Events in the year 1942 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 ...
*
Prime Minister
A prime minister, premier or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. Under those systems, a prime minister is not ...
:
Hideki Tōjō
Hideki Tojo (, ', December 30, 1884 – December 23, 1948) was a Japanese politician, general of the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA), and convicted war criminal who served as prime minister of Japan and president of the Imperial Rule Assistan ...
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 ...
:
Yukisawa Chiyoji
*Akita Prefecture:
Fumi
*Aomori Prefecture:
Seiichi Ueda (until 9 June);
Shunsuke Yamada (starting 9 June)
*Ehime Prefecture:
Masatomi Hatakeda (until 7 July);
Ryuichi Fukumoto (starting 7 July)
*Fukui Prefecture:
** until 9 January:
Kubota
Kubota machine
is a Japanese multinational corporation based in Osaka. It was established in 1890. The corporation produces many products including tractors and other agricultural machinery, construction equipment, engines, vending machines, p ...
** 9 January-15 June:
Shigeo Miyoshi
** starting 15 June:
Nagano Wakamatsu
*Fukushima Prefecture:
Sumio Hisakawa (until 7 July);
Yoshio Araki (starting 7 July)
*Gifu Prefecture:
Tetsushin Sudo (until 23 May);
Miyoshi Shigeo Miyoshi may refer to:
Places
*Miyoshi, Aichi, a city in Aichi Prefecture
* Miyoshi, Chiba, a former village in Chiba Prefecture
*Miyoshi, Hiroshima, a city in Hiroshima Prefecture
*Miyoshi, Saitama, a town in Saitama Prefecture
*Miyoshi, Tokushi ...
(starting 23 May)
*Gunma Prefecture:
Goro Murata Goro may refer to:
Places
Benin
* Goro, Benin, an arrondissement in the Commune of Tchaourou, Borgou
Ethiopia
* Ejersa Goro, a town in Misraq Hararghe Zone, Oromia
* Goro, Bale, a town in Bale Zone, Oromia
* Goro, Mirab Shewa, a town in M ...
*
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 ...
:
Tokiji Yoshinaga
Tokiji Yoshinaga was a Japanese politician who served as governor of Hiroshima Prefecture from March 26, 1941 to June 15, 1942.
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Yoshinaga, Tokiji
Governors of Hiroshima
1892 births
1976 deaths
Japanese Home ...
(until 15 June);
Saiichiro Miyamura
Saiichiro Miyamura (June 1893 – ?) was a Japanese politician who served as governor of Hiroshima Prefecture from June 15, 1942 to July 1, 1943.
{{s-end
Governors of Hiroshima
1893 births
Japanese Home Ministry government officials
Year ...
(starting 15 June)
*
Ibaraki Prefecture
is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Ibaraki Prefecture has a population of 2,871,199 (1 June 2019) and has a geographic area of . Ibaraki Prefecture borders Fukushima Prefecture to the north, ...
:
Kanichi Naito
Kan'ichi or Kanichi (written: , , or ) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:
*, Japanese historian
*, Japanese politician
*, Imperial Japanese Navy officer
*, Japanese voice actor and comedian
*, Japanese philo ...
(until 7 October);
Tsujiyama (starting 7 October)
*Iwate Prefecture:
Yoshifumi Yamauchi
Yoshifumi is a masculine Japanese given name.
Possible writings
Yoshifumi can be written using many different combinations of kanji characters. Here are some examples:
*義文, "justice, literature"
*義郁, "justice, aroma/to move"
*義史, "ju ...
(until 15 June);
Osamuzo Suzuki (starting 15 June)
*Kagawa Prefecture:
Osamu Eianhyaku
is a masculine Japanese given name.
Possible writings
Osamu can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:
*治 "reign"
*修 "discipline"
*理 "logic"
*収 "obtain"
*紀 "chronicle"
*統 "rule"
The name can also be written in hir ...
(until 9 January);
Yoshiji Kosuga (starting 9 January)
*
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 ...
:
Mitsuma Matsumura
Mitsuma Matsumura (January 8, 1894 – April 10, 1970) was a Japanese politician who served as governor of Hiroshima Prefecture from Aug. 1, 1944 to Apr. 21, 1945. He was also governor of Tochigi Prefecture (1936–1937) and Kanagawa Prefecture
...
(until month unknown)
*Kochi Prefecture:
Naoaki Hattori
is a Japanese retired football player. His playing position is centre-back. He has previously played for Japanese sides Shimizu S-Pulse, Yokohama F. Marinos and Ventforet Kofu as well as Thailand's Muangthong United.
