1954 in Japan

1954 in Japan
Events in the year 1954 in Japan.
Incumbents
Emperor: Hirohito
Prime minister: Shigeru Yoshida (Liberal Democratic) until December 10, Ichirō Hatoyama (Liberal Democratic)
Chief Cabinet Secretary: Kenji Fukunaga until December 10, Ryutaro Nemoto
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court: Kōtarō Tanaka
President of the House of Representatives: Yasujirō Tsutsumi until December 10, Tō Matsunaga from December 11
President of the House of Councillors: Yahachi Kawai
Governors
Aichi Prefecture: Mikine Kuwahara
Akita Prefecture: Tokuji Ikeda
Aomori Prefecture: Bunji Tsushima
Chiba Prefecture: Hitoshi Shibata
Ehime Prefecture: Sadatake Hisamatsu
Fukui Prefecture: Harukazu Obata
Fukuoka Prefecture: Katsuji Sugimoto
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
Iwate Prefecture: Kenkichi Kokubun
Kagawa Prefecture: Masanori Kaneko
Kagoshima Prefecture: Katsushi Terazono
Kanagawa Prefecture: Iwataro Uchiyama
Kochi Prefecture: Wakaji Kawamura
Kumamoto Prefecture: Saburō Sakurai
Kyoto Prefecture: Torazō Ninagawa
Mie Prefecture: Masaru Aoki
Miyagi Prefecture: Otogorō Miyagi
Miyazaki Prefecture: Nagashige Tanaka
Nagano Prefecture: Torao Hayashi
Nagasaki Prefecture: Takejirō Nishioka
Nara Prefecture: Ryozo Okuda
Niigata Prefecture: Shohei Okada
Oita Prefecture: Tokuju Hosoda
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: Aiji Nishio (until 7 November); Juukichi Kodaira (starting 7 November)
Tokushima Prefecture: Kuniichi Abe
Tokyo: Seiichirō Yasui
Tottori Prefecture: Shigeru Endo
Toyama Prefecture: Kunitake Takatsuji
Wakayama Prefecture: Shinji Ono
Yamagata Prefecture: Michio Murayama
Yamaguchi Prefecture: Taro Ozawa
Yamanashi Prefecture: Hisashi Amano
Events
January 2 - A stampede occurs in Nijubashi, Imperial Square, Tokyo, with 16 fatalities, according to Japan National Police Agency confirmed report.:ja:二重橋事件
January 18 – Mabuchi Motor was founded in Matsudo, Chiba Prefecture.
February 1 – A first issue of Chūnichi Sports was published in Nagoya.
April 26 - Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai released in Japan.
July 1 - The Japanese Self-Defense Forces are established.
September 26
A typhoon in the Tsugaru Strait sinks the ferry Tōya Maru, killing over 1,100 passengers and crew, wrecks at least seven other ships and seriously damages nine more.
A massive fire in Iwanai, Hokkaido, a result of Typhoon Marie, leaves 38 people dead, 551 people injured according to Japan Fire and Disaster Management Agency official confirmed report.:ja:岩内大火
October 8 - A sightseeing boat Uchigo Maru capsized due to overcrowding in Lake Sagami, Kanagawa Prefecture, 22 junior high school students perished, according to Japanese government confirmed report.
November 3 - Godzilla released in Japan.
Births
January 6 - Yuji Horii, video game designer
January 9 – Yasushi Tao, former professional baseball player and coach
January 14 - Masanobu Fuchi, professional wrestler
January 19 - Yumi Matsutoya, singer
January 28 - Kaneto Shiozawa, voice actor (d. 2000)
January 29 - Yukinobu Hoshino, cartoonist
February 4 - Shigeru Chiba, Voice actor and actor
February 11 - Noriyuki Asakura, composer
February 17 - Yuji Takada, free-style wrestler
March 2 - Gara Takashima, voice actress
March 23 - Hideyuki Hori, voice actor
March 26 - Kazuhiko Inoue, voice actor
April 2 - Susumu Hirasawa, musician
April 17 - Norio Imamura, voice actor
April 22 - Jōji Nakata, voice actor
April 29 - Kazuko Kurosawa, costume designer
May 19 - Hōchū Ōtsuka, voice actor
May 22 - Shuji Nakamura, electronics engineer
June 2 - Chiyoko Kawashima, voice actress
June 4 - Kazuhiro Yamaji, actor and voice actor
July 10 - Yō Yoshimura, voice actor (d. 1991)
July 2 - Saori Minami, idol and singer
August 1 - Junpei Morita, actor and voice actor
September 16 - Masahiro Andoh, musician, guitarist of T-Square (band)
September 21 - Shinzō Abe, Prime Minister of Japan (d. 2022)
October 18 - Yūji Mitsuya, voice actor
November 8 - Kazuo Ishiguro, author
November 20 - Bin Shimada, voice actor
Deaths
July 28 - Sōjin Kamiyama, film star during the silent film era (b. 1884)
September 21 - Mikimoto Kōkichi, pearl farm pioneer (b. 1858)
October 6 - Yukio Ozaki, politician (b. 1859)
See also
1954 in Japanese football
List of Japanese films of 1954
References
Years of the 20th century in Japan
Japan
1950s in Japan
1954 in Asia