• Source: 1931 in Japan

      • Events in the year 1931 in Japan.


      Incumbents


      Emperor: Hirohito
      Prime Minister:
      Osachi Hamaguchi: until April 14
      Wakatsuki Reijirō: April 14 – December 13
      Inukai Tsuyoshi: from December 13


      = Governors

      =
      Aichi Prefecture:
      starting 20 January: Masao Oka
      20 January-21 December: Kosaka Masayasu
      until 21 December: Yujiro Osaki
      Akita Prefecture: Koki Hiegata (until 18 December); Takeshi Uchida (starting 18 December)
      Aomori Prefecture: Migaku Moriya (until 18 December); Teizaburo Miyamoto (starting 18 December)
      Ehime Prefecture: Koichiro Sasai (until 18 December); Kume Shigeo (starting 18 December)
      Fukui Prefecture: Tachibana Saitanao (until 18 December); Keizo Ichimura (starting 18 December)
      Fukushima Prefecture:
      until 15 April: Koyanagi Makimamoru
      15 April-18 December: Goro Kawasaki
      starting 18 December: Murai Hachiro
      Gifu Prefecture:
      until 8 May: Ken Usawa
      8 May-18 December: Yoshida Katsutaro
      starting 18 December: Takehiko Ito
      Gunma Prefecture:
      until 27 June: Hotta Kanae
      27 June-18 December: Kiichi Harata
      starting 18 December: Masao Kanazawa
      Hiroshima Prefecture:
      until 8 May: Hiroshi Kawabuchi
      8 May-18 December: Takekai Shirane
      starting 18 December: Ryo Chiba
      Ibaraki Prefecture:
      until 27 June: Shozo Ushijima
      27 June-18 December: Tanaka
      starting 18 December: Seikichi Kimishima
      Ishikawa Prefecture: Nakano Kunikazu (until month unknown)
      Iwate Prefecture: Toyoshiro Kubo (until 18 December); Hidehiko Ishiguro (starting 18 December)
      Kagawa Prefecture:
      until 27 June: Susumu Tsuboi
      27 June-18 December: Yusai Takahashi
      starting 18 December: Akira Ito
      Kanagawa Prefecture: Jiro Yamagata (until month unknown)
      Kochi Prefecture:
      until 27 June: Tanaka
      27 June-18 December: Tsuboi
      starting 18 December: Kodora Akamatsu
      Kumamoto Prefecture: Bunpei Motoyama (until 18 December); Kenichi Yamashita (starting 18 December)
      Kyoto Prefecture:
      until October: Sasaki Shinichi
      October-December: Shinya Kurosaki
      starting December: Sukenari Yokoyama
      Mie Prefecture: Keizo Ichimura (until 18 December); Hirose Hisatada (starting 18 December)
      Miyagi Prefecture: Michio Yuzawa
      Miyazaki Prefecture:
      until 18 December: Ariyoshi
      18 December-21 December: Kiyoshi Nakarai
      starting 21 December: Gisuke Kinoshita
      Nagano Prefecture: Shintaro Suzuki (until 18 December); Ishigaki Kuraji (starting 18 December)
      Niigata Prefecture:
      until 2 October: Toyoji Obata
      2 October-18 December: Nakano Kunikazu
      starting 18 December: Obata Toyoji
      Okinawa Prefecture: Jiro Ino
      Osaka Prefecture: Saito Munenori (starting month unknown)
      Saga Prefecture:
      until 18 December: Inoue
      20 January-18 December: Nakarai Kiyoshi
      starting 18 December: Saburo Hayakawa
      Saitama Prefecture:
      until 15 April: Niwa Shichiro
      15 April-18 December: Kozo Yamanaka
      starting 18 December: Umekichi Miyawaki
      Shiname Prefecture:
      until 21 August: Keiichi Omori
      21 August-18 December: Kanichi Misawa
      starting 18 December: Rinsaku Yagi
      Tochigi Prefecture:
      until 27 January: Harada
      20 January-27 December: Asari Saburo
      starting 27 December: Chokichi Toshima
      Tokyo: Torataro Shizuka (until 18 October); Hasegawa Hisakazu (starting 18 October)
      Toyama Prefecture: Kozo Yamanaka (until 15 April); Keiichi Suzuki (starting 15 April)
      Yamagata Prefecture:
      until 24 October: Kubota Osamu Kosuke
      24 October-18 December: Ken Yamaguchi
      starting 18 December: Sada Kawamura


