# 1929 in Japan

Events in the year 1929 in Japan. It corresponds to Shōwa 4 (昭和4年) in the Japanese calendar.

## Incumbents

* Emperor: Hirohito
* Prime Minister:
** Tanaka Giichi: until July 2
** Osachi Hamaguchi: from July 2

### Governors

* Aichi Prefecture: Toyoji Obata (until 5 July); Masao Oka (starting 5 July)
* Akita Prefecture: Iwao Koinuma (until 5 January); Shinji Kikuchi (starting 5 January)
* Aomori Prefecture:
** until 30 January: Tetsuzo Yoshimura
** 30 January-5 July: Yujiro Shinjo
** starting 5 July: Mitsuo Hirai
* Ehime Prefecture: Keizo Ichimura (until 8 November); Shin Kinoshita (starting 8 November)
* Fukui Prefecture: Joko Obama
* Fukuoka Prefecture: Saito Morikuni (starting month unknown)
* Fukushima Prefecture: Aid Kiyoo (until 5 July); Koyanagi Makimamoru (starting 5 July)
* Gifu Prefecture: Masao Kanazawa (until 5 July); Ken Usawa (starting 5 July)
* Gunma Prefecture: Omori Keiichi (until 10 September); Hotta Kanae (starting 10 September)
* Hiroshima Prefecture: Masao Kishimoto (until 5 July); Hiroshi Kawabuchi (starting 5 July)
* Ibaraki Prefecture: Jiro Morioka (until 5 July); Shozo Ushijima (starting 5 July)
* Ishikawa Prefecture: Nakano Kunikazu (starting month unknown)
* Iwate Prefecture: Tojiro Io (until 5 July); Shichiro Niwa (starting 5 July)
* Kagawa Prefecture: Toshio Motoda (until 5 July); Susumu Tsuboi (starting 5 July)
* Kanagawa Prefecture: Ikeda Hiroshi (until month unknown); Jiro Yamagata (starting month unknown)
* Kochi Prefecture: Ichiro Oshima (until 5 July); Tanaka (starting 5 July)
* Kumamoto Prefecture: Saito Munenori (until month unknown); Omori Kichigoro (starting month unknown)
* Kyoto Prefecture: Shigeyoshi Omihara (until July); Shinichi Sagami (starting July)
* Mie Prefecture: Iori Hanada (until 8 November); Keizo Ichimura (starting 8 November)
* Miyagi Prefecture: Katorataro Ushizu (until 9 October); Michio Yuzawa (starting 9 October)
* Miyazaki Prefecture: Kunitoshi Yamaoka (until 5 July); Kaoru Ishida (starting 5 July)
* Nagano Prefecture: Ryo Chiba (until 5 July); Shintaro Suzuki (starting 5 July)
* Niigata Prefecture: Ozaki Yujiro (until 5 July); Takeo Mimatsu (starting 5 July)
* Okayama Prefecture: Masao Kishimoto (until month unknown); Minabe Choji (starting month unknown)
* Okinawa Prefecture: Chōhei Hosokawa (until 5 July); Masao Moriya (starting 5 July)
* Osaka Prefecture: Yuichiro Chikaraishi
* Saitama Prefecture:
** until 6 February: Miyawaki Umekichi
** 6 February-5 July: Shirane Takekai
** starting 5 July: Chohei Hosokawa
* Shiname Prefecture: Rinsaku Yagi
* Tochigi Prefecture:
** until 5 July: Takeichi Fujiyama
** 5 July-8 November: Jiro Morioka
** starting 8 November: Harada
* Tokyo:
** until 9 October: Hiroshi Hiratsuka
** 5 July-9 October: Kenzo Kakagawa
** starting 9 October: Torataro Shizuka
* Toyama Prefecture: Shirane Takesuke (until 8 February); Kozo Yamanaka (starting 8 February)
* Yamagata Prefecture: Shinohara Eitaro (until 9 October); Kubota Osamu Kosuke (starting 9 October)

