# 1943 in Japan

Events in the year 1943 in Japan.

## Incumbents

* Emperor: Hirohito
* Prime Minister: Hideki Tōjō

### Governors

* Aichi Prefecture: Yukisawa Chiyoji (until 1 July); Shinji Yoshino (starting 1 July)
* Akita Prefecture: Fumi (until 1 January); Katsumi Osafune (starting 1 July)
* Aomori Prefecture: Shunsuke Yamada (until 31 March); Utsunomiya Kohei (starting 31 March)
* Ehime Prefecture: Ryuichi Fukumoto (until 1 July); Aikawa Katsuroku (starting 1 July)
* Fukui Prefecture: Nagano Wakamatsu (until 16 July); Hatsuo Kato (starting 16 July)
* Fukushima Prefecture: Yoshio Araki (until 30 June); Koichi Kameyama (starting 1 July)
* Gifu Prefecture: Miyoshi Shigeo
* Gunma Prefecture: Goro Murata (until 22 April); Shinoyama Chiyuki (starting 22 April)
* Hiroshima Prefecture: Saiichiro Miyamura (until 1 July); Sukenari Yokoyama (starting 1 July)
* Ibaraki Prefecture: Tsujiyama (until 1 July); Sieve Yoshimi (starting 1 July)
* Iwate Prefecture: Osamuzo Suzuki
* Kagawa Prefecture: Yoshiji Kosuga
* Kochi Prefecture: Naoaki Hattori (until 1 July); Saburo Takahashi (starting 1 July)
* Kumamoto Prefecture: Hikari Akira
* Kyoto Prefecture: Ando Kyoushirou (until August); Chiyoji Yukizawa (starting August)
* Mie Prefecture: Yoshiro Nakano (until 1 July); Yoshio Mochinaga (starting 1 July)
* Miyagi Prefecture: Otomaru Kato (until 1 July); Nobuya Uchida (starting 1 July)
* Miyazaki Prefecture: Osafume Katsumi (until 1 July); Tadao Nishihiro (starting 1 July)
* Nagano Prefecture: Nagoya Osamu (until 10 January); Yoshio Koriyama (starting 10 January)
* Niigata Prefecture: Doi Shohei (until 1 February); Maeda Tamon (starting 1 February)
* Oita Prefecture: Ito Hisamatsu (until 1 May)
* Okinawa Prefecture: Hajime Hayakawa (until 1 July); Osamu Mori Izumi (starting 1 July)
* Saga Prefecture: Yue Yue [ja]
* Saitama Prefecture: Toshio Otsu (until 1 July); Sudo Tetsushin (starting 1 July)
* Shiname Prefecture: Goro Koizumi (until 10 October); Takeo Yamada (starting 10 October)
* Tochigi Prefecture: Soma Toshio
* Tokyo: Matsumura Miro (until 1 July); Shigeo Daitachi (starting 1 July)
* Toyama Prefecture: Kingo Machimura (until 23 April); Saka Shinya (starting 23 April)
* Yamagata Prefecture: Akira Saito

## Events

* January 14 – February 7 – Operation Ke
* January 29–30 – Battle of Rennell Island
* January 29–31 – Battle of Wau
* March 2–4 – Battle of the Bismarck Sea
* March 27 – Battle of the Komandorski Islands
* May 11–30 – Battle of Attu
* June 28 – July 1 – Battle of Viru Harbor
* June 30 – July 3 – Battle of Wickham Anchorage
* July 6 – Battle of Kula Gulf
* July 10–11 – Battle of Enogai
* July 12/13 – Battle of Kolombangara
* July 20 – Battle of Bairoko
* July 22 – August 4 – Battle of Munda Point
* August 6–7 – Battle of Vella Gulf
* August 17–18 – Battle off Horaniu
* September 10 – 1943 Tottori earthquake
* October 27 – November 12 – Battle of the Treasury Islands
* November 7–8 – Battle of Koromokina Lagoon
* November 18–25 – Battle of Piva Forks
* November 20–23 – Battle of Tarawa
* November 20–23 – Battle of Makin

## Films

* Sanshiro Sugata
* Momotarō no Umiwashi

## Births

* January 7 – Sadako Sasaki, hibakusha (d. 1955)
* January 15 – Kirin Kiki, actress (d. 2018)
* January 19 – Haruo Yasuda, golfer
* February 20 – Antonio Inoki, wrestler
* February 22 – Otoya Yamaguchi, assassin (d. 1960)
* April 3 – Hikaru Saeki, Japanese admiral, the first female star officer of the Japan Self-Defense Forces
* April 5 – Fighting Harada, boxer (real name Masahiko Harada)
* May 4 – Michiyo Azusa, singer and actress (real name Michiyo Hayashi) (d. 2020)
* June 20 – Masayuki Uemura, engineer and video game producer (d. 2021)
* August 17 – Yukio Kasaya, ski jumper
* September 16 – Tadamasa Goto, Japanese yakuza boss
* November 20 – Mie Hama, actress
* December 2 – Kiwako Taichi, actress (d. 1992)
* December 11 – Mariko Kaga, actress

## Deaths

* June 9- Mie Dong Long,film maker
* February 4 – Senjūrō Hayashi, Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1876)
* March 19
** Tsugi Takano, poet (b. 1890)
** Fujishima Takeji, painter (b. 1867)
* April 18 – Isoroku Yamamoto, admiral (b. 1884)
* May 29 – Yasuyo Yamasaki, army officer (b. 1891)
* June 11 – Heisuke Abe, general (b. 1886)
* July 6 – Teruo Akiyama, admiral (b. 1891)
* July 12/13 – Shunji Isaki, admiral (b. 1892)
* July 18 – Miyake Kaho, novelist, essayist and poet (b. 1868)
* August 21 – Hirohide Fushimi, lieutenant Commander (b. 1912)
* August 22 – Tōson Shimazaki, author (b. 1872)
* September 10 – Takeshi Sakurada, lieutenant general (b. 1891)
* October 16 – Yanagihara Naruko, lady-in-waiting and concubine (b. 1859)
* October 17 –Denji Kuroshima, author (b. 1898)
* November 20 – Keiji Shibazaki, rear admiral (b. 1894)
* November 26 – Kiyoto Kagawa, admiral (killed in action) (b. 1895)