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Events in the year 1954 in Japan.
Incumbents
- Emperor: Hirohito
- Prime minister: Shigeru Yoshida (Liberal Democratic) until December 10, Ichirō Hatoyama (Liberal Democratic)
- Chief Cabinet Secretary: Kenji Fukunaga until December 10, Ryutaro Nemoto
- Chief Justice of the Supreme Court: Kōtarō Tanaka
- President of the House of Representatives: Yasujirō Tsutsumi until December 10, Tō Matsunaga from December 11
- President of the House of Councillors: Yahachi Kawai
Governors
- Aichi Prefecture: Mikine Kuwahara
- Akita Prefecture: Tokuji Ikeda
- Aomori Prefecture: Bunji Tsushima
- Chiba Prefecture: Hitoshi Shibata
- Ehime Prefecture: Sadatake Hisamatsu
- Fukui Prefecture: Harukazu Obata
- Fukuoka Prefecture: Katsuji Sugimoto
- Fukushima Prefecture: Sakuma Ootake
- Gifu Prefecture: Kamon Muto
- Gunma Prefecture: Shigeo Kitano
- Hiroshima Prefecture: Hiroo Ōhara
- Hokkaido: Toshifumi Tanaka
- Hyogo Prefecture: Masaru Sakamoto
- Ibaraki Prefecture: Yoji Tomosue
- Ishikawa Prefecture: Wakio Shibano
- Iwate Prefecture: Kenkichi Kokubun
- Kagawa Prefecture: Masanori Kaneko
- Kagoshima Prefecture: Katsushi Terazono
- Kanagawa Prefecture: Iwataro Uchiyama
- Kochi Prefecture: Wakaji Kawamura
- Kumamoto Prefecture: Saburō Sakurai
- Kyoto Prefecture: Torazō Ninagawa
- Mie Prefecture: Masaru Aoki
- Miyagi Prefecture: Otogorō Miyagi
- Miyazaki Prefecture: Nagashige Tanaka
- Nagano Prefecture: Torao Hayashi
- Nagasaki Prefecture: Takejirō Nishioka
- Nara Prefecture: Ryozo Okuda
- Niigata Prefecture: Shohei Okada
- Oita Prefecture: Tokuju Hosoda
- Okayama Prefecture: Yukiharu Miki
- Osaka Prefecture: Bunzō Akama
- Saga Prefecture: Naotsugu Nabeshima
- Saitama Prefecture: Yuuichi Oosawa
- Shiga Prefecture: Kotaro Mori
- Shiname Prefecture: Yasuo Tsunematsu
- Shizuoka Prefecture: Toshio Saitō
- Tochigi Prefecture: Aiji Nishio (until 7 November); Juukichi Kodaira (starting 7 November)
- Tokushima Prefecture: Kuniichi Abe
- Tokyo: Seiichirō Yasui
- Tottori Prefecture: Shigeru Endo
- Toyama Prefecture: Kunitake Takatsuji
- Wakayama Prefecture: Shinji Ono
- Yamagata Prefecture: Michio Murayama
- Yamaguchi Prefecture: Taro Ozawa
- Yamanashi Prefecture: Hisashi Amano
Events
- January 2 - A stampede occurs in Nijubashi, Imperial Square, Tokyo, with 16 fatalities, according to Japan National Police Agency confirmed report.ja:二重橋事件
- January 18 – Mabuchi Motor was founded in Matsudo, Chiba Prefecture.
- February 1 – A first issue of Chūnichi Sports was published in Nagoya.
- April 26 - Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai released in Japan.
- July 1 - The Japanese Self-Defense Forces are established.
- September 26
- A typhoon in the Tsugaru Strait sinks the ferry Tōya Maru, killing over 1,100 passengers and crew, wrecks at least seven other ships and seriously damages nine more.
- A massive fire in Iwanai, Hokkaido, a result of Typhoon Marie, leaves 38 people dead, 551 people injured according to Japan Fire and Disaster Management Agency official confirmed report.ja:岩内大火
- October 8 - A sightseeing boat Uchigo Maru capsized due to overcrowding in Lake Sagami, Kanagawa Prefecture, 22 junior high school students perished, according to Japanese government confirmed report.
- November 3 - Godzilla released in Japan.
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A scene of stampede in Nijyubashi, Tokyo, 2 January.
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1954 Toya Maru accident on 27 September.
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A sightseeing boat Uchigo-Maru capsized in Lake Sagami, Kanagawa Prefecture on 8 October.
Births
- January 6 - Yuji Horii, video game designer
- January 8 - Yasushi Tao, professional baseball player and coach
- January 9 - Satoshi Kirishima, anarchist and terrorist (d. 2024)
- January 14 - Masanobu Fuchi, professional wrestler
- January 19 - Yumi Matsutoya, singer
- January 28 - Kaneto Shiozawa, voice actor (d. 2000)
- January 29 - Yukinobu Hoshino, cartoonist
- February 4 - Shigeru Chiba, Voice actor and actor
- February 11 - Noriyuki Asakura, composer
- February 17 - Yuji Takada, free-style wrestler
- March 2 - Gara Takashima, voice actress
- March 23 - Hideyuki Hori, voice actor
- March 26 - Kazuhiko Inoue, voice actor
- April 2 - Susumu Hirasawa, musician
- April 17 - Norio Imamura, voice actor
- April 22 - Jōji Nakata, voice actor
- April 29 - Kazuko Kurosawa, costume designer
- May 19 - Hōchū Ōtsuka, voice actor
- May 22 - Shuji Nakamura, electronics engineer
- June 2 - Chiyoko Kawashima, voice actress
- June 4 - Kazuhiro Yamaji, actor and voice actor
- July 10 - Yō Yoshimura, voice actor (d. 1991)
- July 2 - Saori Minami, idol and singer
- August 1 - Junpei Morita, actor and voice actor
- September 16 - Masahiro Andoh, musician, guitarist of T-Square (band)
- September 21 - Shinzō Abe, Prime Minister of Japan (d. 2022)
- October 18 - Yūji Mitsuya, voice actor
- November 8 - Kazuo Ishiguro, author
- November 20 - Bin Shimada, voice actor
Deaths
- July 28 - Sōjin Kamiyama, film star during the silent film era (b. 1884)
- September 21 - Mikimoto Kōkichi, pearl farm pioneer (b. 1858)
- October 6 - Yukio Ozaki, politician (b. 1859)
See also
References
- "Hirohito | Biography, Accomplishments, & Facts". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
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