Events in the year 1934 in

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

Incumbents

Emperor An emperor (from la, imperator, via fro, empereor) is a monarch, and usually the sovereignty, sovereign ruler of an empire or another type of imperial realm. Empress, the female equivalent, may indicate an emperor's wife (empress consort), ...

Hirohito Emperor , commonly known in English-speaking countries by his personal name , was the 124th emperor of Japan, ruling from 25 December 1926 until his death in 1989. Hirohito and his wife, Empress Kōjun, had two sons and five daughters; he was ...

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Saitō Makoto Viscount was a Japanese naval officer and politician. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005)"Saitō Makoto"in ''Japan Encyclopedia'', p. 809. Upon distinguishing himself during his command of two cruisers in the First Sino-Japanese War, Saitō rose ...

Keisuke Okada was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy, politician and Prime Minister of Japan from 1934 to 1936. Biography Early life Okada was born on 20 January 1868, in Fukui Prefecture, the son of a samurai of the Fukui Domain. He attended the 15th ...

Governors

Aichi Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshū. Aichi Prefecture has a population of 7,552,873 () and a geographic area of with a population density of . Aichi Prefecture borders Mie Prefecture to the west, Gifu Prefectur ...

: Osamu (until 11 August); Eitaro Shinohara (starting 11 August) *Akita Prefecture:

Takabe Rokuzo Takabe (written: ) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: *, Japanese actress and voice actress *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese Go player {{surname Japanese-language surnames ...

*Aomori Prefecture: Taku Yasunobu (until 11 August); Mitsumasa Kobayashi (starting 11 August) *Ehime Prefecture: Jiro Ichinohe *Fukui Prefecture: Shigeo Odachi (until 6 April); Shunsuke Kondo (starting 6 April) *Fukushima Prefecture: Shiomi Hatakeyama (until 26 October); Ito Takehiko (starting 26 October) *Gifu Prefecture: Umekichi Miyawaki *Gunma Prefecture:

Masao Kanazawa Masao (written: 正雄, 正夫, 正生, 正男, 正郎, 雅雄, 雅央, 雅夫, 雅勇, 雅男, 昌雄, 昌夫, 昌男, 昌朗, 昌郎, 昌大, 政雄, 政夫, 政男, 政於, 征夫, 優夫, 聖雄, 利生, 将雄, 将夫 or 眞男) is a masculine ...

Hiroshima Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Chūgoku region of Honshu. Hiroshima Prefecture has a population of 2,811,410 (1 June 2019) and has a geographic area of 8,479 km² (3,274 sq mi). Hiroshima Prefecture borders Okayama ...

Michio Yuzawa was a bureaucrat and cabinet minister in early Shōwa period Japan. Biography Yuzawa was born in Kamitsuga District, Tochigi in what is now part of the city of Kanuma as the son of a ''kannushi'' (Shinto priest)]. After his graduation in 1912 ...

* List of governors of Ibaraki Prefecture, Ibaraki Prefecture:

Abe Kashichi Abe or ABE may refer to: People and fictional characters * Shinzo Abe (1954–2022), former Prime Minister of Japan * Abe (given name), a list of people and fictional characters with the given name or nickname * Abe (surname), a list of people and ...

*Iwate Prefecture: Hidehiko Ishiguro *Kagawa Prefecture:

Yoshisuke Kinoshita Yoshisuke (written: 義介, 義助, 義祐 or 良弼) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *, Japanese businessman and politician; founder of the Nissan group *, Japanese samurai *Fujiwara no Yoshisuke was ...

Kanagawa Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Kanagawa Prefecture is the second-most populous prefecture of Japan at 9,221,129 (1 April 2022) and third-densest at . Its geographic area of makes it fifth-smallest. Kana ...

: Sukenari Yokoyama *

Kumamoto Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located on the island of Kyūshū. Kumamoto Prefecture has a population of 1,748,134 () and has a geographic area of . Kumamoto Prefecture borders Fukuoka Prefecture to the north, Ōita Prefecture to ...

