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Events in the year 1941 in Japan. It corresponds to Shōwa 16 (昭和16年) in the Japanese calendar.

Incumbents

Emperor: Hirohito^[1]
Prime Minister:
- Fumimaro Konoe (until October 18)
- Hideki Tōjō (starting October 18)

Governors

Aichi Prefecture: Kodama Kyuichi (until 26 March); Yukisawa Chiyoji (starting 26 March)
Akita Prefecture: Fumi
Aomori Prefecture: Seiichi Ueda
Ehime Prefecture: Shizuo Furukawa (until 4 November); Susumu Nakamura Noriyuki (starting 4 November)
Fukui Prefecture: Kubota
Fukushima Prefecture: Sumio Hisakawa
Gifu Prefecture: Miyano Shozo (until 7 January); Tetsushin Sudo (starting 7 January)
Gunma Prefecture: Susukida Yoshitomo (until 20 October); Goro Murata (starting 20 October)
Hiroshima Prefecture: Katsuroku Aikawa (until 26 March); Tokiji Yoshinaga (starting 26 March)
Ibaraki Prefecture: Tokitsugi Yoshinaga (until 26 March); Kanichi Naito (starting 26 March)
Iwate Prefecture: Yoshifumi Yamauchi
Kagawa Prefecture: Osamu Eianhyaku
Kanagawa Prefecture: Mitsuma Matsumura
Kochi Prefecture: Tomoichi Koyama (until 7 January); Naoaki Hattori (starting 7 January)
Kumamoto Prefecture: Chioji Yukisawa
Kyoto Prefecture: Ando Kyoushirou
Mie Prefecture: Yoshiro Nakano
Miyagi Prefecture: Nobuo Hayashin (starting 7 January)
Miyazaki Prefecture: Toru Hasegawa (until 7 January); Osafume Katsumi (starting 7 January)
Nagano Prefecture: Noburo Suzuki
Niigata Prefecture: Yasui Seiichiro (until 7 January); Doi Shohei (starting 7 January)
Okinawa Prefecture: Fusataro Fuchigami (until 7 January); Hajime Hayakawa (starting 7 January)
Saga Prefecture: Masaki (until 26 March); Yue Yue [ja] (starting 26 March)
Saitama Prefecture: Toki Ginjiro (until 7 April); Miyano Shozo (starting 7 April)
Shiname Prefecture: Yasuo Otsubo
Tochigi Prefecture: Saburo Yamagata
Tokyo: Okada Shuzo (until 7 January); Jitsuzo Kawanishi (starting 7 January)
Toyama Prefecture: Kenzo Yano (until 7 January); Kingo Machimura (starting 7 January)
Yamagata Prefecture: Hee Yamauchi

Events

January 25 – Panjiayu tragedy
January 30-March 1 – Battle of South Henan
March – Western Hubei Operation
March 14-April 9 – Battle of Shanggao
May 7–27 – Battle of South Shanxi
July 29 – Organo is founded, as predecessor name was Yamanashi Chemical Industry.^[2]
September 6-October 8 – Battle of Changsha (1941)
September 16 – An express train collision with standing local passenger train in Aboshi Station, Himeji, Hyogo Prefecture. Total 85 persons were fatalities, 71 persons were wounded, according to Railway Ministry of Japan official confirmed report.^{[citation needed]}
October 22 – Takahito, Prince Mikasa (younger brother of Emperor Hirohito) marries Yuriko Takagi, henceforth Yuriko, Princess Mikasa.
November Unknown – Toyō Optical and glass Manufacturing, as predecessor of optical instrument brand, Hoya was founded.^{[citation needed]}
December 7 – Attack on Pearl Harbor, the beginning of the Pacific War of World War II
December 7–13 – Niihau Incident
December 8–10 – Battle of Guam (1941)
December 8–23 – Battle of Wake Island
December 8–25 – Battle of Hong Kong
December 8–February 15, 1942 – Malayan campaign

Births

January 3 – Judi Yassin, actress
January 5 – Hayao Miyazaki, film director, producer, screenwriter, animator, author, and manga artist
January 22 – Rintaro, anime director
May 7 – Kinichi Hagimoto, comedian
June 29 – Chieko Baisho, actress and singer
July 8 – Masayuki Minami , volleyball player(d. 2000)
August 26 – Akiko Wakabayashi, actress
September 10 – Gunpei Yokoi, creator of Game Boy and Game & Watch handheld systems (d. 1997)
November 21 – Eiji Kanie, voice actor (d. 1985)
December 10 – Kyu Sakamoto, singer and actor (d. 1985)

Deaths

January 22 – Hayashi Tadataka, former daimyō (b. 1848)
August 22 – Hasegawa Shigure, playwright (b. 1879)
August 27 – Mitsuko Aoyama, emigrate, wife of Heinrich von Coudenhove-Kalergi (b. 1874)
September 2 – Kei Okami, physician, first Japanese woman to obtain a degree in Western medicine from a Western university (b. 1859)
December 11 – Masaaki Iinuma, aviator, flew the first Japanese-built aircraft from Japan to Western Europe (b. 1912)
December 13 – Shigenori Nishikaichi, military pilot (b. ca.1919)
December 24 – Sueo Ōe, athlete (killed in action) (b. 1914)

References

^ "Hirohito | Biography, Accomplishments, & Facts". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
^ ja:オルガノ#沿革 (Japanese language edition) Ritreveted date on May 24, 2020.

