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Events in the year 1936 in Japan. It corresponds to Shōwa 11 (昭和11年) in the Japanese calendar.

Incumbents

Emperor: Hirohito^[1]
Prime Minister:
- Keisuke Okada, until March 9
- Kōki Hirota, from March 9

Events

February 5 – Japanese Baseball League is founded.
February 6 – Ricoh founded.^[2]
February 21 – According to USGS official report, a Richer scale 6.0 earthquake hit on Mount Nijō, Nara Prefecture, according to Japanese government official confirmed report, kills nine persons and injures 59 persons.^[3]
February 26–29 – February 26 Incident (二・二六事件, Niniroku Jiken): The Imperial Way Faction engineers a failed coup against the Japanese government; some politicians are killed.
February 27 – Tokyo is placed under martial law (not to be repealed until July 16)
February 29
- Prime Minister Keisuke Okada, a target in the February 26 incident, emerges from hiding.
- Emperor Hirohito orders the Japanese army to arrest 123 conspirators in Tokyo government offices; 19 of them are executed in July.
- Facing overwhelming opposition as the army moved against them, the rebels surrender
March 4 – The Emperor signs an ordinance on March 4 establishing a Special Court Martial (特設軍法会議 tokusetsu gunpō kaigi) to try those involved in the February 26 uprising.^[4]
March 9 – Pro-democratic militarist Keisuke Okada steps down as Prime Minister of Japan and is replaced by radical militarist Kōki Hirota.
March 12 – Ukichiro Nakaya creates the first artificial snow crystal.
May 11 – According to Japanese government and former Japan Health and Welfare Ministry official report, a massive food poisoning hit, many attend and their families presented Daifuku rice cake eat, after 2,200 persons affective salmonella infection in junhor high-school sports festival in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, total 29 students and 15 parents and families were lost to lives.^[5]^{[citation needed]}
May 18 – Sada Abe strangled her lover with an obi and then cut off his genitals to carry around with her as a souvenir. When the crime was discovered the next day it became a national sensation and would be the subject of many books and movies over the decades to follow.^[6]
July 31 – The International Olympic Committee announces that the 1940 Summer Olympics will be held in Tokyo. However, the games are given back to the IOC after the Second Sino-Japanese War breaks out, and are eventually cancelled altogether because of World War II.
August 1–August 16 – Japan competes at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany. Japan wins six gold medals, four silvers, and eight Bronze.
November 20 – Mitsubishi Osarizawa mine and Nakazawa dam collapse by heavy rain, total 362 persons fatalities in Akita Prefecture, according to Japanese government official confirmed report.^{[page needed]}
Unknown date – Bousei-gakujuku, as predecessor of Tokai University was founded in Musashino, Tokyo.^{[page needed]}

Films

The Only Son (1936 film)

Births

January 24 – Etsuko Ichihara, (d. 2019)
February 20 – Shigeo Nagashima, professional baseball player, coach
April 10 – Makoto Wada, illustrator, essayist and film director
April 22 – Takeshi Koba, professional baseball player and coach
June 19 – Takeshi Aono, voice actor (d. 2012)
June 27 – Tadanori Yokoo, graphic designer, illustrator, print maker and painter.
July 8 – Kazuhiro Tanaka, modern pentathlete
July 16
- Yasuo Fukuda, 58th Prime Minister of Japan
- Akira Kinoshita, photographer
July 23 – Keiichi Tanaami, pop artist (d. 2015)
September 3 – Ikki Kajiwara, author, manga writer, and film producer (d. 1987)
September 4 – Yoshihisa Yoshikawa, sport shooter (d. 2019)
October 12 – Minoru Murayama, Japanese baseball pitcher (d. 1998)
October 14 – Fuyumi Shiraishi, voice actress (d. 2019)
October 16 – Akira Machida, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Japan (d. 2015)
October 25 – Masako Nozawa, voice actress
October 29 – Akiko Kojima, model and beauty queen
October 31 – Shigeo Takii, supreme court justice (d. 2015)
December 4 – Michiko Yamamoto, writer and poet

Deaths

January 11 – Ikuta Chōkō, translator, author and literary critic (b. 1882)
February 1 – Genji Matsuda, politician and cabinet minister (b. 1876)
February 26
- Saitō Makoto, naval officer and politician (19th Prime Minister of Japan) (b. 1858)
- Takahashi Korekiyo, politician and Governor of the Bank of Japan (b. 1854)
- Jōtarō Watanabe, general (b. 1874)
February 29 – Shirō Nonaka, Imperial Japanese Army officer (b. 1903)
March 11 – Yumeno Kyūsaku, writer (b. 1889)
March 12 – Uchida Kōsai, statesman, diplomat and interim prime minister (b. 1865)
March 27 – Kawasaki Takukichi, politician and cabinet minister (b. 1871)
April 8 – Chūhachi Ninomiya, aviation pioneer (b. 1866)
May 3 – Kikunae Ikeda, chemist (b. 1864
May 27 – Take Hagiwara, military nurse (b. 1873)
June 10 – Tsuchida Bakusen, nihonga painter (b. 1887)
June 27 – Miekichi Suzuki, novelist (b. 1882)
July 3 – Saburo Aizawa (b. 1889)
July 12 – Yasuhide Kurihara (b. 1908)
October 8 – Utako Shimoda, educator and poet (b. 1854)

References

^ "Hirohito | Biography, Accomplishments, & Facts". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
^ Carr, Jennifer L. (2012-12-06). Major Companies of The Far East and Australasia 1991/92: Volume 2: East Asia. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 234. ISBN 978-94-011-3010-3.
^ ja:河内大和地震 (Japanese language edition) Ritriveted date on 8 April 2022.
^ Chaen (2001), p. 186-99
^ ja:浜一中大福餅事件 (Japan language edition) Retrieved date on December 30, 2021.
^ Honjo, Yuki Allyson. "The Cruelest Cut". JapanReview.net. Archived from the original on July 29, 2010. Retrieved August 16, 2015.