# 1935 in Japan

Events from the year 1935 in Japan.

## Incumbents

* Emperor: Hirohito
* Prime Minister: Keisuke Okada

### Governors

* Aichi Prefecture: Eitaro Shinohara
* Akita Prefecture: Takabe Rokuzo
* Aomori Prefecture: Mitsumasa Kobayashi
* Ehime Prefecture: Jiro Ichinohe (until 15 January); Jiro Kan Oba (starting 15 January)
* Fukui Prefecture: Shinsuke Kondo
* Fukushima Prefecture: Ito Takehiko
* Gifu Prefecture:
** until 15 January: Umekichi Miyawaki
** 15 January-31 May: Chi Sakamato
** starting 31 May: Chiaki Saka
* Gunma Prefecture: Masao Kanazawa (until 15 January); Seikichi Kimishima (starting 15 June)
* Hiroshima Prefecture: Michio Yuzawa (until 15 January); Keiichi Suzuki (starting 15 January)
* Ibaraki Prefecture: Abe Kashichi (until 15 January); Ando Kyoushirou (starting 15 January)
* Iwate Prefecture: Hidehiko Ishiguro
* Kagawa Prefecture: Yoshisuke Kinoshita (until 15 June); Megumi Fujimo (starting 15 June)
* Kumamoto Prefecture: Keiichi Suzuki (until 15 January); Sekiya Nobuyuke (starting 15 January)
* Kochi Prefecture: Yozora Takehamu (until 16 October); Kobayashi Mitsumasa (starting 16 October)
* Kyoto Prefecture: Saito Munenori (until January); Shintaro Suzuki (starting January)
* Mie Prefecture: Saburo Hayakawa (until 23 June); Aijiro Tomita (starting 23 June)
* Miyagi Prefecture: Kiyoshi Nakarai (until 28 June); Jiro Ino (starting 28 June)
* Miyazaki Prefecture: Seikuchi Kimishima (until 15 January); Seiya Mishima (starting 15 January)
* Nagano Prefecture: Okoda Shuzo (until 15 January); Seiichi Omora (starting 15 January)
* Niigata Prefecture: Chiba Ryo (until 15 June); Miyawaki Umekichi (starting 15 June)
* Okinawa Prefecture: Jiro Ino (until 28 June); Hisashi Kurashige (starting 28 June)
* Osaka Prefecture: Shinobu Agata (until month unknown)
* Saga Prefecture: Shizuo Furukawa
* Saitama Prefecture: Kazume Iinuma (until 25 May); Saito Juri (starting 25 May)
* Shiname Prefecture: Masaki Fukumura
* Tochigi Prefecture: Gunzo Kayaba
* Tokyo: Masayasu Kouksaka (until 15 January); Sukenari Yokoya (starting 15 January)
* Toyama Prefecture: Saito Itsuki (until 25 May); Ginjiro Toki (starting 25 May)
* Yamagata Prefecture: Taro Kanamori

## Events

* January 8 - Battle of Khalkhyn Temple
* February 11 – Tosoh was founded in Tokuyama (now Shunan) Yamaguchi Prefecture, as predecessor name was Toyo Soda.
* June - North Chahar Incident
* June 27 - Chin-Doihara Agreement
* July 5 - establishment of Ōtone Prefectural Natural Park.
* August 9 - establishment of Mineokasankei Prefectural Natural Park, Kujūkuri Prefectural Natural Park, Takagoyama Prefectural Natural Park and Yōrō Keikoku Okukiyosumi Prefectural Natural Park.
* September 27 - opening of Tōbu-Izumi Station.
* October 20 - opening of Musahiro-Tokiwa Station (now Tokiwadai Station (Tokyo)).
* Unknown date – Yakult founded in Fukuoka City.
* Establishment of Naoki Prize and Akutagawa Prize.

## Films

* January 20 - Orizuru Osen
* November 21 - An Inn in Tokyo
* date unknown - Kodakara Sodo

## Births

* January 4 – Toru Terasawa, runner
* January 31 – Kenzaburō Ōe, writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2023)
* February 22 – Hisako Kyōda, Japanese voice actress
* March 17 – Seiji Yokoyama, musician (d. 2017)
* April 17 – Masanori Hata, zoologist, essayist, and filmmaker (d. 2023)
* May 15 – Akihiro Miwa, singer, actor, author and drag queen
* June 10 – Yoshihiro Tatsumi, Japanese manga artist (d. 2015)
* June 26 – Sumiko Shirakawa, voice actress (body discovered. 2015)
* June 29 – Katsuya Nomura, baseball player and manager (d. 2020)
* July 12 – Satoshi Ōmura, biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate
* July 23 – Yukiji Asaoka, singer and actress (d. 2018)
* August 24 – Tsutomu Hata, 51st Prime Minister of Japan (d. 2017)
* September 1 – Seiji Ozawa, conductor (d. 2024)
* September 14 – Fujio Akatsuka, Japanese cartoonist (d. 2008)
* October 2 – Noriko Ohara, actress, voice actress and narrator
* October 9 – Teruyoshi Nakano, special effects director
* October 10 – Yumiko Kurahashi, writer (d. 2005)
* October 15 – Yukio Ninagawa, theater director (d. 2016)
* October 29 – Isao Takahata, film director, screenwriter and producer (d. 2018)
* November 15 – Kaneta Kimotsuki, voice actor (d. 2016)
* November 17 – Masatoshi Sakai, Japanese record producer
* November 28 – Masahito, Prince Hitachi
* December 10 – Shūji Terayama, poet, writer, film director, and photographer (d. 1983)
* December 19 – Taizo Nishimuro, businessman (d. 2017)
* date unknown
** Yoshikazu Minami (photographer)
** Keizaburo Tejima, artist and author

## Deaths

* January 17 – Ishikawa Chiyomatsu, biologist, zoologist, and ichthyologist (b. 1861)
* February 28 – Tsubouchi Shōyō, author, critic and educator (b. 1859)
* March 8 – Hachikō, a faithful Akita, on the spot where he had awaited his dead owner for nine years
* March 20 – Gyoshū Hayami, painter (b. 1894)
* August 12 – Tetsuzan Nagata, general (b. 1884)