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

[2] :オルガノ#沿革 (Japanese language edition) Ritreveted date on May 24, 2020.

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 {{One source|date=March 2019}}
 {{Year in Japan|1941}}
-Events in the year '''1941 in [[Japan]]'''. It corresponds to '''[[Shōwa period|Shōwa]] 16''' (昭和16年) in the [[Japanese calendar]].
+Events in the year '''1941 in [[Japan]]'''. It corresponds to '''[[Shōwa era|Shōwa]] 16''' (昭和16年) in the [[Japanese calendar]].
 ==Incumbents==
 *[[Emperor of Japan|Emperor]]: [[Hirohito]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Hirohito {{!}} Biography, Accomplishments, & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Hirohito |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=27 March 2019 |language=en}}</ref>
 *[[Prime Minister of Japan|Prime Minister]]:
-**[[Fumimaro Konoe]]: until October 18
+**[[Fumimaro Konoe]] (until October 18)
-**[[Hideki Tōjō]]: from October 18
+**[[Hideki Tōjō]] (starting October 18)
 ===Governors===
-*[[List of governors of Aichi Prefecture|Aichi Prefecture]]: [[]]
+*[[List of governors of Aichi Prefecture|Aichi Prefecture]]: [[Kodama Kyuichi]] (until 26 March); [[Yukisawa Chiyoji]] (starting 26 March)
-*Akita Prefecture: [[]]
+*Akita Prefecture: [[Fumi]]
-*Aomori Prefecture: [[]]
+*Aomori Prefecture: [[Seiichi Ueda]]
-*Ehime Prefecture: [[]]
+*Ehime Prefecture: [[Shizuo Furukawa]] (until 4 November); [[Susumu Nakamura Noriyuki]] (starting 4 November)
-*Fukui Prefecture: [[]]
+*Fukui Prefecture: [[Kubota]]
-*Fukushima Prefecture: [[]]
+*Fukushima Prefecture: [[Sumio Hisakawa]]
-*Gifu Prefecture: [[]]
+*Gifu Prefecture: [[Miyano Shozo]] (until 7 January); [[Tetsushin Sudo]] (starting 7 January)
-*Gunma Prefecture: [[]]
+*Gunma Prefecture: [[Susukida Yoshitomo]] (until 20 October); [[Goro Murata]] (starting 20 October)
-*[[Governors of Hiroshima Prefecture|Hiroshima Prefecture]]: [[]]
+*[[Governors of Hiroshima Prefecture|Hiroshima Prefecture]]: [[Katsuroku Aikawa]] (until 26 March); [[Tokiji Yoshinaga]] (starting 26 March)
-*[[List of governors of Ibaraki Prefecture|Ibaraki Prefecture]]: [[]]
+*[[List of governors of Ibaraki Prefecture|Ibaraki Prefecture]]: [[Tokitsugi Yoshinaga]] (until 26 March); [[Kanichi Naito]] (starting 26 March)
-*Iwate Prefecture: [[]]
+*Iwate Prefecture: [[Yoshifumi Yamauchi]]
-*Kagawa Prefecture: [[]]
+*Kagawa Prefecture: [[Osamu Eianhyaku]]
-*[[List of governors of Kanagawa Prefecture|Kanagawa Prefecture]]: [[]]
+*[[List of governors of Kanagawa Prefecture|Kanagawa Prefecture]]: [[Mitsuma Matsumura]]
+*Kochi Prefecture: [[Tomoichi Koyama]] (until 7 January); [[Naoaki Hattori]] (starting 7 January)
-*[[List of governors of Kumamoto Prefecture|Kumamoto Prefecture]]: [[]]
-*Kochi Prefecture: [[]]
+*[[List of governors of Kumamoto Prefecture|Kumamoto Prefecture]]: [[Chioji Yukisawa]]
-*[[List of governors of Kyoto Prefecture|Kyoto Prefecture]]: [[]]
+*[[List of governors of Kyoto Prefecture|Kyoto Prefecture]]: [[Ando Kyoushirou]]
-*Mie Prefecture: [[]]
+*Mie Prefecture: [[Yoshiro Nakano]]
-*[[List of governors of Miyagi Prefecture|Miyagi Prefecture]]: [[]]
+*[[List of governors of Miyagi Prefecture|Miyagi Prefecture]]: [[Nobuo Hayashin]] (starting 7 January)
-*Miyazaki Prefecture: [[]]
+*Miyazaki Prefecture: [[Toru Hasegawa]] (until 7 January); [[Osafume Katsumi]] (starting 7 January)
-*[[List of governors of Nagano Prefecture|Nagano Prefecture]]: [[]]
+*[[List of governors of Nagano Prefecture|Nagano Prefecture]]: [[Noburo Suzuki]]
-*[[List of governors of Niigata Prefecture|Niigata Prefecture]]: [[]]
