1935 in Japan

← 1934 1933 1932 1935 in Japan → 1936 1937 1938
Decades:	1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s
See also:	Other events of 1935 History of Japan Timeline Years

Events from the year 1935 in Japan.

Incumbents

• Emperor: Hirohito ^[1]
• Prime Minister: Keisuke Okada

Governors

• Aichi Prefecture: Eitaro Shinohara
• Akita Prefecture: Takabe Rokuzo
• Aomori Prefecture: Mitsumasa Kobayashi
• Ehime Prefecture: Jiro Ichinohe (until 15 January); Jiro Kan Oba (starting 15 January)
• Fukui Prefecture: Shinsuke Kondo
• Fukushima Prefecture: Ito Takehiko
• Gifu Prefecture:
  • until 15 January: Umekichi Miyawaki
  • 15 January-31 May: Chi Sakamato
  • starting 31 May: Chiaki Saka
• Gunma Prefecture: Masao Kanazawa (until 15 January); Seikichi Kimishima (starting 15 June)
• Hiroshima Prefecture: Michio Yuzawa (until 15 January); Keiichi Suzuki (starting 15 January)
• Ibaraki Prefecture: Abe Kashichi (until 15 January); Ando Kyoushirou (starting 15 January)
• Iwate Prefecture: Hidehiko Ishiguro
• Kagawa Prefecture: Yoshisuke Kinoshita (until 15 June); Megumi Fujimo (starting 15 June)
• Kumamoto Prefecture: Keiichi Suzuki (until 15 January); Sekiya Nobuyuke (starting 15 January)
• Kochi Prefecture: Yozora Takehamu (until 16 October); Kobayashi Mitsumasa (starting 16 October)
• Kyoto Prefecture: Saito Munenori (until January); Shintaro Suzuki (starting January)
• Mie Prefecture: Saburo Hayakawa (until 23 June); Aijiro Tomita (starting 23 June)
• Miyagi Prefecture: Kiyoshi Nakarai (until 28 June); Jiro Ino (starting 28 June)
• Miyazaki Prefecture: Seikuchi Kimishima (until 15 January); Seiya Mishima (starting 15 January)
• Nagano Prefecture: Okoda Shuzo (until 15 January); Seiichi Omora (starting 15 January)
• Niigata Prefecture: Chiba Ryo (until 15 June); Miyawaki Umekichi (starting 15 June)
• Okinawa Prefecture: Jiro Ino (until 28 June); Hisashi Kurashige (starting 28 June)
• Osaka Prefecture: Shinobu Agata (until month unknown)
• Saga Prefecture: Shizuo Furukawa
• Saitama Prefecture: Kazume Iinuma (until 25 May); Saito Juri (starting 25 May)
• Shiname Prefecture: Masaki Fukumura
• Tochigi Prefecture: Gunzo Kayaba
• Tokyo: Masayasu Kouksaka (until 15 January); Sukenari Yokoya (starting 15 January)
• Toyama Prefecture: Saito Itsuki (until 25 May); Ginjiro Toki (starting 25 May)
• Yamagata Prefecture: Taro Kanamori

Events

• January 8 - Battle of Khalkhyn Temple
• February 11 – Tosoh was founded in Tokuyama (now Shunan) Yamaguchi Prefecture, as predecessor name was Toyo Soda.^{[ citation needed ]}
• June - North Chahar Incident
• June 27 - Chin-Doihara Agreement
• July 5 - establishment of Ōtone Prefectural Natural Park.
• August 9 - establishment of Mineokasankei Prefectural Natural Park, Kujūkuri Prefectural Natural Park, Takagoyama Prefectural Natural Park and Yōrō Keikoku Okukiyosumi Prefectural Natural Park.
• September 27 - opening of Tōbu-Izumi Station.
• October 20 - opening of Musahiro-Tokiwa Station (now Tokiwadai Station (Tokyo)).
• Unknown date – Yakult founded in Fukuoka City.^{[ page needed ]}
• Establishment of Naoki Prize and Akutagawa Prize.

