Events in the year 1943 in Japan.
Incumbents Emperor: Hirohito Prime Minister: Hideki Tōjō
Governors Aichi Prefecture: Yukisawa Chiyoji (until 1 July); Shinji Yoshino (starting 1 July) Akita Prefecture: Fumi (until 1 January); Katsumi Osafune (starting 1 July) Aomori Prefecture: Shunsuke Yamada (until 31 March); Utsunomiya Kohei (starting 31 March) Ehime Prefecture: Ryuichi Fukumoto (until 1 July); Aikawa Katsuroku (starting 1 July) Fukui Prefecture: Nagano Wakamatsu (until 16 July); Hatsuo Kato (starting 16 July) Fukushima Prefecture: Yoshio Araki (until 30 June); Koichi Kameyama (starting 1 July) Gifu Prefecture: Miyoshi Shigeo Gunma Prefecture: Goro Murata (until 22 April); Shinoyama Chiyuki (starting 22 April) Hiroshima Prefecture: Saiichiro Miyamura (until 1 July); Sukenari Yokoyama (starting 1 July) Ibaraki Prefecture: Tsujiyama (until 1 July); Sieve Yoshimi (starting 1 July) Iwate Prefecture: Osamuzo Suzuki Kagawa Prefecture: Yoshiji Kosuga Kochi Prefecture: Naoaki Hattori (until 1 July); Saburo Takahashi (starting 1 July) Kumamoto Prefecture: Hikari Akira Kyoto Prefecture: Ando Kyoushirou (until August); Chiyoji Yukizawa (starting August) Mie Prefecture: Yoshiro Nakano (until 1 July); Yoshio Mochinaga (starting 1 July) Miyagi Prefecture: Otomaru Kato (until 1 July); Nobuya Uchida (starting 1 July) Miyazaki Prefecture: Osafume Katsumi (until 1 July); Tadao Nishihiro (starting 1 July) Nagano Prefecture: Nagoya Osamu (until 10 January); Yoshio Koriyama (starting 10 January) Niigata Prefecture: Doi Shohei (until 1 February); Maeda Tamon (starting 1 February) Oita Prefecture: Ito Hisamatsu (until 1 May) Okinawa Prefecture: Hajime Hayakawa (until 1 July); Osamu Mori Izumi (starting 1 July) Saga Prefecture: Saitama Prefecture: Toshio Otsu (until 1 July); Sudo Tetsushin (starting 1 July) Shiname Prefecture: Goro Koizumi (until 10 October); Takeo Yamada (starting 10 October) Tochigi Prefecture: Soma Toshio Tokyo: Matsumura Miro (until 1 July); Shigeo Daitachi (starting 1 July) Toyama Prefecture: Kingo Machimura (until 23 April); Saka Shinya (starting 23 April) Yamagata Prefecture: Akira Saito
Events January 14 – February 7 – Operation Ke January 29–30 – Battle of Rennell Island January 29–31 – Battle of Wau March 2–4 – Battle of the Bismarck Sea March 27 – Battle of the Komandorski Islands May 11–30 – Battle of Attu June 28 – July 1 – Battle of Viru Harbor June 30 – July 3 – Battle of Wickham Anchorage July 6 – Battle of Kula Gulf July 10–11 – Battle of Enogai July 12/13 – Battle of Kolombangara July 20 – Battle of Bairoko July 22 – August 4 – Battle of Munda Point August 6–7 – Battle of Vella Gulf August 17–18 – Battle off Horaniu September 10 – 1943 Tottori earthquake October 27 – November 12 – Battle of the Treasury Islands November 7–8 – Battle of Koromokina Lagoon November 18–25 – Battle of Piva Forks November 20–23 – Battle of Tarawa November 20–23 – Battle of Makin
Films Sanshiro Sugata Momotarō no Umiwashi
Births
January 7 – Sadako Sasaki, hibakusha (d. 1955) January 15 – Kirin Kiki, actress (d. 2018) January 19 – Haruo Yasuda, golfer February 20 – Antonio Inoki, wrestler February 22 – Otoya Yamaguchi, assassin (d. 1960) April 3 – Hikaru Saeki, Japanese admiral, the first female star officer of the Japan Self-Defense Forces April 5 – Fighting Harada, boxer (real name Masahiko Harada) May 4 – Michiyo Azusa, singer and actress (real name Michiyo Hayashi) (d. 2020) June 20 – Masayuki Uemura, engineer and video game producer (d. 2021)Masayuki Uemura, Creator Of The NES and SNES, HasPassed Away August 17 – Yukio Kasaya, ski jumper September 16 – Tadamasa Goto, Japanese yakuza boss November 20 – Mie Hama, actress December 2 – Kiwako Taichi, actress (d. 1992) December 11 – Mariko Kaga, actress
Deaths June 9- Mie Dong Long, film maker February 4 – Senjūrō Hayashi, Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1876) March 19 Tsugi Takano, poet (b. 1890) Fujishima Takeji, painter (b. 1867) April 18 – Isoroku Yamamoto, admiral (b. 1884) May 29 – Yasuyo Yamasaki, army officer (b. 1891) June 11 – Heisuke Abe, general (b. 1886) July 6 – Teruo Akiyama, admiral (b. 1891) July 12/13 – Shunji Isaki, admiral (b. 1892) July 18 – Miyake Kaho, novelist, essayist and poet (b. 1868) August 21 – Hirohide Fushimi, lieutenant Commander (b. 1912) August 22 – Tōson Shimazaki, author (b. 1872) September 10 – Takeshi Sakurada, lieutenant general (b. 1891) October 16 – Yanagihara Naruko, lady-in-waiting and concubine (b. 1859) October 17 –Denji Kuroshima, author (b. 1898) November 20 – Keiji Shibazaki, rear admiral (b. 1894) November 26 – Kiyoto Kagawa, admiral (killed in action) (b. 1895)
See also List of Japanese films of the 1940s
References