Club career
After gradua ...
(until 7 July);
Satoru Okino (starting 7 July)
*
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 ...
:
Chioji Yukisawa (until 10 June);
Hikari Akira
may refer to:
Places
*Hikari Station, a station on Sanyō Main Line in Hikari, Yamaguchi
* Hikari, Chiba, a former town in Sousa District, Chiba, Japan
*Hikari, Yamaguchi, a city in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan
People
*Hikari (name), people and ...
(starting 10 June)
*
Kyoto Prefecture:
Ando Kyoushirou
*Mie Prefecture:
Yoshiro Nakano (until 7 October);
Koji Soga (starting 7 October)
*
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 ...
:
Nobuo Hayashin (until 7 October);
Otomaru Kato (starting 7 October)
*Miyazaki Prefecture:
Osafume Katsumi
*
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 ...
:
Noburo Suzuki (until 9 January);
Nagoya Osamu (starting 9 January)
*
Niigata Prefecture
is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture in the Chūbu region of Honshu of Japan. Niigata Prefecture has a population of 2,227,496 (1 July 2019) and is the List of Japanese prefectures by area, fifth-largest prefecture of Japan by geographic area ...
:
Doi Shohei
*Oita Prefecture:
Ito Hisamatsu (starting 6 May)
*
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 ...
:
Hajime Hayakawa
is the Japanese word meaning . In the Japanese traditional martial arts such as karate, judo, aikido, Kūdō and kendo, it is a verbal command to "begin". Hajime is also a common Japanese given name for males.
In the Amami Islands, Hajime (元) i ...
*
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 ...
: (until 23 May);
Shogo Tanaka (starting 23 May)
*
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 ...
:
Miyano Shozo
was Governor of Gifu Prefecture (1937–1941) and Saitama Prefecture (1941–1942).
{{DEFAULTSORT:Miyano, Shozo
1896 births
1972 deaths
Governors of Gifu Prefecture
Governors of Saitama Prefecture
Japanese Police Bureau government ...
(until 9 January);
Toshio Otsu
Toshio is a common masculine Japanese given name.
Possible writings
Toshio can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:
*敏夫, "agile, man"
*敏男, "agile, man"
*敏雄, "agile, male"
*俊夫, "sagacious, man"
*俊雄, "sagaci ...
(starting 9 January)
*Shiname Prefecture:
Yasuo Otsubo (until 9 January);
Goro Koizumi (starting 9 January)
*Tochigi Prefecture:
Saburo Yamagata (until 9 January);
Sakurai Yasuemon (starting 9 January)
*
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 ...
:
Jitsuzo Kawanishi (until 9 January);
Matsumura Miro (starting 9 January)
*Toyama Prefecture:
Kingo Machimura
was a Japanese politician who served as governor of Toyama Prefecture (1941–1943), governor of Niigata Prefecture (1945) and the second Governor of Hokkaido (1959–1971). He was a member of the Liberal Democratic Party (Japan), Liberal Democr ...
*Yamagata Prefecture:
Hee Yamauchi (until 7 July);
Akira Saito (starting 7 July)
Events
Below, events of
World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...
have the "WWII" preface
* 11 January – Japanese
paratrooper
A paratrooper is a military parachutist—someone trained to parachute into a military operation, and usually functioning as part of an airborne force. Military parachutists (troops) and parachutes were first used on a large scale during World ...
s land on
Sulawesi
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.
* 12 January – Japan declares war on the Dutch.
* 22 January –
Hideki Tōjō
Hideki Tojo (, ', December 30, 1884 – December 23, 1948) was a Japanese politician, general of the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA), and convicted war criminal who served as prime minister of Japan and president of the Imperial Rule Assistan ...
warns
Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...
that "if you continue resistance, we Japanese will destroy you."
* 4 February –
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 ...
demands the surrender of
Singapore
Singapore (), officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia. It lies about one degree of latitude () north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, borde ...
.
* 17 February – Singapore is renamed
Shōnan
is the name of a region along the coast of Sagami Bay in Kanagawa Prefecture, central Japan. Centered on Sagami River, about 60 kilometers southwest of Tokyo, the Shōnan region stretches from Ninomiya in the west to Fujisawa in the east, i ...
("Light of the South").
* 20 March – The navy minister, Admiral
Shigetarō Shimada
was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. He also served as Minister of the Navy. He was convicted of war crimes and sentenced to life imprisonment.