Films

• January 20 - Orizuru Osen
• November 21 - An Inn in Tokyo
• date unknown - Kodakara Sodo

Births

• January 2 – Sumiko Iwao, psychologist and educator (d. 2018)
• January 4 – Toru Terasawa, runner (d. 2025)
• January 31 – Kenzaburō Ōe, Nobel Prize-winning Japanese writer (d. 2023)
• February 2 – Junko Hori, Japanese voice actress (d. 2024)
• February 6 – Yoshiomi Tamai, founder of Ashinaga (d. 2025)
• February 22 – Hisako Kyōda, Japanese voice actress
• March 17 – Seiji Yokoyama, musician (d. 2017)
• March 22 – Yūtokutaishi Akiyama, engraver and photographer (d. 2020)
• April 9 – Motomu Kiyokawa, actor and voice actor (d. 2022)
• April 17 – Masanori Hata, zoologist, essayist, and filmmaker (d. 2023)
• May 10 – Ikujiro Nonaka, theorist and academician (d. 2025)
• May 15 – Akihiro Miwa, singer, actor, author and drag queen
• June 2 – Keiko Hanagata, voice actress (d. 2015)
• June 10 – Yoshihiro Tatsumi, Japanese manga artist (d. 2015)
• June 26 – Sumiko Shirakawa, voice actress (body discovered. 2015)
• June 29 – Katsuya Nomura, baseball player and manager (d. 2020)
• July 12 – Satoshi Ōmura, Nobel Prize-winning biochemist ^[2]
• July 23 – Yukiji Asaoka, singer and actress (d. 2018)
• August 9 – Kazuko Yoshiyuki, actress, voice actress, and essayist (d. 2025)
• August 24 – Tsutomu Hata, 51st Prime Minister of Japan (d. 2017)
• September 1 – Seiji Ozawa, composer and conductor (d. 2024)
• September 14 – Fujio Akatsuka, Japanese cartoonist (d. 2008)
• September 24 – Yuzuru Fujimoto, voice actor (d. 2019)
• September 29 – Rieko Nakagawa, Japanese writer and lyricist (d. 2024)
• October 2 – Noriko Ohara, actress, voice actress and narrator (d. 2024)
• October 4 – Takao Iwami, political pundit (d. 2014)
• October 8 – Yoshikazu Minami, photographer
• October 9 – Teruyoshi Nakano, special effects director (d. 2022)
• October 10 – Yumiko Kurahashi, writer (d. 2005)
• October 15 – Yukio Ninagawa, theater director (d. 2016)
• October 29 – Isao Takahata, film director, screenwriter and producer (d. 2018)
• November 15 – Kaneta Kimotsuki, voice actor (d. 2016)
• November 17 – Masatoshi Sakai, Japanese record producer ^[3] (d. 2021) ^[4]
• November 28 – Prince Masahito of Hitachi
• December 10 – Shūji Terayama, poet, writer, film director, and photographer (d. 1983)
• December 19 – Taizo Nishimuro, businessman (d. 2017)
• date unknown
  • Keizaburo Tejima, artist and author

Deaths

• January 17 – Ishikawa Chiyomatsu, biologist, zoologist, and ichthyologist (b. 1861)
• February 28 – Tsubouchi Shōyō, author, critic and educator (b. 1859)
• March 8 – Hachikō, a faithful Akita, on the spot where he had awaited his dead owner for nine years ^[5]
• March 20 – Gyoshū Hayami, painter (b. 1894)
• August 12 – Tetsuzan Nagata, general (b. 1884)

See also

• 1935 in Japanese football
• List of Japanese films of the 1930s

References

1. "Hirohito | Biography, Accomplishments, & Facts". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
2. Heterocycles. Sendai Institute of Heterocyclic Chemistry. 2006. p. 7.
3. 11/17は日本歌謡史の流れを変えた名ディレクター・酒井政利の誕生日【大人のMusic Calendar】. News Online. Nippon Broadcasting System. 17 November 2016.
4. 音楽プロデューサー・酒井政利さん、死去 85歳. Sports Hochi. 19 July 2021.
5. "Hollywood the latest to fall for tale of Hachiko," The Japan Times, June 25, 2009