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List of events
Events in the year 1945 in Japan .
1945 was the last year of World War II and the first year of the
Allied occupation .
Incumbents
Governors
Events
Atomic bombing of Nagasaki, August 9.
Douglas MacArthur and Emperor Hirohito.
February 18 - U.S. Marines land on
Iwo Jima .
March 10 - Major bombing of
Tokyo
March 12 - First bombing of
Nagoya .
March 13 - First bombing of
Osaka .
March 26 - U.S. forces win the
Battle of Iwo Jima , defeating the last remaining troops led by
Tadamichi Kuribayashi .
April 7 - The
Japanese battleship Yamato is sunk.
April 7 -
Koiso Cabinet resigns and
Kantarō Suzuki forms
his cabinet .
May 24 - Second major bombing of Tokyo.
May 29 - First bombing of
Yokohama .
July 26 - Allies issue
Potsdam Declaration ; Japan refuses to agree to its terms.
August 6 -
Atomic bombing of Hiroshima .
August 8 - Soviet Union declares
war on Japan .
August 9 -
Atomic bombing of Nagasaki .
[2]
August 15 - Last Allied bombing of Japan takes place in
Odawara and
Tsuchizaki .
August 15 - Emperor
Hirohito
declares
Japan's acceptance of the Potsdam Declaration.
August 30 -
Douglas MacArthur arrives in Japan.
September 2 - Japanese officials sign
instrument of surrender on the deck of the
USS Missouri .
24 September -
Hirohito says that he did not want war and blames
Tojo for the
attack on Pearl Harbor
October 2 - Office of the
Supreme Commander Allied Powers is established at the
Dai-Ichi Seimei Building in Tokyo.
October 5 -
Higashikuni Cabinet resigns.
October 9 -
Shidehara Cabinet is formed.
October 15 -
Peace Preservation Law is repealed.
October 31 –
A news agency, Dōmei , officially disbanded, on following day, the
news agency operation in nationwide, which separated into
Kyōdō News Service and
Jiji Press .[
citation needed ]
November 6 – According to
Japan Coast Guard official confirmed report, a passenger ship Toyo-maru No 10 , capsized off Hakata Island,
Seto Inland Sea ,
Ehime Prefecture , 397 persons were perished.[
citation needed ]
November 12 – According to
Fukuoka Prefecture official confirmed report, a large scale explosion, while to Allied Peacekeeping Forces were disposing of weapons hidden by
Japanese Imperial Army in Futamata Tunnel in
Soeda ,
Kyushu Island , 147 persons were human fatalities and 149 persons were wounded.
[3]
December 9 – According to Japan Coast Guard official confirmed report, a
passenger ship Sekirei-maru capsized by
overcapacity and rough sea off
Akashi ,
Hyogo Prefecture , total 304 persons were their lost to lives.
[4]
December 17 - Women's suffrage is granted in Diet elections.
December 18 -
House of Representatives is dissolved:
First post-WWII general election called for April 1, 1946.
Births
January 6:
Toshiko Hamayotsu , politician
January 29:
Yoko Shinozaki , volleyball player
February 16:
Masataka Itsumi , television announcer and singer (died
1993 )
February 25:
Toshikatsu Matsuoka , politician (died
2007 )
March 7:
Sadakazu Tanigaki , politician
March 13:
Sayuri Yoshinaga , actress
March 14:
Komaki Kurihara , actress
June 9:
Yūji Aoki , manga artist (died
2003 )
June 14:
Hiroshi Miyauchi , actor
July 6:
Kyōzō Nagatsuka , actor
July 7:
Ikezawa Natsuki , author
July 10:
Katsuji Mori , voice actor and narrator
July 19:
Kenji Kimura , volleyball player
July 25:
Masakatsu Morita , Tatenokai member (died 1970)
August 6:
Yoshinori Sakai , Olympic flame torchbearer (died
2014 )
August 20:
Tomio Sumimoto , sprint canoer
August 22:
Tamori , entertainer
September 3:
Fusako Shigenobu , leader of the
Japanese Red Army
September 12:
Yumiko Fujita , actress
October 2:
Shigenobu Murofushi , athlete
October 9:
Kiyoko Suizenji , enka singer
October 19:
Shigeo Nakata , wrestler
October 25:
Keaton Yamada , voice actor and narrator
November 16:
Haruko Okamoto , figure skater
December 15:
Kimiko Kasai , jazz singer
December 23:
Noriko Tsukase , voice actress (died
1989 )
Deaths
January 9:
Shigekazu Shimazaki , career officer
February 26:
Sanji Iwabuchi
March 22:
Takeichi Nishi
March 26:
Tadamichi Kuribayashi
April 1:
Gōtarō Ogawa
May 11:
Kiyoshi Ogawa , naval aviator (suicide)
March 17:
Tatsugo Kawaishi , swimmer (b.
1911 )
April 16:
Toshiko Tamura , novelist (b.
1884 )
May 16:
Shintarō Hashimoto , admiral (b.
1892 )
May 21:
Prince Kan'in Kotohito , Chief of Army General Staff (b.
1865 )
June 3:
Fusashige Suzuki , athlete
June 7:
Kitaro Nishida , philosopher (b.
1870 )
June 22:
Isamu Chō , officer (suicide)
June 23:
Mitsuru Ushijima , general (suicide)
August 6:
Senkichi Awaya , mayor of Hiroshima
August 15:
August 16:
Takijirō Ōnishi , admiral (suicide)
August 17:
Shimaki Kensaku , author (b.
1903 )
August 20:
Masahiko Amakasu , officer (suicide)
August 24:
September 9:
Yoshitsugu Tatekawa , lieutenant-general
September 12:
Hajime Sugiyama , field marshal (suicide) (b.
1880 )
September 14:
Kunihiko Hashida , physician and physiologist (suicide)
September 20:
Chōtoku Kyan , Okinawan karate master
September 26:
Kiyoshi Miki , philosopher
October 15:
Mokutaro Kinoshita , author, Dramaturge, poet, art historian and literary critic
October 18:
Yoshiki Hayama , writer (b.
1894 )
October 28:
Kesago Nakajima , lieutenant-general
November 30:
Shigeru Honjō , general (suicide)
December 13:
Goro Shiba , military leader during the
Boxer Rebellion (b.
1860 )
December 16:
Fumimaro Konoe , former prime minister (suicide) (b.
1891 )
See also
References