• Source: 1951 in Japan

      • Events in the year 1951 in Japan.


      Incumbents


      Emperor: Hirohito
      Prime Minister: Shigeru Yoshida
      Chief Cabinet Secretary: Katsuo Okazaki until December 26, Shigeru Hori
      Chief Justice of the Supreme Court: Kōtarō Tanaka
      President of the House of Representatives: Kijūrō Shidehara until March 10, Jōji Hayashi from March 13
      President of the House of Councillors: Naotake Satō


      = Governors

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      Aichi Prefecture: Hideo Aoyagi (until 4 April); Mikine Kuwahara (starting 11 May)
      Akita Prefecture: Kosaku Hasuike (until 4 April); Tokuji Ikeda (starting 30 April)
      Aomori Prefecture: Bunji Tsushima
      Chiba Prefecture: Hitoshi Shibata
      Ehime Prefecture: Juushin Aoki (until 4 April); Sadatake Hisamatsu (starting 4 May)
      Fukui Prefecture: Harukazu Obata
      Fukuoka Prefecture: Katsuji Sugimoto
      Fukushima Prefecture: Sakuma Ootake
      Gifu Prefecture: Kamon Muto
      Gunma Prefecture: Yoshio Iyoku
      Hiroshima Prefecture: vacant (until 24 January); Hiroo Ōhara (starting 24 January)
      Hokkaido Prefecture: Toshifumi Tanaka
      Hyogo Prefecture: Yukio Kishida
      Ibaraki Prefecture: Yoji Tomosue
      Ishikawa Prefecture: Wakio Shibano
      Iwate Prefecture: Kenkichi Kokubun
      Kagawa Prefecture: Masanori Kaneko
      Kagoshima Prefecture: Kaku Shigenari
      Kanagawa Prefecture: Iwataro Uchiyama
      Kochi Prefecture: Wakaji Kawamura
      Kumamoto Prefecture: Saburō Sakurai
      Kyoto Prefecture: Atsushi Kimura
      Mie Prefecture: Masaru Aoki
      Miyagi Prefecture: Kazuji Sasaki
      Miyazaki Prefecture: Tadao Annaka
      Nagano Prefecture: Torao Hayashi
      Nagasaki Prefecture: Sōjirō Sugiyama (until 26 May); Takejirō Nishioka (starting 26 May)
      Nara Prefecture: Mansaku Nomura (until 14 April); Ryozo Okuda (starting 30 April)
      Niigata Prefecture: Shohei Okada
      Oita Prefecture: Tokuju Hosoda
      Okayama Prefecture: Hirokichi Nishioka (until 30 March); Yukiharu Miki (starting 3 May)
      Osaka Prefecture: Bunzō Akama
      Saga Prefecture: Gen'ichi Okimori (until 4 April); Naotsugu Nabeshima (starting 4 April)
      Saitama Prefecture: Yuuichi Oosawa
      Shiga Prefecture: Iwakichi Hattori
      Shiname Prefecture: Fujiro Hara (until 4 April); Yasuo Tsunematsu (starting 4 May)
      Shizuoka Prefecture: Takeji Kobayashi (until 4 April); Toshio Saitō (starting 4 April)
      Tochigi Prefecture: Juukichi Kodaira (until 1 April); Goro Abe (starting 4 April)
      Tokushima Prefecture: Goro Abe
      Tokyo Prefecture: Seiichirō Yasui
      Tottori Prefecture: Aiji Nishio
      Toyama Prefecture: Kunitake Takatsuji
      Wakayama Prefecture: Shinji Ono
      Yamagata Prefecture: Michio Murayama
      Yamaguchi Prefecture: Tatsuo Tanaka
      Yamanashi Prefecture: Katsuyasu Yoshie (until 4 April); Hisashi Amano (starting 30 April)


      Events


      April 24 - Sakuragichō train fire
      May 19 – According to Japan Fire and Disaster Management Agency official confirmed report, a fire in Ohara Cinema in Hamanaka, Hokkaido, the death toll number was 42.
      July 11 – According to Japan Fire and Disaster Management Agency official confirmed report, a torrential heavy massive rain, affective Heiwa Lake collapsed in Kameoka, Kyoto Prefecture, killing 117 persons.
      July 15 – According to National Police Agency of Japan official confirmed report, an extra bus plunge into Tenryu River, Urakawa Town, (now Tenryu-ku, Hamamatsu), Shizuoka Prefecture, official death toll is 28 persons.
      September 15 – An extreme Typhoon Ruth, a flood swept and landslide occur in Iwakuni area, Yamaguchi Prefecture, tidal wave hit in Satsunan Islands, according to Japanese government official confirmed report, in total 943 persons were killed, 2644 persons were wounded.
      November 3 – During a regular route bus running, following caught fire in Uno Town (now Seiyo), Ehime Prefecture, 33 persons were perished, according to NPAJ confirmed report.
      Unknown date – Japan National Mutual Insurance Federation of Agricultural Corporatives (JA Kyosai) was founded.


      Films


      Early Summer


      Births


      January 8 – Yoshinori Monta, singer-songwriter
      February 5 – Ryūsei Nakao, actor, singer and voice actor
      February 16 – Yumi Takigawa, actress
      March 3 – Heizō Takenaka, economist
      March 4 – Linda Yamamoto, pop star
      April 8 – Kaori Momoi, actress
      May 14 – Jumbo Tsuruta, professional wrestler (d. 2000)
      May 15 – Yoshifumi Hibako, general
      May 16 – Unshō Ishizuka, voice actor (d. 2018)
      August 8 – Mamoru Oshii, film director
      August 11 – Katsumi Chō, voice actor
      October 7 – Natsuo Kirino, novelist and writer
      October 8 – Maki Kaji, populariser of Sudoku (d. 2021)
      November 5 – Mari Amachi, singer and actress
      December 20 – Shigeru Suzuki, musician, songwriter and guitarist
      December 26 – Ginzō Matsuo, voice actor (d. 2001)


      Deaths


      January 21 - Yuriko Miyamoto, novelist
      March 10 - Kijūrō Shidehara, Prime minister of Japan
      May 17 - Empress Teimei, Empress consort of Emperor Taishō
      June 11 - Takuma Nishimura


      See also


      List of Japanese films of 1951


      References

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