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Events from the year 1955 in Japan.

Incumbents

Emperor: Hirohito^[1]
Prime Minister: Ichirō Hatoyama
Chief Cabinet Secretary: Ryutaro Nemoto
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court: Kōtarō Tanaka
President of the House of Representatives: Tō Matsunaga until January 24, Shūji Masutani from March 18
President of the House of Councillors: Yahachi Kawai

Governors

Aichi Prefecture: Mikine Kuwahara
Akita Prefecture: Tokuji Ikeda (until 29 April); Yūjirō Obata (starting 30 April)
Aomori Prefecture: Bunji Tsushima
Chiba Prefecture: Hitoshi Shibata
Ehime Prefecture: Sadatake Hisamatsu
Fukui Prefecture: Harukazu Obata (until 4 February); Seiichi Hane (starting 26 April)
Fukuoka Prefecture: Katsuji Sugimoto (until 7 April); Taichi Uzaki (starting 26 April)
Fukushima Prefecture: Sakuma Ootake
Gifu Prefecture: Kamon Muto
Gunma Prefecture: Shigeo Kitano
Hiroshima Prefecture: Hiroo Ōhara
Hokkaido: Toshifumi Tanaka
Hyogo Prefecture: Masaru Sakamoto
Ibaraki Prefecture: Yoji Tomosue
Ishikawa Prefecture: Wakio Shibano (until 19 January); Jūjitsu Taya (starting 24 February)
Iwate Prefecture: Kenkichi Kokubun (until 29 April); Senichi Abe (starting 30 April)
Kagawa Prefecture: Masanori Kaneko
Kagoshima Prefecture: Katsushi Terazono
Kanagawa Prefecture: Iwataro Uchiyama
Kochi Prefecture: Wakaji Kawamura (until 11 December); Masumi Mizobuchi (starting 12 December)
Kumamoto Prefecture: Saburō Sakurai
Kyoto Prefecture: Torazō Ninagawa
Mie Prefecture: Masaru Aoki (until 18 March); Satoru Tanaka (starting 23 April)
Miyagi Prefecture: Otogorō Miyagi
Miyazaki Prefecture: Nagashige Tanaka (until 30 March); Jingo Futami (starting 23 April)
Nagano Prefecture: Torao Hayashi
Nagasaki Prefecture: Takejirō Nishioka
Nara Prefecture: Ryozo Okuda
Niigata Prefecture: Shohei Okada (until 29 April) Kazuo Kitamura (starting 30 April)
Oita Prefecture: Tokuju Hosoda (until 27 April); Kaoru Kinoshita (starting 28 April)
Okayama Prefecture: Yukiharu Miki
Osaka Prefecture: Bunzō Akama
Saga Prefecture: Naotsugu Nabeshima
Saitama Prefecture: Yuuichi Oosawa
Shiga Prefecture: Kotaro Mori
Shiname Prefecture: Yasuo Tsunematsu
Shizuoka Prefecture: Toshio Saitō
Tochigi Prefecture: Juukichi Kodaira (until 5 January); Kiichi Ogawa (starting 7 February)
Tokushima Prefecture: Kuniichi Abe (until 30 March); Kikutaro Hara (starting 25 April)
Tokyo: Seiichirō Yasui
Tottori Prefecture: Shigeru Endo
Toyama Prefecture: Kunitake Takatsuji
Wakayama Prefecture: Shinji Ono
Yamagata Prefecture: Michio Murayama (until 20 January); Tōkichi Abiko (starting 20 February)
Yamaguchi Prefecture: Taro Ozawa
Yamanashi Prefecture: Hisashi Amano

