Contents

• Incumbents
• Governors
• Events
• Films
• Births
• Deaths
• See also
• References

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← 1950 1949 1948 1951 in Japan → 1952 1953 1954
Decades:	1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s
See also:	Other events of 1951 History of Japan  • Timeline  • Years

Events in the year 1951 in Japan.

Incumbents

• Emperor: Hirohito ^[1]
• Prime Minister: Shigeru Yoshida
• Chief Cabinet Secretary: Katsuo Okazaki until December 26, Shigeru Hori
• Chief Justice of the Supreme Court: Kōtarō Tanaka
• President of the House of Representatives: Kijūrō Shidehara until March 10, Jōji Hayashi from March 13
• President of the House of Councillors: Naotake Satō

Events

• April 24 - Sakuragichō train fire
• May 19 – According to Japan Fire and Disaster Management Agency official confirmed report, a fire in Ohara Cinema in Hamanaka, Hokkaido, the death toll number was 42.^{[ page needed ]}
• July 11 – According to Japan Fire and Disaster Management Agency official confirmed report, a torrential heavy massive rain, affective Heiwa Lake collapsed in Kameoka, Kyoto Prefecture, killing 117 persons.^{[ citation needed ]}
• July 15 – According to National Police Agency of Japan official confirmed report, an extra bus plunge into Tenryu River, Urakawa Town, (now Tenryu-ku, Hamamatsu), Shizuoka Prefecture, official death toll is 28 persons.^{[ page needed ]}
• September 15 – An extreme Typhoon Ruth, a flood swept and landslide occur in Iwakuni area, Yamaguchi Prefecture, tidal wave hit in Satsunan Islands, according to Japanese government official confirmed report, in total 943 persons were killed, 2644 persons were wounded.^{[ page needed ]}
• November 3 – During a regular route bus running, following caught fire in Uno Town (now Seiyo), Ehime Prefecture, 33 persons were perished, according to NPAJ confirmed report.^{[ page needed ]}
• Unknown date – Japan National Mutual Insurance Federation of Agricultural Corporatives (JA Kyosai) was founded.^{[ citation needed ]}

Films

• Early Summer

Births

• January 8 – Yoshinori Monta, singer-songwriter
• January 19 – Shimon Sakaguchi, immunologist, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
• February 5 – Ryūsei Nakao, actor, singer and voice actor
• February 16 – Yumi Takigawa, actress
• March 3 – Heizō Takenaka, economist
• March 4 – Linda Yamamoto, pop star
• March 25 – Jumbo Tsuruta, professional wrestler (d. 2000)
• April 8 – Kaori Momoi, actress
• May 15 – Yoshifumi Hibako, general
• May 16 – Unshō Ishizuka, voice actor (d. 2018)
• August 8 – Mamoru Oshii, film director
• August 11 – Katsumi Chō, voice actor
• October 7 – Natsuo Kirino, novelist and writer
• October 8 – Maki Kaji, populariser of Sudoku (d. 2021)
• November 5 – Mari Amachi, singer and actress
• December 20 – Shigeru Suzuki, musician, songwriter and guitarist
• December 26 – Ginzō Matsuo, voice actor (d. 2001)

Deaths

• January 21 - Yuriko Miyamoto, novelist
• March 10 - Kijūrō Shidehara, Prime minister of Japan
• May 17 - Empress Teimei, Empress consort of Emperor Taishō
• June 11 - Takuma Nishimura

See also

• List of Japanese films of 1951

References