Incumbents

• Emperor
  Emperor of Japan
  The Emperor of Japan is, according to the 1947 Constitution of Japan, "the symbol of the state and of the unity of the people." He is a ceremonial figurehead under a form of constitutional monarchy and is head of the Japanese Imperial Family with functions as head of state. He is also the highest...
  
  : Hirohito
  Hirohito
  , posthumously in Japan officially called Emperor Shōwa or , was the 124th Emperor of Japan according to the traditional order, reigning from December 25, 1926, until his death in 1989. Although better known outside of Japan by his personal name Hirohito, in Japan he is now referred to...
  
  
• Prime Minister
  Prime Minister of Japan
  The is the head of government of Japan. He is appointed by the Emperor of Japan after being designated by the Diet from among its members, and must enjoy the confidence of the House of Representatives to remain in office...
  
  : Kuniaki Koiso
  Kuniaki Koiso
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  , Kantarō Suzuki
  Kantaro Suzuki
  Baron was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy, member and final leader of the Taisei Yokusankai and 42nd Prime Minister of Japan from 7 April-17 August 1945.-Early life:...
  
  , Prince Higashikuni
  Prince Higashikuni
  was the 43rd Prime Minister of Japan from 17 August 1945 to 9 October 1945 for a period of 54 days. An uncle of Emperor Hirohito twice over, Prince Higashikuni was the only member of the Japanese imperial family to head a cabinet...
  
  , Kijuro Shidehara
  Kijuro Shidehara
  Baron was a prominent pre–World War II Japanese diplomat and the 44th Prime Minister of Japan from 9 October 1945 to 22 May 1946. He was a leading proponent of pacifism in Japan before and after World War II, and was also the last Japanese prime minister who was a member of the kazoku...
  
  
• Minister of War: Gen Sugiyama, Korechika Anami
• Minister of the Navy: Mitsumasa Yonai
  Mitsumasa Yonai
  was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy, and politician. He was the 37th Prime Minister of Japan from 16 January to 22 July 1940.-Early life & Naval career:...
  
  
• Supreme Commander Allied Powers: Douglas MacArthur
  Douglas MacArthur
  General of the Army Douglas MacArthur was an American general and field marshal of the Philippine Army. He was a Chief of Staff of the United States Army during the 1930s and played a prominent role in the Pacific theater during World War II. He received the Medal of Honor for his service in the...
  
  

Events

• January 4 - U.S & Filipino forces captured in Baroro Bridge in Bacnotan, La Union
  Bacnotan, La Union
  Bacnotan is a first class municipality in the province of La Union, Philippines. According to the 2007 census, it has a population of 38,743 people in 7,183 households.Ilocano is the language spoken...
  
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• January 4 - Filipino forces of the 121st Infantry Regiment, Philippine Commonwealth Army, USAFIP-NL with the local recognized guerrillas completes and captured stating the liberation in the province of La Union
  La Unión
  La Union or La Unión may refer to:-Colombia:*La Unión, Antioquia*La Unión, Nariño*La Unión, Sucre*La Unión, Valle del Cauca-Peru:*La Unión Province, Peru...
  
   in Northern Luzon.
• January 9 - U.S. troops landing the beaches in Lingayen Gulf
  Lingayen Gulf
  The Lingayen Gulf is an extension of the South China Sea on Luzon in the Philippines stretching . It is framed by the provinces of Pangasinan and La Union and sits between the Zambales Mountains and the Cordillera Central...
  
   in Pangasinan
  Pangasinan
  Pangasinan is a province of the Republic of the Philippines. The provincial capital is Lingayen. Pangasinan is located on the west central and peripheral area of the island of Luzon along the Lingayen Gulf, with the total land area being 5,368.82 square kilometers . According to the latest census,...
  
   province in Luzon
  Luzon
  Luzon is the largest island in the Philippines. It is located in the northernmost region of the archipelago, and is also the name for one of the three primary island groups in the country centered on the Island of Luzon...
  
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• January 9 - U.S. & Filipino forces liberated in Luzon
  Luzon
  Luzon is the largest island in the Philippines. It is located in the northernmost region of the archipelago, and is also the name for one of the three primary island groups in the country centered on the Island of Luzon...
  