Events

January 28 – Benesse Corporation was founded, as predecessor name was Fukutake Shoten.^{[citation needed]}
February 17 - According to Japan Fire and Disaster Management Agency official confirmed report, Seibo no Sono (Our Lady's Garden) fire in Totsuka-ku, Yokohama, total 99 person were death.^{[page needed]}
February 27 - 1955 Japanese general election
April Unknown date – Bunka Shutter was founded, as predecessor name was Nippon Bunka Steel Door.^{[page needed]}
April 7 - Radio Tokyo TV (now Tokyo Broadcasting System Television (TBS)) begins broadcasting.
April 16–17 - Abe coal mine debris collapse, due to heavy torrential rain hit in Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture, resulting tn 73 persons death, according to JFDMA official confirmed report.^[2]
April 21 - Opening of Gokō Station
May 11 - Shiun Maru disaster
May 14 - According to Japan National Police Agency official confirmed report, a charter bus plunged into the Kitakami River in Iwate Prefecture, resulting in twelve deaths and twenty-eight injured.^{[page needed]}
July 28- According to JFDMA official confirmed report, 36 junior school students died when a high wave hit, during school swimming lesson in Nakakawara beach, Tsu, Mie Prefecture.^{[page needed]}
September 3 - Yumiko-chan incident
November 1 - According to JFDMA official confirmed report, Moshiri Coal mine gas explosion hit in Akabira, Hokkaido, official death toll number is 60, with 17 person were wounded.^{[page needed]}
November 15 - Japan Liberal Party and Democratic Party of Japan were unified, ruling Liberal Democratic Party of Japan has started.^{[page needed]}
Establishment of Akkeshi Prefectural Natural Park

Births

January 13 - Ran Itō, actress
January 15 - Mayumi Tanaka, voice actress
January 17 - Mami Koyama, voice actress
January 20 - Hiromi Ōta, singer
January 22 - Keiko Takahashi, actress
January 28 - George Tokoro, television personality and singer-songwriter
February 12 - Ai Satō, voice actress
February 13 - Akiko Yano, singer-songwriter
March 2 - Shoko Asahara, cult leader (Aum Shinrikyo) (d. 2018)
March 16 - Jiro Watanabe, boxer
March 20 - Mariya Takeuchi, singer-songwriter
April 5 - Akira Toriyama, Manga artist (d. 2024)^[3]
April 7 - Akira Nishino, soccer player and manager
April 13 - Hideki Saijo, singer and actor (d. 2018)
April 15 - Ryūtarō Nakamura, Anime director (d. 2013)
April 23 - Fumi Hirano, voice actress and essayist
April 29 - Yūko Tanaka, actress
May 9 – Masayuki Kakefu, former professional baseball player
May 24 - Rumiko Ukai, voice actress
May 25 - Suguru Egawa, baseball player
May 26 - Masaharu Morimoto, chef
May 30 - Nakamura Kanzaburō XVIII, Kabuki actor (d. 2012)
June 1 - Chiyonofuji Mitsugu, sumo wrestler (58th Yokozuna grand champion)
June 26 - Yoko Gushiken, boxer
July 1 - Sanma Akashiya, comedian and actor
August 20 - Agnes Chan, television personality
August 30 - Mayumi Muroyama, Manga artist
September 4 - Hiroshi Izawa, actor
September 24 - Shinbo Nomura, Manga artist
October 18 - Hiromi Go, singer
October 19 - LaSalle Ishii, television personality
October 21 - Yasukazu Hamada, politician
October 29 - Etsuko Shihomi, actress
November 3 - Yukihiko Tsutsumi, film director
November 14 - Koichi Nakano, bicycle rider
December 9 - Asashio Tarō IV, sumo wrestler
December 16 - Chiharu Matsuyama, singer-songwriter
December 24 - Mizuho Fukushima, politician

Deaths

February 17 - Ango Sakaguchi, author (b. 1906)
October 15 - Fumio Hayasaka, composer (b. 1914)^[4]
October 25 - Sadako Sasaki, hibakusha (b. 1943)

References

^ "Hirohito | Biography, Accomplishments, & Facts". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
^ [:ja:阿部鉱山ボタ山崩落事故] (Japanese language edition) Retrieved on 27 March 2020.
^ Yoon, John; Notoya, Kiuko (8 March 2024). "Akira Toriyama, Creator of 'Dragon Ball,' Dies at 68". The New York Times. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
^ "Fumio Hayasaka". BFI. Archived from the original on July 20, 2016. Retrieved 23 November 2020.