1945 in Japan

1945 in Japan

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1945 was the 20th year of the Showa period in Japan, the last year of World War II and the first year of the Allied occupation.

Incumbents

*Emperor: Hirohito
*Prime Minister: Kuniaki Koiso, Kantaro Suzuki, Prince Higashikuni, Kijuro Shidehara
*Minister of War: Gen Sugiyama, Korechika Anami
*Minister of the Navy: Mitsumasa Yonai
*Supreme Commander Allied Powers: Douglas MacArthur

Events

*January 4: U.S & Filipino forces captured in Baroro Bridge in Bacnotan.
*January 9: U.S. & Filipino forces liberated in Luzon.
*January 26: The Philippine Commonwealth forces and the local guerilla fighters win the Second Battle of Santa Cruz in the town of Santa Cruz, Laguna.
*February 3: U.S. troops entered in Manila.
*February 18: U.S. Marines land on Iwo Jima.
*February 23: U.S. & Filipino forces recapture Manila.
*March 3: U.S. & Filipino forces take Manila.
*March 10: Major bombing of Tokyo, Sendai and Morioka.
*March 12: First bombing of Nagoya.
*March 13: First bombing of Osaka.
*March 26: U.S. forces win the Battle of Iwo Jima, defeating the last remaining troops led by Tadamichi Kuribayashi.
*March 31: Fukuoka Bank is founded.
*April 7: The Japanese battleship Yamato is sunk.
*April 7: Suzuki forms his cabinet.
*May 1: Hiroshima Bank is founded.
*May 24: Second major bombing of Tokyo.
*May 29: First bombing of Yokohama.
*July 14: U.S and Filipino forces at the Battle of Bessang Pass in Northern Luzon.
*July 26: Allies issue Potsdam Declaration; Japan refuses to agree to its terms.
*August 6: Atomic bombing of Hiroshima.
*August 8: Soviet Union declares war on Japan.
*August 9: Atomic bombing of Nagasaki.
*August 15: Last Allied bombing of Japan takes place in Odawara.
*August 15: Emperor Hirohito declares Japan's acceptance of the Potsdam Declaration.
*August 30: Douglas MacArthur arrives in Japan.
*September 2: Japanese officials sign instrument of surrender on the deck of the "USS Missouri".
*September 2: The commanding general of the Imperial Japanese Army by general Tomoyuki Yamashita was surrendered by the American and Filipino troops at Kiangan, Ifugao.
*October 2: Office of the Supreme Commander Allied Powers is established at the Dai-Ichi Seimei Building in Tokyo.
*October 5: Higashikuni cabinet resigns.
*October 9: Shidehara cabinet is formed.
*October 15: Peace Preservation Law is repealed.
*December 17: Women's suffrage is granted in Diet elections.
*December 18: House of Representatives is dissolved: Diet elections called for April 1, 1946.

Births

*January 6: Toshiko Hamayotsu, politician
*March 7: Sadakazu Tanigaki, politician
*July 7: Natsuki Ikezawa, author
*August 9: Yoshinori Kurosawa, musician
*August 22: Tamori, entertainer
*September 3: Fusako Shigenobu, leader of the Japanese Red Army

Deaths

*August 15: Korechika Anami, war leader (suicide)
*December 13: Goro Shiba, military leader during the Boxer Rebellion
*December 16: Fumimaro Konoe, former prime minister (suicide)


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