+*[[List of governors of Niigata Prefecture|Niigata Prefecture]]: [[Yasui Seiichiro]] (until 7 January); [[Doi Shohei]] (starting 7 January)
+*[[Governor of Okinawa Prefecture|Okinawa Prefecture]]: [[Fusataro Fuchigami]] (until 7 January); [[Hajime Hayakawa]] (starting 7 January)
-*Oita Prefecture: [[]]
+*[[List of governors of Saga Prefecture|Saga Prefecture]]: [[:ja:真崎長年|Masaki]] (until 26 March); {{ill|Yue Yue (civil servant)|lt=Yue Yue|ja|生悦住求馬}} (starting 26 March)
-*[[Governor of Okinawa Prefecture|Okinawa Prefecture]]: [[]]
-*[[List of governors of Osaka|Osaka Prefecture]]: [[]]
+*[[List of governors of Saitama Prefecture|Saitama Prefecture]]: [[Toki Ginjiro]] (until 7 April); [[Miyano Shozo]] (starting 7 April)
-*[[List of governors of Saga Prefecture|Saga Prefecture]]: [[]]
+*Shiname Prefecture: [[Yasuo Otsubo]]
-*[[List of governors of Saitama Prefecture|Saitama Prefecture]]: [[]]
+*Tochigi Prefecture: [[Saburo Yamagata]]
+*[[Governor of Tokyo|Tokyo]]: [[Okada Shuzo]] (until 7 January); [[Jitsuzo Kawanishi]] (starting 7 January)
-*[[List of governors of Shiga Prefecture|Shiga Prefecture]]: [[]]
+*Toyama Prefecture: [[Kenzo Yano]] (until 7 January); [[Kingo Machimura]] (starting 7 January)
-*Shiname Prefecture: [[]]
-*Tochigi Prefecture: [[]]
+*Yamagata Prefecture: [[Hee Yamauchi]]
-*Tokushima Prefecture: [[]]
-*[[Governor of Tokyo|Tokyo]]: [[]]
-*Tottori Prefecture: [[]]
-*Toyama Prefecture: [[]]
-*Yamagata Prefecture: [[]]
-*Yamaguchi Prefecture: [[]]
-*Yamanashi Prefecture: [[]]
 ==Events==
@@ Line 56: / Line 49: @@
 *September 6-October 8 – [[Battle of Changsha (1941)]]
 *September 16 – An express train collision with standing local passenger train in [[Aboshi Station]], [[Himeji]], [[Hyogo Prefecture]]. Total 85 persons were fatalities, 71 persons were wounded, according to Railway Ministry of Japan official confirmed report.{{citation needed|date=May 2020}}
-*October 22 – [[Takahito, Prince Mikasa]] marries Yuriko Takagi henceforth [[Yuriko, Princess Mikasa]]
+*October 22 – [[Takahito, Prince Mikasa]] (younger brother of Emperor Hirohito) marries Yuriko Takagi, henceforth [[Yuriko, Princess Mikasa]].
 *November Unknown – Toyō Optical and glass Manufacturing, as predecessor of [[Optical instrument|optical instrument brand]], [[Hoya Corporation|Hoya]] was founded.{{citation needed|date=October 2021}}
-*December 7 – [[Attack on Pearl Harbor]]
+*December 7 – [[Attack on Pearl Harbor]], the beginning of the [[Pacific War]] of [[World War II]]
 *December 7–13 – [[Niihau Incident]]
 *December 8–10 – [[Battle of Guam (1941)]]
 *December 8–23 – [[Battle of Wake Island]]
 *December 8–25 – [[Battle of Hong Kong]]
+*December 8–February 15, 1942 – [[Malayan campaign]]
 ==Births==
@@ Line 69: / Line 63: @@
 *January 22 – [[Rintaro]], anime director
 *May 7 – [[Kinichi Hagimoto]], comedian
+*June 29 – [[Chieko Baisho]], actress and singer
 *July 8 – [[Masayuki Minami]] , volleyball player(d. [[2000 in Japan |2000]])
 *August 26 – [[Akiko Wakabayashi]], actress
-*September 10 – [[Gunpei Yokoi]], creator of [[Game Boy]] and [[Game & Watch]] handheld systems (b. [[1997 in Japan|1997]])
+*September 10 – [[Gunpei Yokoi]], creator of [[Game Boy]] and [[Game & Watch]] handheld systems (d. [[1997 in Japan|1997]])
 *November 21 – [[Eiji Kanie]], voice actor (d. [[1985 in Japan|1985]])
 *December 10 – [[Kyu Sakamoto]], singer and actor (d. [[1985 in Japan|1985]])
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+[[Category:1941 by country]]
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+[[Category:1941 in Asia]]

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Revision as of 09:13, 11 May 2024

Incumbents

Governors

Events

Births

Deaths

See also

References