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List of events
Events from the year 1933 in Japan . It corresponds to
Shōwa 8 (昭和8年) in the
Japanese calendar .
Incumbents
Governors
Events
January 1-May 31 –
Defense of the Great Wall
February 21–March 1 –
Battle of Rehe
March 2 –
1933 Sanriku earthquake . Although the earthquake itself does little damage, the associated
tsunami , recorded at a height of 28.7 metres (94 ft) at
Ōfunato, Iwate , caused extensive damage, destroys many homes and causes numerous casualties.
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April 1 – opening of
Inariyama-kōen Station
April 15 – opening of
Moro Station and
Ogose Station
May – The
9th Far Eastern Games are held in Tokyo.
May 10 – Tateishi Electronic Manufacturing, as predecessor of
Omron was founded.[
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May 31 –
Tanggu Truce
July 12 – opening of
Naka-Itabashi Station
August 1 – opening of
Fujimigaoka Station ,
Inokashira-kōen Station ,
Kugayama Station ,
Takaido Station and
Hamadayama Station
September 28 –
Isetan Department Store of Shinjuku , officially opens
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October 10 – opening of
Keisei Ueno Station
establishment of
Tokubetsu-keibi-tai (Metropolitan Police Department)
Births
Yoko Ono
Emperor
Akihito
January 2
January 11 –
Mariko Okada , film actress
February 16 –
Yoshishige Yoshida , film director and screenwriter
February 18 –
Yoko Ono , singer, songwriter, and peace activist
[4]
March 1 –
Yoko Minamida , film actress (d.
2009 )
March 18 –
Eikoh Hosoe , photographer and filmmaker
April 15 –
Kōji Yada , voice actor (d.
2014 )
April 16 –
Takeo Watanabe , musician and composer (d.
1989 )
May 10 –
Chikage Oogi , actress and politician (d. 2023)
May 15 –
Juzo Itami , film director (d.
1997 )
May 23 –
Shōzō Iizuka , voice actor (d.
2023 )
July 17 –
Keiko Awaji , film actress (d.
2014 )
August 1 –
Masaichi Kaneda , baseball pitcher (d. 2019)
August 9 –
Tetsuko Kuroyanagi , actress, and author of children's book
August 16 –
Bunta Sugawara , actor (d. 2014)
September 18 –
Hiroshi Suzuki , Olympic swimmer
October 16 –
Nobuyo Oyama , voice actress
October 20 –
Chikara Hashimoto , baseball player (d.
2017 )
October 22 –
Mitsuko Kusabue , film actress
November 8 –
Ayako Wakao , film actress
November 11 –
Keiko Tanaka-Ikeda , Japanese artistic gymnast (d. 2023)
December 1 –
Fujiko F. Fujio , cartoonist (d.
1996 )
December 10 –
Mako , actor, voice actor and singer (d.
2006 )
December 23 –
Akihito ,
125th
Emperor of Japan , fifth child of Emperor Hirohito and
Empress Kōjun
[5]
Deaths
January 23 –
Sakai Toshihiko , writer and historian (b. 1871)
February 20 –
Takiji Kobayashi , author and novelist (b. 1903)
March 18 –
Sakuzō Yoshino , academic, and political scientist (b. 1878)
July 27 –
Nobuyoshi Mutō ,
field marshal , Commander of the
Kwantung Army , ambassador (b. 1868)
July 31 –
Shimizu Shikin , novelist and women's rights activist (b. 1868)
September 21 –
Kenji Miyazawa , poet and author of children's books (b. 1896)
October 15 –
Inazō Nitobe , economist, author and educator (b. 1862)
November 3 –
Princess Nobuko Asaka , daughter of
Emperor Meiji (b. 1891)
November 8 –
Uehara Yūsaku , field marshal (b. 1856)
December 8 –
Yamamoto Gonnohyōe , admiral and Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1852)
See also
References