# 1932 in Japan

Events in the year 1932 in Japan.

## Incumbents

* Emperor: Hirohito
* Prime Minister:
** Inukai Tsuyoshi: until May 15
** Takahashi Korekiyo: (Acting) May 15 – May 26
** Saitō Makoto: from May 26
* Foreign Minister:
** Saitō Makoto: until July
** Uchida Kosai
* Finance Minister: Takahashi Korekiyo

### Governors

* Aichi Prefecture: Yujiro Osaki (until 28 June); Endo Ryusaku (starting 28 June)
* Akita Prefecture: Takeshi Uchida (until 28 June); Takabe Rokuzo (starting 28 June)
* Aomori Prefecture: Teizaburo Miyamoto (until 28 June); Taku Yasunobu (starting 28 June)
* Ehime Prefecture: Kume Shigeo (until 28 June); Jiro Ichinohe (starting 28 June)
* Fukui Prefecture: Keizo Ichimura (until 8 March); Shigeo Odachi (starting 8 March)
* Fukushima Prefecture: Murai Hachiro (until 28 June); Akagi Tomoharo (starting 28 June)
* Gifu Prefecture: Takehiko Ito (until 28 June); Umekichi Miyawaki (starting 28 June)
* Gunma Prefecture: Masao Kanazawa
* Hiroshima Prefecture: Ryo Chiba (until 28 June); Michio Yuzawa (starting 28 June)
* Ibaraki Prefecture: Seikichi Kimishima (until 18 June); Abe Kashichi (starting 18 June)
* Iwate Prefecture: Hidehiko Ishiguro
* Kagawa Prefecture: Akira Ito (until 28 June); Seikichi Kimijima (starting 28 June)
* Kanagawa Prefecture: Sukenari Yokoyama (starting month unknown)
* Kochi Prefecture: Kodora Akamatsu (until 4 March); Sakama Osamu (starting 4 March)
* Kumamoto Prefecture: Kenichi Yamashita (until 28 June); Keiichi Suzuki (starting 28 June)
* Kyoto Prefecture: Sukenari Yokoyama (until 28 June); Saito Munenori (starting 28 June)
* Mie Prefecture: Hirose Hisatada
* Miyagi Prefecture: Michio Yuzawa
* Miyazaki Prefecture: Gisuke Kinoshita
* Nagano Prefecture: Ishigaki Kuraji
* Niigata Prefecture: Toyoji Obata (until 28 June); Ryo Chiba (starting 28 June)
* Okinawa Prefecture: Jiro Ino
* Osaka Prefecture: Saito Munenori (until month unknown); Shinobu Agata (starting month unknown)
* Saga Prefecture: Saburo Hayakawa
* Saitama Prefecture: Umekichi Miyawaki (until 28 June); Shigezo Fukushima (starting 28 June)
* Shiname Prefecture: Rinsaku Yagi (starting 28 June); Masaki Fukumura (starting 28 June)
* Tochigi Prefecture: Chokichi Toshima (until 28 June); Nakarai Kiyoshi (starting 28 June)
* Tokyo:
** until 12 January: Hasegawa Hisakazu
** 12 January-27 May: Shohei Fujinuma
** starting 27 May: Masayasu Kouksaka
* Toyama Prefecture: Keiichi Suzuki (until 28 June); Saito Itsuki (starting 28 June)
* Yamagata Prefecture: Sada Kawamura (until 28 June); Ishihara Yajiro (starting 28 June)

## Events

* January 9 – Sakuradamon Incident (1932)
* January 25 – Nippon Bakelight, later Sumitomo Bakelight was founded.
* January 25–February 4 – Defense of Harbin
* January 28–March 3 – January 28 Incident
* February 20 – 1932 Japanese general election
* May 15 – May 15 Incident
* July 15 – Takashimaya Department Store in Osaka Nanba was officially open.
* August 12 – Tokyo Takarazuka Cinema Production, as predecessor of Toho was founded.
* September 1 – Topcon was founded.
* September 15 – the Japan-Manchukuo Protocol is signed by Japan giving Japanese forces permission to station in Manchukuo
* December 16 – Shirokiya Department Store fire
* Winter – The Japanese Communist Party make a concerted effort to reestablish its central organization during a time of police repression
* Unknown date
** Pharmacy retailer, Matsumoto Kiyoshi founded in Matsudo, Chiba Prefecture, as predecessor name was Matsumoto Pharmacy Shop.
** Nanzan Secondary School, later Nanzan University was founded in Nagoya.

## Films

* Chûshingura - directed by Teinosuke Kinugasa
* First Steps Ashore - directed by Yasujirô Shimazu
* I Was Born, But... - directed by Yasujirō Ozu
* Kokushi muso - directed by Mansaku Itami
* Manmo kenkoku no reimei - directed by Kenji Mizoguchi
* Nasanunaka - directed by Mikio Naruse
* Spring Comes from the Ladies - directed by Yasujirô Ozu
* Until the Day We Meet Again - directed by Yasujirô Ozu
* Uzumaki - directed by Hiroshi Innami
* Where Now Are the Dreams of Youth - directed by Yasujirō Ozu

## Births

* January 11 – Takkō Ishimori, voice actor (d. 2013)
* March 7 – Momoko Kōchi, actress (d. 1998)
* March 31 – Nagisa Oshima, film director and screenwriter (d. 2013)
* April 3 – Ineko Arima, film actress
* April 4 – Meisei Goto, author (d. 1999)
* April 16 – Shigeko Sasamori, peace and anti-nuclear activist (d. 2024)
* June 24 – Hirohisa Fujii, politician and former Finance Minister (d. 2022)
* June 25 – Ichiro Ogimura, table tennis player (d. 1994)
* August 11
** Asei Kobayashi, composer and lyricist (d. 2021)
** Keiko Kishi, film actress and UNFPA Goodwill Ambassador
* September 10 – Yasuo Yamada, voice actor (d. 1995)
* September 18 – Hisashi Owada, diplomat and law professor
* September 30 – Shintarō Ishihara, Japanese author and politician (d. 2022)
* October 2 – Masanobu Deme, film director (d. 2016)
* November 20
** Umeko Ando, Ainu singer and musician (d. 2004)
** Yorozuya Kinnosuke, kabuki actor (d. 1996)
* November 23 – Kunie Tanaka, film actor (d. 2021)
* December 15 – Tatsuya Nakadai, film actor
* December 25 – Jun Etō, literary critic (d. 1999)

## Deaths

* February 9 – Junnosuke Inoue, businessman and banker (assassinated) (b. 1869)
* March 5 – Dan Takuma, businessman (assassinated) (b. 1858)
* March 24 – Motojirō Kajii, writer (b. 1901)
* March 26 – Kigoshi Yasutsuna, general (b. 1854)
* May 15 – Inukai Tsuyoshi, politician and Prime Minister of Japan (assassinated) (b. 1855)
* May 26 – Yoshinori Shirakawa, general, (b. 1869)
* June 14 – Yamamoto Yaeko, nurse, wife of Joseph Hardy Neesima (b. 1845)
* July 24 – Hidaka Sōnojō, admiral (b. 1848)