Early life and education
A native of Tokyo, Shimada graduated from t ...
says that in view of the
Allies
An alliance is a relationship among people, groups, or states that have joined together for mutual benefit or to achieve some common purpose, whether or not explicit agreement has been worked out among them. Members of an alliance are called ...
' "Retaliation and hatred", Japan would no longer follow recognized rules of sea warfare.
* 18 April –
Doolittle Raid
The Doolittle Raid, also known as the Tokyo Raid, was an air raid on 18 April 1942 by the United States on the Japanese capital Tokyo and other places on Honshu during World War II. It was the first American air operation to strike the Japan ...
, the first bombing raid on the Japanese home islands
* 25 May – Four ships leave
Hokkaido
is Japan's second largest island and comprises the largest and northernmost prefecture, making up its own region. The Tsugaru Strait separates Hokkaidō from Honshu; the two islands are connected by the undersea railway Seikan Tunnel.
The la ...
to stage a diversionary raid on the
Aleutian Islands
The Aleutian Islands (; ; ale, Unangam Tanangin,”Land of the Aleuts", possibly from Chukchi language, Chukchi ''aliat'', "island"), also called the Aleut Islands or Aleutic Islands and known before 1867 as the Catherine Archipelago, are a cha ...
.
*4–7 June –
Battle of Midway
The Battle of Midway was a major naval battle in the Pacific Theater of World War II that took place on 4–7 June 1942, six months after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor and one month after the Battle of the Coral Sea. The U.S. Navy under Adm ...
*21 August –
Battle of the Tenaru
The Battle of the Tenaru, sometimes called the Battle of the Ilu River or the Battle of Alligator Creek, was a land battle between the Imperial Japanese Army and Allied ground forces that took place on 21 August 1942, on the island of Guadal ...
*11–12 October –
Battle of Cape Esperance
The Battle of Cape Esperance, also known as the Second Battle of Savo Island and, in Japanese sources, as the , took place on 11–12 October 1942, in the Pacific War, Pacific campaign of World War II between the Imperial Japanese Navy and Unit ...
*12–15 November –
Naval Battle of Guadalcanal
The Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, sometimes referred to as the Third and Fourth Battles of Savo Island, the Battle of the Solomons, the Battle of Friday the 13th, or, in Japanese sources, the , took place from 12 to 15 November 1942, and was t ...
Births
![Junichiro Koizumi 20010426](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e6/Junichiro_Koizumi_20010426.jpg)
* January 8 –
Junichiro Koizumi
Junichiro Koizumi (; , ''Koizumi Jun'ichirō'' ; born 8 January 1942) is a former Japanese politician who was Prime Minister of Japan and President of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) from 2001 to 2006. He retired from politics in 2009. He is ...
, 56th
Prime Minister of Japan
The prime minister of Japan (Japanese: 内閣総理大臣, Hepburn: ''Naikaku Sōri-Daijin'') is the head of government of Japan. The prime minister chairs the Cabinet of Japan and has the ability to select and dismiss its Ministers of Stat ...
* January 27 –
Tasuku Honjo
is a Japanese physician-scientist and immunologist. He won the 2018 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine and is best known for his identification of programmed cell death protein 1 (PD-1).
He is also known for his molecular identification of ...
, immunologist
* February 1 –
Masa Saito
was a Japanese professional wrestler better known as Mr. Saito or , who wrestled for 33 years around the world. He had success as a singles wrestler, winning the AWA World Heavyweight Championship in 1990, and as a tag team wrestler with multip ...
, professional wrestler (d.
2018
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)
* March 29 –
Kenichi Ogata, actor
* April 2 –
Hiroyuki Sakai
is a Japanese chef who specializes in French cuisine. Sakai is best known as the second, final, and longest-serving Iron Chef French on the Japanese television show ''Iron Chef'', first appearing at the beginning of 1994 (after Yutaka Ishinabe r ...
, chef
* April 25 –
Katsuji Adachi
(April 25, 1942 – April 21, 2010), better known as Mr. Hito, was a Japanese professional wrestler who competed in North American and Japanese regional promotions from the 1950s until the mid-1980s. Most notably, he was the tag team partne ...
, professional wrestler (d.
2010
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)
* May 24 –
Ichirō Ozawa
is a Japanese politician and has been a member of the House of Representatives since 1969, representing the Iwate 3rd district (Iwate 2nd district prior to the 1996 general election and Iwate 4th district prior to the 2017 general election). H ...
