1932 in Japan

none 1932 Japan Template:Year in Japan: Flag of Japan (1870–1999).svg 80px Other events of 1932 History of Japan Timeline Years Events in the year 1932 in Japan. Incumbents Emperor: HirohitoHirohito Biography, Accomplishments, & Facts https://www.britannica.com/biography/Hirohito Encyclopedia Britannica 27 March 2019 en Prime Minister: Inukai Tsuyoshi: until May 15 Takahashi Korekiyo: (Acting) May 15 – May 26 Saitō Makoto: from May 26 Foreign Minister: Saitō Makoto: until July Uchida Kosai Finance Minister: Takahashi Korekiyo Governors Aichi Prefecture: Yujiro Osaki (until 28 June); Endo Ryusaku (starting 28 June) Akita Prefecture: Takeshi Uchida (until 28 June); Takabe Rokuzo (starting 28 June) Aomori Prefecture: Teizaburo Miyamoto (until 28 June); Taku Yasunobu (starting 28 June) Ehime Prefecture: Kume Shigeo (until 28 June); Jiro Ichinohe (starting 28 June) Fukui Prefecture: Keizo Ichimura (until 8 March); Shigeo Odachi (starting 8 March) Fukushima Prefecture: Murai Hachiro (until 28 June); Akagi Tomoharo (starting 28 June) Gifu Prefecture: Takehiko Ito (until 28 June); Umekichi Miyawaki (starting 28 June) Gunma Prefecture: Masao Kanazawa Hiroshima Prefecture: Ryo Chiba (until 28 June); Michio Yuzawa (starting 28 June) Ibaraki Prefecture: Seikichi Kimishima (until 18 June); Abe Kashichi (starting 18 June) Iwate Prefecture: Hidehiko Ishiguro Kagawa Prefecture: Akira Ito (until 28 June); Seikichi Kimijima (starting 28 June) Kanagawa Prefecture: Sukenari Yokoyama (starting month unknown) Kochi Prefecture: Kodora Akamatsu (until 4 March); Sakama Osamu (starting 4 March) Kumamoto Prefecture: Kenichi Yamashita (until 28 June); Keiichi Suzuki (starting 28 June) Kyoto Prefecture: Sukenari Yokoyama (until 28 June); Saito Munenori (starting 28 June) Mie Prefecture: Hirose Hisatada Miyagi Prefecture: Michio Yuzawa Miyazaki Prefecture: Gisuke Kinoshita Nagano Prefecture: Ishigaki Kuraji Niigata Prefecture: Toyoji Obata (until 28 June); Ryo Chiba (starting 28 June) Okinawa Prefecture: Jiro Ino Osaka Prefecture: Saito Munenori (until month unknown); Shinobu Agata (starting month unknown) Saga Prefecture: Saburo Hayakawa Saitama Prefecture: Umekichi Miyawaki (until 28 June); Shigezo Fukushima (starting 28 June) Shiname Prefecture: Rinsaku Yagi (starting 28 June); Masaki Fukumura (starting 28 June) Tochigi Prefecture: Chokichi Toshima (until 28 June); Nakarai Kiyoshi (starting 28 June) Tokyo: until 12 January: Hasegawa Hisakazu 12 January-27 May: Shohei Fujinuma starting 27 May: Masayasu Kouksaka Toyama Prefecture: Keiichi Suzuki (until 28 June); Saito Itsuki (starting 28 June) Yamagata Prefecture: Sada Kawamura (until 28 June); Ishihara Yajiro (starting 28 June) Events January 9 – Sakuradamon Incident (1932) January 25 – Nippon Bakelight, later Sumitomo Bakelight was founded.July 2020 January 25–February 4 – Defense of Harbin January 28–March 3 – January 28 Incident February 20 – 1932 Japanese general election May 15 – May 15 Incident July 15 – Takashimaya Department Store in Osaka Nanba was officially open.May 2020 August 12 – Tokyo Takarazuka Cinema Production, as predecessor of Toho was founded.June 2020 September 1 – Topcon was founded.May 2020 September 15 – the Japan-Manchukuo Protocol is signed