: Keiichi Suzuki *Kochi Prefecture: Sakama Osamu * Kyoto Prefecture: Saito Munenori *Mie Prefecture: Hirose Hisatada (until 23 June); Saburo Hayakawa (starting 23 June) *

Miyagi Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Tōhoku region of Honshu. Miyagi Prefecture has a population of 2,305,596 (1 June 2019) and has a geographic area of . Miyagi Prefecture borders Iwate Prefecture to the north, Akita Prefecture to the nort ...

: Asaji Akagi (until 10 July);

Kiyoshi Nakarai Kiyoshi, (きよし or キヨシ), is a Japanese given name, also spelled Kyoshi. Possible meanings *''Kyōshi'', a form of Japanese poetry *Kyōshi, a Japanese honorific Possible writings *清, "cleanse" *淳, "pure" *潔, "undefiled" *清志, " ...

(starting 10 July) *Miyazaki Prefecture: Gisuke Kinoshita (until 23 June); Seikuchi Kimishima (starting 23 June) *

Nagano Prefecture is a landlocked prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshū. Nagano Prefecture has a population of 2,052,493 () and has a geographic area of . Nagano Prefecture borders Niigata Prefecture to the north, Gunma Prefecture to the ...

: Okoda Shuzo * Niigata Prefecture:

Chiba Ryo Chiba may refer to: Places China * (), town in Jianli County, Jingzhou, Hubei Japan * Chiba (city), capital of Chiba Prefecture ** Chiba Station, a train station * Chiba Prefecture, a sub-national jurisdiction in the Greater Tokyo Area on t ...

Okinawa Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan. Okinawa Prefecture is the southernmost and westernmost prefecture of Japan, has a population of 1,457,162 (as of 2 February 2020) and a geographic area of 2,281 km2 (880 sq mi). Naha is the capital and largest city o ...

: Jiro Ino *

Osaka Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu. Osaka Prefecture has a population of 8,778,035 () and has a geographic area of . Osaka Prefecture borders Hyōgo Prefecture to the northwest, Kyoto Prefecture ...

Shinobu Agata was Director of the Karafuto Agency (1929–1931). He was Governor of Yamagata Prefecture (1922–1924), Kagoshima Prefecture (1924–1926), Chiba Prefecture (1926–1927), Gunma Prefecture (1927–1928), Osaka (1932–1935) and Mayor of Nagoya ...

Saga Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located on the island of Kyushu. Saga Prefecture has a population of 809,248 (1 August 2020) and has a geographic area of 2,440 km2 (942 sq mi). Saga Prefecture borders Fukuoka Prefecture to the northeast and Nagasak ...

: Nagawa Fujioka (until 10 November);

Shizuo Furukawa Shizuo (written: , , , or ) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *, Japanese immunologist *, Japanese sumo wrestler *, Japanese writer *, Japanese printmaker *, Japanese aikidoka *, Japanese-born American math ...

(starting 10 November) *

Saitama Prefecture is a landlocked prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Saitama Prefecture has a population of 7,338,536 (1 January 2020) and has a geographic area of 3,797 km2 (1,466 sq mi). Saitama Prefecture borders Tochigi Prefecture ...

: Hirose Hisatada (until 10 July); Kazume Iinuma (starting 10 July) *Shiname Prefecture: Masaki Fukumura *Tochigi Prefecture: Gunzo Kayaba *

Tokyo Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, with an estimated 37.468 ...

: Masayasu Kouksaka *Toyama Prefecture: Saito Itsuki *Yamagata Prefecture: Ishihara Yajiro (until 10 October); Taro Kanamori (starting 10 October)

Events

*January 8 – 77 persons die and 74 are hurt, when many families and troop members are pushing each other on the platform, before entering the extra troop train in Kyoto station, according to

Japanese government The Government of Japan consists of legislative, executive and judiciary branches and is based on popular sovereignty. The Government runs under the framework established by the Constitution of Japan, adopted in 1947. It is a unitary state, c ...

official confirmed report. :ja:京都駅跨線橋転倒事故 (Japanese language edition) Retrieved on July 2, 2020. *March 21 – 1934 Hakodate fire,

official report, 2166 persons were perished. *April –

Teijin Incident The was a political scandal in the early Shōwa period of Imperial Japan which brought about the collapse of the administration of Prime Minister Saitō Makoto in 1934. History and background In June 1933, the ''Banchokai'', a group of young inv ...

