1949 in Japan
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Events in the year 1949 in Japan.
Contents
Incumbents
- Supreme Commander Allied Powers: Douglas MacArthur
- Emperor: Hirohito
- Prime Minister: Shigeru Yoshida (L–Kōchi, 3rd term from February 16)
- 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
- Diet sessions: 5th (special, February 11 to May 31), 6th (extraordinary, October 25 to November (?)), 7th (regular, December 4 to 1950, May 2)
Events
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- January 23 - Japanese general election, 1949
- 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.
- 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.
Films
Births
- 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
- March 3: Hiroshi Kajikawa, archer
- March 23: Aruno Tahara, voice actor
- April 26: Morio Kazama, actor
- April 26: Issei Sagawa, murderer
- May 9: Kenji Shimaoka, volleyball player
- May 11: Terumi Niki, actress
- May 12: Moto Hagio, manga artist
- June 5: Guts Ishimatsu, boxer
- June 20: Arase Nagahide, sumo wrestler (died 2008)
- June 27: Norio Nagayama, spree killer (died 1997)
- July 14: Toyokazu Nomura, judoka
- August 18: Takeshi Shudo, scriptwriter (died 2010)
- September 20: Yutaka Higuchi, figure skater
- September 21: Yusaku Matsuda, actor (died 1989)
- October 5: Takajin Yashiki, singer and television celebrity
- October 7: Yuji Katsuro, Nordic combined skier
- October 21: Masao Ohba, boxer (died 1973)
- November 17: Yoshito Yasuhara, actor and voice actor
- November 21: Kazumasa Hirai, weightlifter
- 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 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
- Yen value: US$1 = ¥360 (fixed)
