1953 in Japan

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See also:	Other events of 1955 History of Japan Timeline Years

Events in the year 1953 in Japan.

Incumbents

• Emperor: Hirohito^[1]
• Prime minister: Shigeru Yoshida (Liberal Democratic)
• Chief Cabinet Secretary: Taketora Ogata until March 24, Kenji Fukunaga
• Chief Justice of the Supreme Court: Kōtarō Tanaka
• President of the House of Representatives: Banboku Ōno until March 14, Yasujirō Tsutsumi from May 18
• President of the House of Councillors: Naotake Satō until May 19, 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: Juukichi Kodaira
• 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: Tatsuo Tanaka (until 24 March); Taro Ozawa (starting 30 April)
• Yamanashi Prefecture: Hisashi Amano

Events

• date unknown – The Japanese 10 yen coin is issued with serrated edges for a 5-year period, beginning in 1953. All 10 yen coins since have had smooth edges.
• June–August – Heavy massive rain, landslides, and flooding in western and southwestern Japan kill an estimated 2,566, and injure 9,433, mainly at Kizugawa, Wakayama, Kumamoto, and Kitakyushu.
• January 4 – NHK Radio broadcasts its first live marathon coverage.
• June 18 – Tachikawa air disaster - 129 die after a United States Air Force Douglas C-124 Globemaster II crashes shortly after taking off from Tachikawa Airfield.
• June 25 – 1953 North Kyushu flood hit in Chikugo River, Kitakyushu and Kumamoto area, 1013 persons were human fatalities, 2775 persons were hurt, according to Japanese government official confirmed report.^{[page needed]}
• July 20 – 1953 Kii Peninsula flood, according to Japanese government official confirmed report, 1124 persons were human fatalities, 5819 persons were wounded.^{[page needed]}
• August 15 – 1953 South Yamashiro flood, 429 person were human fatalities, with 994 person were hurt, according to Japanese government official confirmed report.^{[page needed]}
• September 23 – 1953 Typhoon Tess, 478 person were human fatalities, with 2559 persons were hurt, Japanese government official confirmed report.^{[page needed]}
• December 25 – The Amami Islands are returned to Japan from the US military following 8 years of occupation.

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  A flood swept damage in Kokura of 1953 North Kyushu flood
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  Damage in Ōkawara station by 1953 South Yamashiro Flood

Births

• January 9
  • Shigeru So, former long-distance runner
  • Takeshi So, former long-distance runner
• January 29 - Yorie Terauchi, actress
• February 4 - Kitarō, New Age musician
• February 13 - Kaoru Kurimoto, novelist and writer (d. 2009)
• February 23 – Satoru Nakajima, racing car driver
• February 28 - Kōzō Murashita, singer and songwriter (d. 1999)
• March 2 – Kazuo Kitagawa, politician(Komeito)^[2]
• March 18 - Takashi Yoshimatsu, composer
• May 1 – Mayumi Aoki, swimmer
• May 4 – Masashi Ebara, actor and voice actor
• June 4 - Susumu Ojima, entrepreneur
• June 6 - June Yamagishi, Japanese guitarist
• July 12 – Akinobu Mayumi, former professional baseball player and coach
• July 14 – Katsuya Okada, politician
• July 19 - Shōichi Nakagawa, politician (d. 2009)
• July 31 - Tōru Furuya, actor, voice actor and narrator
• August 4 – Masataka Nashida, former professional baseball player and coach
• November 28 - Taeko Onuki, singer-songwriter
• December 6 - Masami Kurumada, manga artist and writer
• December 9 – Hiromitsu Ochiai, former professional baseball player and coach
• December 17 - Ikue Mori, drummer, composer, graphic designer
• December 28 - Tatsumi Fujinami, professional wrestler

Deaths

• January 4 - Yasuhito, Prince Chichibu
• February 19 - Nobutake Kondō, admiral
• May 28 - Tatsuo Hori, writer, poet and translator (b. 1904)
• July 7 - Tsumasaburō Bandō, actor
• September 7 - Nobuyuki Abe, politician, military leader, Prime Minister

See also

• List of Japanese films of 1953

References

1. "Hirohito | Biography, Accomplishments, & Facts". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
2. "Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport". Naikaku Sōri Daijin Kantei. Archived from the original on 20 February 2013. Retrieved 3 February 2024.