Events in the year 1932 in Japan.
Incumbents
Governors
Events
Films
Births
- January 11 – TakkÃ
 Ishimori, voice actor (d. 2013)
- January 30 – Kazuo Inamori, philanthropist, entrepreneur, Zen Buddhist priest, and both founder of Kyocera and KDDI (d. 2022)
- March 7 – Momoko KÃ
Âchi, actress (d. 1998)
- March 26 – Katsumoto Saotome, writer and pacifist (d. 2022)
- March 31 – Nagisa Oshima, film director and screenwriter (d. 2013)
- April 3 – Ineko Arima, film actress
- April 4 – Meisei Goto, author (d. 1999)
- April 16 – Shigeko Sasamori, Hiroshima bombing survivor and peace/anti-nuclear activist (d. 2024)
- June 24 – Hirohisa Fujii, politician and former Finance Minister (d. 2022)
- June 25 – Ichiro Ogimura, table tennis player (d. 1994)
- August 11
- Asei Kobayashi, composer and lyricist (d. 2021)
- Keiko Kishi, film actress, writer, and UNFPA Goodwill Ambassador
- September 10 – Yasuo Yamada, voice actor (d. 1995)
- September 18 – Hisashi Owada, diplomat and law professor
- September 30 – ShintarÃ
 Ishihara, Japanese author and politician (d. 2022)
- October 2 – Masanobu Deme, film director (d. 2016)
- November 20
- Umeko Ando, Ainu singer and musician (d. 2004)
- Yorozuya Kinnosuke, kabuki actor (d. 1996)
- November 23 – Kunie Tanaka, film actor (d. 2021)
- December 13 – Tatsuya Nakadai, film actor (d. 2025)
- December 25 – Jun EtÃ
Â, literary critic (d. 1999)
Deaths
- February 9 – Junnosuke Inoue, businessman and banker (assassinated) (b. 1869)
- March 5 – Dan Takuma, businessman (assassinated) (b. 1858)
- March 24 – MotojirÃ
 Kajii, writer (b. 1901)
- March 26 – Kigoshi Yasutsuna, general (b. 1854)
- May 15 – Inukai Tsuyoshi, politician and Prime Minister of Japan (assassinated) (b. 1855)
- May 26 – Yoshinori Shirakawa, general, (b. 1869)
- June 14 – Yamamoto Yaeko, nurse, wife of Joseph Hardy Neesima (b. 1845)
- July 24 – Hidaka SÃ
ÂnojÃ
Â, admiral (b. 1848)
See also
References