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Events in the year 1946 in Japan. It corresponds to Shōwa 21 (昭和21年) in the Japanese calendar.

Demographically, Showa Baby Boom Generation is a post-Japanese war demographic cohort, which approximately born between 1946 and 1953. It was fueled by returning soldiers, economic recovery, and post-war psychological shift towards rebuilding nation and starting families' and friends' new living together after the Constitution of Japan (1947) and the Treaty of San Francisco (1952). First Japanese Baby Boom Generation (1947-1949) is the core of this cohort, which saw births exceed 2.6 million annually, peaking with nearly 2.7 million births, for a total of about 8 million children born in just three years. They grew up during post-war recovery and Japanese economic miracle, and they experienced both hardships of immediate post-war food shortages and later economic boom. As they came of age during post-war period, Japanese economy and society changed to accommodate them. Major life events for this old Showa baby boom cohort, such as entering education system, workforce, and retirement, have created unique social and economic pressures, and as well as 1964 Tokyo Summer Olympic Games and university campus protests. Many individuals, who went to university or college were involved in a student radicalism and campus protests of late 1960s. They entered the workforce during a period of hyper-employment and labor shortages, contributing significantly to Japan's high economic growth. They were largely corporate employees, often identifying strongly with their work and believing in the concept of lifetime employment. Japanese Showa baby boom was much shorter and more "peaked" than global baby boom, making the demographic shift to an aging population more sudden in Japan. By this definition, as of 2013, there were about 15 million Japanese Showa baby boomers, which accounted for 11.7% of total population, out of 128 million people in Japan.

Incumbents

Governors

  • Aichi Prefecture:
  • Akita Prefecture:
    • until 25 January: Kinsaburo Ikeda
    • 25 January-9 July: Iwao Isobe
    • starting 9 July: Hasuika Kosaku
  • Aomori Prefecture: Motohiko Kanai (until 25 January); Renichi Ono (starting 25 January)
  • Ehime Prefecture: Shotaro Toshima (until 4 October); Juushin Aoki (starting 4 October)
  • Fukui Prefecture:
    • until 25 May: Eminai Miyata
    • 25 May-4 October: Saito Takeo
    • starting 4 October: Harukazu Obata
  • Fukushima Prefecture: Masuda Kashinanatsu (until 25 April); Kanichiro Ishihara (starting 25 April)
  • Gifu Prefecture: Yoshihira Nomura (until 16 February); Naomi Momoi (starting 16 February)
  • Gunma Prefecture: Toshio Takahashi (until 25 January); Shigeo Kitano (starting 25 January)
  • Hiroshima Prefecture: Tsunei Kusunose
  • Ibaraki Prefecture: Yoji Tomosue
  • Iwate Prefecture: Tamemasu Miyata (until 26 January); Haruhiko Ichi (starting 26 January)
  • Kagawa Prefecture: Shogo Tanaka
  • Kochi Prefecture: Nagano Yoshitatsu
  • Kumamoto Prefecture:
    • until 25 January: Hirai Fumi
    • 25 January-9 July: Hiroshi Nagai
    • starting 9 July: Saburo Sakurai
  • Kyoto Prefecture: Atsushi Kimura
  • Mie Prefecture: Kobayashi Chiaki
  • Miyagi Prefecture: Saburo Chiba
  • Miyazaki Prefecture: Tadao Annaka
  • Nagano Prefecture: Monobe Kaoruro
  • Niigata Prefecture:
    • until 25 January: Hatada Masatomi
    • 25 January-9 July: Sato Dodai
    • starting 9 July: Hideo Aoki
  • Okinawa Prefecture: Koshin Shikiya (until 24 April)
  • Saga Prefecture: Miyazaki Kenta (until 4 July); Genichi Okimori (starting 4 July)
  • Saitama Prefecture: Sekigaiyo Otoko (until 25 January); Jitzuzo Nishimura (starting 25 January)
  • Shiname Prefecture:
    • until 25 January: Kiyoshi Ito
    • 25 January-8 June: Mikio Suzuki
    • starting 8 June: Muneo Tokanai
  • Tochigi Prefecture: Soma Toshio
  • Tokyo:
    • until 15 January: Shohei Fujinuma
    • 15 January-8 June: Haruo Matsui
    • starting 8 June: Seiichiro Yasui
  • Toyama Prefecture:
    • until 25 January: Keiichi Yoshitake
    • 25 January-9 July: Keiichi Tanaki
    • starting 9 July: Keiji Ishimura
  • Yamagata Prefecture: Michio Murayama (until 25 October); Yoshio Miura (starting 25 October)

Events

Births

Deaths

See also

References

  1. ^ "Hirohito | Biography, Accomplishments, & Facts". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
  2. ^ Walker, Brett L. (26 February 2015). A Concise History of Japan. Cambridge University Press. p. 292. ISBN 978-1-107-00418-4.
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