: Ministry of Justice ordered the arrest of the Vice-Minister of Finance, director of the Bank of Taiwan and president of Teijin *July 3 – Teijin Incident: Prime Minister Saito dissolves the government, on receiving word that a number of cabinet ministers were also scheduled to be arrested. *September 1 – Toa Special Electric Works, as predecessor of

Toa Corporation is a Japanese electronics company, specializing in public address systems, intercom systems, microphones, array speakers and megaphones. The company's products are used in a variety of settings, among them Brompton Oratory, a large neo-classi ...

was founded in

Kobe Kobe ( , ; officially , ) is the capital city of Hyōgo Prefecture Japan. With a population around 1.5 million, Kobe is Japan's seventh-largest city and the third-largest port city after Tokyo and Yokohama. It is located in Kansai region, whic ...

. *September 21 –

1934 Muroto typhoon In September 1934, a violent typhoon caused tremendous devastation in Japan, leaving more than 3,000 people dead in its wake. Dubbed the , the system was first identified on September 13 over the western Federated States of Microne ...

*November –

Military Academy Incident The , also known as the was an attempted coup d'état that took place in the Empire of Japan in November 1934. It was one of a sequence of similar conspiracies for a "Shōwa Restoration" led by radical elements with the Imperial Japanese Army. B ...

*Unknown date – Showa Rayon, as predecessor of Kureha, founded.

Births

*January 1 –

Kiyoshi Kodama was a Japanese TV personality and actor. He hosted the Asahi Broadcasting Corporation quiz show '' Panel Quiz Attack 25'' continuously for thirty-six years from its start in April 1975 until he was forced to step down due to poor health at the ...

, actor (d. 2011) *January 10 – Hiroyuki Nagato, actor (d. 2011) *February 3 –

Noboru Akiyama was a Japanese Nippon Professional Baseball pitcher, originally from Okayama, Okayama. He played with the Taiyo Whales. He is a member of the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame The is a museum which includes a library, reference rooms and . It f ...

, baseball pitcher (d.

2000 File:2000 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Protests against Bush v. Gore after the 2000 United States presidential election; Heads of state meet for the Millennium Summit; The International Space Station in its infant form as seen from ...

) *March 9 –

Haruko Wakita was a Japanese academic, editor and expert in medieval Japanese women's history. Early life Since the age of six, Wakita was interested in Noh drama; and she regularly performs on stage. The insight gained from her lifelong study and practice of ...

, academic (d. 2016) *April 29 –

Akira Takarada was a Japanese film actor best known for his roles in the ''Godzilla'' film series. Life and career Akira Takarada was born in Korea under Japanese rule, and lived for a time in Manchuria, China. His father worked as an engineer on the Sou ...

, actor *June 25 – Kinya Aikawa, actor, voice actor and tarento (d.

2015 File:2015 Events Collage new.png, From top left, clockwise: Civil service in remembrance of November 2015 Paris attacks; Germanwings Flight 9525 was purposely crashed into the French Alps; the rubble of residences in Kathmandu following the Apri ...

) *June 26 –

Toru Goto is a former freestyle swimmer from Japan, who represented his native country at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. There he won a silver medal as a member of the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay team, alongside Yoshihiro Hamaguchi, Hi ...

, freestyle swimmer *July 14 –

Jun Hazumi , better known as his stage name , is a Japanese voice actor from Tōkyō Metropolis attached to Arts Vision. He was formerly attached to Production Baobab. His voice has been compared to those of Shinji Nakae and Gorō Naya. Filmography Telev ...

, voice actor *July 25 – Kazuya Tatekabe,

voice actor Voice acting is the art of performing voice-overs to present a character or provide information to an audience. Performers are called voice actors/actresses, voice artists, dubbing artists, voice talent, voice-over artists, or voice-over talent ...

