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List of events
Events from the year 1925 in Japan . It corresponds to
Taishō 14 (大正14年) in the
Japanese calendar .
Incumbents
Governors
Events
January 20 –
Soviet–Japanese Basic Convention is signed between the
Empire of Japan and the
Soviet Union . Ratifications were exchanged in
Beijing on February 26, 1925. The agreement was registered in the
League of Nations Treaty Series on May 20, 1925.
[2]
March 5 – Nippon Air Brake (Nabco) was founded in
Kobe , as predecessor of
Nabtesco .[
citation needed ]
March 7 – The
Public Security Preservation Law of 1925 (治安維持法, Chian Iji Hō) is passed in the diet. It forbade conspiracy and revolt, and it criminalized socialism and communism.
[3] It was one of the most significant laws of pre-war Japan.
March – A nation's first
license radio station ,
NHK Radio One , an official broadcasting service start in
Tokyo , following start on June 1 in
Osaka and July 15 in
Nagoya .[
citation needed ]
April Unknown date – Sanki Engineering was founded.[
citation needed ]
May 1 –
Matsuya Department Store of Ginza was open in Tokyo.[
citation needed ]
May 5 – The
General Election Law (普通選挙法, Futsu Senkyo Hō) was passed, giving all men above age 25 the right to vote.
May 12 – The Public Security Preservation Law is enacted.
May 23 –
1925 Kita Tajima earthquake
November 13 – The
University of Tokyo
Earthquake Research Institute is founded.
Unknown date – Hokkaido Dairy Sales Association, as predecessor of Snow Brand Megmilk, founded in
Hokkaido .[
page needed ]
Births
January 11 –
Kihachirō Kawamoto , film director, screenwriter and animator (d.
2010 )
January 14 –
Yukio Mishima , author, poet, and playwright (d.
1970 )
January 28 –
Yasuji Mori , animator (d.
1992 )
February 26 –
Hitoshi Takagi , voice actor (d.
2004 )
February 27 –
Shoichiro Toyoda , business executive (d.
2023 )
March 12 –
Leo Esaki , physicist, Nobel laureate
May 10 –
Norio Kijima , announcer and politician (d.
1990 )
July 12 –
Yasushi Akutagawa , composer and conductor (d.
1989 )
August 13 –
Asao Sano , actor (d.
2022 )
November 30 –
Genshō Imanari , literature academic (d.
2020 )
December 6 –
Shigeko, Princess Teru , later "Shigeko Higashikuni", eldest child of
Emperor Shōwa (d.
1961 )
Deaths
See also
References