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1949 in Japan

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{{Year in Japan|1949}}

Events in the year 1949 in Japan.

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Events

  • January 23 - 1949 Japanese general election{{cite book |last1=Pharr |first1=Susan J. |title=Political Women in Japan: The Search for a Place in Political Life |date=8 January 2021 |publisher=Univ of California Press |isbn=978-0-520-35664-1 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=N_nnDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA25 |language=en}}
  • January 26 – A fire breaks out at Hōryū-ji temple in Ikaruga, Nara Prefecture, destroying several murals.{{cite journal |last1=Jones |first1=Murray |title=The Burned Murals of Hōryū-ji. A Transformation of the Gods |journal=Art Journal |date=1966 |volume=25 |issue=3 |pages=238–240 |doi=10.2307/774980 |jstor=774980 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/774980 |issn=0004-3249}}
  • March Unknown date – Mens Shop Ogori, as predecessor of Uniqlo was founded in Ube, Yamaguchi Prefecture.{{citation needed|date=June 2020}}
  • May 16: Opening of Tokyo, Osaka and Nagoya Stock Exchanges.
  • May 25: Ministry of International Trade and Industry formed.
  • June 1: Japanese National Railways become independent of the Ministry of Transportation.
  • June 22: A Typhoon Della, torrential massibie rain and landslide hit, many ship and fishing boat plunged around Uwa Sea, Ehime Prefecture, 468 person were human fatalities, including a passenger ferry Aoba Maru, and 367 persons were hurt, according to Japanese government official confirmed report.{{citation needed|date=November 2020}}
  • July 5 - Shimoyama incident
  • July 15 - Mitaka incident
  • August 17 - Matsukawa derailment
  • September 15: First limited express trains begin operation on JNR lines.
  • October: Hideki Yukawa becomes the first Japanese winner of a Nobel Prize.
  • December 1
  • Izumi Real Estate, later, Sumitomo Realty & Development was founded.{{page needed|date=May 2020}}
  • Marubeni was established that separate from Itochu.{{citation needed|date=June 2020}}
  • December 16 – Auto parts company Denso established.{{cite book |last1=Hong |first1=Paul |last2=Park |first2=YoungWon |title=Building Network Capabilities in Turbulent Competitive Environments: Business Success Stories from the BRICs |date=19 December 2014 |publisher=CRC Press |isbn=978-1-4665-1576-5 |page=134 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0HnNBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA134 |language=en}}

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Births

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Deaths

Statistics

  • Yen value: US$1 = ¥360 (fixed)

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