1924 in Japan
Events in the year 1924 in Japan. It corresponds to Taishō 13 (大正13年) in the Japanese calendar.
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Incumbents
- Emperor: Taishō[1]
- Regent: Hirohito
- Prime Minister:
- Yamamoto Gonnohyōe (until January 7)
- Kiyoura Keigo (from January 7 until June 11)
- Katō Takaaki (from June 11)
Governors
- Aichi Prefecture: Masahiro Ota (until 11 June); Haruki Yamawaki (starting 11 June)
- Akita Prefecture:
- until 18 June: Masao Kishimoto
- 18 June-1 December: Hideo Ikeda
- starting 1 December: Miki Nagano
- Aomori Prefecture:
- until 6 June: Kazue Baba
- 6 June-24 June: Ichiro Ogata
- starting 24 June: Matsubara Kenshiro
- Ehime Prefecture: Juunosuke Miyazaki (until 24 June); Yoshifumi Satake (starting 24 June)
- Fukui Prefecture:
- until 4 June: Josuke Shiraogawa
- 4 June-23 July: Takasuke Fukunaga
- starting 23 July: Katsuzo Toyota
- Fukushima Prefecture: Kosaka Masayasu
- Gifu Prefecture: Manpei Ueda (until 24 June); Takekai Shirane (starting 24 June)
- Gunma Prefecture: Yamaoka Kunitoshi (until 23 July); Ushidzuka Torataro (starting 23 July)
- Hiroshima Prefecture: Jiro Yamagata
- Ibaraki Prefecture: Shohei Fujinuma (until 9 January); Tsugino Daisaburo (starting 9 January)
- Iwate Prefecture: Ushidzuka Torataro (until 23 July); Akira Gotoyu (starting 23 July)
- Kagawa Prefecture: Nakagawa Kenzo (until 24 June); Asari Saburo (starting 24 June)
- Kanagawa Prefecture: Seino Chotarno
- Kochi Prefecture: Fujioka Hyoichi
- Kumamoto Prefecture: Chisato Tanaka (until 24 June); Nakagawa Kenzō (starting 24 June)
- Kyoto Prefecture: Tokikazu Ikematsu (until December); Hiroshi Ikeda (starting December)
- Mie Prefecture:
- until 13 March: Tago Ilman
- 13 March-23 July: Ryo Chiba
- starting 23 July: Kunitoshi Yamaoka
- Miyagi Prefecture: Yuichiro Chikaraishi (until 24 June); Manbei Ueda (starting 24 June)
- Miyazaki Prefecture: Saito Munenori
- Nagano Prefecture: Toshio Honma
- Niigata Prefecture: Ohara Sanarata
- Okayama Prefecture: Masao Kishimoto
- Okinawa Prefecture: Ki Iwamoto (until 24 June); Mitsumasa Kamei (starting 24 June)
- Saga Prefecture: Tominaga (until 23 July); Saito (starting 23 July)
- Saitama Prefecture: Motoda Tashio (until 24 June); Saito Morikuni (starting 24 June)
- Shiga Prefecture: Kaiichiro Suematsu
- Shiname Prefecture: Naganobu Ren (until 24 June); Sotaro Taro (starting 24 June)
- Tochigi Prefecture: Haruki Yamawaki (until 13 June); Otsuka (starting 13 June)
- Tokyo: Katsuo Usami
- Toyama Prefecture: Kihachiro Ito (until 23 July); Masao Oka (starting 23 July)
- Yamagata Prefecture:
- until 24 June: Agata Shinobu
- 24 June-17 December: Masao Kishimoto
- starting 17 December: Miura
Events
- January 26 – The future Emperor Shōwa marries Princess Kuninomiya Nagako.
- February 2 – Toyama Toy Manufacturing, as predecessor of Takara Tomy founded.
- May 4–July 27 – Japan competed at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. Japan fielded a team of 28 athletes, who competed in four events.
- May 10 – 1924 Japanese general election: No party won a majority of seats, resulting in Kenseikai, Rikken Seiyūkai and the Kakushin Club forming the country's first coalition government led by Katō Takaaki.
- August 1 – Koshien Stadium open in Hyogo Prefecture.
- November date unknown – Mogamiya, as predecessor of Bourbon Confectionery founded in Kashiwazaki, Niigata Prefecture.[2]
- November 29 – Tokyo Broadcasting Station, as public associatied corporate, was founded, later, Japan Broadcasting Corporation (NHK).
- December 27 – A dynamite explosion during logistic handling work in Temiya Station, Otaru, Hokkaido, resulting to death toll was 94 persons, according to Japanese government official confirmed report.
- Unknown date
- Takarazuka Grand Theater, official open in Hyogo Prefecture.
- Fukuoka Mujin, as predecessor of Nishinippon City Bank was established in Fukuoka Prefecture.[3]
Births
- February 18 – Fubuki Koshiji, actress and singer (d. 1980)
- February 24 – Chikage Awashima, film actress (d. 2012)
- February 26 – Noboru Takeshita, 74th Prime Minister of Japan (d. 2000)
- March 3 – Tomiichi Murayama, 81st Prime Minister of Japan
- March 7 – Kōbō Abe, writer, playwright and photographer (d. 1993)
- March 25 – Machiko Kyō, film actress (d. 2019)
- March 27 – Hideko Takamine, film actress (d. 2010)
- April 13 – Junnosuke Yoshiyuki, novelist (d. 1994)
- April 29 – Shintaro Abe, politician (d. 1991)
- September 3 – Yosihiko H. Sinoto, anthropologist (d. 2017)
- October 1 – Nobuko Otowa, film actress (d. 1994)
- October 9 – Hachiro Kasuga, enka singer (d. 1991)
- November 3 – Toyoko Yamasaki, novelist (d. 2013)
- November 13 – Motoo Kimura, geneticist (d. 1994)
- November 25 – Takaaki Yoshimoto, poet, literary critic, and philosopher (d. 2012)
- December 1 – Masao Horiba, businessman (d. 2015)
Deaths
- January 11 – Takamiyama Torinosuke, Sumo wrestler (b. 1873)
- January 27 – Hasegawa Yoshimichi, field marshal (b. 1850)
- March 24 – Prince Kachō Hirotada, army lieutenant (b. 1902)
- April 26 – Ijūin Hikokichi, diplomat and politician (b. 1864)
- July 2 – Matsukata Masayoshi, 4th (and 6th) Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1835)
- July 15 – Kuroda Seiki, painter and teacher (b. 1866)
- July 30 – Fusanosuke Gotō, Military personnel (b. 1879)
- October 24 – Nashiba Tokioki, admiral (b. 1850)
- November 15 – Daisuke Namba, communist activist (b. 1899)
- December 8 – Bochō Yamamura, writer, poet and songwriter (b. 1884)
- December 24 – Nakamura Tsune, yōga painter (b. 1887)
- December 31 – Tomioka Tessai, Nanga painter and calligrapher (b. 1837)
See also
References
- "Taishō | emperor of Japan". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
- ja:ブルボン#沿革 (Japanese language edition) Retrieved on May 23, 2020.
- ja:西日本シティ銀行#沿革 (Japanese language edition) Retrieved on 13 September 2020.
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