1940 in Japan

none March 2019 1940 Events in the year 1940 in Japan. It corresponds to Shōwa 15 (昭和15年) in the Japanese calendar. Incumbents thumb|upright|Founding Ceremony of the Hakko-Ichiu Monument on April 3, 1940. It had Prince Chichibu's calligraphy of Hakkō ichiu, carved on its front side.David C. Earhart, Certain Victory, 2008, p. 63. Emperor: HirohitoHirohito Biography, Accomplishments, & Facts https://www.britannica.com/biography/Hirohito Encyclopedia Britannica 27 March 2019 en Prime Minister: Nobuyuki Abe, until January 16, Mitsumasa Yonai, until July 22, Fumimaro Konoe, from July 22 Governors Aichi Prefecture: Kotaro Tanaka (until 9 April); Kodama Kyuichi (starting 9 April) Akita Prefecture: Yukio Tomeoka (until 24 July); Fumi (starting 24 July) Aomori Prefecture: Noburo Suzuki (until 24 July); Seiichi Ueda (starting 24 July) Ehime Prefecture: Yoshio Mochinaga (until 24 July); Susumu Nakamura Noriyuki (starting 24 July) Fukui Prefecture: Kiyoshi Kimura (until 14 April); Kubota (starting 14 April) Fukuoka Prefecture: Kyuichi Kodama Fukushima Prefecture: Seikichi Hashimoto (until 24 December); Sumio Hisakawa (starting 24 December) Gifu Prefecture: Miyano Shozo Gunma Prefecture: Kumano Ei (until 20 October); Susukida Yoshitomo (starting 20 October) Hiroshima Prefecture: Katsuroku Aikawa Ibaraki Prefecture: Tokitsugi Yoshinaga Ishikawa Prefecture: Narita Ichiro (until month unknown) Iwate Prefecture: Chiyoji Yukizawa (until 10 April); Yoshifumi Yamauchi (starting 10 April) Kagawa Prefecture: Nagatoshi Fujioka (until 9 April); Osamu Eianhyaku (starting 9 April) Kanagawa Prefecture: Ichisho Inuma then Mitsuma Matsumura Kumamoto Prefecture: Tomoichi Koyama Kochi Prefecture: Kondo Shunsuke (until 9 April); Chioji Yukisawa (starting 9 April) Kyoto Prefecture: Tota Akamatsuko (until April); Jitsuzo Kawanishi (starting April) Mie Prefecture: Masatoshi Sato (until 4 April); Yoshiro Nakano (starting 4 April) Miyagi Prefecture: Ryosaku Shimizu (until 4 April); Nobuo Hayashin (starting 4 April) Miyazaki Prefecture: Jitsuzo Kawanishi (until month unknown) Nagano Prefecture: Tomita Kenji (until 22 July); Nagoya Osamu (starting 22 July) Nagasaki Prefecture: Jitsuzo Kawanishi Niigata Prefecture: Seikichi Kimishima (until 9 April); Yasui Seiichiro (starting 9 April) Okinawa Prefecture: Fusataro Fuchigami Saga Prefecture: Kato (until 9 April); Masaki (starting 9 April) Saitama Prefecture: Toki Ginjiro Shiname Prefecture: Kiyoo Ebe (until 23 December); Yasuo Otsubo (starting 23 December) Tochigi Prefecture: Adachi Shuuritsu (until 8 April); Saburo Yamagata (starting 8 April) Tokyo: Okada Shuzo Toyama Prefecture: Kenzo Yano Yamagata Prefecture: Ishiguro Takeshige (until 24 August); Hee Yamauchi (starting 24 August) Films Kaze no Matasaburo Totsugu hi made Events Throughout the entire year - Celebration of year 2600 in Japanese imperial year January 15 – A large fire destroys much of Shizuoka city center. January 29 – According to Japanese government official confirmed report, a three-passenger locomotive commuter train derail and caught fire nearby Ajikawaguchi Station, Osaka, resulting to 189 person (181 were instantly, 8 were hospital) were death and 69 persons injures.February 2021 March 16–April 3 – Battle of Wuyuan May 1–June 18 – Battle of Zaoyang-Yichang September 22–26 – Japanese invasion of French Indochina November 25–30 – Central Hubei Operation Births January 1 – Ippei Kuri, manga artist and entrepreneur (d. 2023)Tatsunoko Production Co-Founder Ippei Kuri Passes Away https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-07-19/tatsunoko-production-co-founder-ippei-kuri-passes-away/.200467 Anime News Network July 19, 2023 January 2 – Masahiko Tsugawa, actor (d. 2018)https://kotobank.jp/word/%E6%B4%A5%E5%B7%9D%E9%9B%85%E5%BD%A6-1091903 Masahiko Tsugawa 知恵蔵mini「津川雅彦」の解説 KOTOBANK July 24, 2021 February 7 – Toshihide Maskawa, Nobel Prize-winning physicist (d. 2021) February 11 – Kinryuu Arimoto, voice actor (d. 2019) May 13 – Kōkichi Tsuburaya, marathoner (d. 1968) May 25 – Nobuyoshi Araki, photographer and artist June 3 – Koichi Kishi, politician (d. 2017) July 2 – Ruriko Asaoka, actress July 19 – Hanako, Princess Hitachi, wife of Masahito, Prince Hitachi and the sister-in-law of Emperor Emeritus Akihito August 20 – Gisaburō Sugii, anime director and Nihonga artist September 20 – Tarō Asō, 59th Prime Minister of Japan October 30 – Hidetoshi Nagasawa, sculptor and architect (d. 2018) December 4 – Fumio Kyūma, politician Deaths January 1 – Fusajiro Yamauchi, entrepreneur (b. 1859)June 2024 March 8 – Princess Masako Takeda, sixth daughter of Emperor Meiji (b. 1888) May 11 – Chujiro Hayashi, Reiki practitioner (b. 1880) June 5 – Tokugawa Iesato, politician (b. 1863) September 4 – Prince Nagahisa Kitashirakawa, career army officer (b. 1910) October 6 – Michitarō Komatsubara, general (b. 1885) November 20 – Hideo Oguma, poet (b. 1901) November 24 – Saionji Kinmochi, politician, statesman and Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1849) See also List of Japanese films of the 1940s References Further reading Bloch, Leon Bryce and Lamar Middleton, ed. The World Over in 1940 (1941) detailed coverage of world events online free; 914pp 1940 in Category:1940s in Japan Japan Category:1940 in Asia