1937 in Japan

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Events in the year 1937 in Japan.

Incumbents

• Emperor: Hirohito[1]
• Prime Minister:
  • Kōki Hirota: until February 2
  • Senjūrō Hayashi: from February 2 until June 4
  • Fumimaro Konoe: from June 4

Events

• January 4 - Two plates containing 58 scales are stolen off of the kinshachi (a kind of dolphin fish) affixed to the top of the castle tower of Nagoya Castle. The culprit was apprehended 23 days later.
• February 11 – Hasegawa Builder Corporation, as predecessor of Haseko Corporation founded in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture.
• March 15-May 31 - Nagoya Pan-Pacific Peace Exposition (1937)
• March 30 – Marui founded as installndnt credit store in Nakano, Tokyo.
• March 31 - 1937 Japanese general election[2]
• May 7 – Mitsubishi Real Estate was founded.
• July 7–9 - Marco Polo Bridge Incident
• early July-early August - Battle of Beiping-Tianjin
• July 26 - Langfang Incident
• July 29 - Tungchow Mutiny
• August - Operation Chahar
• August–November - Tianjin–Pukou Railway Operation
• August–December - Beiping-Hankou Railway Operation
• August 13-November 26 - Battle of Shanghai
• September 1-November 9 - Battle of Taiyuan
• September 13-November 11 - Battle of Xinkou
• September 24–25 - Battle of Pingxingguan
• October 26-November 1 - Defense of Sihang Warehouse
• December 12 - USS Panay incident
• December 20 – According to Japanese government official confirmed report, a children were watching a film title, following caught fire start from camera equipment in South Tonda Primary School, Shirahama, Wakayama Prefecture, killing 81 persons.

Births

• February 12 – Keisuke Sagawa, actor (d. 2017)
• March 25 – Hidekatsu Shibata, actor, voice actor and narrator
• April 6 – Minoru Betsuyaku, playwright, novelist, and essayist
• May 26 – Monkey Punch, manga artist (Lupin III) (d. 2019)
• May 29 – Hibari Misora, singer and actress (d. 1989)
• June 25 – Keizō Obuchi, 54th Prime Minister of Japan (d. 2000)
• July 14 – Yoshirō Mori, 55th Prime Minister of Japan
• July 29 – Ryutaro Hashimoto, 53rd Prime Minister of Japan (d. 2006)
• August 26 – Kenji Utsumi, actor and voice actor (d. 2013)

Deaths

• May 2 – Takuji Iwasaki, meteorologist, biologist, ethnologist historian (b. 1869)
• July 16 – Kanichiro Tashiro, lieutenant general (b. 1881)
• August 19:
  • Ikki Kita, philosopher and writer (b 1883)
  • Asaichi Isobe, army officer (b 1905)
  • Takaji Muranaka, Army officer (b 1903)
• October 22 – Chūya Nakahara, poet (b 1907)
• December 6 – Sone Tatsuzō, architect (b 1853)

See also

• List of Japanese films of the 1930s

References

1. "Hirohito | Biography, Accomplishments, & Facts". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
2. The 20th House of Representatives election Archived 2014-02-16 at the Wayback Machine (in Japanese)