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• January 26 - The Philippine Commonwealth Army forces and recognized guerrilla fighter units win the Second Battle of Santa Cruz in the town of Santa Cruz, Laguna
  Santa Cruz, Laguna
  Santa Cruz is a 1st class urban municipality in the province of Laguna, Philippines. It is also the capital town of the province of Laguna. According to the latest census, it has a population of 101,914 people in 19,627 households and with a growth rate of 1.37%)...
  
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• January 26 - Combined U.S. and Philippine Commonwealth military ground troops liberated the province of Nueva Ecija in Central Luzon and helping the local various recognized guerrilla fighters and Hukbalahap Communist guerrilla fighters led by Supremo Luis Taruc and defeated Japanese Imperial forces.
• January 30 - Over 125 American soldiers and 800 Filipino guerrillas free 813 American POWs from the Japanese Internment Camps in the town of Cabanatuan, Nueva Ecija
  Nueva Ecija
  Nueva Ecija is a landlocked province of the Philippines located in the Central Luzon region. Its capital is Palayan City...
  
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• January 31 - U.S. troops landing the beaches in Nasugbu, Batangas
  Nasugbu, Batangas
  Nasugbu is a 1st class municipality in the province of Batangas, Philippines. According to the latest census, it has a population of 113,926 people in 19,615 households....
  
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• January 31 - U.S. and Filipino soldiers including local recognized guerrillas liberated the province of Batangas
  Batangas
  Batangas is a first class province of the Philippines located on the southwestern part of Luzon in the CALABARZON region. Its capital is Batangas City and it is bordered by the provinces of Cavite and Laguna to the north and Quezon to the east. Across the Verde Island Passages to the south is the...
  
   in Southern Luzon.
• February 3 - U.S. troops entered in Manila
  Manila
  Manila is the capital of the Philippines. It is one of the sixteen cities forming Metro Manila.Manila is located on the eastern shores of Manila Bay and is bordered by Navotas and Caloocan to the north, Quezon City to the northeast, San Juan and Mandaluyong to the east, Makati on the southeast,...
  
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• February 4 - American troops of the U.S. 1st Cavalry Division with the local Filipino guerrillas under by Captain Manuel Colayco and Lieutenant Diosdado Guytingco freed 3,000 Allied civilian prisoners from the Japanese Internment Camps at University of Santo Tomas in Sampaloc, Manila. Before the arrival of Filipino troops and military officers of the Philippine Commonwealth Army from the military general headquarters and camps in Central and Southern Luzon was sending military operations in the city of Manila and helping the local guerrillas and American troops in February 1945.
• February 16 - U.S. and Filipino troops recapture Bataan
  Bataan
  Bataan is a province of the Philippines occupying the whole of the Bataan Peninsula on Luzon. The province is part of the Central Luzon region. The capital of Bataan is Balanga City and it is bordered by the provinces of Zambales and Pampanga to the north...
  
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• February 18 - U.S. Marines land on Iwo Jima
  Iwo Jima
  Iwo Jima, officially , is an island of the Japanese Volcano Islands chain, which lie south of the Ogasawara Islands and together with them form the Ogasawara Archipelago. The island is located south of mainland Tokyo and administered as part of Ogasawara, one of eight villages of Tokyo...
  
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• February 21 - American forces recapture and bombardment in Intramuros, Manila and before the Filipino forces of the Philippine Commonwealth Army units and the local recognized guerrillas was entering and bombardment again in the old walled city on February 23, 1945.
• February 23 - U.S. & Filipino forces recapture Intramuros, Manila.
• February 23 - American troops of the U.S. 11th Airborne Division, with Filipino guerrillas, freed the captives of the Japanese internment camp in Los Baños, Laguna
  Los Baños, Laguna
  The Nature and Science City of Los Baños is a 1st class urban city in the province of Laguna, Philippines. According to the latest census, it has a population of 98,631 inhabitants in 17,030 households...
  
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• February 26 - The successful of joint U.S. and Philippine Commonwealth ground troops including local recognized guerrilla fighters was completed and captured in Intramuros, Manila and defeated Japanese troops.

• March 2 - U.S. airborne troops recapture Corregidor
  Corregidor
  Corregidor Island, locally called Isla ng Corregidor, is a lofty island located at the entrance of Manila Bay in southwestern part of Luzon Island in the Philippines. Due to this location, Corregidor was fortified with several coastal artillery and ammunition magazines to defend the entrance of...
  
