1935 in Japan

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 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 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 - 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)
See also
1935 in Japanese football
List of Japanese films of the 1930s
References
1930s in Japan
1935 by country
Years of the 20th century in Japan
1935 in Asia