1957 in Japan explained

Events in the year 1957 in Japan. It corresponds to Shōwa 32 (昭和32年)) in the Japanese calendar.

Incumbents

Emperor: Hirohito^[1]
Prime Minister: Tanzan Ishibashi^[2] (until 31 January), then Kishi Nobusuke^[3]

Governors

Aichi Prefecture

- - - - Akita Prefecture: Yūjirō Obata Aomori Prefecture: Iwao Yamazaki Chiba Prefecture: Hitoshi Shibata Ehime Prefecture: Sadatake Hisamatsu Fukui Prefecture: Seiichi Hane Fukuoka Prefecture: Taichi Uzaki
Fukushima Prefecture: Sakuma Ootake (until 25 July); Zenichiro Satō (starting 25 August)
- - Gifu Prefecture: Kamon Muto Gunma Prefecture: Toshizo Takekoshi 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

- 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

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: Minoru Yoshida Wakayama Prefecture: Shinji Ono Yamagata Prefecture: Tōkichi Abiko Yamaguchi Prefecture: Taro Ozawa Yamanashi Prefecture: Hisashi Amano

Events

April 1 - Yoyogi Seminar Cram School was founded.^[4]
April 12 - According to Japan Coast Guard official confirmed report, a sightseeing boat Kitagawa Maru No 5 capsize by overcrowded off Onomichi, Hiroshima Prefecture, 113 persons perished, with 49 persons wounded.^[5]
May 8 - Coca-Cola, full-scale sale start in Japan.
June 20 – Toru Takemitsu's Requiem for Strings is first performed, by the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra.^[6]
July 25–28 - According to Japanese government official confirmed report, heavy massive torrential rain and flood swept hit around Isahaya, Kyushu Island. 992 persons lost their lives in mudslides and flooding.^[7]
October 27 - According to Fire and Disaster Management Agency has official report, An apartment house caught fire by arsonist relative insurance fraud in Akishima, Tokyo, kills eight persons, injures six persons, Japan National Police Agency official report, a suspicion was arrested on March 8, 1958.^[8]
November 15 - A first section Nagoya to Sakae of Nagoya Municipal Subway Higashiyama Line operation started in Aichi Prefecture.^[9]

Births

January 18 - Yōko Akino, actress
January 19 - Fumi Saimon, comic artist
February 4 - Shigeru Ishiba, politician
March 8 - Mitsuko Horie, voice actress and singer^[10]
March 10 - Yoshitaka Katori, former professional baseball pitcher
March 13 - Yoshihiko Takahashi, former professional baseball pitcher
April 19 - Nobuteru Ishihara, politician and son of Noriko and Shintaro Ishihara
May 8 - Rino Katase, actress
May 20 - Yoshihiko Noda, politician and Prime Minister of Japan
May 22 - Shinji Morisue, gymnast
June 1 - Yasuhiro Yamashita, chairman of Japan Olympic Comnitee and former judo-ka
June 10 - Hidetsugu Aneha, architect
June 24 - Hiroshi Ono, video game artist (d. 2021)
July 12 - Kazunori Shinozuka, former professional baseball player
July 17 - Shinobu Ōtake, actress
July 29 - Fumio Kishida, 100th Prime Minister of Japan^[11]
August 29 - Shirō Sagisu, composer^[12]
September 12 - Keiko Toda voice actress
September 16 - Hideo Higashikokubaru, former governor of Miyazaki Prefecture and comedian
October 10 - Rumiko Takahashi, manga artist
October 16 - Tsuneyuki Nakajima, golfer
October 25 - Atsushi Ōnita, politician and former wrestler
October 30 - Jackie Sato, professional wrestler (d. 1999)
November 25 - Akinobu Okada, former baseball manager and player
December 15 - Chō, voice actor
December 17 - Masako Natsume, actress (d. 1985)
December 19 - Jūrōta Kosugi, voice actor

Deaths

January 18 - Tomitaro Makino, pioneering botanist (b. 1862)
January 25
- Ichizō Kobayashi, businessman, founded Hankyu Hanshin Holdings (b. 1873)
- Kiyoshi Shiga, physician and bacteriologist (b. 1871)
January 26 - Mamoru Shigemitsu, diplomat and politician (b. 1887)^[13]
September 22 - Toyoda Soemu, Japanese admiral (b. 1885)

Notes and References

Web site: Hirohito Biography, Accomplishments, & Facts . Encyclopedia Britannica . 27 March 2019 . en.
Web site: Ishibashi Tanzan prime minister of Japan . Encyclopedia Britannica . 17 June 2020 . en.
Book: Helms . Ludger . Poor Leadership and Bad Governance: Reassessing Presidents and Prime Ministers in North America, Europe and Japan . 2012 . Edward Elgar Publishing . 978-0-85793-273-0 . 178 . en.
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Web site: Toru Takemitsu – Chronology. Schott Music. 2013-02-01. https://archive.today/20130216182859/http://www.schott-music.com/shop/persons/featured/toru-takemitsu/vitae/. February 16, 2013. dead.
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Web site: 2014. Nagoya Municipal Subway. live. Japan Subway Association. https://web.archive.org/web/20170105142143/http://www.jametro.or.jp:80/en/japan/nagoya.html . 2017-01-05 .
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Web site: Fumio Kishida. Kantei. 30 September 2021. 28 September 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210928163701/https://japan.kantei.go.jp/96_abe/meibo/daijin/kishida_e.html. live.
Web site: ja:BSテレ東 - 「大人のツボ！」. https://www.bs-tvtokyo.co.jp/tsubo/051209.html. bs-tvtokyo.co.jp. July 27, 2021. https://archive.today/20210727013803/https://www.bs-tvtokyo.co.jp/tsubo/051209.html. July 27, 2021. ja. December 9, 2005. live.
News: January 26, 1957. Mamoru Shigemitsu, 69, Dead; Surrendered for Japan to Allies; Former Foreign Minister Was Imprisoned for War Crime --Led Nation Into U.N. Made Peace Overtures Entered Foreign Ministry Tried With Tojo . . August 15, 2020.