1959
in
Japan

Decades:
  • 1930s
  • 1940s
  • 1950s
  • 1960s
  • 1970s
See also:

Events in the year 1959 in Japan.

Incumbents

Governors

  • Aichi Prefecture: Mikine Kuwahara
  • Akita Prefecture: Yūjirō Obata
  • Aomori Prefecture: Iwao Yamazaki
  • Chiba Prefecture: Hitoshi Shibata
  • Ehime Prefecture: Sadatake Hisamatsu
  • Fukui Prefecture: Seiichi Hane (until 22 April); Eizō Kita (starting 23 April)
  • Fukuoka Prefecture: Taichi Uzaki
  • Fukushima Prefecture: Zenichiro Satō
  • Gifu Prefecture: Yukiyasu Matsuno
  • Gunma Prefecture: Toshizo Takekoshi
  • Hiroshima Prefecture: Hiroo Ōhara
  • Hokkaido: Toshifumi Tanaka (until 22 April); Kingo Machimura (starting 23 April)
  • Hyogo Prefecture: Masaru Sakamoto
  • Ibaraki Prefecture: Yoji Tomosue (until 29 March); Nirō Iwakami (starting 23 April)
  • Ishikawa Prefecture: Jūjitsu Taya
  • Iwate Prefecture: Senichi Abe
  • Kagawa Prefecture: Masanori Kaneko
  • Kagoshima Prefecture: Katsushi Terazono
  • Kanagawa Prefecture: Iwataro Uchiyama
  • Kochi Prefecture: Masumi Mizobuchi
  • Kumamoto Prefecture: Saburō Sakurai (until 10 February); Kōsaku Teramoto (starting 11 February)
  • Kyoto Prefecture: Torazō Ninagawa
  • Mie Prefecture: Satoru Tanaka
  • Miyagi Prefecture: Yasushi Onuma (until 12 January); Yoshio Miura (starting 4 March)
  • Miyazaki Prefecture: Jingo Futami (until 22 April); Hiroshi Kuroki (starting 23 April)
  • Nagano Prefecture: Torao Hayashi (until 22 April); Gon'ichirō Nishizawa (starting 26 April)
  • Nagasaki Prefecture: Katsuya Sato
  • Nara Prefecture: Ryozo Okuda
  • Niigata Prefecture: Kazuo Kitamura
  • Oita Prefecture: Kaoru Kinoshita
  • Okayama Prefecture: Yukiharu Miki
  • Osaka Prefecture: Bunzō Akama (until 22 April); Gisen Satō (starting 23 April)
  • Saga Prefecture: Naotsugu Nabeshima (until 16 April); Sunao Ikeda (starting 23 April)
  • Saitama Prefecture: Hiroshi Kurihara
  • Shiga Prefecture: Kyujiro Taniguchi
  • Shiname Prefecture: Yasuo Tsunematsu (until 29 April); Choemon Tanabe (starting 30 April)
  • Shizuoka Prefecture: Toshio Saitō
  • Tochigi Prefecture: Kiichi Ogawa (until 4 February); Nobuo Yokokawa (starting 5 February)
  • Tokushima Prefecture: Kikutaro Hara
  • Tokyo: Seiichirō Yasui (until 18 April); Ryōtarō Azuma (starting 22 April)
  • Tottori Prefecture: Jirō Ishiba
  • Toyama Prefecture: Minoru Yoshida
  • Wakayama Prefecture: Shinji Ono
  • Yamagata Prefecture: Tōkichi Abiko
  • Yamaguchi Prefecture: Taro Ozawa
  • Yamanashi Prefecture: Hisashi Amano

Events

Births

Deaths

References

  1. "Hirohito | Biography, Accomplishments, & Facts". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
  2. Helms, Ludger (2012). Poor Leadership and Bad Governance: Reassessing Presidents and Prime Ministers in North America, Europe and Japan. Edward Elgar Publishing. p. 178. ISBN 978-0-85793-273-0.
  3. "21 Die as Jet Hits School On Okinawa", Oakland Tribune, June 30, 1959, p1
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