(d.

) *August 20 – Yoko Tsukasa, actress *September 20 – Takayuki Kubota, Japanese-American martial artist and actor *September 26 – Shinji Maki, comedian (d. 2013) *October 20 – Empress Michiko, wife of emperor

Akihito is a member of the Imperial House of Japan who reigned as the 125th emperor of Japan from 7 January 1989 until his abdication on 30 April 2019. He presided over the Heisei era, ''Heisei'' being an expression of achieving peace worldwide. Bo ...

*November 22 – Osamu Kobayashi, voice actor (d. 2011) *December 28 – Yujiro Ishihara, actor and singer (d. 1987)

Deaths

*January 9 –

Hakaru Hashimoto was a Japanese doctor and medical scientist of the Meiji period, Meiji and Taishō periods. He is best known for publishing the first description of the disease that was later named Hashimoto's thyroiditis. Biography Hashimoto was born on 5 May ...

, medical scientist (b.

1881 Events January–March * January 1– 24 – Siege of Geok Tepe: Russian troops under General Mikhail Skobelev defeat the Turkomans. * January 13 – War of the Pacific – Battle of San Juan and Chorrillos: The C ...

) *January 13 –

Bunzō Hayata was a Japanese botanist noted for his taxonomic work in Japan and Formosa, present day Taiwan. Early life Hayata was born to a devout Buddhist family in Kamo, Niigata on December 2, 1874. When he was 16, Hayata became interested in botany, and ...

, botanist (b.

1874 Events January–March * January 1 – New York City annexes The Bronx. * January 2 – Ignacio María González becomes head of state of the Dominican Republic for the first time. * January 3 – Third Carlist War &ndas ...

) *January 16 –

Tokihiko Okada (February 18, 1903 – January 16, 1934) was a silent film star in Japan during the 1920s and early 1930s. A native of Tokyo, he first started at the Taikatsu studio and later he was a leading player for Japanese directors such as Yasujirō ...

, silent film actor (b.

1903 Events January * January 1 – Edward VII is proclaimed Emperor of India. * January 19 – The first west–east transatlantic radio broadcast is made from the United States to England (the first east–west broadcast having been ...

) *February 24 – Sanjugo Naoki, novelist (b.

1891 Events January–March * January 1 ** Paying of old age pensions begins in Germany. ** A strike of 500 Hungarian steel workers occurs; 3,000 men are out of work as a consequence. **Germany takes formal possession of its new Africa ...

) *May 30 –

Tōgō Heihachirō Marshal-Admiral Marquis , served as a '' gensui'' or admiral of the fleet in the Imperial Japanese Navy and became one of Japan's greatest naval heroes. He claimed descent from Samurai Shijo Kingo, and he was an integral part of preserving ...

, admiral of the fleet (b.

1848 1848 is historically famous for the wave of revolutions, a series of widespread struggles for more liberal governments, which broke out from Brazil to Hungary; although most failed in their immediate aims, they significantly altered the polit ...

) *June 26 –

Naitō Torajirō , commonly known as , was a Japanese historian and Sinologist. He was the founder of the Kyoto School of historiography, and along with Shiratori Kurakichi (the founder of the Tokyo School), was one of the leading Japanese historians of East As ...

, historian and Sinologist (b.

1866 Events January–March * January 1 ** Fisk University, a historically black university, is established in Nashville, Tennessee. ** The last issue of the abolitionist magazine '' The Liberator'' is published. * January 6 – Ottoman tr ...

) *September 1 –

Yumeji Takehisa was a Japanese poet and painter. He is known foremost for his ''Nihonga'' illustrations of ''bijin'', beautiful women and girls, though he also produced a wide variety of works including book covers, serial newspaper illustrations, ''furoshiki ...

, nihonga painter (b.

1884 Events January–March * January 4 – The Fabian Society is founded in London. * January 5 – Gilbert and Sullivan's ''Princess Ida'' premières at the Savoy Theatre, London. * January 18 – Dr. William Price atte ...

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