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{{Year in Japan|1959}}
Events in the year '''1959 in [[Japan]]'''.
==Events==▼
== Incumbents ==
*[[Emperor of Japan|Emperor]]: [[Hirohito]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Hirohito {{!}} Biography, Accomplishments, & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Hirohito |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |accessdate=27 March 2019 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[Prime minister of Japan|Prime minister]]: [[Nobusuke Kishi]]
▲==Events==
*April 10 – The Crown Prince [[Akihito]], the future [[Emperor of Japan]], weds [[Michiko]], the first commoner to marry into the [[Japanese Imperial Family]].
*June 30 – Twenty-one students are killed and more than a hundred injured when an American North American [[F-100 Super Sabre]] jet crashes into Miamori Elementary School on the island of [[Okinawa]]. The pilot ejected before the plane struck the school.<ref>"21 Die as Jet Hits School On Okinawa", ''Oakland Tribune'', June 30, 1959, p1</ref>
*July 22 – A [[Kumamoto University]] medical research group studying [[Minamata disease]] concludes that it is caused by [[mercury (element)|mercury]].
==Births==
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