Events in the year 1959 in Japan.
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Incumbents
Events
- April 10 – The Crown Prince Akihito, the future Emperor of Japan, weds Michiko Shōda, 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.[2]
- July 22 – A Kumamoto University medical research group studying Minamata disease concludes that it is caused by mercury.
- September 26 – According to Japanese government official confirmed report, Typhoon Vera with tidal wave hit around Ise Bay, total 5,098 person were lives, 38,921 person were hurt.[page needed]
Births
- January 3 – Dankan, actor and director
- January 16 – Kimiko Ikegami, actress
- January 17 – Momoe Yamaguchi, actress
- February 8 – Amy Yamada, writer
- March 23 – Kazue Ikura, actress, voice actress and narrator
- May 19 – Michiru Shimada, screenwriter (d. 2017)
- June 17 – Kazuki Yao, voice actor and actor
- August 17 – Chika Sakamoto, voice actress
- October 13 – Denny Tamaki, governor of Okinawa Prefecture
- October 21 – Ken Watanabe, actor
- November 21 – Naoko Watanabe, voice actress
- November 24 – Akio Ōtsuka, actor and voice actress
- December 5 – Yoshitomo Nara, artist
- December 6 – Satoru Iwata, video game designer, businessman (d. 2015)
Deaths
- March 7 – Ichirō Hatoyama, politician and 35th Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1883)
- April 30 – Kafū Nagai, author, playwright, essayist, and diarist (b. 1879)
- June 20 – Hitoshi Ashida, politician and 35th Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1887)
References
- ^ "Hirohito | Biography, Accomplishments, & Facts". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
- ^ "21 Die as Jet Hits School On Okinawa", Oakland Tribune, June 30, 1959, p1