1945 in Japan

1945 was the last year of World War II and the first year of the Allied occupation.

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Events in the year 1945 in Japan.

Incumbents

• Emperor: Hirohito[1]
• Prime Minister: Kuniaki Koiso, Kantarō Suzuki, Prince Higashikuni, Kijuro Shidehara
• Minister of War: Gen Sugiyama, Korechika Anami
• Minister of the Navy: Mitsumasa Yonai
• Supreme Commander Allied Powers: Douglas MacArthur

Events

Atomic bombing of Nagasaki, August 9.

Douglas MacArthur and Emperor Hirohito.

• February 18 - U.S. Marines land on Iwo Jima.
• March 10 - Major bombing of Tokyo
• March 12 - First bombing of Nagoya.
• March 13 - First bombing of Osaka.
• March 26 - U.S. forces win the Battle of Iwo Jima, defeating the last remaining troops led by Tadamichi Kuribayashi.
• April 7 - The Japanese battleship Yamato is sunk.
• April 7 - Suzuki forms his cabinet.
• May 24 - Second major bombing of Tokyo.
• May 29 - First bombing of Yokohama.
• July 26 - Allies issue Potsdam Declaration; Japan refuses to agree to its terms.
• August 6 - Atomic bombing of Hiroshima.
• August 8 - Soviet Union declares war on Japan.
• August 9 - Atomic bombing of Nagasaki.
• August 15 - Last Allied bombing of Japan takes place in Odawara.
• August 15 - Emperor Hirohito declares Japan's acceptance of the Potsdam Declaration.
• August 22 – According to former Railroad Ministry of Japan official confirmed report,a passenger train could not go up steep slope, following to regressed from Second Yamagami tunnel, Hisatsu Line, Kumamoto Prefecture, total 49 persons were human fatalities with 30 persons were wounded.
• August 30 - Douglas MacArthur arrives in Japan.
• September 2 - Japanese officials sign instrument of surrender on the deck of the USS Missouri.
• 24 September - Hirohito says that he did not want war and blames Tojo for the attack on Pearl Harbor
• October 2 - Office of the Supreme Commander Allied Powers is established at the Dai-Ichi Seimei Building in Tokyo.
• October 5 - Higashikuni cabinet resigns.
• October 9 - Shidehara cabinet is formed.
• October 15 - Peace Preservation Law is repealed.
• December 17 - Women's suffrage is granted in Diet elections.
• December 18 - House of Representatives is dissolved: Diet elections called for April 1, 1946.

Births

• January 6: Toshiko Hamayotsu, politician
• January 29: Yoko Shinozaki, volleyball player
• February 16: Masataka Itsumi, television announcer and singer (died 1993)
• February 25: Toshikatsu Matsuoka, politician (died 2007)
• March 7: Sadakazu Tanigaki, politician
• March 13: Sayuri Yoshinaga, actress
• March 14: Komaki Kurihara, actress
• June 9: Yūji Aoki, manga artist (died 2003)
• June 14: Hiroshi Miyauchi, actor
• July 6: Kyōzō Nagatsuka, actor
• July 7: Ikezawa Natsuki, author
• July 10: Katsuji Mori, voice actor and narrator
• July 19: Kenji Kimura, volleyball player
• July 25: Masakatsu Morita, Tatenokai member (died 1970)
• August 6: Yoshinori Sakai, Olympic flame torchbearer
• August 20: Tomio Sumimoto, sprint canoer
• August 22: Tamori, entertainer
• September 3: Fusako Shigenobu, leader of the Japanese Red Army
• September 12: Yumiko Fujita, actress
• October 2: Shigenobu Murofushi, athlete
• October 19: Shigeo Nakata, wrestler
• October 25: Keaton Yamada, voice actor and narrator
• November 16: Haruko Okamoto, figure skater
• December 15: Kimiko Kasai, jazz singer
• December 23: Noriko Tsukase, voice actress (died 1989)

Deaths

• January 9: Shigekazu Shimazaki, career officer
• February 26: Sanji Iwabuchi
• March 22: Takeichi Nishi
• March 26: Tadamichi Kuribayashi
• April 1: Gōtarō Ogawa
• May 11: Kiyoshi Ogawa, naval aviator (suicide)
• March 17: Tatsugo Kawaishi, swimmer (b. 1911)
• April 16: Toshiko Tamura, novelist (b. 1884)
• May 16: Shintarō Hashimoto, admiral (b. 1892)
• May 21: Prince Kan'in Kotohito, Chief of Army General Staff (b. 1865)
• June 3: Fusashige Suzuki, athlete
• June 7: Kitaro Nishida, philosopher (b. 1870)
• June 22: Isamu Chō, officer (suicide)
• June 23: Mitsuru Ushijima, general (suicide)
• August 6: Senkichi Awaya, mayor of Hiroshima
• August 15:
  • Korechika Anami, war leader (suicide)
  • Matome Ugaki, admiral
• August 16: Takijirō Ōnishi, admiral (suicide)
• August 17: Shimaki Kensaku, author (b. 1903)
• August 20: Masahiko Amakasu, officer (suicide)
• August 24:
  • Midori Naka, stage actress (b. 1909)
  • Shizuichi Tanaka, general (suicide)
• September 9: Yoshitsugu Tatekawa, lieutenant-general
• September 12: Hajime Sugiyama, field marshal (suicide) (b. 1880)
• September 14: Kunihiko Hashida, physician and physiologist (suicide)
• September 20: Chōtoku Kyan, Okinawan karate master
• September 26: Kiyoshi Miki, philosopher
• October 15: Mokutaro Kinoshita, author, Dramaturge, poet, art historian and literary critic
• October 18: Yoshiki Hayama, writer (b. 1894)
• October 28: Kesago Nakajima, lieutenant-general
• November 30: Shigeru Honjō, general (suicide)
• December 13: Goro Shiba, military leader during the Boxer Rebellion (b. 1860)
• December 16: Fumimaro Konoe, former prime minister (suicide) (b. 1891)

See also

• List of Japanese films of the 1940s

References

1. "Hirohito | Biography, Accomplishments, & Facts". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 27 March 2019.