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Events from the year 1955 in Japan.

Incumbents

Events
  • January 28 – Benesse Corporation was founded, as predecessor name was Fukutake Shoten.
  • February 17 - According to Japan Fire and Disaster Management Agency official confirmed report, Seibo no Sono (Our Lady's Garden) fire in Totsuka-ku, Yokohama, total 99 person were death.
  • February 26 – A first issue of Sankei Sports published in Osaka.
  • February 27 - 1955 Japanese general election
  • April Unknown date – Bunka Shutter was founded, as predecessor name was Nippon Bunka Steel Door.
  • April 5 – Daiwa House was founded.
  • April 7 - Radio Tokyo TV (now Tokyo Broadcasting System Television (TBS)) begins broadcasting.
  • April 16–17 - Abe coal mine debris collapse, due to heavy torrential rain hit in Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture, resulting tn 73 persons death, according to JFDMA official confirmed report.[2]
  • April 21 - Opening of Gokō Station
  • May 11 - Shiun Maru disaster
  • May 14 - According to Japan National Police Agency official confirmed report, a charter bus plunged into the Kitakami River in Iwate Prefecture, resulting in twelve deaths and twenty-eight injured.
  • July 28- According to JFDMA official confirmed report, 36 junior school students died when a high wave hit, during school swimming lesson in Nakakawara beach, Tsu, Mie Prefecture.
  • September 3 - Yumiko-chan incident
  • November 1 - According to JFDMA official confirmed report, Moshiri Coal mine gas explosion hit in Akabira, Hokkaido, official death toll number is 60, with 17 person were wounded.
  • November 15 - Japan Liberal Party and Democratic Party of Japan were unified, ruling Liberal Democratic Party of Japan has started.
  • Establishment of Akkeshi Prefectural Natural Park

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Deaths

See also

References
  1. "Hirohito | Biography, Accomplishments, & Facts". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
  2. [:ja:阿部鉱山ボタ山崩落事故] (Japanese language edition) Retrieved on 27 March 2020.
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