1941 in Japan
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Events in the year 1941 in Shōwa 16 (昭和16年) in the Japanese calendar.
Incumbents
- Emperor: Hirohito[1]
- Prime Minister:
- Fumimaro Konoe: until October 18
- Hideki Tōjō: from October 18
Governors
- Aichi Prefecture: Kodama Kyuichi (until 26 March); Yukisawa Chiyoji (starting 26 March)
- Akita Prefecture: Fumi
- Aomori Prefecture: Seiichi Ueda
- Ehime Prefecture: Shizuo Furukawa (until 4 November); Susumu Nakamura Noriyuki (starting 4 November)
- Fukui Prefecture: Kubota
- Fukushima Prefecture: Sumio Hisakawa
- Gifu Prefecture: Miyano Shozo (until 7 January); Tetsushin Sudo (starting 7 January)
- Gunma Prefecture: Susukida Yoshitomo (until 20 October); Goro Murata (starting 20 October)
- Hiroshima Prefecture: Katsuroku Aikawa (until 26 March); Tokiji Yoshinaga(starting 26 March)
- Ibaraki Prefecture: Tokitsugi Yoshinaga (until 26 March); Kanichi Naito (starting 26 March)
- Iwate Prefecture: Yoshifumi Yamauchi
- Kagawa Prefecture: Osamu Eianhyaku
- Kanagawa Prefecture: Mitsuma Matsumura
- Kochi Prefecture: Tomoichi Koyama (until 7 January); Naoaki Hattori (starting 7 January)
- Kumamoto Prefecture: Chioji Yukisawa
- Kyoto Prefecture: Ando Kyoushirou
- Mie Prefecture: Yoshiro Nakano
- Miyagi Prefecture: Nobuo Hayashin (starting 7 January)
- Miyazaki Prefecture: Toru Hasegawa (until 7 January); Osafume Katsumi (starting 7 January)
- Nagano Prefecture: Noburo Suzuki
- Niigata Prefecture: Yasui Seiichiro (until 7 January); Doi Shohei (starting 7 January)
- Okinawa Prefecture: Fusataro Fuchigami (until 7 January); Hajime Hayakawa(starting 7 January)
- Saga Prefecture: Masaki (until 26 March); Yue Yue (starting 26 March)
- Saitama Prefecture: Toki Ginjiro (until 7 April); Miyano Shozo (starting 7 April)
- Shiname Prefecture: Yasuo Otsubo
- Tochigi Prefecture: Saburo Yamagata
- Tokyo: Okada Shuzo (until 7 January); Jitsuzo Kawanishi (starting 7 January)
- Toyama Prefecture: Kenzo Yano (until 7 January); Kingo Machimura (starting 7 January)
- Yamagata Prefecture: Hee Yamauchi
Events
- January 25 – Panjiayu tragedy
- January 30-March 1 – Battle of South Henan
- March – Western Hubei Operation
- March 14-April 9 – Battle of Shanggao
- May 7–27 – Battle of South Shanxi
- July 29 – Organo is founded, as predecessor name was Yamanashi Chemical Industry.[2]
- September 6-October 8 – Battle of Changsha (1941)
- September 16 – An express train collision with standing local passenger train in Hyogo Prefecture. Total 85 persons were fatalities, 71 persons were wounded, according to Railway Ministry of Japan official confirmed report.[citation needed]
- October 22 – Takahito, Prince Mikasa marries Yuriko Takagi henceforth Yuriko, Princess Mikasa
- November Unknown – Toyō Optical and glass Manufacturing, as predecessor of optical instrument brand, Hoya was founded.[citation needed]
- December 7 – Attack on Pearl Harbor
- December 7–13 – Niihau Incident
- December 8–10 – Battle of Guam (1941)
- December 8–23 – Battle of Wake Island
- December 8–25 – Battle of Hong Kong
Births
- January 3 – Judi Yassin, actress
- January 5 – Hayao Miyazaki, film director, producer, screenwriter, animator, author, and manga artist
- January 22 – Rintaro, anime director
- May 7 – Kinichi Hagimoto, comedian
- June 29 – Chieko Baisho, actress and singer
- July 8 – Masayuki Minami , volleyball player(d. 2000)
- August 26 – Akiko Wakabayashi, actress
- September 10 – Gunpei Yokoi, creator of Game Boy and Game & Watch handheld systems (d. 1997)
- November 21 – Eiji Kanie, voice actor (d. 1985)
- December 10 – Kyu Sakamoto, singer and actor (d. 1985)
Deaths
- January 22 – daimyō (b. 1848)
- August 22 – Hasegawa Shigure, playwright (b. 1879)
- August 27 – Mitsuko Aoyama, emigrate, wife of Heinrich von Coudenhove-Kalergi (b. 1874)
- September 2 – Kei Okami, physician, first Japanese woman to obtain a degree in Western medicine from a Western university (b. 1859)
- December 11 – Masaaki Iinuma, aviator, flew the first Japanese-built aircraft from Japan to Western Europe (b. 1912)
- December 13 – Shigenori Nishikaichi, military pilot (b. ca.1919)
- December 24 – Sueo Ōe, athlete (killed in action) (b. 1914)
See also
References
- ^ "Hirohito | Biography, Accomplishments, & Facts". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
- ^ ja:オルガノ#沿革 (Japanese language edition) Ritreveted date on May 24, 2020.