# 1952 in Japan

Events in the year 1952 in Japan.

## Incumbents

* Emperor: Hirohito
* Prime Minister: Shigeru Yoshida
* Chief Cabinet Secretary:
** Shigeru Hori (until October 30)
** Taketora Ogata (starting October 30)
* Chief Justice of the Supreme Court: Kōtarō Tanaka
* Speaker of the House of Representatives:
** Jōji Hayashi (until August 1)
** Banboku Ōno (August 26 – August 28 and starting October 24)
* President of the House of Councillors: Naotake Satō

### Governors

* Aichi Prefecture: Mikine Kuwahara
* Akita Prefecture: Tokuji Ikeda
* Aomori Prefecture: Bunji Tsushima
* Chiba Prefecture: Hitoshi Shibata
* Ehime Prefecture: Sadatake Hisamatsu
* Fukui Prefecture: Harukazu Obata
* Fukuoka Prefecture: Katsuji Sugimoto
* Fukushima Prefecture: Sakuma Ootake
* Gifu Prefecture: Kamon Muto
* Gunma Prefecture: Yoshio Iyoku (until 4 July); Shigeo Kitano (starting 5 August)
* Hiroshima Prefecture: Hiroo Ōhara
* Hokkaido Prefecture: Toshifumi Tanaka
* Hyogo Prefecture: Yukio Kishida
* Ibaraki Prefecture: Yoji Tomosue
* Ishikawa Prefecture: Wakio Shibano
* Iwate Prefecture: Kenkichi Kokubun
* Kagawa Prefecture: Masanori Kaneko
* Kagoshima Prefecture: Kaku Shigenari
* Kanagawa Prefecture: Iwataro Uchiyama
* Kochi Prefecture: Wakaji Kawamura
* Kumamoto Prefecture: Saburō Sakurai
* Kyoto Prefecture: Atsushi Kimura
* Mie Prefecture: Masaru Aoki
* Miyagi Prefecture: Kazuji Sasaki (until 4 October); Otogorō Miyagi (starting 5 October)
* Miyazaki Prefecture: Tadao Annaka
* Nagano Prefecture: Torao Hayashi
* Nagasaki Prefecture: Takejirō Nishioka
* Nara Prefecture: Ryozo Okuda
* Niigata Prefecture: Shohei Okada
* Oita Prefecture: Tokuju Hosoda
* Okayama Prefecture: Yukiharu Miki
* Osaka Prefecture: Bunzō Akama
* Saga Prefecture: Naotsugu Nabeshima
* Saitama Prefecture: Yuuichi Oosawa
* Shiga Prefecture: Iwakichi Hattori
* Shiname Prefecture: Yasuo Tsunematsu
* Shizuoka Prefecture: Toshio Saitō
* Tochigi Prefecture: Goro Abe
* Tokushima Prefecture: Kuniichi Abe
* Tokyo Prefecture: Seiichirō Yasui
* Tottori Prefecture: Aiji Nishio
* Toyama Prefecture: Kunitake Takatsuji
* Wakayama Prefecture: Shinji Ono
* Yamagata Prefecture: Michio Murayama
* Yamaguchi Prefecture: Tatsuo Tanaka
* Yamanashi Prefecture: Hisashi Amano

## Events

* March 4 – A Richer Scale magnitude 8.1 earthquake with tsunami hit off coast Tokachi region, Hokkaido, according to Japanese government official report, 33 persons were fatalities with 287 persons wounded.
* March 6 – The Musashino Bank (武蔵野銀行) was established in Saitama Prefecture.
* March 7 – A Richer Scale magnitude 6.5 earthquake hit off coast Ishikawa Prefecture, seven persons died, eight persons were hurt, according to Japanese government official report.
* April 10 – According to Japan Transport Ministry official confirmed report, Japan Airlines Flight 301 crash into Izu Ōshima, all 37 passengers and crew were killed.
* April 17 – According to Japan Fire and Disaster Management Agency official confirmed report, a massive fire in Tottori City, resulting to 160 hectares (395 acres), total 7,240 houses and building damage, kills two persons.
* April 28 - Treaty of San Francisco and 1952 U.S.-Japan security treaty goes into effect, ending the Allied occupation of Japan by the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers.
* July 18 – A Richer Scale magnitude 7.0 earthquake hit in Takatori, Nara Prefecture, nine persons were fatalities, with 139 persons hurt, according to Japanese government official report.
* September 23 – According to Japan Coast Guard official confirmed report, a Kaiyō-maru five entrained by the eruption into Myōjin-shō, all 31 crew were human fatalities.
* October 1 - 1952 Japanese general election
* Tidal wave damage of the 1952 Tokachi earthquake on March 4.
* Aftermath of the crash Japan Airlines Flight 301 in Izu Oshima on April 10.
* Houses and other buildings in the 1952 Tottori Fire on April 17.

## Films

* The Flavor of Green Tea over Rice

## Births

* January 2 - Makoto Nakajima, bureaucrat, Commissioner of the Japan Patent Office
* January 17 - Ryuichi Sakamoto, musician, composer, producer and actor (Yellow Magic Orchestra) (d. 2023)
* January 28 - Tomokazu Miura, actor
* February 2 - Ryuji Mizuno, voice actor (d. 2022)
* February 3 - Miyako Yamaguchi
* February 8 - Daisuke Gōri, voice actor (d. 2010)
* February 19 – Ryū Murakami, novelist, short story writer, essayist and filmmaker
* February 23 – Miyuki Nakajima, singer
* March 30 – Kazuyo Saeki, manga artist (d. 2021)
* April 10 – Masashi Sada, singer, lyricist, composer, novelist, actor, and a film producer
* May 2 – Mari Natsuki, singer, dancer and actress
* May 18 - Ryūzaburō Ōtomo, voice actor
* June 9 - Yukihiro Takahashi, musician and singer (Yellow Magic Orchestra) (d. 2023)
* June 20 - Kōichi Mashimo, anime director
* July 10 – Yōko Asagami, voice actress
* July 14 – Yutaka Mizutani, actor and singer
* July 15 - Yuriko Koike, politician, cabinet minister and governor of Tokyo.
* July 20 - Keiko Matsuzaka, actress
* July 2 – Rumiko Koyanagi, actress and singer
* November 16 - Shigeru Miyamoto, game designer
* December 6 - Shio Satō, Manga artist (d. 2010)
* Shinichi Nishimiya, diplomat, designated Ambassador to China in 2012.

## Deaths

* April 21 - Isamu Yokoyama
* August 22 - Hiranuma Kiichirō
* October 7 - Keisuke Okada