, politician
* July 3 –
Mitsuhiro Kitta, golfer
* July 5 –
Motoaki Inukai
is a former Japanese association football player. He played for Mitsubishi Motors
is a Japanese multinational automobile manufacturer headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. , footballer
* July 22 –
Toyohiro Akiyama
is a retired Japanese TV journalist and professor at Kyoto University of Art and Design. In December 1990, he spent seven days aboard the Mir space station. He became the first person of Japanese nationality to fly in space, and his space miss ...
, astronaut
* August 31 –
Isao Aoki
is a Japanese professional golfer. He was elected to the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2004.
Career
Aoki was born in Abiko, Chiba, Japan. He was introduced to golf while caddying at the Abiko Golf Club as a schoolboy. He turned professional in 19 ...
, golfer
* September 16 –
Tadamasa Goto
''The Sixth Yamaguchi-gumi Complete Databook 2008 Edition'' : "Tadamasa Goto" (p.137–138), February 1, 2005, Mediax, is a retired yakuza. The US Treasury department put him on a watch-list in December 2015 and he is still engaged in criminal ...
, yakuza boss
* September 19 –
Nobuo Sekine
was a Japanese sculptor who resided in both Tokyo, Japan, and Los Angeles, California.
A graduate of Tama Art University, he was one of the key members of Mono-ha, a group of artists who became prominent in the late 1960s and early 1970s. The M ...
, sculptor (d.
2019
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)
Deaths
*May 11 –
Sakutarō Hagiwara
was a Japanese writer of free verse, active in the Taishō and early Shōwa periods of Japan. He liberated Japanese free verse from the grip of traditional rules, and he is considered the "father of modern colloquial poetry in Japan". He publis ...
, writer, poet and critic (b.
1886
Events
January–March
* January 1 – Upper Burma is formally annexed to British Burma, following its conquest in the Third Anglo-Burmese War of November 1885.
* January 5– 9 – Robert Louis Stevenson's novella ''Strange ...
)
*May 29 –
Akiko Yosano
Yosano Akiko (Shinjitai: , seiji: ; 7 December 1878 – 29 May 1942) was the pen-name of a Japanese author, poet, pioneering feminist, pacifist, and social reformer, active in the late Meiji era as well as the Taishō and early Shōwa eras of ...
, author and poet (b.
1878
Events January–March
* January 5 – Russo-Turkish War – Battle of Shipka Pass IV: Russian and Bulgarian forces defeat the Ottoman Empire.
* January 9 – Umberto I becomes King of Italy.
* January 17 – Battle o ...
)
*June 4
**
Jisaku Okada
Jisaku Okada (岡田 次作, 1893 – June 4, 1942) was an Imperial Japanese Navy captain.
World War II Database During his ...
, Naval officer, killed in action at the
Battle of Midway
The Battle of Midway was a major naval battle in the Pacific Theater of World War II that took place on 4–7 June 1942, six months after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor and one month after the Battle of the Coral Sea. The U.S. Navy under Adm ...
(b.
1897 in Japan, 1897)
**
Tamon Yamaguchi
was a rear admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy who served during the Second Sino-Japanese War, and in the Pacific War during World War II. Yamaguchi′s carrier force was part of the attack on Pearl Harbor. He subsequently participated in th ...
, admiral (b.
1892
Events
January–March
* January 1 – Ellis Island begins accommodating immigrants to the United States.
* February 1 - The historic Enterprise Bar and Grill was established in Rico, Colorado.
* February 27 – Rudolf Diesel applies for ...
)
*June 5 –
Ryusaku Yanagimoto
was captain of the aircraft carrier in the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II.
Biography
A native of Hirado, Nagasaki Prefecture, The Yanagimoto family were descendants of Shinto priests who had been sent from Ise Jingu to Hirado in th ...
, captain (b.
1894
Events January–March
* January 4 – A military alliance is established between the French Third Republic and the Russian Empire.
* January 7 – William Kennedy Dickson receives a patent for motion picture film in the United S ...
)
*August 21 –
Kiyonao Ichiki
was an officer in the Japanese Imperial Army in World War II. Ichiki commanded the 28th Infantry Regiment "Ichiki detachment" in the Battle of the Tenaru. The regiment was disastrously defeated by the 1st Marine Regiment and of the 917 soldiers ...
[Chen, Peter. "Ichiki Kiyonao". WW2 Database] (b.
