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Events in the year1945 in Japan.

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

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

Governors

Aichi Prefecture:
- until 21 April:Shinji Yoshino
- 21 April-10 June:Tadayoshi Obata
- starting 10 June:Ryuichi Fukumoto
Akita Prefecture:Tadashi Hisayasuhiroshi (until 27 October);Kinsaburo Ikeda (starting 27 October)
Aomori Prefecture:Hiroo Oshima (until 21 April);Motohiko Kanai (starting 21 April)
Ehime Prefecture:
- until 21 April:Chiyoji Kizawa
- 21 April-27 October:Hiroyuki Doi
- starting 27 October:Shotaro Toshima
Fukui Prefecture:Hatsuo Kato (until 21 April);Eminai Miyata (starting 21 April)
Fukushima Prefecture:Koichi Kameyama (until 27 October);Ishii Masakazu (starting 27 October)
Gifu Prefecture:
- until 21 October:Masami Hashimoto
- 21 April-27 October:Okino Saturo
- starting 27 October:Yoshihira Nomura
Gunma Prefecture:Toshio Takahashi
Hiroshima Prefecture:
- until 21 April:Mitsuma Matsumura
- 21 April-10 June:Korekiyo Otsuka
- 10 June-11 October:Genshin Takano
- 11 October-27 October:Kyuichi Kodama
- starting 27 October:Tsunei Kusunose
Ibaraki Prefecture:
- until 21 April:Hisashi Imai
- 21 April-19 August:Masami Hashimoto
- starting 19 August:Yoji Tomosue
Iwate Prefecture:Tamemasu Miyata (until 21 April);Tamemasu Miyata (starting 21 April)
Kagawa Prefecture:
- until 21 January:Yoshiji Kosuga
- 21 January-21 April:Osamu Mori Izumi
- 21 April-26 October:Masami Kimura
- starting 26 October:Shogo Tanaka
Kochi Prefecture:
- until 21 April:Saburo Takahashi
- 21 April-25 October:Kurihara Haya
- starting 25 October:Nagano Yoshitatsu
Kumamoto Prefecture:Soga Kajimatsu (until 27 October);Hirai Fumi (starting 27 October)
Kyoto Prefecture:
- until June:Arai Zentaro
- June-October:Shigeo Miyoshi
- starting October:Atsushi Kimura
Mie Prefecture:
- until 21 May:Yoshio Mochinaga
- 21 May-27 October:Shigeo Shimizu
- starting 27 October:Kobayashi Chiaki
Miyagi Prefecture:
- until 10 June:Tsurukichi Maruyama
- 10 June-27 October:Motome Ikezumi
- starting 27 October:Saburo Chiba
Miyazaki Prefecture:Akira Taniguchi (until 27 October);Tadao Annaka (starting 27 October)
Nagano Prefecture:Yasuo Otsubo (until 27 October);Monobe Kaoruro (starting 27 October)
Niigata Prefecture:
- until 1 February:Hatada Masatomi
- 1 February-9 April:Kingo Chisato
- starting 9 April:Hatada Masatomi
Oita Prefecture:Motoharu Nakamura (until 27 October)
Okinawa Prefecture:
- until 3 April:Osamu Mori Izumi
- 12 January-3 April:Akira Shimada
- starting 20 August:Koshin Shikiya
Saga Prefecture:Miyazaki Kenta (until 27 October);Genichi Okimori (starting 27 October)
Saitama Prefecture:Ryuichi Fukumoto (until 19 August);Sekigaiyo Otoko (starting 19 August)
Shiname Prefecture:Takeo Yamada (until 12 September);Kiyoshi Ito (starting 12 September)
Tochigi Prefecture:Soma Toshio
Tokyo:Nisho Toshizo (until 23 August);Hisatada Hirose (starting 23 August)
Toyama Prefecture:Shigero Okamoto (until 27 October);Keiichi Yoshitake (starting 27 October)
Yamagata Prefecture:
- until 21 April:Michio Murayama
- 21 April-27 October:Zhi Sasayama
- starting 27 October:Michio Murayama

Events

Atomic bombing of Nagasaki, August 9.

