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List of events
Events in the year 1924 in
Japan . It corresponds to
Taishō 13 (大正13年) in the
Japanese calendar .
Incumbents
Governors
Events
January 26 – The future
Emperor Shōwa marries
Princess Kuninomiya Nagako .
February 2 – Toyama Toy Manufacturing, as predecessor of
Takara Tomy founded.[
page needed ]
May 4–July 27 – Japan competed at the
1924 Summer Olympics in
Paris ,
France . Japan fielded a team of 28 athletes, who competed in four events.
May 10 –
1924 Japanese general election : No party won a majority of seats, resulting in
Kenseikai ,
Rikken Seiyūkai and the
Kakushin Club forming the country's first coalition government led by
Katō Takaaki .
May 26 – The
Asian Exclusion Act is enacted by the United States. Its broad discrimination against Asia is seen as the spark that spurred Japan down the path against their former allies into
World War II .
August 1 –
Koshien Stadium open in
Hyogo Prefecture .[
page needed ]
November date unknown – Mogamiya, as predecessor of Bourbon Confectionery founded in
Kashiwazaki ,
Niigata Prefecture .
[2]
November 29 – Tokyo Broadcasting Station, as public associatied corporate, was founded, later,
Japan Broadcasting Corporation (NHK) .[
citation needed ]
December 27 – A dynamite explosion during logistic handling work in Temiya Station,
Otaru ,
Hokkaido , resulting to death toll was 94 persons, according to
Japanese government official confirmed report.[
citation needed ]
Unknown date
Births
February 18 –
Fubuki Koshiji , actress and singer (d.
1980 )
February 24 –
Chikage Awashima , film actress (d.
2012 )
February 26 –
Noboru Takeshita , 74th Prime Minister of Japan (d.
2000 )
March 3 –
Tomiichi Murayama , 81st Prime Minister of Japan
March 7 –
Kōbō Abe , writer, playwright and photographer (d.
1993 )
March 25 –
Machiko Kyō , film actress (d.
2019 )
March 27 –
Hideko Takamine , film actress (d.
2010 )
April 13 –
Junnosuke Yoshiyuki , novelist (d.
1994 )
April 29 –
Shintaro Abe , politician (d.
1991 )
September 3 –
Yosihiko H. Sinoto , anthropologist (d.
2017 )
October 1 –
Nobuko Otowa , film actress (d.
1994 )
October 9 –
Hachiro Kasuga ,
enka singer (d.
1991 )
November 3 –
Toyoko Yamasaki , novelist (d.
2013 )
November 13 –
Motoo Kimura , geneticist (d.
1994 )
November 25 –
Takaaki Yoshimoto , poet, literary critic, and philosopher (d.
2012 )
December 1 –
Masao Horiba , businessman (d.
2015 )
Deaths
January 11 –
Takamiyama Torinosuke ,
Sumo wrestler (b. 1873)
January 27 –
Hasegawa Yoshimichi ,
field marshal (b. 1850)
March 24 –
Prince Kachō Hirotada , army lieutenant (b. 1902)
April 26 –
Ijūin Hikokichi , diplomat and politician (b. 1864)
July 2 –
Matsukata Masayoshi , 4th (and 6th) Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1835)
July 15 –
Kuroda Seiki , painter and teacher (b. 1866)
July 30 –
Fusanosuke Gotō , Military personnel (b. 1879)
October 24 –
Nashiba Tokioki , admiral (b. 1850)
November 15 –
Daisuke Namba , communist activist (b. 1899)
December 8 –
Bochō Yamamura , writer, poet and songwriter (b. 1884)
December 24 –
Nakamura Tsune ,
yōga painter (b. 1887)
December 31 –
Tomioka Tessai ,
Nanga painter and
calligrapher (b. 1837)
See also
References