1941 in Japan
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Events in the year 1941 in Japan. It corresponds to Shōwa 16 (昭和16年) in the Japanese calendar.
Incumbents
- Emperor: Hirohito[1]
- Prime Minister:
- Fumimaro Konoe: until October 18
- Hideki Tōjō: from October 18
Events
- January 25 – Panjiayu tragedy
- January 30-March 1 – Battle of South Henan
- March – Western Hubei Operation
- March 14-April 9 – Battle of Shanggao
- May 7–27 – Battle of South Shanxi
- September 6-October 8 – Battle of Changsha (1941)
- October 22 – Takahito, Prince Mikasa marries Yuriko Takagi henceforth Yuriko, Princess Mikasa
- December 7 – Attack on Pearl Harbor
- December 7–13 – Niihau Incident
- December 8–10 – Battle of Guam (1941)
- December 8–23 – Battle of Wake Island
- December 8–25 – Battle of Hong Kong
Births
- January 3 – Judi Yassin, actress
- January 5 – Hayao Miyazaki, film director, producer, screenwriter, animator, author, and manga artist
- January 22 – Rintaro, anime director
- July 8 – Masayuki Minami , volleyball player(d. 2000)
- August 26 – Akiko Wakabayashi, actress
- September 10 – Gunpei Yokoi, creator of Game Boy and Game & Watch handheld systems (b. 1997)
- November 21 – Eiji Kanie, voice actor (d. 1985)
- December 10 – Kyu Sakamoto, singer and actor (d. 1985)
Deaths
- January 22 – Hayashi Tadataka, former daimyō (b. 1848)
- August 22 – Hasegawa Shigure, playwright (b. 1879)
- August 27 – Mitsuko Aoyama, emigrate, wife of Heinrich von Coudenhove-Kalergi (b. 1874)
- September 2 – Kei Okami, physician, first Japanese woman to obtain a degree in Western medicine from a Western university (b. 1859)
- December 11 – Masaaki Iinuma, aviator, flew the first Japanese-built aircraft from Japan to Europe (b. 1912)
- December 13 – Shigenori Nishikaichi, military pilot (b. ca.1919)
- December 24 – Sueo Ōe, athlete (killed in action) (b. 1914)
See also
References
- ^ "Hirohito | Biography, Accomplishments, & Facts". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 27 March 2019.