1892
Events
January–March
* January 1 – Ellis Island begins accommodating immigrants to the United States.
* February 1 - The historic Enterprise Bar and Grill was established in Rico, Colorado.
* February 27 – Rudolf Diesel applies for ...
)
*August 26 –
Junichi Sasai
was a Japanese naval aviator and fighter ace of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. Sasai was killed leading his fighter squadron during an attack on Henderson Field during the Battle of Guadalcanal.
Early life
Junichi Sasai wa ...
, aviator (b.
1918
This year is noted for the end of the First World War, on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, as well as for the Spanish flu pandemic that killed 50–100 million people worldwide.
Events
Below, the events ...
)
*September 5 –
Toshinari Maeda
, was a Japanese general and the first commander of the Japanese forces in northern Borneo (Sarawak, Brunei, Labuan, and North Borneo) in World War II.
Biography
Maeda Toshinari was born the fifth son of the former ''daimyō'' of Nanokaichi Doma ...
, general (b.
1885
Events
January–March
* January 3– 4 – Sino-French War – Battle of Núi Bop: French troops under General Oscar de Négrier defeat a numerically superior Qing Chinese force, in northern Vietnam.
* January 4 – ...
)
*October 12 –
Aritomo Gotō
was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II.
Early career
Gotō was born in Ibaraki prefecture in 1888. He graduated from the 38th class of the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy in 1910, ranked 30th out of a class of 149 ca ...
, admiral (b.
1888
In Germany, 1888 is known as the Year of the Three Emperors. Currently, it is the year that, when written in Roman numerals, has the most digits (13). The next year that also has 13 digits is the year 2388. The record will be surpassed as late ...
)
*October 21 –
Toshio Ōta
was a World War II Japanese fighter ace. In early 1942, at the age of 22, he flew a Mitsubishi A6M Zero with the Lae-based Tainan Air Group. There the young petty officer, 1st class became one of the so-called "Clean-up Trio" of Japanese aces, al ...
, aviator (b.
1919
Events
January
* January 1
** The Czechoslovak Legions occupy much of the self-proclaimed "free city" of Pressburg (now Bratislava), enforcing its incorporation into the new republic of Czechoslovakia.
** HMY ''Iolaire'' sinks off the c ...
)
*October 26 –
Yumio Nasu
was a major general and a division commander in the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) during World War II.
Biography
A native of Tochigi Prefecture, Nasu graduated from the 25th class of the Imperial Japanese Army Academy in 1913 and from the 35th cl ...
, major general (b.
1892
Events
January–March
* January 1 – Ellis Island begins accommodating immigrants to the United States.
* February 1 - The historic Enterprise Bar and Grill was established in Rico, Colorado.
* February 27 – Rudolf Diesel applies for ...
)
*November 5 –
Kiyoura Keigo
Count was a Japanese politician. He was the Prime Minister of Japan in 1924, during the period which historians have called the " Taishō Democracy".
Early life
Kiyoura was born Ōkubo Fujaku in Kamoto, Higo Province (part of present-day ...
, politician and Prime Minister of Japan (b.
1850
Events
January–June
* April
** Pope Pius IX returns from exile to Rome.
** Stephen Foster's parlor ballad "Ah! May the Red Rose Live Alway" is published in the United States.
* April 4 – Los Angeles is incorporated as a cit ...
)
*November 23 –
Tomitarō Horii
was a lieutenant general in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II. After graduating from the Imperial Japanese Army Academy in 1911, Horii served in China before undertaking a variety of regimental appointments. Following Japan's entry in ...
, lieutenant general (b.
1890
Events
January–March
* January 1
** The Kingdom of Italy establishes Eritrea as its colony, in the Horn of Africa.
** In Michigan, the wooden steamer ''Mackinaw'' burns in a fire on the Black River.
* January 2
** The steamship ...
)
*December 4 –
Atsushi Nakajima
was a Japanese author known for his unique style and self-introspective themes. His major works include "The Moon Over the Mountain" and "Light, Wind and Dreams" with the former being published in many Japanese textbooks.
During his life he w ...
, author (b.
1909
Events
January–February
* January 4 – Explorer Aeneas Mackintosh of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition escaped death by fleeing across ice floes.
* January 7 – Colombia recognizes the independence of Panama.
* Januar ...
)
See also
*
List of Japanese films of the 1940s
References
{{Asia topic, 1942 in
1940s in Japan
Years of the 20th century in Japan