      Events


      March - March Incident
      March 27 – A real estate brand, Shōei Corporation was founded, as predecessor for Hullic.
      June 5 – 1931 Empress of Canada stabbings: A man killed 2 and wounded 29 others with a knife aboard the Canadian Pacific Steamships liner RMS Empress of Canada as the ship sailed off Japan.
      June 27 - Nakamura Incident
      July 1 - Wanpaoshan Incident
      September 21 – A Richer Scale magnitude 6.5 earthquake hit in Yorii, Saitama Prefecture. According to Japanese government official confirmed report, killing 16 persons, 146 persons were wounded.
      October 21 - October Incident
      November 4 - Resistance at Nenjiang Bridge
      November 4–18 - Jiangqiao Campaign
      Unknown date
      Teikyo Commerce School, later Teikyo University was founded in Tokyo.
      A time recorder and robot brand, Amano was founded in Yokohama, as predecessor name of Amano Manufacturing.
      A mail order cram school, Jitsuryoku-Zōshinsha (Ability Promotion), as predecessor of Zōshinsha Holdings (Z-kai) was founded.


      Films


      Tokyo Chorus


      Births




      = January–March

      =
      January 2 – Toshiki Kaifu, Prime Minister of Japan (d. 2022)
      January 6 – Kaoru Yachigusa, actress (d. 2019)
      January 20 – Ariyoshi Sawako, writer (d. 1984)
      January 21 – Yoshiko Kuga, actress (d. 2024)
      January 28 – Sakyo Komatsu, science fiction writer (d. 2011)
      February 16 – Ken Takakura, actor (d. 2014)
      March 7 – Atsuko, Princess Yori, fourth daughter of Emperor Shōwa
      March 9 – Masahiro Shinoda, film director


      = April–June

      =
      April 11 – Koichi Sugiyama, composer and conductor (d. 2021)
      May 10 – Ichirō Nagai, voice actor (d. 2014)
      June 22 – Teruyuki Okazaki, black belt in Shotokan Karate (d. 2020)


      = July–September

      =
      July 5 – Ryuzo Sato, economist
      July 11 – Yasuo Ōtsuka, animator (d. 2021)
      August 29 – Ichikawa Raizō VIII, actor (d. 1969)
      August 30 – Jōji Yanami, voice actor
      September 17 – Ayako Sono, writer (d. 2021)
      September 21 – Syukuro Manabe, Japanese-American meteorologist and climatologist


      = October–December

      =
      October 24 – Ken Utsui, actor (d. 2014)
      November 29 – Shintaro Katsu, actor (d. 1997)
      December 5 – Kyōko Kagawa, actress
      December 11 – Fujiko Yamamoto, actress
      December 15 – Shuntarō Tanikawa, poet and translator
      December 19 – Reiko Sato, actress and dancer (d. 1981)
      December 31 – Sakata Tōjūrō IV, kabuki actor (d. 2020)


      = Full date unknown

      =
      Miyozo Yamazaki, amateur archaeologist


      Deaths


      January 27 – Nishinoumi Kajirō II, Sumo wrestler, 25th yokozuna (b. 1880)
      June 13 – Kitasato Shibasaburō, physician and bacteriologist (b. 1853)
      June 26 – Yamakawa Kenjirō, physicist, university president (b. 1854)
      August 2 – Kinue Hitomi, sprinter and long jumper (b. 1907)
      August 26 – Osachi Hamaguchi, Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1870)
      September 2 – Ichinohe Hyoe, general (b. 1855)
      November 11 – Shibusawa Eiichi, industrialist (b. 1840)


      See also


      1931 in Japanese football
      List of Japanese films of the 1930s


      References

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