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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
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
References
- "Hirohito | Biography, Accomplishments, & Facts". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
- "Honolulu Man Slashes 31 on Vessel at Sea". Honolulu Star-Bulletin. 5 June 1931. Retrieved 2023-04-17.
- ja:Z会#沿革 (Japanese language edition) Retrieved on June 18, 2020.
- "The Nobel Prize in Physics 2021". NobelPrize.org. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
- Grossfeld, Stan (Mar 23, 1997). ""The nail that sticks up gets hammered down," So warns a proverb in conformist Japan. Some "nails," though, refuse to bend". Boston Globe. Retrieved 28 September 2011.
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