by Japan giving Japanese forces permission to station in ManchukuoHowland Douglas White Luise The State of Sovereignty: Territories, Laws, Populations https://books.google.com/books?id=c9aFgCO4Is0C&pg=PA83 2009 Indiana University Press 978-0-253-22016-5 83 December 16 – Shirokiya Department Store fire Winter – The Japanese Communist Party make a concerted effort to reestablish its central organization during a time of police repressionBeckmann George M. Okubo Genji The Japanese Communist Party 1922–1945 https://archive.org/details/japanesecommunis0000beck registration 1969 Stanford University Press 978-0-8047-0674-2 239 Unknown date Pharmacy retailer, Matsumoto Kiyoshi founded in Matsudo, Chiba Prefecture, as predecessor name was Matsumoto Pharmacy Shop.May 2020 Nanzan Secondary School, later Nanzan University was founded in Nagoya.June 2020 Films Chûshingura – directed by Teinosuke Kinugasa First Steps Ashore – directed by Yasujirô Shimazu I Was Born, But... – directed by Yasujirō Ozu Kokushi muso – directed by Mansaku Itami Manmo kenkoku no reimei – directed by Kenji Mizoguchi Nasanunaka – directed by Mikio Naruse Spring Comes from the Ladies – directed by Yasujirô Ozu Until the Day We Meet Again – directed by Yasujirô Ozu Uzumaki – directed by Hiroshi Innami Where Now Are the Dreams of Youth – directed by Yasujirō Ozu Births January 11 – Takkō Ishimori, voice actor (d. 2013) January 30 – Kazuo Inamori, philanthropist, entrepreneur, Zen Buddhist priest, and both founder of Kyocera and KDDI (d. 2022) March 7 – Momoko Kōchi, actress (d. 1998) March 26 – Katsumoto Saotome, writer and pacifist (d. 2022) March 31 – Nagisa Oshima, film director and screenwriter (d. 2013) April 3 – Ineko Arima, film actress April 4 – Meisei Goto, author (d. 1999) April 16 – Shigeko Sasamori, Hiroshima bombing survivor and peace/anti-nuclear activist (d. 2024) June 24 – Hirohisa Fujii, politician and former Finance Minister (d. 2022)July 2022 June 25 – Ichiro Ogimura, table tennis player (d. 1994) August 11 Asei Kobayashi, composer and lyricist (d. 2021) Keiko Kishi, film actress, writer, and UNFPA Goodwill Ambassador September 10 – Yasuo Yamada, voice actor (d. 1995) September 18 – Hisashi Owada, diplomat and law professor September 30 – Shintarō Ishihara, Japanese author and politician (d. 2022) October 2 – Masanobu Deme, film director (d. 2016) November 20 Umeko Ando, Ainu singer and musician (d. 2004) Yorozuya Kinnosuke, kabuki actor (d. 1996) November 23 – Kunie Tanaka, film actor (d. 2021) December 13 – Tatsuya Nakadai, film actor (d. 2025)November 2025 December 25 – Jun Etō, literary critic (d. 1999) Deaths February 9 – Junnosuke Inoue, businessman and banker (assassinated) (b. 1869) March 5 – Dan Takuma, businessman (assassinated) (b. 1858) March 24 – Motojirō Kajii, writer (b. 1901) March 26 – Kigoshi Yasutsuna, general (b. 1854) May 15 – Inukai Tsuyoshi, politician and Prime Minister of Japan (assassinated) (b. 1855) May 26 – Yoshinori Shirakawa, general, (b. 1869) June 14 – Yamamoto Yaeko, nurse, wife of Joseph Hardy Neesima (b. 1845) July 24 – Hidaka Sōnojō, admiral (b. 1848) See also 1932 in Japanese football List of Japanese films of the 1930s References 1932 in Category:1930s in Japan Japan Category:1932 in Asia