1948 in Japan
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Events in the year 1948 in Japan.
Contents
Incumbents
- Supreme Commander Allied Powers: Douglas MacArthur
- Emperor: Hirohito
- Prime Minister: Tetsu Katayama (S–Kanagawa) until March 10, Hitoshi Ashida (D–Kyōto) until October 15, Shigeru Yoshida (L–Kōchi, 2nd term, 1st under the Constitution of the State of Japan)
- Chief Cabinet Secretary: Suehiro Nishio (S–Ōsaka) until March 10, Gizō Tomabechi (D–Aomori) until October 15, Eisaku Satō (not Diet member) from October 17
- Chief Justice of the Supreme Court: Tadahiko Mibuchi
- President of the House of Representatives: Komakichi Matsuoka (S–Tokyo) until December 23
- President of the House of Councillors: Tsuneo Matsudaira (Ryokufūkai–Fukushima)
- Diet sessions: 2nd (regular session opened in December 1947, to July 5), 3rd (extraordinary, October 11 to November 30), 4th (regular, from December 1 to dissolution on December 23)
- Chief Justice: Tadahiko Mibuchi
Events
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- March 10: Hitoshi Ashida becomes prime minister
- May 1: Japan Coast Guard founded.
- June 28: 1948 Fukui earthquake
- September 24: Honda Motor Company founded.
- October 5: Ashida cabinet resigns.
- October 15: Shigeru Yoshida becomes prime minister for a second term.
- November 12: International Military Tribunal for the Far East hands down death sentences for 7 war criminals and imprisonment for 18 others.
- December 7: Ashida arrested in connection with the Showa Electric scandal.
Births
- January 13: Shinji Sōmai, film director (died 2001)
- January 29: Mamoru Mori, astronaut
- January 31: Muneo Suzuki, politician
- February 13: Eizo Kenmotsu, gymnast
- February 15: Seiji Oko, volleyball player
- March 8: Kiyomi Kato, wrestler
- March 26: Ayumi Ishida, singer and actress
- April 16: Kazuyuki Sogabe, voice actor (died 2006)
- October 20: Jun Maki, copywriter (died 2009)
- November 12: Banjō Ginga, voice actor
- November 15: Hiroe Yuki, badminton player
Deaths
- April 12: Masaomi Yasuoka
- April 17: Kantarō Suzuki, admiral and former prime minister
- April 20: Mitsumasa Yonai, admiral and former prime minister
- June 13: Osamu Dazai, novelist
- December 23: Hideki Tōjō, Seishirō Itagaki, Heitarō Kimura, Kenji Doihara, Kōki Hirota, Iwane Matsui and Akira Mutō executed.