Douglas MacArthur and Emperor Hirohito.

February 18 - U.S. Marines land onIwo Jima.
March 10 - Major bombing ofTokyo
March 12 - First bombing ofNagoya.
March 13 - First bombing ofOsaka.
March 26 - U.S. forces win theBattle of Iwo Jima, defeating the last remaining troops led byTadamichi Kuribayashi.
April 7 - TheJapanese battleship Yamato is sunk.
April 7 -Koiso Cabinet resigns andKantarō Suzuki formshis cabinet.
May 24 - Second major bombing of Tokyo.
May 29 - First bombing ofYokohama.
July 26 - Allies issuePotsdam Declaration; Japan refuses to agree to its terms.
August 6 -Atomic bombing of Hiroshima.
August 8 - Soviet Union declareswar on Japan.
August 9 -Atomic bombing of Nagasaki.^[2]
August 15 - Last Allied bombing of Japan takes place inOdawara andTsuchizaki.
August 15 - EmperorHirohito declares Japan's acceptance of the Potsdam Declaration.
August 30 -Douglas MacArthur arrives in Japan.
September 2 - Japanese officials signinstrument of surrender on the deck of theUSS Missouri.
24 September -Hirohito says that he did not want war and blamesTojo for theattack on Pearl Harbor
October 2 - Office of theSupreme Commander Allied Powers is established at theDai-Ichi Seimei Building in Tokyo.
October 5 -Higashikuni Cabinet resigns.
October 9 -Shidehara Cabinet is formed.
October 15 -Peace Preservation Law is repealed.
October 31 –A news agency, Dōmei, officially disbanded, on following day, thenews agency operation in nationwide, which separated intoKyōdō News Service andJiji Press.^{[citation needed]}
November 6 – According toJapan Coast Guard official confirmed report, a passenger shipToyo-maru No 10, capsized off Hakata Island,Seto Inland Sea,Ehime Prefecture, 397 persons were perished.^{[citation needed]}
November 12 – According toFukuoka Prefecture official confirmed report, a large scale explosion, while to Allied Peacekeeping Forces were disposing of weapons hidden byJapanese Imperial Army in Futamata Tunnel inSoeda,Kyushu Island, 147 persons were killed and 149 persons were wounded.^[3]
December 9 – According to Japan Coast Guard official confirmed report, apassenger shipSekirei-maru capsized byovercapacity and rough sea offAkashi,Hyogo Prefecture, total 304 persons were their lost to lives.^[4]
December 17 - Women's suffrage is granted in Diet elections.
December 18 -House of Representatives is dissolved:First post-WWII general election 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 (died1993)
February 25:Toshikatsu Matsuoka, politician (died2007)
March 7:Sadakazu Tanigaki, politician
March 13:Sayuri Yoshinaga, actress
March 14:Komaki Kurihara, actress
June 9:Yūji Aoki, manga artist (died2003)
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 (died2014)
August 20:Tomio Sumimoto, sprint canoer
August 22:Tamori, entertainer
September 3:Fusako Shigenobu, leader of theJapanese Red Army
September 12:Yumiko Fujita, actress
October 2:Shigenobu Murofushi, athlete
October 9:Kiyoko Suizenji, enka singer
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 (died1989)

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 theBoxer Rebellion (b.1860)
December 16:Fumimaro Konoe, former prime minister (suicide) (b.1891)

See also

List of Japanese films of the 1940s

References

^"Hirohito | Biography, Accomplishments, & Facts".Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved27 March 2019.
^"In pictures: Nagasaki bombing".BBC News. 8 August 2015. Retrieved30 April 2021.
^ja:二又トンネル爆発事故(Japanese language edition) Retrieved date on October 17 2021.
^ja:せきれい丸沈没事故(Japanese language edition) Retrieved date on 19 October 2021.

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