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• March 3 - U.S. & Filipino forces take Manila
  Manila
  Manila is the capital of the Philippines. It is one of the sixteen cities forming Metro Manila.Manila is located on the eastern shores of Manila Bay and is bordered by Navotas and Caloocan to the north, Quezon City to the northeast, San Juan and Mandaluyong to the east, Makati on the southeast,...
  
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• March 3 - U.S. & Filipino forces recapture Corregidor
  Corregidor
  Corregidor Island, locally called Isla ng Corregidor, is a lofty island located at the entrance of Manila Bay in southwestern part of Luzon Island in the Philippines. Due to this location, Corregidor was fortified with several coastal artillery and ammunition magazines to defend the entrance of...
  
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• March 10 - Major bombing of Tokyo
  Tokyo
  , ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...
  
  , Sendai and Morioka.
• March 10 - U.S. & Filipino troops liberate Zamboanga Peninsula and Sulu in Mindanao.
• March 12 - First bombing of Nagoya.
• March 13 - First bombing of Osaka
  Osaka
  is a city in the Kansai region of Japan's main island of Honshu, a designated city under the Local Autonomy Law, the capital city of Osaka Prefecture and also the biggest part of Keihanshin area, which is represented by three major cities of Japan, Kyoto, Osaka and Kobe...
  
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• March 26 - U.S. forces win the Battle of Iwo Jima
  Battle of Iwo Jima
  The Battle of Iwo Jima , or Operation Detachment, was a major battle in which the United States fought for and captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Empire of Japan. The U.S...
  
  , defeating the last remaining troops led by Tadamichi Kuribayashi
  Tadamichi Kuribayashi
  General was a haiku poet, diplomat, and General of the Imperial Japanese Army General Staff. He is best known for being overall commander of the Japanese garrison during the Battle of Iwo Jima....
  
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• March 28 - American troops liberated and landing beaches in Talisay, Cebu.
• March 28 - U.S. and Filipino forces liberated Cebu
  Cebu
  Cebu is a province in the Philippines, consisting of Cebu Island and 167 surrounding islands. It is located to the east of Negros, to the west of Leyte and Bohol islands...
  
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• March 31 - Fukuoka Bank is founded.
• April 7 - The Japanese battleship Yamato
  Japanese battleship Yamato
  , named after the ancient Japanese Yamato Province, was the lead ship of the Yamato class of battleships that served with the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. She and her sister ship, Musashi, were the heaviest and most powerfully armed battleships ever constructed, displacing...
  
   is sunk.
• April 7 - Suzuki forms his cabinet.
• April 10 - Filipino troops liberate Sablan, Benguet
  Sablan, Benguet
  Sablan is a 5th class municipality in the province of Benguet, Philippines. According to the latest census, it has a population of 10,890 people in 1,873 households.-History:On 1942, The Japanese Imperial forces was occupied in the town of Sablan, Benguet....
  
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• April 11 - U.S. and Filipino troops liberate Bohol
  Bohol
  Bohol is an island province of the Philippines located in the Central Visayas region, consisting of Bohol Island and 75 minor surrounding islands. Its capital is Tagbilaran City. With a land area of and a coastline long, Bohol is the tenth largest island of the Philippines...
  
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• April 26 - U.S. & Filipino forces liberate Baguio City
  Baguio City
  The City of Baguio is a highly urbanized city in northern Luzon in the Philippines. Baguio City was established by Americans in 1900 at the site of an Ibaloi village known as Kafagway...
  
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• April 26 - Filipino troops liberate Tuba, Benguet
  Tuba, Benguet
  Tuba is a 2nd class municipality in the province of Benguet, Philippines. According to the latest census, it has a population of 40,008 people in 7,210 households.-Location:...
  
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• May 1 - Hiroshima Bank is founded.
• May 3 - Filipino troops liberated La Trinidad, Benguet
  La Trinidad, Benguet
  La Trinidad is a 1st class municipality in the province of Benguet, Philippines. It is the capital municipality of Benguet. According to the 2007 census, it has a population of 97,810 people in 13,658 households....
  
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• May 5 - Filipino troops of the 8th, 82nd, 83rd and 85th Infantry Division, Philippine Commonwealth Army continues the military operations and liberated in Northern Cebu
  Cebu
  Cebu is a province in the Philippines, consisting of Cebu Island and 167 surrounding islands. It is located to the east of Negros, to the west of Leyte and Bohol islands...
  
