1932 in Japan
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Events in the year 1932 in Japan.
Incumbents
- Emperor: Hirohito
- Prime Minister:
- Inukai Tsuyoshi (until May 15)
- Saitō Makoto (from May 26)
- Foreign Minister:
- Saitō Makoto (until July)
- Uchida Kosai
- Finance Minister: Takahashi Korekiyo
Events
- January 9 – Sakuradamon Incident (1932)
- January 25–February 4 – Defense of Harbin
- January 28–March 3 – January 28 Incident
- February 20 – Japanese general election, 1932
- May 15 – May 15 Incident
- September 15 – the Japan-Manchukuo Protocol is signed by Japan giving Japanese forces permission to station in Manchukuo[1]
- 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 repression[2]
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
- March 7 – Momoko Kōchi, actress (d. 1998)
- March 31 – Nagisa Oshima, film director and screenwriter (d. 2013)
- April 3 – Ineko Arima, film actress
- April 4 – Meisei Goto, author (d. 1999)
- June 25 – Ichiro Ogimura, table tennis player (d. 1994)
- August 11 – Keiko Kishi, film actress 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
- October 2 – Masanobu Deme, film director (d. 2016)
- November 20
- Umeko Ando, Ainu singer and musician
- Yorozuya Kinnosuke, kabuki actor (d. 1996)
- November 23 – Kunie Tanaka, film actor
- 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
References
- ^ Howland, Douglas; White, Luise (2009). The State of Sovereignty: Territories, Laws, Populations. Indiana University Press. p. 83. ISBN 978-0-253-22016-5.
- ^ Beckmann, George M.; Okubo, Genji (1969). The Japanese Communist Party 1922-1945. Stanford University Press. p. 239. ISBN 978-0-8047-0674-2.
