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1957 in Japan

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{{Year in Japan|1957}}

Events in the year 1957 in Japan. It corresponds to Shōwa 32 (昭和32年)) in the Japanese calendar.

Incumbents

  • Emperor: Hirohito{{cite web |title=Hirohito {{!}} Biography, Accomplishments, & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Hirohito |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=27 March 2019 |language=en}}
  • Prime Minister: Tanzan Ishibashi{{cite web |title=Ishibashi Tanzan {{!}} prime minister of Japan |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ishibashi-Tanzan |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=17 June 2020 |language=en}} (until 31 January), then Kishi Nobusuke{{cite book |last1=Helms |first1=Ludger |title=Poor Leadership and Bad Governance: Reassessing Presidents and Prime Ministers in North America, Europe and Japan |date=2012 |publisher=Edward Elgar Publishing |isbn=978-0-85793-273-0 |page=178 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=20P_fLri4uUC&pg=PA178 |language=en}}

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Events

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  • April 1 – Yoyogi Seminar Cram School was founded.:ja:代々木ゼミナール#沿革 (Japanese language edition) Retrieved on 16 June 2020.
  • April 12 - According to Japan Coast Guard official confirmed report, a sightseeing boat Kitagawa Maru No 5 capsize by overcrowded off Onomichi, Hiroshima Prefecture, 113 persons perished, with 49 persons wounded.[:ja:第五北川丸事故] (Japanese language edition) Retrieved date on 6 January 2020.
  • May 8 - Coca-Cola, full-scale sale start in Japan.{{page needed|date=January 2020}}
  • June 20 – Toru Takemitsu's Requiem for Strings is first performed, by the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra.{{cite web|title=Toru Takemitsu – Chronology|url=http://www.schott-music.com/shop/persons/featured/toru-takemitsu/vitae/|publisher=Schott Music|access-date=2013-02-01|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130216182859/http://www.schott-music.com/shop/persons/featured/toru-takemitsu/vitae/|archive-date=February 16, 2013|url-status=dead}}
  • July 25–28 - According to Japanese government official confirmed report, heavy massive torrential rain and flood swept hit around Isahaya, Kyushu Island. 992 persons lost their lives in mudslides and flooding.[:ja:諫早豪雨] (Japanese language edition) Retrieved date on 6 January 2019.
  • October 27 – According to Fire and Disaster Management Agency has official report, An apartment house caught fire by arsonist relative insurance fraud in Akishima, Tokyo, kills eight persons, injures six persons, Japan National Police Agency official report, a suspicion was arrested on March 8, 1958.:ja:昭和郷アパート放火事件 (Japanese language edition) Retrieved date on September 14, 2023.
  • November 15 - A first section Nagoya to Sakae of Nagoya Municipal Subway Higashiyama Line operation started in Aichi Prefecture.{{Cite web|date=2014|title=Nagoya Municipal Subway|url=http://www.jametro.or.jp/en/japan/nagoya.html|url-status=live|website=Japan Subway Association|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170105142143/http://www.jametro.or.jp:80/en/japan/nagoya.html |archive-date=2017-01-05 }}{{citation needed|date=June 2021}}

Births

Deaths

  • January 18 – Tomitaro Makino, pioneering botanist (b. 1862)
  • January 25
  • Ichizō Kobayashi, businessman, founded Hankyu Hanshin Holdings (b. 1873)
  • Kiyoshi Shiga, physician and bacteriologist (b. 1871)
  • January 26 – Mamoru Shigemitsu, diplomat and politician (b. 1887){{cite news |date=January 26, 1957|title=Mamoru Shigemitsu, 69, Dead; Surrendered for Japan to Allies; Former Foreign Minister Was Imprisoned for War Crime --Led Nation Into U.N. Made Peace Overtures Entered Foreign Ministry Tried With Tojo |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/01/26/archives/mamoru-shigemitsu-69-dead-surrendered-for-japan-to-allies-former.html|work=The New York Times |access-date=August 15, 2020}}
  • September 22 – Toyoda Soemu, Japanese admiral (b. 1885)

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