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• May 24 - Second major bombing of Tokyo.
• May 29 - First bombing of Yokohama
  Yokohama
  is the capital city of Kanagawa Prefecture and the second largest city in Japan by population after Tokyo and most populous municipality of Japan. It lies on Tokyo Bay, south of Tokyo, in the Kantō region of the main island of Honshu...
  
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• June 14 - U.S and Filipino forces at the Battle of Bessang Pass in Ilocos Sur province in Northern Luzon.
• June 14 - Filipino forces of the 15th, 66th and 121st Infantry Regiment, Philippine Commonwealth Army, USAFIP-NL completes and captured in Cervantes, Ilocos Sur after the Battle of Bessang Pass in Northern Luzon.
• July 5 - Philippine Commonwealth president Sergio Osmeña
  Sergio Osmeña
  Sergio Osmeña y Suico was a Filipino politician who served as the 4th President of the Philippines from 1944 to 1946. He was Vice President under Manuel L. Quezon, and rose to the presidency upon Quezon's death in 1944, being the oldest Philippine president to hold office at age 65...
  
   and American General Douglas MacArthur
  Douglas MacArthur
  General of the Army Douglas MacArthur was an American general and field marshal of the Philippine Army. He was a Chief of Staff of the United States Army during the 1930s and played a prominent role in the Pacific theater during World War II. He received the Medal of Honor for his service in the...
  
   was declaration the Liberation of Philippines by the stronghold of joint U.S. & Filipino soldiers including recognized guerrillas.
• July 26 - Filipino troops and American bombers at the Battle of Mayoyao Ridge in Mayoyao, Mountain Province, Northern Luzon.
• July 26 - Allies issue Potsdam Declaration
  Potsdam Declaration
  The Potsdam Declaration or the Proclamation Defining Terms for Japanese Surrender is a statement calling for the Surrender of Japan in World War II. On July 26, 1945, United States President Harry S...
  
  ; Japan refuses to agree to its terms.
• July 27 - Filipino troops and Igorot guerrillas liberate Mankayan, Benguet
  Mankayan, Benguet
  Mankayan is a 1st class municipality in the province of Benguet, Philippines. According to the 2007 census, it has a population of people 34,563 in 6,495 households.The former municipal district of Mankayan was converted into a municipality in 1955....
  
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• July 27 - U.S. and Filipino forces liberated Buguias, Benguet
  Buguias, Benguet
  Buguias is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Benguet, Philippines. According to the 2007 census, it has a population of 34,507 people in 6,312 households....
  
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• August 6 - Atomic bombing of Hiroshima.
• August 8 - Soviet Union declares war on Japan.
• August 9 - Atomic bombing of Nagasaki.
• August 9 - The successful of Filipino soldiers and American bombers at the Battle of Mayoyao Ridge in Northern Luzon and captured in Mayoyao, Ifugao
  Mayoyao, Ifugao
  Mayoyao is a 4th class municipality in the province of Ifugao, Philippines. According to the latest census, it has a population of 16,722 people in 2,917 households.-Barangays:Mayoyao is politically subdivided into 27 barangays.* Aduyongan* Alimit...
  
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• August 15 - Last Allied bombing of Japan takes place in Odawara.

• August 15 - Emperor Hirohito declares Japan's acceptance of the Potsdam Declaration.
• August 15 - The victorious and successful of joint U.S. and Philippine Commonwealth ground troops including local recognized guerrilla fighters was completed and capturing around the Philippines included Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao and defeated and surrendering Japanese troops.
• August 30 - Douglas MacArthur arrives in Japan.
• September 2 - Japanese officials sign instrument of surrender on the deck of the USS Missouri
  USS Missouri (BB-63)
  |USS Missouri is a United States Navy Iowa-class battleship, and was the fourth ship of the U.S. Navy to be named in honor of the U.S. state of Missouri...
  
