Events from the year 1925 in Japan. It corresponds to TaishÃ
 14 (大æ£14å¹´) in the Japanese calendar.
Incumbents
Governors
Events
- January 20 – SovietâÂÂJapanese Basic Convention is signed between the Empire of Japan and the Soviet Union. Ratifications were exchanged in Beijing on February 26, 1925. The agreement was registered in the League of Nations Treaty Series on May 20, 1925.
- March 5 – Nippon Air Brake (Nabco) was founded in Kobe, as predecessor of Nabtesco.
- March 7 – The Public Security Preservation Law of 1925 (æ²»å®Âç¶ÂæÂÂæ³Â, Chian Iji HÃ
Â) is passed in the diet. It forbade conspiracy and revolt, and it criminalized socialism and communism. It was one of the most significant laws of pre-war Japan.
- March – A nation's first license radio station, NHK Radio One, an official broadcasting service start in Tokyo, following start on June 1 in Osaka and July 15 in Nagoya.
- April Unknown date – Sanki Engineering was founded.
- May 1 – Matsuya Department Store of Ginza was open in Tokyo.
- May 5 – The General Election Law (æ®éÂÂé¸æÂÂæ³Â, Futsu Senkyo HÃ
Â) was passed, giving all men above age 25 the right to vote.
- May 12 – The Public Security Preservation Law is enacted.
- May 23 – 1925 Kita Tajima earthquake
- November 13 – The University of Tokyo Earthquake Research Institute is founded.
- December 28 – The Tokyo-based sumo association absorbed its Osaka-based rival to form the .
Births
- January 11 – KihachirÃ
 Kawamoto, film director, screenwriter and animator (d. 2010)
- January 14 – Yukio Mishima, author, poet, and playwright (d. 1970)
- January 28 – Yasuji Mori, animator (d. 1992)
- February 26 – Hitoshi Takagi, voice actor (d. 2004)
- February 27 – Shoichiro Toyoda, business executive (d. 2023)
- March 12 – Leo Esaki, physicist, Nobel laureate
- May 10 – , announcer and politician (d. 1990)
- July 12 – Yasushi Akutagawa, composer and conductor (d. 1989)
- August 13 – Asao Sano, actor (d. 2022)
- November 30 – GenshÃ
 Imanari, literature academic (d. 2020)
- December 6 – Shigeko, Princess Teru, later "Shigeko Higashikuni", eldest child of Emperor ShÃ
Âwa (d. 1961)
Deaths
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References