); Naoaki Hattori (starting 7 January)
Kumamoto Prefecture

Nobuo Hayashin (starting 7 January)

Miyazaki Prefecture: Toru Hasegawa (until 7 January); Osafume Katsumi (starting 7 January)
Nagano Prefecture

Yasui Seiichiro (until 7 January); Doi Shohei (starting 7 January)

Fusataro Fuchigami (until 7 January); Hajime Hayakawa (starting 7 January)

Masaki (until 26 March); (starting 26 March)

Toki Ginjiro (until 7 April); Miyano Shozo (starting 7 April)

Okada Shuzo (until 7 January); Jitsuzo Kawanishi (starting 7 January)

Toyama Prefecture: Kenzo Yano (until 7 January); Kingo Machimura (starting 7 January)
Yamagata Prefecture: Hee Yamauchi

January 25 - Panjiayu tragedy
January 30-March 1 - Battle of South Henan
March - Western Hubei Operation
March 14-April 9 - Battle of Shanggao
May 7–27 - Battle of South Shanxi
July 29 - Organo is founded, as predecessor name was Yamanashi Chemical Industry.^[2]
September 6-October 8 - Battle of Changsha (1941)
September 16 - An express train collision with standing local passenger train in Aboshi Station, Himeji, Hyogo Prefecture. Total 85 persons were fatalities, 71 persons were wounded, according to Railway Ministry of Japan official confirmed report.
October 22 - Takahito, Prince Mikasa (younger brother of Emperor Hirohito) marries Yuriko Takagi, henceforth Yuriko, Princess Mikasa.
November Unknown - Toyō Optical and glass Manufacturing, as predecessor of optical instrument brand, Hoya was founded.
December 7 - Attack on Pearl Harbor, the beginning of the Pacific War of World War II
December 7–13 - Niihau Incident
December 8–10 - Battle of Guam (1941)
December 8–23 - Battle of Wake Island
December 8–25 - Battle of Hong Kong
December 8–February 15, 1942 - Malayan campaign

January 3 - Judi Yassin, actress
January 5 - Hayao Miyazaki, film director, producer, screenwriter, animator, author, and manga artist
January 22 - Rintaro, anime director
May 7 - Kinichi Hagimoto, comedian
June 29 - Chieko Baisho, actress and singer
July 8 - Masayuki Minami, volleyball player (d. 2000)
August 26 - Akiko Wakabayashi, actress
September 10 - Gunpei Yokoi, creator of Game Boy and Game & Watch handheld systems (d. 1997)
November 21 - Eiji Kanie, voice actor (d. 1985)
December 10 - Kyu Sakamoto, singer and actor (d. 1985)

January 22 - Hayashi Tadataka, former daimyō (b. 1848)
August 22 - Hasegawa Shigure, playwright (b. 1879)
August 27 - Mitsuko Aoyama, emigrate, wife of Heinrich von Coudenhove-Kalergi (b. 1874)
September 2 - Kei Okami, physician, first Japanese woman to obtain a degree in Western medicine from a Western university (b. 1859)
December 11 - Masaaki Iinuma, aviator, flew the first Japanese-built aircraft from Japan to Western Europe (b. 1912)
December 13 - Shigenori Nishikaichi, military pilot (b. ca.1919)
December 24 - Sueo Ōe, athlete (killed in action) (b. 1914)

Web site: Hirohito Biography, Accomplishments, & Facts . Encyclopedia Britannica . 27 March 2019 . en.
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