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• September 2 - The commanding general of the Imperial Japanese Army
  Imperial Japanese Army
  -Foundation:During the Meiji Restoration, the military forces loyal to the Emperor were samurai drawn primarily from the loyalist feudal domains of Satsuma and Chōshū...
  
   by general Tomoyuki Yamashita
  Tomoyuki Yamashita
  General was a general of the Japanese Imperial Army during World War II. He was most famous for conquering the British colonies of Malaya and Singapore, earning the nickname "The Tiger of Malaya".- Biography :...
  
   was surrendered by the American and Filipino troops at Kiangan, Mountain Province
  Kiangan, Ifugao
  Kiangan is a 4th class municipality in the province of Ifugao, Philippines. According to the latest census, it has a population of 15,448 people in 2,692 households.Locally spoken languages include Tuwali, Ilocano,Ayangan, Tagalog, and English....
  
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• 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
  Peace Preservation Law
  The Public Security Preservation Laws were a series of laws enacted during the Empire of Japan. Collectively, the laws were designed to suppress political dissent.-the Safety Preservation Law of 1894:...
  
   is repealed.
• December 17 - Women's suffrage is granted in Diet elections.
• December 18 - House of Representatives is dissolved: Diet elections called for April 1, 1946.

Births

• January 6: Toshiko Hamayotsu
  Toshiko Hamayotsu
  is a Japanese politician of the New Komeito Party, a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet . A native of Taipei, Taiwan and graduate of Keio University, she was elected for the first time in 1992. From January 1998 until November she was the second leader of the New Komeito Party after...
  
  , politician
• January 29: Yoko Shinozaki
  Yoko Shinozaki
  is a Japanese volleyball player and Olympic champion.She was a member of the Japanese winning team at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.-References:...
  
  , volleyball player
• February 16: Masataka Itsumi
  Masataka Itsumi
  was a Japanese television announcer, tarento, writer, singer and master of ceremonies. His nickname was "It's me". Shingo Yamashiro was his friend. His son, Taro Itsumi is an actor, and his daughter, Ai Itsumi is an actoress, tarento, and announcer....
  
  , television announcer and singer (d. 1993
  1993 in Japan
  -Incumbents:* Emperor: Akihito* Prime Minister: Kiichi Miyazawa and Hosokawa Morihiro-Events:* July 7: G7 summit is held in Tokyo.* July 18: General elections for the House of Representatives of Japan are held. The Liberal Democratic Party fails to secure a majority.* August 6: Hosokawa Morihiro is...
  
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• February 25: Toshikatsu Matsuoka
  Toshikatsu Matsuoka
  was a Japanese politician. He served as the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries from September 26, 2006 under the Abe cabinet. He committed suicide in 2007 in the middle of a financial scandal.- Biography :...
  
  , politician (d. 2007
  2007 in Japan
  -Incumbents:* Emperor – Akihito* Prime Minister – Shinzō Abe until September 26, Yasuo Fukuda * Chief Cabinet Secretary: Yasuhisa Shiozaki until August 27, Kaoru Yosano until September 26, Nobutaka Machimura...
  
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• March 7: Sadakazu Tanigaki
  Sadakazu Tanigaki
  is a conservative Japanese politician who served as Minister of Finance from 2003 to 2006, in the cabinet of Jun'ichirō Koizumi. He also served as Minister of Construction and Transport in the cabinet of Yasuo Fukuda and is serving his ninth term as a member of the House of Representatives,...
  
  , politician
• March 13: Sayuri Yoshinaga, actress
• March 14: Komaki Kurihara
  Komaki Kurihara
  is a Japanese film actress. She has appeared in 30 films since 1967. She starred in the 1974 film Sandakan No. 8, which was entered into the 25th Berlin International Film Festival.-Selected filmography:* Tora-san's Grand Scheme...
  
  , actress
• June 9: Yūji Aoki
  Yuji Aoki
  was a Japanese manga artist born in Fukuchiyama, Kyoto, Japan. He is best known for , for which he won the 1992 Kodansha Manga Award for general manga and the 1998 Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize Award for Excellence.Takahiro Kochi was his assistant....
  
  , manga artist (d. 2003
  2003 in Japan
  Events in the year 2003 in Japan.-Incumbents:* Emperor: Akihito* Prime Minister: Junichiro Koizumi* Chief Cabinet Secretary: Yasuo Fukuda* Governor of Tokyo: Shintaro Ishihara-Events:*January - Toyota launches all-new Avensis to be built in Britain....
  
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• June 14: Hiroshi Miyauchi
  Hiroshi Miyauchi
  is a prolific Japanese actor from Chiba Prefecture. He is best known for playing some of the most memorable roles in Tokusatsu history, such as Kazami Shiro in Kamen Rider V3 and Ken Hayakawa in Kaiketsu Zubat...
  
