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List of events
Events in the year 1949 in
Japan.
Incumbents
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Supreme Commander Allied Powers:
Douglas MacArthur
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Emperor:
Hirohito
[1]
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Prime Minister:
Shigeru Yoshida (
L–Kōchi, 3rd term from February 16)
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Chief Cabinet Secretary:
Eisaku Satō (not Diet member→L–Yamaguchi) until February 16,
Kaneshichi Masuda (L–Nagano)
- Chief Justice of the
Supreme Court:
Tadahiko Mibuchi
- President of the
House of Representatives: vacant until February 11,
Kijūrō Shidehara (L–Ōsaka)
- President of the
House of Councillors:
Tsuneo Matsudaira (
Ryokufūkai–Fukushima) until November 14,
Naotake Satō (Ryokufūkai–Aomori) from November 15
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Diet sessions: 5th (special, February 11 to May 31), 6th (extraordinary, October 25 to November (?)), 7th (regular, December 4 to 1950, May 2)
Governors
Events
- January 23 -
1949 Japanese general election
[2]
- January 26 – A fire breaks out at
Hōryū-ji temple in
Ikaruga, Nara
Prefecture, destroying several murals.
[3]
- March Unknown date – Mens Shop Ogori, as predecessor of
Uniqlo was founded in
Ube,
Yamaguchi Prefecture.[
citation needed]
- May 16: Opening of
Tokyo,
Osaka and
Nagoya Stock Exchanges.
- May 25:
Ministry of International Trade and Industry formed.
- June 1:
Japanese National Railways become independent of the Ministry of Transportation.
- June 22: A
Typhoon Della,
torrential massibie rain and landslide hit, many ship and
fishing boat plunged around
Uwa Sea,
Ehime Prefecture, 468 person were human fatalities, including
a passenger ferry Aoba Maru, and 367 persons were hurt, according to
Japanese government official confirmed report.[
citation needed]
- July 5 -
Shimoyama incident
- July 15 -
Mitaka incident
- August 17 -
Matsukawa derailment
- September 15: First limited express trains begin operation on JNR lines.
- October:
Hideki Yukawa becomes the first Japanese winner of a
Nobel Prize.
- December 1
- December 16 –
Auto parts company
Denso established.
[4]
Films
Late Spring
Births
Haruki Murakami
- January 12:
Haruki Murakami, author
- January 15:
Rumi Tama, film director, actress, and screenwriter
- January 24:
Rihoko Yoshida, voice actress
- January 28:
Masachika Ichimura, voice actor and musical singer
- February 2:
Yasuko Namba, mountaineer, summited the
Seven Summits (d.
1996)
- March 3:
Hiroshi Kajikawa, archer
- March 23:
Aruno Tahara, voice actor
- April 26
- May 9:
Kenji Shimaoka, volleyball player
- May 11:
Terumi Niki, actress
- May 12:
Moto Hagio, manga artist
- May 25:
Yuki Katsuragi, singer (d.
2022)
- June 5:
Guts Ishimatsu, boxer
- June 20:
Arase Nagahide, sumo wrestler (d.
2008)
- June 27:
Norio Nagayama, spree killer (d. 1997)
- July 14:
Toyokazu Nomura, judoka
- August 18:
Takeshi Shudo, scriptwriter (d.
2010)
- September 19:
Sayoko Yamaguchi, model and actress (d.
2007)
- September 20:
Yutaka Higuchi, figure skater
- September 21:
Yūsaku Matsuda, actor (d.
1989)
- October 5:
Takajin Yashiki, singer and television celebrity (d.
2014)
- October 7:
Yuji Katsuro, Nordic combined skier
- October 21:
Masao Ohba, boxer (d. 1973)
- November 17:
Yoshito Yasuhara, actor and voice actor
- November 21:
Kazumasa Hirai, weightlifter
- November 24:
Tamanofuji Shigeru, sumo wrestler (d.
2021)
- November 28:
Kyoko Mizuki, author and manga artist
- December 2:
Shūichi Ikeda, voice actor
- December 16:
Kensaku Morita, actor, singer and governor of
Chiba Prefecture
- December 20:
Takao Okawara, film director, writer and producer
- December 28:
Kaoru Kitamura, writer
Deaths
- January 8:
Yoshijirō Umezu, war leader
- January 20:
Iwata Nakayama, photographer
- February 6:
Hiroaki Abe, admiral
- May 5:
Hideo Nagata, poet and playwright
- May 6:
Kunihiko Hashimoto, composer, violinist, conductor, and musical educator
- May 17:
Unno Juza, founding father of Japanese science fiction
- June 30:
Harukazu Nagaoka, diplomat
- July 1:
Isamu Takeshita, admiral
- July 10:
Moritake Tanabe
- August 7:
Uemura Shōen, artist
- August 15:
Kanji Ishiwara, war leader
- October 5:
Yoshio Kodaira, rapist and serial killer (executed) (born
1905)
[5]
- October 12:
Kiyoshi Kawakami, journalist
- November 3:
Hidemitsu Tanaka, author
- November 14:
Matsudaira Tsuneo, diplomat
- November 20:
Wakatsuki Reijirō, former prime minister
- November 25:
Kazuo Mizutani, chief of staff
- December 14:
Morita Sōhei, author
Statistics
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Yen value: US$1 = ¥360 (fixed)
See also
References