1952 in Japan explained
Events in the year 1952 in Japan.
Incumbents
Hirohito[1]
Shigeru Yoshida
Governors
- Akita Prefecture: Tokuji Ikeda Aomori Prefecture: Bunji Tsushima Chiba Prefecture: Hitoshi Shibata Ehime Prefecture: Sadatake Hisamatsu Fukui Prefecture: Harukazu Obata Fukuoka Prefecture: Katsuji Sugimoto Fukushima Prefecture: Sakuma Ootake Gifu Prefecture: Kamon Muto Gunma Prefecture: Yoshio Iyoku (until 4 July); Shigeo Kitano (starting 5 August)
- Hiroshima Prefecture
Toshifumi Tanaka
- Iwate Prefecture: Kenkichi Kokubun
Kazuji Sasaki (until 4 October); Otogorō Miyagi (starting 5 October)
Yuuichi Oosawa
- Shiname Prefecture: Yasuo Tsunematsu Shizuoka Prefecture: Toshio Saitō Tochigi Prefecture: Goro Abe Tokushima Prefecture: Kuniichi Abe Tokyo Prefecture: Seiichirō Yasui Tottori Prefecture: Aiji Nishio Toyama Prefecture: Kunitake Takatsuji Wakayama Prefecture: Shinji Ono Yamagata Prefecture: Michio Murayama Yamaguchi Prefecture: Tatsuo Tanaka Yamanashi Prefecture: Hisashi Amano
Events
- March 4 - A Richer Scale magnitude 8.1 earthquake with tsunami hit off coast Tokachi region, Hokkaido, according to Japanese government official report, 33 persons were fatalities with 287 persons wounded.
- March 6 - The Musashino Bank (武蔵野銀行) was established in Saitama Prefecture.[2]
- March 7 - A Richer Scale magnitude 6.5 earthquake hit off coast Ishikawa Prefecture, seven persons died, eight persons were hurt, according to Japanese government official report.[3]
- April 10 - According to Japan Transport Ministry official confirmed report, Japan Airlines Flight 301 crash into Izu Ōshima, all 37 passengers and crew were killed.[4]
- April 17 - According to Japan Fire and Disaster Management Agency official confirmed report, a massive fire in Tottori City, resulting to 160 hectares (395 acres), total 7,240 houses and building damage, kills two persons.[5]
- April 28 - Treaty of San Francisco and 1952 U.S.-Japan security treaty goes into effect, ending the Allied occupation of Japan by the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers.
- July 18 - A Richer Scale magnitude 7.0 earthquake hit in Takatori, Nara Prefecture, nine persons were fatalities, with 139 persons hurt, according to Japanese government official report.
- September 23 - According to Japan Coast Guard official confirmed report, a Kaiyō-maru five entrained by the eruption into Myōjin-shō, all 31 crew were human fatalities.
- October 1 - 1952 Japanese general election
Films
Births
- January 2 - Makoto Nakajima, bureaucrat, Commissioner of the Japan Patent Office
- January 17 - Ryuichi Sakamoto, musician, composer, producer and actor (Yellow Magic Orchestra) (d. 2023)
- January 28 - Tomokazu Miura, actor
- February 2 - Ryuji Mizuno, voice actor (d. 2022)[6]
- February 3 - Miyako Yamaguchi
- February 8 - Daisuke Gōri, voice actor (d. 2010)
- February 19 - Ryū Murakami, novelist, short story writer, essayist and filmmaker
- February 23 - Miyuki Nakajima, singer
- March 30 - Kazuyo Saeki, manga artist (d. 2021)
- April 10 - Masashi Sada, singer, lyricist, composer, novelist, actor, and a film producer
- May 2 - Mari Natsuki, singer, dancer and actress
- May 18 - Ryūzaburō Ōtomo, voice actor
- June 9 - Yukihiro Takahashi, musician and singer (Yellow Magic Orchestra) (d. 2023)
- June 20 - Kōichi Mashimo, anime director
- July 10 – Yōko Asagami, voice actress
- July 14 – Yutaka Mizutani, actor and singer
- July 15 - Yuriko Koike, politician, cabinet minister and governor of Tokyo.
- July 20 - Keiko Matsuzaka, actress
- July 2 - Rumiko Koyanagi, actress and singer
- November 16 - Shigeru Miyamoto, game designer
- December 6 - Shio Satō, Manga artist (d. 2010)
- Shinichi Nishimiya, diplomat, designated Ambassador to China in 2012.
Deaths
See also
Notes and References
- Web site: Hirohito Biography, Accomplishments, & Facts . Encyclopedia Britannica . 27 March 2019 . en.
- [:ja:武蔵野銀行]
- [:ja:大聖寺地震]
- [:ja:もく星号墜落事故]
- [:ja:鳥取大火]
- Web site: Giichi Naruto VA Ryuji Mizuno Passes Away Aged 70. Crunchyroll. September 14, 2022.