  , actor
• July 6: Kyōzō Nagatsuka
  Kyōzō Nagatsuka
  is a Japanese actor. He won the award for best actor at the 24th Yokohama Film Festival for The Laughing Frog.-Filmography:* The Laughing Frog * Atsuhime -References:...
  
  , actor
• July 7: Ikezawa Natsuki
  Ikezawa Natsuki
  is a Japanese poet, novelist, essayist and translator.He draws upon the relationship between civilization and nature in his writing, among other themes. Ikezawa translates a wide variety of writing, from contemporary Greek poetry to modern novels, and translates American literature into the...
  
  , author
• July 19: Kenji Kimura
  Kenji Kimura
  is a Japanese former volleyball player who competed in the 1968 Summer Olympics and in the 1972 Summer Olympics.In 1968 he was part of the Japanese team which won the silver medal in the Olympic tournament. He played all nine matches....
  
  , volleyball player
• July 25: Masakatsu Morita
  Masakatsu Morita
  was the Tatenokai member who attempted to commit seppuku with Yukio Mishima at the Ichigaya Camp.He was the youngest child of a headmaster. Losing both parents at the age of two, he was cared for by his brother Osamu and educated at a Catholic school...
  
  , Tatenokai member (d. 1970)
• August 6: Yoshinori Sakai
  Yoshinori Sakai
  was the Olympic flame torchbearer who lit the cauldron at the 1964 Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo.He was chosen for the role to symbolize Japan's postwar reconstruction and peace...
  
  , Olympic flame torchbearer
• August 9: Yoshinori Kurosawa, musician
• August 20: Tomio Sumimoto
  Tomio Sumimoto
  Tomio Sumimoto is a Japanese sprint canoer who competed in the mid 1960s. He was eliminated in the repechages of the K-4 1000 m event at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.-References:*...
  
  , sprint canoer
• August 22: Tamori
  Tamori
  is a Japanese celebrity. His real name is and the screenname Tamori is an anagram of his surname. He was born on 22 August 1945 in Fukuoka City in Fukuoka Prefecture....
  
  , entertainer
• September 3: Fusako Shigenobu
  Fusako Shigenobu
  is the founder and former leader of the now disbanded Japanese Red Army.-Early life:Shigenobu was born on September 28, 1945 in the Setagaya Ward of Tokyo...
  
  , leader of the Japanese Red Army
  Japanese Red Army
  The was a Communist terrorist group founded by Fusako Shigenobu early in 1971 in Lebanon. It sometimes called itself Arab-JRA after the Lod airport massacre...
  
  
• September 12: Yumiko Fujita
  Yumiko Fujita
  Yumiko Fujita is a Japanese actress.-Selected filmography:* Under the Flag of the Rising Sun * Karafuto 1945 Summer Hyosetsu no Mon * The Bullet Train...
  
  , actress
• October 2: Shigenobu Murofushi
  Shigenobu Murofushi
  is a former hammer thrower from Japan. He is the father of Koji Murofushi and Yuka Murofushi.-Achievements:-References:**...
  
  , athlete
• October 19: Shigeo Nakata
  Shigeo Nakata
  is a Japanese wrestler and Olympic champion in Freestyle wrestling.-Olympics:Nakata competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City where he received a gold medal in Freestyle wrestling, the flyweight class.-References:...
  
  , wrestler
• November 16: Haruko Okamoto
  Haruko Okamoto
  is a Japanese figure skater who is now a coach. She retired from skating shortly after placing 26th in the 1968 Winter Olympic Games. Her sister is Ayumi Ishida, who is a singer and actress.-Results:- References :*...
  
  , figure skater
• December 15: Kimiko Kasai
  Kimiko Kasai
  Kimiko Kasai is a Japanese jazz singer who was born in Kyoto, Japan on December 15, 1945.She went to Tokyo in 1964, and became a featured member of pianist Yuzuru Sera's group...
  
  , jazz singer
• December 23: Noriko Tsukase
  Noriko Tsukase
  was a Japanese voice actress and chanson singer active during the 1970s and 1980s.Tsukase was born in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture. Her most popular roles included Spank in Ohayō! Spank, Miss Alphonne in the original Cutie Honey TV series, and Non in Majokko Megu-chan...
  
