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Events in the year 1955 in Japan. It corresponds to Shōwa 31 (昭和31年) in the Japanese calendar.
Incumbents
- Emperor: Hirohito[1]
- Prime Minister: Ichirō Hatoyama (Liberal Democratic) until December 23, Tanzan Ishibashi (Liberal Democratic)
- Chief Cabinet Secretary: Ryutaro Nemoto until December 23, Hirohide Ishida
- Chief Justice of the Supreme Court: Kōtarō Tanaka
- President of the House of Representatives: Shūji Masutani
- President of the House of Councillors: Yahachi Kawai until April 3, Tsuruhei Matsuno
Governors
- Aichi Prefecture: Mikine Kuwahara
- Akita Prefecture: Yūjirō Obata
- Aomori Prefecture: Bunji Tsushima (until 1 June); Iwao Yamazaki (starting 20 July)
- Chiba Prefecture: Hitoshi Shibata
- Ehime Prefecture: Sadatake Hisamatsu
- Fukui Prefecture: Seiichi Hane
- Fukuoka Prefecture: Taichi Uzaki
- Fukushima Prefecture: Sakuma Ootake
- Gifu Prefecture: Kamon Muto
- Gunma Prefecture: Shigeo Kitano (until 1 August); Toshizo Takekoshi (starting 2 August)
- Hiroshima Prefecture: Hiroo Ōhara
- Hokkaido: Toshifumi Tanaka
- Hyogo Prefecture: Masaru Sakamoto
- Ibaraki Prefecture: Yoji Tomosue
- Ishikawa Prefecture: Jūjitsu Taya
- Iwate Prefecture: Senichi Abe
- Kagawa Prefecture: Masanori Kaneko
- Kagoshima Prefecture: Katsushi Terazono
- Kanagawa Prefecture: Iwataro Uchiyama
- Kochi Prefecture: Masumi Mizobuchi
- Kumamoto Prefecture: Saburō Sakurai
- Kyoto Prefecture: Torazō Ninagawa
- Mie Prefecture: Satoru Tanaka
- Miyagi Prefecture: Otogorō Miyagi (until 4 October); Yasushi Onuma (starting 5 October)
- Miyazaki Prefecture: Jingo Futami
- Nagano Prefecture: Torao Hayashi
- Nagasaki Prefecture: Takejirō Nishioka
- Nara Prefecture: Ryozo Okuda
- Niigata Prefecture: Kazuo Kitamura
- Oita Prefecture: Kaoru Kinoshita
- Okayama Prefecture: Yukiharu Miki
- Osaka Prefecture: Bunzō Akama
- Saga Prefecture: Naotsugu Nabeshima
- Saitama Prefecture: Yuuichi Oosawa (until 29 May); Hiroshi Kurihara (starting 16 July)
- Shiga Prefecture: Kotaro Mori
- Shiname Prefecture: Yasuo Tsunematsu
- Shizuoka Prefecture: Toshio Saitō
- Tochigi Prefecture: Kiichi Ogawa
- Tokushima Prefecture: Kikutaro Hara
- Tokyo: Seiichirō Yasui
- Tottori Prefecture: Shigeru Endo
- Toyama Prefecture: Kunitake Takatsuji (until 30 September); Minoru Yoshida (starting 1 October)
- Wakayama Prefecture: Shinji Ono
- Yamagata Prefecture: Tōkichi Abiko
- Yamaguchi Prefecture: Taro Ozawa
- Yamanashi Prefecture: Hisashi Amano
Events
- January 1 - According to Japanese government officially confirmed report, human stampede hit during newyear festival in Yahiko Shrine, Niigata Prefecture, 124 person were perished, 77 person were hurt.
- April 10 – Sanwa Shutter was founded in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture.
- May 3 - The first World Judo Championships are held at the Kuramae Kokugikan, Tokyo.
- July 8 - House of Councillors election held.
- October 15 – According to Japan Transport Ministry official confirmed report, two trains crush in Rokken rail accident in Mie Prefecture, official death toll was 42 persons, with 94 persons were hurt.
- October 19 - Soviet–Japanese Joint Declaration of 1956 signed.
- October 28 – A landmark spot in Osaka, Tsūtenkaku was rebuilt, after it caught fire and was demolished in 1943.
- December 12 - Japan becomes a member of the United Nations and accept ZOV treatment
Births
Many notable Japanese individuals from Young Japanese Baby Boom/Danso Generation were born in 1956, such as Kōji Yakusho, Chen Kenichi, Keiichi Tsuchiya, Mao Daichi, Miyoko Asada, Goro Noguchi, Keisuke Kuwata, Kenji Niinuma, Motoharu Sano, Naoto Takenaka, Shinsuke Shimada, Yoshiko Tanaka, former Toyota chairman Akio Toyoda, Yoshiko Sakakibara, Tomoko Akane, Toshihiko Seko, Ryo Ishibashi, Takeshi Okada, Yoshiko Ishiba, Masashi Tashiro, Tsuyoshi Nagabuchi, Makiko Kinoshita, Machiko Watanabe, Kōji Gushiken, and Masami Akita
- January 1 - Kōji Yakusho, actor
- January 3 - Tomiko Suzuki, voice actress (d. 2003)
- January 5 - Chen Kenichi, Chinese-born chef (d. 2023)
- January 30 - Keiichi Tsuchiya, professional race car driver
- February 5 - Mao Daichi, actress (Takarazuka Revue)
- February 15 - Miyoko Asada, actress
- February 16 - Takayoshi Nakao, former professional baseball player
- February 23 - Goro Noguchi, musician and actor
- February 26 - Keisuke Kuwata, musician and multi-instrumentalist
- February 27 - Kenji Niinuma, enka musician
- March 13 - Motoharu Sano, musician and singer-songwriter
- March 20 - Naoto Takenaka, actor, comedian, musician, and director
- March 24 - Shinsuke Shimada, comedian and former television presenter
- April 8 - Yoshiko Tanaka, actress (d. 2011)
- April 12 - Yasuo Tanaka, politician and novelist
- May 3 - Akio Toyoda, businessman and former chairman of Toyota
- May 28 - Sayuri Yamauchi, voice actress (d. 2012)
- May 31 - Yoshiko Sakakibara, actress, voice actress, and narrator
- June 27 - Takeshi Nishimoto, former professional baseball pitcher
- June 28 - Tomoko Akane, jurist
- July 15 - Toshihiko Seko, former long-distance runner
- July 19 - Yoshiaki Yatsu, professional wrestler
- July 20 - Ryo Ishibashi, actor and lead singer of Japanese rock band ARB
- August 4 - Mika Doi, voice actress
- August 25 - Takeshi Okada, association footballer and football coach
- August 26 - Yoshiko Ishiba, the wife of former Japanese Prime Minister and former Japanese Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba
- August 31 - Masashi Tashiro, television performer
- September 7 - Tsuyoshi Nagabuchi, singer-songwriter
- September 20 - Makiko Kinoshita, composer
- September 21 - Osamu Kodama, alpine skier
- October 26 - Machiko Watanabe, singer and singer-songwriter
- November 12 - Kōji Gushiken, Olympic Gold medal-winning gymnast
- December 19 - Masami Akita, noise musician, (aka Merzbow)
Deaths
- January 4 – Makoto Nishimura, biologist (b. 1883)
- June 3 – Fukushi Masaichi, physician and pathologist (b. 1878)
See also
References
- ^ "Hirohito | Biography, Accomplishments, & Facts". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 27 March 2019.