1932 in Japan
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Incumbents
- Emperor: Hirohito[1]
- Prime Minister:
- Inukai Tsuyoshi: until May 15
- Takahashi Korekiyo: (Acting) May 15 â May 26
- SaitÅ Makoto: from May 26
- Foreign Minister:
- SaitÅ Makoto: until July
- Uchida Kosai
- Finance Minister: Takahashi Korekiyo
Governors
- Aichi Prefecture: Yujiro Osaki (until 28 June); Endo Ryusaku (starting 28 June)
- Akita Prefecture: Takeshi Uchida (until 28 June); Takabe Rokuzo (starting 28 June)
- Aomori Prefecture: Teizaburo Miyamoto (until 28 June); Taku Yasunobu (starting 28 June)
- Ehime Prefecture: Kume Shigeo (until 28 June); Jiro Ichinohe (starting 28 June)
- Fukui Prefecture: Keizo Ichimura (until 8 March); Shigeo Odachi (starting 8 March)
- Fukushima Prefecture: Murai Hachiro (until 28 June); Akagi Tomoharo (starting 28 June)
- Gifu Prefecture: Takehiko Ito (until 28 June); Umekichi Miyawaki (starting 28 June)
- Gunma Prefecture: Masao Kanazawa
- Hiroshima Prefecture: Ryo Chiba (until 28 June); Michio Yuzawa (starting 28 June)
- Ibaraki Prefecture: Seikichi Kimishima (until 18 June); Abe Kashichi (starting 18 June)
- Iwate Prefecture: Hidehiko Ishiguro
- Kagawa Prefecture: Akira Ito (until 28 June); Seikichi Kimijima (starting 28 June)
- Kanagawa Prefecture: Sukenari Yokoyama (starting month unknown)
- Kochi Prefecture: Kodora Akamatsu (until 4 March); Sakama Osamu (starting 4 March)
- Kumamoto Prefecture: Kenichi Yamashita (until 28 June); Keiichi Suzuki (starting 28 June)
- Kyoto Prefecture: Sukenari Yokoyama (until 28 June); Saito Munenori (starting 28 June)
- Mie Prefecture: Hirose Hisatada
- Miyagi Prefecture: Michio Yuzawa
- Miyazaki Prefecture: Gisuke Kinoshita
- Nagano Prefecture: Ishigaki Kuraji
- Niigata Prefecture: Toyoji Obata (until 28 June); Ryo Chiba (starting 28 June)
- Okinawa Prefecture: Jiro Ino
- Osaka Prefecture: Saito Munenori (until month unknown); Shinobu Agata (starting month unknown)
- Saga Prefecture: Saburo Hayakawa
- Saitama Prefecture: Umekichi Miyawaki (until 28 June); Shigezo Fukushima (starting 28 June)
- Shiname Prefecture: Rinsaku Yagi (starting 28 June); Masaki Fukumura (starting 28 June)
- Tochigi Prefecture: Chokichi Toshima (until 28 June); Nakarai Kiyoshi (starting 28 June)
- Tokyo:
- until 12 January: Hasegawa Hisakazu
- 12 January-27 May: Shohei Fujinuma
- starting 27 May: Masayasu Kouksaka
- Toyama Prefecture: Keiichi Suzuki (until 28 June); Saito Itsuki (starting 28 June)
- Yamagata Prefecture: Sada Kawamura (until 28 June); Ishihara Yajiro (starting 28 June)
Events
- January 9 â Sakuradamon Incident (1932)
- January 25 â Nippon Bakelight, later Sumitomo Bakelight was founded.[citation needed]
- January 25âFebruary 4 â Defense of Harbin
- January 28âMarch 3 â January 28 Incident
- February 20 â 1932 Japanese general election
- May 15 â May 15 Incident
- July 15 â Takashimaya Department Store in Osaka Nanba was officially open.[citation needed]
- August 12 â Tokyo Takarazuka Cinema Production, as predecessor of Toho was founded.[citation needed]
- September 1 â Topcon was founded.[page needed]
- September 15 â the Japan-Manchukuo Protocol is signed by Japan giving Japanese forces permission to station in Manchukuo[2]
- December 16 â Shirokiya Department Store fire
- Winter â The Japanese Communist Party make a concerted effort to reestablish its central organization during a time of police repression[3]
- Unknown date
- Pharmacy retailer, Matsumoto Kiyoshi founded in Matsudo, Chiba Prefecture, as predecessor name was Matsumoto Pharmacy Shop.[page needed]
- Nanzan Secondary School, later Nanzan University was founded in Nagoya.[citation needed]
Films
- Chûshingura - directed by Teinosuke Kinugasa
- First Steps Ashore - directed by Yasujirô Shimazu
- I Was Born, But... - directed by YasujirÅ Ozu
- Kokushi muso - directed by Mansaku Itami
- Manmo kenkoku no reimei - directed by Kenji Mizoguchi
- Nasanunaka - directed by Mikio Naruse
- Spring Comes from the Ladies - directed by Yasujirô Ozu
- Until the Day We Meet Again - directed by Yasujirô Ozu
- Uzumaki - directed by Hiroshi Innami
- Where Now Are the Dreams of Youth - directed by YasujirÅ Ozu
Births
- January 11 â TakkÅ Ishimori, voice actor (d. 2013)
- January 30 â Kazuo Inamori, philanthropist, entrepreneur, Zen Buddhist priest, and both founder of Kyocera and KDDI (d. 2022)
- March 7 â Momoko KÅchi, actress (d. 1998)
- March 26 â Katsumoto Saotome, writer and pacifist (d. 2022)
- March 31 â Nagisa Oshima, film director and screenwriter (d. 2013)
- April 3 â Ineko Arima, film actress
- April 4 â Meisei Goto, author (d. 1999)
- April 16 â Shigeko Sasamori, Hiroshima bombing survivor and peace/anti-nuclear activist (d. 2024)
- June 24 â Hirohisa Fujii, politician and former Finance Minister (d. 2022)[citation needed]
- June 25 â Ichiro Ogimura, table tennis player (d. 1994)
- August 11
- Asei Kobayashi, composer and lyricist (d. 2021)
- Keiko Kishi, film actress, writer, and UNFPA Goodwill Ambassador
- September 10 â Yasuo Yamada, voice actor (d. 1995)
- September 18 â Hisashi Owada, diplomat and law professor
- September 30 â ShintarÅ Ishihara, Japanese author and politician (d. 2022)
- October 2 â Masanobu Deme, film director (d. 2016)
- November 20
- Umeko Ando, Ainu singer and musician (d. 2004)
- Yorozuya Kinnosuke, kabuki actor (d. 1996)
- November 23 â Kunie Tanaka, film actor (d. 2021)
- December 13 â Tatsuya Nakadai, film actor (d. 2025)[citation needed]
- December 25 â Jun EtÅ, literary critic (d. 1999)
Deaths
- February 9 â Junnosuke Inoue, businessman and banker (assassinated) (b. 1869)
- March 5 â Dan Takuma, businessman (assassinated) (b. 1858)
- March 24 â MotojirÅ Kajii, writer (b. 1901)
- March 26 â Kigoshi Yasutsuna, general (b. 1854)
- May 15 â Inukai Tsuyoshi, politician and Prime Minister of Japan (assassinated) (b. 1855)
- May 26 â Yoshinori Shirakawa, general, (b. 1869)
- June 14 â Yamamoto Yaeko, nurse, wife of Joseph Hardy Neesima (b. 1845)
- July 24 â Hidaka SÅnojÅ, admiral (b. 1848)