1933 in Japan

none 1933 Japan Template:Year in Japan: Flag of Japan (1870–1999).svg 80px Other events of 1933 History of Japan Timeline Years Events from the year 1933 in Japan. It corresponds to Shōwa 8 (昭和8年) in the Japanese calendar. Incumbents Emperor: HirohitoHirohito Biography, Accomplishments, & Facts https://www.britannica.com/biography/Hirohito Encyclopedia Britannica 27 March 2019 en Empress consort: Empress Kōjun Prime Minister: Saitō Makoto Governors Aichi Prefecture: Endo Ryusaku (until 21 July); Osamu (starting 21 July) Akita Prefecture: Takabe Rokuzo Aomori Prefecture: Taku Yasunobu Ehime Prefecture: Jiro Ichinohe Fukui Prefecture: Shigeo Odachi Fukushima Prefecture: Akagi Tomoharo (until 21 July); Shiomi Hatakeyama (starting 21 July) Gifu Prefecture: Umekichi Miyawaki Gunma Prefecture: Masao Kanazawa Hiroshima Prefecture: Michio Yuzawa Ibaraki Prefecture: Abe Kashichi Iwate Prefecture: Hidehiko Ishiguro Kagawa Prefecture: Seikichi Kimijima (until 23 June); Yoshisuke Kinoshita (starting 23 June) Kanagawa Prefecture: Sukenari Yokoyama Kumamoto Prefecture: Keiichi Suzuki Kochi Prefecture: Sakama Osamu Kyoto Prefecture: Saito Munenori Mie Prefecture: Hirose Hisatada (until 23 June); Saburo Hayakawa (starting 23 June) Miyagi Prefecture: Michio Yuzawa (until 21 July); Asaji Akagi (starting 21 July) Miyazaki Prefecture: Gisuke Kinoshita (until 23 June); Seikuchi Kimishima (starting 23 June) Nagano Prefecture: Ishigaki Kuraji (until 4 August); Okoda Shuzo (starting 4 August) Niigata Prefecture: Chiba Ryo Okinawa Prefecture: Jiro Ino Osaka Prefecture: Shinobu Agata Saga Prefecture: Saburo Hayakawa (until 23 June); Nagawa Fujioka (starting 23 June) Saitama Prefecture: Shigezo Fukushima (until 23 June); Hirose Hisatada (starting 23 June) Shiname Prefecture: Masaki Fukumura Tochigi Prefecture: Gunzo Kayaba Tokyo: Masayasu Kouksaka Toyama Prefecture: Saito Itsuki Yamagata Prefecture: Ishihara Yajiro Events January 1-May 31 – Defense of the Great Wall February 21–March 1 – Battle of Rehe March 2 – 1933 Sanriku earthquake. Although the earthquake itself does little damage, the associated tsunami, recorded at a height of 28.7 m ft at Ōfunato, Iwate, caused extensive damage, destroys many homes and causes numerous casualties.The Great Meiji Sanriku tsunami of 1896 is estimated to have generated a wave 38.2 meters high (Masayuki Nakao, "The Great Meiji Sanriku Tsunami" https://web.archive.org/web/20081223230738/http://shippai.jst.go.jp/en/Detail?fn=2&id=CA1000616 2008-12-23 April 1 – opening of Inariyama-kōen Station April 15 – opening of Moro Station and Ogose Station May – The 9th Far Eastern Games are held in Tokyo. May 10 – Tateishi Electronic Manufacturing, as predecessor of Omron was founded.May 2020 May 31 – Tanggu Truce July 12 – opening of Naka-Itabashi Station August 1 – opening of Fujimigaoka Station, Inokashira-kōen Station, Kugayama Station, Takaido Station and Hamadayama Station September 28 – Isetan Department Store of Shinjuku, officially opensFreedman Alisa Tokyo in Transit: Japanese Culture on the Rails and Road 2011 Stanford University Press 978-0-8047-7145-0 144 https://books.google.com/books?id=n7XKYLNupxUC&pg=PA144 en October 10 – opening of Keisei Ueno Station establishment of Tokubetsu-keibi-tai (Metropolitan Police Department) Births thumb|right|100px|Yoko Ono thumb|right|100px|Chikage Oogi thumb|right|100px|Tetsuko Kuroyanagi thumb|100px|Emperor Akihito January 2 On Kawara, conceptual artist (d. 2014) Morimura Seiichi, novelist, author January 11 – Mariko Okada, film actress February 16 – Yoshishige Yoshida, film director and screenwriter February 18 – Yoko Ono, singer, songwriter, and peace activistYoko Ono Biography, Art, & Facts https://www.britannica.com/biography/Yoko-Ono Encyclopedia Britannica 1 December 2020 en March 1 – Yoko Minamida, film actress (d. 2009) March 18 – Eikoh Hosoe, photographer and filmmaker April 15 – Kōji Yada, voice actor (d. 2014) April 16 – Takeo Watanabe, musician and composer (d. 1989) May 10 – Chikage Oogi, actress and politician (d. 2023) May 15 – Juzo Itami, film director (d. 1997) May 23 – Shōzō Iizuka, voice actor (d. 2023) July 17 – Keiko Awaji, film actress (d. 2014) August 1 – Masaichi Kaneda, baseball pitcher (d. 2019) August 9 – Tetsuko Kuroyanagi, actress, television presenter/pioneer, and author of children's book August 16 – Bunta Sugawara, actor (d. 2014) September 18 – Hiroshi Suzuki, Olympic swimmer October 16 – Nobuyo Oyama, voice actress October 20 – Chikara Hashimoto, baseball player (d. 2017) October 22 – Mitsuko Kusabue, film actress November 8 – Ayako Wakao, film actress November 11 – Keiko Tanaka-Ikeda, Japanese artistic gymnast (d. 2023) December 1 – Fujiko F. Fujio, cartoonist (d. 1996) December 10 – Mako, actor, voice actor and singer (d. 2006) December 23 – Akihito, Emperor Emeritus of JapanAkihito Biography, Reign, & Facts https://www.britannica.com/biography/Akihito Encyclopedia Britannica 27 March 2019 en Deaths January 23 – Sakai Toshihiko, writer and historian (b. 1871) February 20 – Takiji Kobayashi, author and novelist (b. 1903) March 18 – Sakuzō Yoshino, academic, and political scientist (b. 1878) July 27 – Nobuyoshi Mutō, field marshal, Commander of the Kwantung Army, ambassador (b. 1868) July 31 – Shimizu Shikin, novelist and women's rights activist (b. 1868) September 21 – Kenji Miyazawa, poet and author of children's books (b. 1896) October 15 – Inazō Nitobe, economist, author and educator (b. 1862) November 3 – Princess Nobuko Asaka, daughter of Emperor Meiji (b. 1891) November 8 – Uehara Yūsaku, field marshal (b. 1856) December 8 – Yamamoto Gonnohyōe, admiral and Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1852) See also 1933 in Japanese football List of Japanese films of the 1930s References 1933 Category:1930s in Japan Category:1933 by country Category:1933 in Asia