1956 in Japan explained

Events in the year 1956 in Japan.

Incumbents

• Emperor: Hirohito^[1]
• Prime Minister: Ichirō Hatoyama (Liberal Democratic) until December 23, Tanzan Ishibashi (Liberal Democratic)
• Chief Cabinet Secretary

Ryutaro Nemoto until December 23, Hirohide Ishida

• Chief Justice of the Supreme Court: Kōtarō Tanaka
• President of the House of Representatives: Shūji Masutani
• President of the House of Councillors: Yahachi Kawai until April 3, Tsuruhei Matsuno

Governors

• Aichi Prefecture

• • Akita Prefecture: Yūjirō Obata Aomori Prefecture: Bunji Tsushima (until 1 June); Iwao Yamazaki (starting 20 July)
    • • Chiba Prefecture: Hitoshi Shibata Ehime Prefecture: Sadatake Hisamatsu Fukui Prefecture: Seiichi Hane Fukuoka Prefecture: Taichi Uzaki
    • Fukushima Prefecture: Sakuma Ootake Gifu Prefecture: Kamon Muto Gunma Prefecture: Shigeo Kitano (until 1 August); Toshizo Takekoshi (starting 2 August)
• Hiroshima Prefecture

• Hokkaido

• • Hyogo Prefecture: Masaru Sakamoto Ibaraki Prefecture

• Ishikawa Prefecture

• • • • Iwate Prefecture: Senichi Abe Kagawa Prefecture: Masanori Kaneko Kagoshima Prefecture: Katsushi Terazono Kanagawa Prefecture

• • Kochi Prefecture: Masumi Mizobuchi Kumamoto Prefecture

• Kyoto Prefecture

• • Mie Prefecture: Satoru Tanaka Miyagi Prefecture

Otogorō Miyagi (until 4 October); Yasushi Onuma (starting 5 October)

• • Miyazaki Prefecture: Jingo Futami Nagano Prefecture

• • • Nagasaki Prefecture: Takejirō Nishioka Nara Prefecture: Ryozo Okuda Niigata Prefecture

Kazuo Kitamura

• • Oita Prefecture: Kaoru Kinoshita Okayama Prefecture

• Osaka Prefecture

• Saga Prefecture

• Saitama Prefecture

Yuuichi Oosawa (until 29 May); Hiroshi Kurihara (starting 16 July)

• Shiga Prefecture

• • • • • Shiname Prefecture: Yasuo Tsunematsu Shizuoka Prefecture: Toshio Saitō Tochigi Prefecture: Kiichi Ogawa Tokushima Prefecture: Kikutaro Hara Tokyo

• • Tottori Prefecture: Shigeru Endo Toyama Prefecture: Kunitake Takatsuji (until 30 September); Minoru Yoshida (starting 1 October)
    • • Wakayama Prefecture: Shinji Ono Yamagata Prefecture: Tōkichi Abiko Yamaguchi Prefecture: Taro Ozawa Yamanashi Prefecture: Hisashi Amano

Events

• January 1 - According to Japanese government officially confirmed report, human stampede hit during newyear festival in Yahiko Shrine, Niigata Prefecture, 124 person were perished, 77 person were hurt.
• April 10  - Sanwa Shutter was founded in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture.
• May 3 - The first World Judo Championships are held at the Kuramae Kokugikan, Tokyo.
• July 8 - House of Councillors election held.
• October 15  - According to Japan Transport Ministry official confirmed report, two trains crush in Rokken rail accident in Mie Prefecture, official death toll was 42 persons, with 94 persons were hurt.
• October 19 - Soviet–Japanese Joint Declaration of 1956 signed.
• October 28  - A landmark spot in Osaka, Tsūtenkaku was rebuilt, after it caught fire and was demolished in 1943.
• December 12 - Japan becomes a member of the United Nations

Births

• January 1 - Kōji Yakusho, actor
• January 3 - Tomiko Suzuki, voice actress (d. 2003)
• January 5 - Chen Kenichi, chef
• February 5  - Mao Daichi, actress (Takarazuka Revue)
• February 15 - Miyoko Asada, actress
• February 16  - Takayoshi Nakao, former professional baseball player
• February 23 - Goro Noguchi, singer and actor
• February 26 - Keisuke Kuwata, musician
• February 27  - Kenji Niinuma, enka singer
• March 13  - Motoharu Sano, musician and singer-songwriter
• March 20 - Naoto Takenaka, actor, comedian, singer and director
• March 24  - Shinsuke Shimada, former television presenter
• April 8 - Yoshiko Tanaka, actress (d. 2011)
• April 12 - Yasuo Tanaka, politician and novelist
• May 28 - Sayuri Yamauchi, voice actress (d. 2012)
• May 31 - Yoshiko Sakakibara, voice actress
• June 27  - Takeshi Nishimoto, former professional baseball pitcher
• July 15 - Toshihiko Seko, long-distance runner
• July 19 - Yoshiaki Yatsu, professional wrestler
• August 4 - Mika Doi, voice actress
• August 25  - Takeshi Okada, association footballer and football coach
• August 31 - Masashi Tashiro, television performer
• September 7  - Tsuyoshi Nagabuchi, singer-songwriter
• September 20 - Makiko Kinoshita, composer
• October 26  - Machiko Watanabe, singer and singer-songwriter
• December 19 - Masami Akita, noise musician, (aka Merzbow)

Deaths

• January 4  - Makoto Nishimura, biologist (b. 1883)
• June 3  - Fukushi Masaichi, physician and pathologist (b. 1878)

See also

• 1956 in Japanese football
• List of Japanese films of 1956

Notes and References

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