## Events

* January 27 – An auto parts brand, Akebono Brake was founded, as predecessor name of Akebono Asbest Manufacturing.
* April 1 - openings of Kugenuma-Kaigan Station, Satte Station and Tochigi Station
* April 15 – Hankyu Department Store Osaka Umeda officially open in Kita-ku, Osaka.
* October 1 - opening of Tōbu-Nikkō Station
* November 17 - opening of Iwatsuki Station
* December 15 - opening of Bungo-Mori Station
* opening of the Beppu Rakutenchi Cable Line
* founded of Pola Orbis, as predecessor name was Pola Chemical Industries in Shizuoka City.

## Films

* Akeyuku Sora
* Days of Youth
* Sakanaya Honda

## Births

* January 1 – Haruo Nakajima, actor, stuntman, and choreographer (d. 2017)
* January 16 – Shigeru Koyama, actor (d. 2017)
* January 20 – Masaharu Kawakatsu, zoologist
* January 23 – Kenji Suzuki, announcer
* January 26 – Sumiteru Taniguchi, survivor of the Nagasaki atomic bombing, and anti–nuclear weapons activist (d. 2017)
* January 30 – Isamu Akasaki, physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2021)
* February 13 – Frankie Sakai, comedian, actor, and musician (d. 1996)
* February 14
** Hirokazu Kobayashi, aikidoka (d. 1998)
** Masamoto Yashiro, businessman
* March 20 – Kazue Takahashi, voice actress (d. 1999)
* March 22 – Yayoi Kusama, artist
* March 28 – Takehiro Irokawa, writer (d. 1989)
* April 3 – Shinichiro Sakurai, automotive engineer (d. 2011)
* April 6 – Shoichi Ozawa, actor, radio host and singer (d. 2012)
* April 10 – Yozo Aoki, football player (d. 2014)
* May 8 – Miyoshi Umeki, actress (d. 2007)
* June 1 – Tatsuro Toyoda, businessman (d. 2017)
* June 4 – Nakamura Tomijūrō V, Kabuki actor (d. 2011)
* July 5 – Chikao Ohtsuka, voice actor (d. 2015)
* September 29 – Tōru Ōhira, voice actor (d. 2016)
* September 30 – Kazuko, Princess Taka, later "Kazuko Takatsukasa", daughter of Emperor Shōwa (d. 1989)
* October 4 – Chokei Kishaba, Okinawan martial arts master (d. 2000)
* November 7 – Akio Suzuki, medical scientist, educator (d. 2010)
* November 17 – Gorō Naya, voice actor (d. 2013)
* November 28 – Kuniko Mukōda, screenwriter (d. 1981)
* December 12 – Toshiko Akiyoshi, jazz composer/arranger, bandleader and pianist
* Unknown – Akihiko Okamura, photographer (d. 1985)

## Deaths

* February 10 – Nagai Nagayoshi, chemist and pharmacologist (b. 1844)
* March 22 – Inoue Yoshika, Marshal Admiral (b. 1845)
* April 13 – Gotō Shinpei, politician and scouting pioneer (b. 1857)
* April 27 – Hōjō Tokiyuki, educator, mathematician and politician (b. 1858)
* June 29 – Prince Kuniyoshi Kuni, prince and field marshal (b. 1873)
* July 25 – Shōzō Makino silent film director and producer (b. 1878)
* August 16 – Tsuda Umeko, educator (b. 1864)
* August 26 – Ernest Mason Satow, British scholar, diplomat and Japanologist (b. 1843)
* September 29 – Tanaka Giichi, general and Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1864)
* October 31 – Senshō Murakami, Buddhist scholar and priest
* November 22 – Kamakichi Kishinouye, marine biologist and cnidariologist (b. 1867)
* December 20 – Ryūsei Kishida, painter (b. 1891)