1937 in Japan

none November 2015 1937 Events in the year 1937 in Japan. Incumbents Emperor: HirohitoHirohito Biography, Accomplishments, & Facts https://www.britannica.com/biography/Hirohito Encyclopedia Britannica 27 March 2019 en Prime Minister: Kōki Hirota: until February 2 Senjūrō Hayashi: from February 2 until June 4 Fumimaro Konoe: from June 4 Governors Aichi Prefecture: Eitaro Shinohara (until 10 February); Kotaro Tanaka (starting 10 February) Akita Prefecture: Kiyoshi Honma (until 24 June); Kaoru Sasaki (starting 24 June) Aomori Prefecture: Masanori Ogawa Ehime Prefecture: Shizuo Furukawa Fukui Prefecture: Masanori Hanyu (until 4 November); Nakano Yoshiro (starting 4 November) Fukushima Prefecture: Ito Takehiko (until 7 July); Seikichi Kimishima (starting 7 July) Gifu Prefecture: Chiaki Saka (until 20 February); Miyano Shozo (starting 20 February) Gunma Prefecture: Seikichi Kimishima (until 7 July); Shozo Tsuchiya (starting 7 July) Hiroshima Prefecture: Saburo Hayakawa (until 8 January); Aijiro Tomita (starting 8 January) Ibaraki Prefecture: Ando Kyoushirou (until 8 January); Nobuo Hayashi (starting 8 January) Ishikawa Prefecture: Masasuke Kodama (until 1938); Shunsuke Kondo (starting 1938) Iwate Prefecture: Hidehiko Ishiguro (until 5 June); Chiyoji Yukizawa (starting 5 June) Kagawa Prefecture: Nagatoshi Fujioka (until 24 December); Shojiro Tamada (starting 24 December) Kumamoto Prefecture: Fujioka Nagawa Kochi Prefecture: Kobayashi Mitsumasa Kyoto Prefecture: Keiichi Suzuki Mie Prefecture: until 8 January: Aijiro Tomita 8 January-4 November: Ando Kyoushirou 4 November-24 December: Hanyu Masaki starting 24 December: Masatoshi Sato Miyagi Prefecture: Yoshio Kikuyama Miyazaki Prefecture: Seiya Mishima (until 7 July); Katsuroku Aikawa (starting 7 July) Nagano Prefecture: Shinsuke Kondo Niigata Prefecture: Sekiya Nobuyuki Okayama Prefecture: Hisashi Kurashige Okinawa Prefecture: Hisashi Kurashige Saga Prefecture: Shizuo Furukawa (until 7 July); Tomoichi Koyama (starting 7 July) Saitama Prefecture: Jitsuzo Kawanishi Shiname Prefecture: Kyuichi Kodama Tochigi Prefecture: Hachimintsu Matsumura (until 1 October); Adachi Shuuritsu (starting 1 October) Tokyo: Tetsuji Kan Toyama Prefecture: Ginjiro Toki Yamagata Prefecture: Takei Yoshitsugu Events January 4 – Two plates containing 58 scales are stolen off of the kinshachi (a kind of dolphin fish) affixed to the top of the castle tower of Nagoya Castle. The culprit was apprehended 23 days later. February 11 – Hasegawa Builder Corporation, as predecessor of Haseko Corporation founded in Amagasaki, Hyōgo Prefecture.May 2020 March 15-May 31 – Nagoya Pan-Pacific Peace Exposition (1937) March 30 – Marui founded as installndnt credit store in Nakano, Tokyo.May 2020 March 31 – 1937 Japanese general electionThe 20th House of Representatives election https://web.archive.org/web/20140216053911/http://go2senkyo.com/election/shugiin/8556 2014-02-16 ja May – Mitsubishi Real Estate was founded.MITSUBISHI ESTATE PROFILE OF MITSUBISHI ESTATE HISTORY https://www.mec.co.jp/e/company/history/ www.mec.co.jp 19 February 2021 28 February 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190228113032/http://www.mec.co.jp/e/company/history/ dead July 6 – According to Japanese government official confirmed report, a caught fire in Handa Mental Rescue Hospital in Hiroshima City, kills 23 persons.July 2022 July 7–9 – Marco Polo Bridge Incident early July-early August – Battle of Beiping-Tianjin July 26 – Langfang Incident July 29 – Tungchow Mutiny August – Operation Chahar August–November – Tianjin–Pukou Railway Operation August–December – Beiping-Hankou Railway Operation August 13-November 26 – Battle of Shanghai September 1-November 9 – Battle of Taiyuan September 13-November 11 – Battle of Xinkou September 24–25 – Battle of Pingxingguan October 26-November 1 – Defense of Sihang Warehouse December 12 – USS Panay incidentScherr Arthur Presidential Power, the "Panay" Incident, and the Defeat of the Ludlow Amendment The International History Review 2010 32 3 455–500 10.1080/07075332.2010.507346 25762089 155026783 https://www.jstor.org/stable/25762089 19 February 2021 0707-5332 subscription December 20 – According to former Japan Education Ministry official confirmed report, a caught fire in South Tonda Primary School, Wakayama Prefecture, kills 81 persons, mostly school children.July 2022 Births February 12 – Keisuke Sagawa, actor (d. 2017) March 25 – Hidekatsu Shibata, actor, voice actor and narrator March 29 – Shigeaki Mori, historian (d. 2026) April 1 – Noriko Ishihara, essayist and the childhood wife of Shintaro Ishihara (d. 2022) April 6 – Minoru Betsuyaku, playwright, novelist, and essayist (d. 2020) April 18 – Keiko Abe, marimba player and composerAbe, Keiko https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-0000044618 Grove Music Online 2001 10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.44618 978-1-56159-263-0 4 February 2022 en Edwards J. Michele May 10 – Emiko Miyamoto, volleyball player (Oriental Witches) (d. 2023)Emiko Miyamoto Sports Reference https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/mi/emiko-miyamoto-1.html 20 January 2024 17 April 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200417211523/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/mi/emiko-miyamoto-1.html dead May 26 – Monkey Punch, manga artist (Lupin III) (d. 2019) May 29 – Hibari Misora, singer and actress (d. 1989) June 25 – Keizō Obuchi, Prime Minister of Japan (d. 2000) July 3 – Hiroko Mori, Micronesian politicianSimon-McWilliams Ethel https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED280923.pdf Glimpses into Pacific Lives: Some Outstanding Women (Revised) Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory 1987 Green Karen Reed 2nd Portland 80-81 July 14 – Yoshirō Mori, Prime Minister of Japan July 29 – Ryutaro Hashimoto, Prime Minister of Japan (d. 2006)Ryutaro Hashimoto https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/ryutaro-hashimoto-6096241.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/ryutaro-hashimoto-6096241.html 2022-05-01 subscription live The Independent 19 February 2021 en 1 April 2009 August 26 – Kenji Utsumi, actor and voice actor (d. 2013) Deaths May 2 – Takuji Iwasaki, meteorologist, biologist, ethnologist historian (b. 1869) July 16 – Kanichiro Tashiro, lieutenant general (b. 1881) August 19: Ikki Kita, philosopher and writer (b 1883) Asaichi Isobe, army officer (b 1905) Takaji Muranaka, Army officer (b 1903) October 22 – Chūya Nakahara, poet (b 1907) December 6 – Sone Tatsuzō, architect (b 1853) See also List of Japanese films of the 1930s References 1937 in Category:1930s in Japan Japan Category:1937 in Asia