1929 in Japan
Events in the year 1929 in Japan. It corresponds to Shōwa 4 (昭和4年) in the Japanese calendar.
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Incumbents
- Emperor: Hirohito[1]
- Prime Minister:
- Tanaka Giichi: until July 2
- Osachi Hamaguchi: from July 2
Events
- January 27 – An auto parts brand, Akebono Brake was founded, as predecessor name of Akebono Asbest Manufacturing.
- April 1 - openings of Kugenuma-Kaigan Station, Satte Station and Tochigi Station
- April 15 – Hankyu Department Store Osaka Umeda officially open in Kita-ku, Osaka.
- October 1 - opening of Tōbu-Nikkō Station
- November 17 - opening of Iwatsuki Station
- December 15 - opening of Bungo-Mori Station
- opening of the Beppu Rakutenchi Cable Line
- founded of Pola Orbis, as predecessor name was Pola Chemical Industries in Shizuoka City.
Births
- January 1 – Haruo Nakajima, actor, stuntman, and choreographer (d. 2017)
- January 16 – Shigeru Koyama, actor (d. 2017)
- January 20 – Masaharu Kawakatsu, zoologist
- January 26 – Sumiteru Taniguchi, survivor of the Nagasaki atomic bombing, and anti–nuclear weapons activist (d. 2017)
- February 13 – Frankie Sakai, comedian, actor, and musician (d. 1996)
- February 14
- Hirokazu Kobayashi, aikidoka (d. 1998)
- Masamoto Yashiro, businessman
- March 20 – Kazue Takahashi, voice actress (d. 1999)
- March 22 – Yayoi Kusama, artist
- March 28 – Takehiro Irokawa, writer (d. 1989)
- April 3 – Shinichiro Sakurai, automotive engineer (d. 2011)
- April 6 – Shoichi Ozawa, actor, radio host and singer (d. 2012)
- April 10 – Yozo Aoki, football player (d. 2014)
- May 8 – Miyoshi Umeki, actress (d. 2007)
- June 1 – Tatsuro Toyoda, businessman (d. 2017)
- June 4 – Nakamura Tomijūrō V, Kabuki actor (d. 2011)
- July 5 – Chikao Ohtsuka, voice actor (d. 2015)
- September 29 – Tōru Ōhira, voice actor (d. 2016)
- September 30 – Kazuko, Princess Taka, later "Kazuko Takatsukasa", daughter of Emperor Shōwa (d. 1989)
- October 4 – Chokei Kishaba, Okinawan martial arts master (d. 2000)
- November 7 – Akio Suzuki, medical scientist, educator (d. 2010)
- November 17 – Gorō Naya, voice actor (d. 2013)
- November 28 – Kuniko Mukōda, screenwriter (d. 1981)
- December 12 – Toshiko Akiyoshi, jazz composer/arranger, bandleader and pianist
- Unknown – Akihiko Okamura, photographer (d. 1985)
Deaths
- February 10 – Nagai Nagayoshi, chemist and pharmacologist (b. 1844)
- March 22 – Inoue Yoshika, Marshal Admiral (b. 1845)
- April 13 – Gotō Shinpei, politician and scouting pioneer (b. 1857)
- April 27 – Hōjō Tokiyuki, educator, mathematician and politician (b. 1858)
- June 29 – Prince Kuniyoshi Kuni, prince and field marshal[2] (b. 1873)
- July 25 – Shōzō Makino silent film director and producer (b. 1878)
- August 16 – Tsuda Umeko, educator (b. 1864)
- August 26 – Ernest Mason Satow, British scholar, diplomat and Japanologist (b. 1843)
- September 29 – Tanaka Giichi, general and Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1864)
- November 22 – Kamakichi Kishinouye, marine biologist and cnidariologist (b. 1867)
- December 20 – Ryūsei Kishida, painter (b. 1891)
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See also
References
- "Hirohito | Biography, Accomplishments, & Facts". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
- Fujitani, T; Cox, Alvin D (1998). Splendid Monarchy: Power and Pageantry in Modern Japan. University of California Press. ISBN 0-520-21371-8.
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