  , voice actress (d. 1989
  1989 in Japan
  Events in the year 1989 in Japan.1989 was the first year of Heisei in Japan as well as the all-time peak of the Nikkei 225 stock market average.-Incumbents:*Emperor: Hirohito, Akihito*Prime Minister: Noboru Takeshita, Toshiki Kaifu...
  
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Deaths

• January 9: Shigekazu Shimazaki
  Shigekazu Shimazaki
  , was a Japanese career officer in the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service during World War II.-Biography:Shimazaki was a native of Ōita Prefecture and a graduate of the 57th class of the Imperial Japanese Navy Academy in 1929, ranking 31st of 122 cadets...
  
  , career officer
• May 11: Kiyoshi Ogawa
  Kiyoshi Ogawa
  Kiyoshi Ogawa was a Japanese Naval Aviator Ensign of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. As a Kamikaze pilot, Ensign Ogawa's final action took place on May 11, 1945, during the Battle of Okinawa. Piloting a bomb-laden Mitsubishi Zero fighter during Operation Kikusui No...
  
  , naval aviator (suicide)
• March 17: Tatsugo Kawaishi
  Tatsugo Kawaishi
  was a Japanese swimmer who competed at the 1932 Summer Olympics.There he won a silver medal in the 100 m freestyle event. He was born in Hiroshima, Japan....
  
  , swimmer
• May 16: Shintarō Hashimoto
  Shintaro Hashimoto
  -Web:- Firsthand account of the battle by a member of HMS Vigilant's crew.- Fairly detailed account of the battle...
  
  , admiral
• June 3: Fusashige Suzuki
  Fusashige Suzuki
  was a Japanese long-distance runner who is credited by the International Association of Athletics Federations for setting a world's best in the marathon on March 31, 1935....
  
  , athlete
• June 22: Isamu Chō
  Isamu Cho
  - Notes :...
  
  , officer (suicide)
• June 23: Mitsuru Ushijima
  Mitsuru Ushijima
  - Notes :...
  
  , general (suicide)
• August 15: Korechika Anami, war leader (suicide)
• August 15: Matome Ugaki, admiral
• August 16: Takijirō Ōnishi, admiral (suicide)
• August 17: Shimaki Kensaku
  Shimaki Kensaku
  was the pen-name of , a Japanese author active during the Shōwa period in Japan.-Early life:Shimaki Kensaku was born in Sapporo, Hokkaidō in 1903. His father died when he was two years old, and he was raised by his mother...
  
  , author
• August 20: Masahiko Amakasu, officer (suicide)
• August 24: Midori Naka
  Midori Naka
  Midori Naka was a Japanese stage actress of the Shingeki style, famous in her country at the time of her death. She survived the atomic bombing of Hiroshima on 6 August 1945, only to die 18 days later. She was the first person in the world whose death was officially certified to be a result of...
  
  , stage actress
• August 24: Shizuichi Tanaka
  Shizuichi Tanaka
  - Notes :...
  
  , general (suicide)
• September 9: Yoshitsugu Tatekawa, lieutenant-general
• September 12: Hajime Sugiyama, field marshal (suicide)
• September 14: Kunihiko Hashida
  Kunihiko Hashida
  Dr. was a Japanese physician and physiologist.Hashida became a medical professor of Tokyo Imperial University. He also became the Headmaster of the First Higher School in 1937....
  
  , 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 28: Kesago Nakajima
  Kesago Nakajima
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  , lieutenant-general
• November 30: Shigeru Honjō
  Shigeru Honjo
  -Notes:...
  
  , general (suicide)
• December 13: Goro Shiba, military leader during the Boxer Rebellion
  Boxer Rebellion
  The Boxer Rebellion, also called the Boxer Uprising by some historians or the Righteous Harmony Society Movement in northern China, was a proto-nationalist movement by the "Righteous Harmony Society" , or "Righteous Fists of Harmony" or "Society of Righteous and Harmonious Fists" , in China between...
  
  
• December 16: Fumimaro Konoe
  Fumimaro Konoe
  Prince was a politician in the Empire of Japan who served as the 34th, 38th and 39th Prime Minister of Japan and founder/leader of the Taisei Yokusankai.- Early life :...
  
  , former prime minister (suicide)