1943 in Japan

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)
• 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 – SenjÅ«rō 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