1950 in Japan

1950 in Japan
Incumbents
Emperor: Hirohito
Prime Minister: Shigeru Yoshida
Chief Cabinet Secretary: Kaneshichi Masuda until May 6, Katsuo Okazaki
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court: Tadahiko Mibuchi until March 2, Kōtarō Tanaka from March 3
President of the House of Representatives: Kijūrō Shidehara
President of the House of Councillors: Naotake Satō
Governors
Aichi Prefecture: Hideo Aoyagi
Akita Prefecture: Kosaku Hasuike
Aomori Prefecture: Bunji Tsushima
Chiba Prefecture: Tamenosuke Kawaguchi (until 25 October); Hitoshi Shibata (starting 15 December)
Ehime Prefecture: Juushin Aoki
Fukui Prefecture: Harukazu Obata
Fukuoka Prefecture: Katsuji Sugimoto
Fukushima Prefecture: Sakuma Ootake (starting 28 January)
Gifu Prefecture: Kamon Muto
Gunma Prefecture: Yoshio Iyoku
Hiroshima Prefecture:
until 29 November: Tsunei Kusunose
29 November-25 December: Tetsuo Wakuda
starting 25 December: vacant
Hokkaido Prefecture: Toshifumi Tanaka
Hyogo Prefecture: Yukio Kishida
Ibaraki Prefecture: Yoji Tomosue
Ishikawa Prefecture: Wakio Shibano
Iwate Prefecture: Kenkichi Kokubun
Kagawa Prefecture: Keikichi Masuhara (until 25 July); Masanori Kaneko (starting 11 September)
Kagoshima Prefecture: Kaku Shigenari
Kanagawa Prefecture: Iwataro Uchiyama
Kochi Prefecture: Wakaji Kawamura
Kumamoto Prefecture: Saburō Sakurai
Kyoto Prefecture: Atsushi Kimura (until 2 April); Torazō Ninagawa (starting 20 April)
Mie Prefecture: Masaru Aoki
Miyagi Prefecture: Kazuji Sasaki
Miyazaki Prefecture: Tadao Annaka
Nagano Prefecture: Torao Hayashi
Nagasaki Prefecture: Sōjirō Sugiyama
Nara Prefecture: Mansaku Nomura
Niigata Prefecture: Shohei Okada
Oita Prefecture: Tokuju Hosoda
Okayama Prefecture: Hirokichi Nishioka
Osaka Prefecture: Bunzō Akama
Saga Prefecture: Gen'ichi Okimori
Saitama Prefecture: Yuuichi Oosawa
Shiga Prefecture: Iwakichi Hattori
Shiname Prefecture: Fujiro Hara
Shizuoka Prefecture: Takeji Kobayashi
Tochigi Prefecture: Juukichi Kodaira
Tokushima Prefecture: Goro 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: Katsuyasu Yoshie
Events
January 1: The old practice of advancing one's age every New Year's Day (regardless of one's date of birth) is replaced by the western style of advancing one's age on each anniversary of one's date of birth. Under the old system, someone born on November 1, for example, would turn one on January 1, two months later.
February 11: According to Japan National Police Agency official confirmed report, a regular route bus plunge into ravine in Hōtaku District, Kumamoto Prefecture, (now Kumamoto City), Kyushu Island, 22 persons were lost to lives, 31 persons were hurt.
July 5: Bandaiya, later Bandai Namco Holdings founded in Asakusa, Tokyo.
July 7: Kinkaku-ji in Kyoto is burned to the ground by a 22-year-old novice monk.
September 4: Typhoon Jane, tidal wave and flash flood hit around Osaka Bay, official death toll was 539 persons, with 26,062 persons were wounded, according to Japanese government official confirmed report.
September 14: Typhoon Kezia, tidal wave hit around Island Sea of Seto, with lost Kintai Bridge and Miyajima Torii gate. According to Japan Fire and Disaster Management Agency official confirmed report, 49 persons were fatalities, 35 persons were hurt.
November 7: According to JNPA official confirmed report, a regular route bus plunge into Monobe River, Mirabu, (now Kami, Kochi), Shikoku Island, 34 persons were human fatalities and 29 persons were wounded.
December 12: Hayato Ikeda, future Prime Minister of Japan, remarks in the National Diet that "the poor should eat barley".
December 20: A dormitory of Okayama Prfectural Deaf School fire, according to JFDMA official announced, 16 persons were lost to lives in Okayama City.
Undated:
Tenshi Junior College is founded in Sapporo.
Births
February 20 - Ken Shimura, television performer and actor (d. 2020)
March 31 - Yoshifumi Kondō, animator (d. 1998)
April 5 - Toshiko Fujita, voice actress (d. 2018)
April 21 - Tatsumi Kimishima, businessman
August 10 - Tetsuo Gotō, voice actor (d. 2018)
September 8 - Naoki Tatsuta, voice actor
September 14 - Masami Kuwashima, race car driver
September 27 - Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, actor
October 2 - Tetsuo Gotō, politician (d. 2018)
October 12 - Kaga Takeshi, actor
October 16 – Yasunori Oshima, former professional baseball player and coach (d. 2021)
November 12 - Hideyuki Tanaka, voice actor and narrator
Deaths
January 17 - Seiichi Hatano, philosopher
July 23 - Shigenori Tōgō
November 3 - Kuniaki Koiso, Prime minister
See also
List of Japanese films of 1950
References
1950 by country
1950s in Japan
Years of the 20th century in Japan
1950 in Asia