1957 in Japan
Events in the year 1957 in Japan. It corresponds to Shōwa 32 (昭和32年)) in the Japanese calendar.
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Incumbents
- Emperor: Hirohito[1]
- Prime Minister: Tanzan Ishibashi[2] (until 31 January), then Kishi Nobusuke[3]
Governors
- Aichi Prefecture: Mikine Kuwahara
- Akita Prefecture: Yūjirō Obata
- Aomori Prefecture: Iwao Yamazaki
- Chiba Prefecture: Hitoshi Shibata
- Ehime Prefecture: Sadatake Hisamatsu
- Fukui Prefecture: Seiichi Hane
- Fukuoka Prefecture: Taichi Uzaki
- Fukushima Prefecture: Sakuma Ootake (until 25 July); Zenichiro Satō (starting 25 August)
- Gifu Prefecture: Kamon Muto
- Gunna Prefecture: Toshizo Takekoshi
- Hiroshima Prefecture: Hiroo Ōhara
- Hokkaido: Toshifumi Tanaka
- Hyogo Prefecture: Masaru Sakamoto
- Ibaraki Prefecture: Yoji Tomosue
- Ishikawa Prefecture: Jūjitsu Taya
- Iwate Prefecture: Senichi Abe
- Kagawa Prefecture: Masanori Kaneko
- Kagoshima Prefecture: Katsushi Terazono
- Kanagawa Prefecture: Iwataro Uchiyama
- Kochi Prefecture: Masumi Mizobuchi
- Kumamoto Prefecture: Saburō Sakurai
- Kyoto Prefecture: Torazō Ninagawa
- Mie Prefecture: Satoru Tanaka
- Miyagi Prefecture: Yasushi Onuma
- Miyazaki Prefecture: Jingo Futami
- Nagano Prefecture: Torao Hayashi
- Nagasaki Prefecture: Takejirō Nishioka
- Nara Prefecture: Ryozo Okuda
- Niigata Prefecture: Kazuo Kitamura
- Oita Prefecture: Kaoru Kinoshita
- Okayama Prefecture: Yukiharu Miki
- Osaka Prefecture: Bunzō Akama
- Saga Prefecture: Naotsugu Nabeshima
- Saitama Prefecture: Hiroshi Kurihara
- Shiga Prefecture: Kotaro Mori
- Shiname Prefecture: Yasuo Tsunematsu
- Shizuoka Prefecture: Toshio Saitō
- Tochigi Prefecture: Kiichi Ogawa
- Tokushima Prefecture: Kikutaro Hara
- Tokyo: Seiichirō Yasui
- Tottori Prefecture: Shigeru Endo
- Toyama Prefecture: Minoru Yoshida
- Wakayama Prefecture: Shinji Ono
- Yamagata Prefecture: Tōkichi Abiko
- Yamaguchi Prefecture: Taro Ozawa
- Yamanashi Prefecture: Hisashi Amano
Events
- 1 April – Yoyogi Seminar Cram School was founded.[4]
- 12 April - According to Japan Coast Guard official confirmed report, a sightseeing boat Kitagawa Maru No 5 capsize by overcrowded off Onomichi, Hiroshima Prefecture, 113 persons perished, with 49 persons wounded.[5]
- 8 May - Coca-Cola, full-scale sale start in Japan.
- 25–28 July - According to Japanese government official confirmed report, heavy massive torrential rain and flood swept hit around Isahaya, Kyushu Island. 992 persons lost their lives.[6]
- 15 November - A first section Nagoya to Sakae of Nagoya Municipal Subway Higashiyama Line operation started in Aichi Prefecture.[7]
Births
- January 18 – Yōko Akino, actress
- January 19 – Fumi Saimon, comic artist
- February 4 – Shigeru Ishiba, politician
- March 10 – Yoshitaka Katori, former professional baseball pitcher
- March 13 – Yoshihiko Takahashi, former professional baseball pitcher
- May 8 – Rino Katase, actress
- May 20 – Yoshihiko Noda, politician and Prime Minister of Japan
- May 22 – Shinji Morisue, gymnast
- June 1 – Yasuhiro Yamashita, chairman of Japan Olympic Comnitee and former judo-ka
- June 24 – Hiroshi Ono, video game artist (d. 2021)
- July 12 – Kazunori Shinozuka, former professional baseball player
- July 17 – Shinobu Ōtake, actress
- September 12 – Keiko Toda voice actress
- September 16 – Hideo Higashikokubaru, former governor of Miyazaki Prefecture and comedian
- October 10 – Rumiko Takahashi, manga artist
- October 16 – Tsuneyuki Nakajima, golfer
- October 25 – Atsushi Ōnita, politician and former wrestler
- October 30 – Jackie Sato, professional wrestler (d. 1999)
- November 25 – Akinobu Okada, former baseball manager and player
- December 15 – Chō, voice actor
- December 17 – Masako Natsume, actress (d. 1985)
- December 19 – Jūrōta Kosugi, voice actor
Deaths
- January 18 – Tomitaro Makino, pioneering botanist (b. 1862)
- January 25
- Ichizō Kobayashi, businessman, founded Hankyu Hanshin Holdings (b. 1873)
- Kiyoshi Shiga, physician and bacteriologist (b. 1871)
References
- "Hirohito | Biography, Accomplishments, & Facts". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
- "Ishibashi Tanzan | prime minister of Japan". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
- Helms, Ludger (2012). Poor Leadership and Bad Governance: Reassessing Presidents and Prime Ministers in North America, Europe and Japan. Edward Elgar Publishing. p. 178. ISBN 978-0-85793-273-0.
- ja:代々木ゼミナール#沿革 (Japanese language edition) Retrieved on 16 June 2020.
- [:ja:第五北川丸事故] (Japanese language edition) Retrieved date on 6 January 2020.
- [:ja:諫早豪雨] (Japanese language edition) Retrieved date on 6 January 2019.
- "Nagoya Municipal Subway". Japan Subway Association. 2014. Archived from the original on 2017-01-05.
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