1942 in Japan

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Events in the year 1942 in Japan .

Incumbents

• Emperor: Hirohito ^[1]
• Prime Minister: Hideki Tōjō

Governors

• Aichi Prefecture: 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
  • 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 (starting 23 May)
• Gunma Prefecture: Goro Murata
• Hiroshima Prefecture: Tokiji Yoshinaga (until 15 June); Saiichiro Miyamura (starting 15 June)
• Ibaraki Prefecture: Kanichi Naito (until 7 October); Tsujiyama (starting 7 October)
• Iwate Prefecture: Yoshifumi Yamauchi (until 15 June); Osamuzo Suzuki (starting 15 June)
• Kagawa Prefecture: Osamu Eianhyaku (until 9 January); Yoshiji Kosuga (starting 9 January)
• Kanagawa Prefecture: Mitsuma Matsumura (until month unknown)
• Kochi Prefecture: Naoaki Hattori (until 7 July); Satoru Okino (starting 7 July)
• Kumamoto Prefecture: Chioji Yukisawa (until 10 June); Hikari Akira (starting 10 June)
• Kyoto Prefecture: Ando Kyoushirou
• Mie Prefecture: Yoshiro Nakano (until 7 October); Koji Soga (starting 7 October)
• Miyagi Prefecture: Nobuo Hayashin (until 7 October); Otomaru Kato (starting 7 October)
• Miyazaki Prefecture: Osafume Katsumi
• Nagano Prefecture: Noburo Suzuki (until 9 January); Nagoya Osamu (starting 9 January)
• Niigata Prefecture: Doi Shohei
• Oita Prefecture: Ito Hisamatsu (starting 6 May)
• Okinawa Prefecture: Hajime Hayakawa
• Saga Prefecture: Yue Yue  [ ja ] (until 23 May); Shogo Tanaka (starting 23 May)
• Saitama Prefecture: Miyano Shozo (until 9 January); Toshio Otsu (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: Jitsuzo Kawanishi (until 9 January); Matsumura Miro (starting 9 January)
• Toyama Prefecture: Kingo Machimura
• Yamagata Prefecture: Hee Yamauchi (until 7 July); Akira Saito (starting 7 July)

Events

Below, events of World War II have the "WWII" preface

• 11 January – Japanese paratroopers land on Sulawesi.
• 12 January – Japan declares war on the Dutch.
• 22 January – Hideki Tōjō warns Australia that "if you continue resistance, we Japanese will destroy you."
• 4 February – Japan demands the surrender of Singapore.
• 17 February – Singapore is renamed Shōnan ("Light of the South").
• 20 March – The navy minister, Admiral Shigetarō Shimada says that in view of the Allies' "Retaliation and hatred", Japan would no longer follow recognized rules of sea warfare.
• 18 April – Doolittle Raid, the first bombing raid on the Japanese home islands
• 25 May – Four ships leave Hokkaido to stage a diversionary raid on the Aleutian Islands.
• 4–7 June – Battle of Midway
• 21 August – Battle of the Tenaru
• 11–12 October – Battle of Cape Esperance
• 12–15 November – Naval Battle of Guadalcanal

Births

Junichiro Koizumi

• January 8 – Junichiro Koizumi, 56th Prime Minister of Japan
• January 27 – Tasuku Honjo, immunologist
• February 1 – Masa Saito, professional wrestler (d. 2018)
• March 17 – Yoko Yamamoto, actress (d. 2024) ^[2]
• March 29 – Kenichi Ogata, actor
• April 2 – Hiroyuki Sakai, chef
• April 25 – Katsuji Adachi, professional wrestler (d. 2010)
• May 24 – Ichirō Ozawa, politician
• July 3 – Mitsuhiro Kitta, golfer
• July 5 – Motoaki Inukai, footballer
• July 22 – Toyohiro Akiyama, astronaut
• August 31 – Isao Aoki, golfer
• September 16 – Tadamasa Goto, yakuza boss
• September 19 – Nobuo Sekine, sculptor (d. 2019)

Deaths

• May 11 – Sakutarō Hagiwara, writer, poet and critic (b. 1886)
• May 22 – Tateo Katō, fighter ace (b. 1903)
• May 29 – Akiko Yosano, author and poet (b. 1878)
• June 4
  • Jisaku Okada, Naval officer, killed in action at the Battle of Midway (b. 1897)
  • Tamon Yamaguchi, admiral (b. 1892)
• June 5 – Ryusaku Yanagimoto, captain (b. 1894)
• August 21 – Kiyonao Ichiki ^[3] (b. 1892)
• August 26 – Junichi Sasai, aviator (b. 1918)
• September 5 – Toshinari Maeda, general (b. 1885)
• October 12 – Aritomo Gotō, admiral (b. 1888)
• October 21 – Toshio Ōta, aviator (b. 1919)
• October 26 – Yumio Nasu, major general (b. 1892)
• November 5 – Kiyoura Keigo, politician and Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1850)
• November 23 – Tomitarō Horii, lieutenant general (b. 1890)
• December 4 – Atsushi Nakajima, author (b. 1909)

See also

• List of Japanese films of the 1940s

References

1. "Hirohito | Biography, Accomplishments, & Facts". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
2. "山本陽子". Nihon Tarento Meikan (in Japanese). Yahoo! Japan. Archived from the original on 23 March 2016. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
3. Chen, Peter. "Ichiki Kiyonao". WW2 Database