1955 in Japan

1955 in Japan
Events from the year 1955 in Japan.
Incumbents
Emperor: Hirohito
Prime Minister: Ichirō Hatoyama
Chief Cabinet Secretary: Ryutaro Nemoto
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court: Kōtarō Tanaka
President of the House of Representatives: Tō Matsunaga until January 24, Shūji Masutani from March 18
President of the House of Councillors: Yahachi Kawai
Governors
Aichi Prefecture: Mikine Kuwahara
Akita Prefecture: Tokuji Ikeda (until 29 April); Yūjirō Obata (starting 30 April)
Aomori Prefecture: Bunji Tsushima
Chiba Prefecture: Hitoshi Shibata
Ehime Prefecture: Sadatake Hisamatsu
Fukui Prefecture: Harukazu Obata (until 4 February); Seiichi Hane (starting 26 April)
Fukuoka Prefecture: Katsuji Sugimoto (until 7 April); Taichi Uzaki (starting 26 April)
Fukushima Prefecture: Sakuma Ootake
Gifu Prefecture: Kamon Muto
Gunma Prefecture: Shigeo Kitano
Hiroshima Prefecture: Hiroo Ōhara
Hokkaido: Toshifumi Tanaka
Hyogo Prefecture: Masaru Sakamoto
Ibaraki Prefecture: Yoji Tomosue
Ishikawa Prefecture: Wakio Shibano (until 19 January); Jūjitsu Taya (starting 24 February)
Iwate Prefecture: Kenkichi Kokubun (until 29 April); Senichi Abe (starting 30 April)
Kagawa Prefecture: Masanori Kaneko
Kagoshima Prefecture: Katsushi Terazono
Kanagawa Prefecture: Iwataro Uchiyama
Kochi Prefecture: Wakaji Kawamura (until 11 December); Masumi Mizobuchi (starting 12 December)
Kumamoto Prefecture: Saburō Sakurai
Kyoto Prefecture: Torazō Ninagawa
Mie Prefecture: Masaru Aoki (until 18 March); Satoru Tanaka (starting 23 April)
Miyagi Prefecture: Otogorō Miyagi
Miyazaki Prefecture: Nagashige Tanaka (until 30 March); Jingo Futami (starting 23 April)
Nagano Prefecture: Torao Hayashi
Nagasaki Prefecture: Takejirō Nishioka
Nara Prefecture: Ryozo Okuda
Niigata Prefecture: Shohei Okada (until 29 April) Kazuo Kitamura (starting 30 April)
Oita Prefecture: Tokuju Hosoda (until 27 April); Kaoru Kinoshita (starting 28 April)
Okayama Prefecture: Yukiharu Miki
Osaka Prefecture: Bunzō Akama
Saga Prefecture: Naotsugu Nabeshima
Saitama Prefecture: Yuuichi Oosawa
Shiga Prefecture: Kotaro Mori
Shiname Prefecture: Yasuo Tsunematsu
Shizuoka Prefecture: Toshio Saitō
Tochigi Prefecture: Juukichi Kodaira (until 5 January); Kiichi Ogawa (starting 7 February)
Tokushima Prefecture: Kuniichi Abe (until 30 March); Kikutaro Hara (starting 25 April)
Tokyo: Seiichirō Yasui
Tottori Prefecture: Shigeru Endo
Toyama Prefecture: Kunitake Takatsuji
Wakayama Prefecture: Shinji Ono
Yamagata Prefecture: Michio Murayama (until 20 January); Tōkichi Abiko (starting 20 February)
Yamaguchi Prefecture: Taro Ozawa
Yamanashi Prefecture: Hisashi Amano
Events
January 28 – Benesse Corporation was founded, as predecessor name was Fukutake Shoten.
February 17 - According to Japan Fire and Disaster Management Agency official confirmed report, Seibo no Sono (Our Lady's Garden) fire in Totsuka-ku, Yokohama, total 99 person were death.
February 27 - 1955 Japanese general election
April Unknown date – Bunka Shutter was founded, as predecessor name was Nippon Bunka Steel Door.
April 7 - Radio Tokyo TV (now Tokyo Broadcasting System Television (TBS)) begins broadcasting.
April 16–17 - Abe coal mine debris collapse, due to heavy torrential rain hit in Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture, resulting tn 73 persons death, according to JFDMA official confirmed report.
April 21 - Opening of Gokō Station
May 11 - Shiun Maru disaster
May 14 - According to Japan National Police Agency official confirmed report, a charter bus plunged into the Kitakami River in Iwate Prefecture, resulting in twelve deaths and twenty-eight injured.
July 28- According to JFDMA official confirmed report, 36 junior school students died when a high wave hit, during school swimming lesson in Nakakawara beach, Tsu, Mie Prefecture.
September 3 - Yumiko-chan incident
November 1 - According to JFDMA official confirmed report, Moshiri Coal mine gas explosion hit in Akabira, Hokkaido, official death toll number is 60, with 17 person were wounded.
November 15 - Japan Liberal Party and Democratic Party of Japan were unified, ruling Liberal Democratic Party of Japan has started.
Establishment of Akkeshi Prefectural Natural Park
Births
January 13 - Ran Itō, actress
January 15 - Mayumi Tanaka, voice actress
January 17 - Mami Koyama, voice actress
January 20 - Hiromi Ōta, singer
January 22 - Keiko Takahashi, actress
January 28 - George Tokoro, television personality and singer-songwriter
February 12 - Ai Satō, voice actress
February 13 - Akiko Yano, singer-songwriter
March 2 - Shoko Asahara, cult leader (Aum Shinrikyo) (d. 2018)
March 16 - Jiro Watanabe, boxer
March 20 - Mariya Takeuchi, singer-songwriter
April 5 - Akira Toriyama, Manga artist
April 7 - Akira Nishino, soccer player and manager
April 13 - Hideki Saijo, singer and actor (d. 2018)
April 15 - Ryūtarō Nakamura, Anime director (d. 2013)
April 23 - Fumi Hirano, voice actress and essayist
April 29 - Yūko Tanaka, actress
May 9 – Masayuki Kakefu, former professional baseball player
May 24 - Rumiko Ukai, voice actress
May 25 - Suguru Egawa, baseball player
May 26 - Masaharu Morimoto, chef
May 30 - Nakamura Kanzaburō XVIII, Kabuki actor (d. 2012)
June 1 - Chiyonofuji Mitsugu, sumo wrestler (58th Yokozuna grand champion)
June 26 - Yoko Gushiken, boxer
July 1 - Sanma Akashiya, comedian and actor
August 20 - Agnes Chan, television personality
August 30 - Mayumi Muroyama, Manga artist
September 4 - Hiroshi Izawa, actor
September 24 - Shinbo Nomura, Manga artist
October 18 - Hiromi Go, singer
October 19 - LaSalle Ishii, television personality
October 21 - Yasukazu Hamada, politician
October 29 - Etsuko Shihomi, actress
November 3 - Yukihiko Tsutsumi, film director
November 14 - Koichi Nakano, bicycle rider
December 9 - Asashio Tarō IV, sumo wrestler
December 16 - Chiharu Matsuyama, singer-songwriter
December 24 - Mizuho Fukushima, politician
Deaths
February 17 - Ango Sakaguchi, author (b. 1906)
October 15 - Fumio Hayasaka, composer (b. 1914)
October 25 - Sadako Sasaki, hibakusha (b. 1943)
See also
1955 in Japanese football
List of Japanese films of 1955
References
1950s in Japan
1955 by country
Years of the 20th century in Japan
1955 in Asia