1953 in Japan

Decades:	1930s; 1940s; 1950s; 1960s; 1970s;
See also:	Other events of 1955; History of Japan; Timeline; Years;

Events in the year 1953 in Japan.

Incumbents

Emperor: Hirohito^[1]
Prime minister: Shigeru Yoshida (Liberal Democratic)
Chief Cabinet Secretary: Taketora Ogata until March 24, Kenji Fukunaga
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court: Kōtarō Tanaka
President of the House of Representatives: Banboku Ōno until March 14, Yasujirō Tsutsumi from May 18
President of the House of Councillors: Naotake Satō until May 19, Yahachi Kawai

Governors

Aichi Prefecture: Mikine Kuwahara
Akita Prefecture: Tokuji Ikeda
Aomori Prefecture: Bunji Tsushima
Chiba Prefecture: Hitoshi Shibata
Ehime Prefecture: Sadatake Hisamatsu
Fukui Prefecture: Harukazu Obata
Fukuoka Prefecture: Katsuji Sugimoto
Fukushima Prefecture: Sakuma Ootake
Gifu Prefecture: Kamon Muto
Gunma Prefecture: Shigeo Kitano
Hiroshima Prefecture: Hiroo Ōhara
Hokkaido: Toshifumi Tanaka
Hyogo Prefecture: Masaru Sakamoto
Ibaraki Prefecture: Yoji Tomosue
Ishikawa Prefecture: Wakio Shibano
Iwate Prefecture: Kenkichi Kokubun
Kagawa Prefecture: Masanori Kaneko
Kagoshima Prefecture: Katsushi Terazono
Kanagawa Prefecture: Iwataro Uchiyama
Kochi Prefecture: Wakaji Kawamura
Kumamoto Prefecture: Saburō Sakurai
Kyoto Prefecture: Torazō Ninagawa
Mie Prefecture: Masaru Aoki
Miyagi Prefecture: Otogorō Miyagi
Miyazaki Prefecture: Nagashige Tanaka
Nagano Prefecture: Torao Hayashi
Nagasaki Prefecture: Takejirō Nishioka
Nara Prefecture: Ryozo Okuda
Niigata Prefecture: Shohei Okada
Oita Prefecture: Tokuju Hosoda
Okayama Prefecture: Yukiharu Miki
Osaka Prefecture: Bunzō Akama
Saga Prefecture: Naotsugu Nabeshima
Saitama Prefecture: Yuuichi Oosawa
Shiga Prefecture: Kotaro Mori
Shiname Prefecture: Yasuo Tsunematsu
Shizuoka Prefecture: Toshio Saitō
Tochigi Prefecture: Juukichi Kodaira
Tokushima Prefecture: Kuniichi Abe
Tokyo: Seiichirō Yasui
Tottori Prefecture: Shigeru Endo
Toyama Prefecture: Kunitake Takatsuji
Wakayama Prefecture: Shinji Ono
Yamagata Prefecture: Michio Murayama
Yamaguchi Prefecture: Tatsuo Tanaka (until 24 March); Taro Ozawa (starting 30 April)
Yamanashi Prefecture: Hisashi Amano

Events

date unknown – The Japanese 10 yen coin is issued with serrated edges for a 5-year period, beginning in 1953. All 10 yen coins since have had smooth edges.
June–August – Heavy massive rain, landslides, and flooding in western and southwestern Japan kill an estimated 2,566, and injure 9,433, mainly at Kizugawa, Wakayama, Kumamoto, and Kitakyushu.
January 4 – NHK Radio broadcasts its first live marathon coverage.
June 18 – Tachikawa air disaster - 129 die after a United States Air Force Douglas C-124 Globemaster II crashes shortly after taking off from Tachikawa Airfield.
June 25 – 1953 North Kyushu flood hit in Chikugo River, Kitakyushu and Kumamoto area, 1013 persons were human fatalities, 2775 persons were hurt, according to Japanese government official confirmed report.^{[page needed]}
July 20 – 1953 Kii Peninsula flood, according to Japanese government official confirmed report, 1124 persons were human fatalities, 5819 persons were wounded.^{[page needed]}
August 15 – 1953 South Yamashiro flood, 429 person were human fatalities, with 994 person were hurt, according to Japanese government official confirmed report.^{[page needed]}
September 23 – 1953 Typhoon Tess, 478 person were human fatalities, with 2559 persons were hurt, Japanese government official confirmed report.^{[page needed]}
December 25 – The Amami Islands are returned to Japan from the US military following 8 years of occupation.

A flood swept damage in Kokura of 1953 North Kyushu flood
Damage in Ōkawara station by 1953 South Yamashiro Flood

Births

January 9
- Shigeru So, former long-distance runner
- Takeshi So, former long-distance runner
January 29 - Yorie Terauchi, actress
February 4 - Kitarō, New Age musician
February 13 - Kaoru Kurimoto, novelist and writer (d. 2009)
February 23 – Satoru Nakajima, racing car driver
February 28 - Kōzō Murashita, singer and songwriter (d. 1999)
March 2 – Kazuo Kitagawa, politician(Komeito)^[2]
March 18 - Takashi Yoshimatsu, composer
May 1 – Mayumi Aoki, swimmer
May 4 – Masashi Ebara, actor and voice actor
June 4 - Susumu Ojima, entrepreneur
June 6 - June Yamagishi, Japanese guitarist
July 12 – Akinobu Mayumi, former professional baseball player and coach
July 14 – Katsuya Okada, politician
July 19 - Shōichi Nakagawa, politician (d. 2009)
July 31 - Tōru Furuya, actor, voice actor and narrator
August 4 – Masataka Nashida, former professional baseball player and coach
November 28 - Taeko Onuki, singer-songwriter
December 6 - Masami Kurumada, manga artist and writer
December 9 – Hiromitsu Ochiai, former professional baseball player and coach
December 17 - Ikue Mori, drummer, composer, graphic designer
December 28 - Tatsumi Fujinami, professional wrestler

Deaths

January 4 - Yasuhito, Prince Chichibu
February 19 - Nobutake Kondō, admiral
May 28 - Tatsuo Hori, writer, poet and translator (b. 1904)
July 7 - Tsumasaburō Bandō, actor
September 7 - Nobuyuki Abe, politician, military leader, Prime Minister

References

^ "Hirohito | Biography, Accomplishments, & Facts". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
^ "Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport". Naikaku Sōri Daijin Kantei. Archived from the original on 20 February 2013. Retrieved 3 February 2024.

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

[2] "Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport". Naikaku Sōri Daijin Kantei. Archived from the original on 20 February 2013. Retrieved 3 February 2024.

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