1948 in Japan

1948 in Japan

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1948 was the 23nd year of the Showa period in Japan and the fourth year of the Allied occupation.

Incumbents

*Emperor: Hirohito
*Prime Minister: Tetsu Katayama, Hitoshi Ashida, Shigeru Yoshida
*Supreme Commander Allied Powers: Douglas MacArthur

Events

*March 10: Hitoshi Ashida becomes prime minister
*May 1: Japan Coast Guard founded.
*September 24: Honda Motor Company founded.
*October 5: Ashida cabinet resigns.
*October 15: Shigeru Yoshida becomes prime minister for a second term.
*November 12: International Military Tribunal for the Far East hands down death sentences for 7 war criminals and imprisonment for 18 others.
*December 7: Ashida arrested in connection with the Showa Electric scandal.

Births

*January 29: Mamoru Mori, astronaut
*January 31: Muneo Suzuki, politician

Deaths

*April 17: Kantaro Suzuki, admiral and former prime minister
*April 20: Mitsumasa Yonai, admiral and former prime minister
*June 13: Osamu Dazai, novelist
*December 23: Hideki Tojo, Seishiro Itagaki, Heitaro Kimura, Kenji Doihara, Koki Hirota, Iwane Matsui and Akira Muto executed.


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