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1939 in Japan, the Glossary

Events in the year 1939 in Japan.^[1]

55 relations: Battle of Changsha (1939), Battle of Nanchang, Battle of Suixian–Zaoyang, Battles of Khalkhin Gol, Emperor of Japan, Fumimaro Konoe, Government of Japan, Governor of Tokyo, Hainan Island Operation, Hirakata, Hirohito, Ichisho Inuma, Ikuko Tani, Imperial Japanese Army, Japan, Japanese calendar, Junko Tabei, Kagaku Murakami, Kanoko Okamoto, Kiyoshi Kimura, Kyōka Izumi, List of governors of Aichi Prefecture, List of governors of Hiroshima Prefecture, List of governors of Kanagawa Prefecture, List of governors of Kyoto Prefecture, List of governors of Nagano Prefecture, List of governors of Niigata Prefecture, List of governors of Okinawa Prefecture, List of governors of Saga Prefecture, List of Japanese films of the 1930s, Masao Nakamura, Michizō Tachihara, Miyano Shozo, Mukogawa Women's University, Nobuyuki Abe, Osaka Prefecture, Prime Minister of Japan, Seiichi Ōmura, Shōwa era, Shijaku Katsura II, Showa Denko, Shunsuke Kondo, Supply depot, Swatow Operation, Tadahiro Matsushita, Takako Shimazu, Toki Ginjiro, Toshihiro Nikai, Voice acting in Japan, 1873 in Japan, ... Expand index (5 more) »
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Battle of Changsha (1939)

The First Battle of Changsha (17 September 1939 – 6 October 1939) was the first of four attempts by Japan to take the city of Changsha, Hunan, during the second Sino-Japanese War.

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Battle of Nanchang

The Battle of Nanchang was a military campaign fought around Nanchang, Jiangxi between the Chinese National Revolutionary Army and the Japanese Imperial Japanese Army in the Second Sino-Japanese War.

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The Battle of Suixian–Zaoyang, also known as the Battle of Suizao was one of the 22 major engagements between the National Revolutionary Army (NRA) and Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) during the Second Sino-Japanese War.

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Battles of Khalkhin Gol

The Battles of Khalkhin Gol (Бои на Халхин-Голе; Халхын голын байлдаан) were the decisive engagements of the undeclared Soviet–Japanese border conflicts involving the Soviet Union, Mongolia, Japan and Manchukuo in 1939.

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Emperor of Japan

The emperor of Japan is the hereditary monarch and head of state of Japan.

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Fumimaro Konoe

was a Japanese politician who served as prime minister of Japan from 1937 to 1939 and from 1940 to 1941.

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Government of Japan

The Government of Japan is the central government of Japan.

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Governor of Tokyo

The is the head of government of Tokyo.

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Hainan Island Operation

The Hainan Island Operation, or in Japanese, was part of a campaign by the Empire of Japan during the Second World War to blockade the Guangdong mainland and prevent it from communicating with the outside world and from receiving imports of much-needed arms and materials.

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Hirakata

Hirakata Park is a city in northeastern Osaka Prefecture, Japan.

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Hirohito

Hirohito (29 April 19017 January 1989), posthumously honored as Emperor Shōwa, was the 124th emperor of Japan according to the traditional order of succession, reigning from 1926 until his death in 1989.

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Ichisho Inuma

Ichisho Inuma (February 15, 1892 – November 14, 1982) was a Japanese politician who served as governor of Hiroshima Prefecture from November 1938 to September 1939.

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Ikuko Tani

is a Japanese actress, voice actress and narrator from Tokyo Prefecture.

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Imperial Japanese Army

The (IJA) was the principal ground force of the Empire of Japan.

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Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia, located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asian mainland.

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Japanese calendar

Japanese calendar types have included a range of official and unofficial systems.

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Junko Tabei

was a Japanese mountaineer, author, and teacher.

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Kagaku Murakami

was a Japanese painter and illustrator, noted for his numerous Buddhist subjects and advancement in the techniques of nihonga (Japanese-style) painting in the early 20th century.

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Kanoko Okamoto

, born, was the pen-name of a Japanese author, tanka poet, and Buddhist scholar active during the Taishō and early Shōwa periods of Japan.

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Kiyoshi Kimura

Kiyoshi Kimura's life-sized statue in front of his restaurant Sushi Zanmai, this one in Osaka's Dotonbori Kiyoshi Kimura (Kimura Kiyoshi; born 19 April 1952) is known as the "Tuna King" of Japan.

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Kyōka Izumi

, known by his pen name, was a Japanese novelist, writer and kabuki playwright who was active during the prewar period.

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List of governors of Aichi Prefecture

The is the head of the local government in Aichi Prefecture.

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List of governors of Hiroshima Prefecture

Governors of Hiroshima Prefecture served from 1871, when the Japanese government abolished the position of the daimyō of Hiroshima.

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List of governors of Kanagawa Prefecture

* Higashikuze Michitomi April–November 1868.

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List of governors of Kyoto Prefecture

The governor of Kyoto, officially Governor of Kyoto Prefecture, is the chief executive of Kyoto, a prefecture in Japan.

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List of governors of Nagano Prefecture

This is a list of governors of Nagano Prefecture.

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List of governors of Niigata Prefecture

This list of governors of Niigata Prefecture provides a chronological list of the governors of Niigata Prefecture.

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List of governors of Okinawa Prefecture

The is the head of the local government in Okinawa Prefecture.

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List of governors of Saga Prefecture

This is a list of governors of Saga Prefecture.

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List of Japanese films of the 1930s

An incomplete list of films produced in Japan ordered by year in the 1930s.

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Masao Nakamura

was a major general in the Imperial Japanese Army in the Second Sino-Japanese War.

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Michizō Tachihara

was a Japanese poet and architect.

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Miyano Shozo

was Governor of Gifu Prefecture (1937–1941) and Saitama Prefecture (1941–1942).

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Mukogawa Women's University

is a private university located near Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo, Japan, founded in 1939.

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Nobuyuki Abe

was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army, Prime Minister of Japan, and the last Governor-General of Korea.

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Osaka Prefecture

is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu.

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Prime Minister of Japan

The prime minister of Japan (Japanese: 内閣総理大臣, Hepburn: Naikaku Sōri-Daijin) is the head of government and the highest political position of Japan.

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Seiichi Ōmura

was a politician and bureaucrat in the early Shōwa period Japan, who subsequently was a politician and cabinet minister in the immediate post-war era.

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Shōwa era

The was the period of Japanese history corresponding to the reign of Emperor Shōwa (commonly known in English as Emperor Hirohito) from December 25, 1926, until his death on January 7, 1989.

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Shijaku Katsura II

was a Japanese rakugo performer of the late 20th century, who often performed in English.

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Showa Denko

, founded in 1939 by the merger of Nihon Electrical Industries and Showa Fertilizers, both established by a Japanese entrepreneur Nobuteru Mori, is a Japanese chemical company producing chemical products and industrial materials.

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Shunsuke Kondo

was the penultimate Governor of the South Seas Mandate (1940–1943).

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Supply depot

Supply depots are a type of military installation used by militaries to store battlefield supplies temporarily on or near the front lines until they can be distributed to military units.

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Swatow Operation

The Swatow Operation (June 21–27, 1939) was part of a campaign by Japan during the Second Sino-Japanese War to blockade China in order to prevent it from communicating with the outside world and importing needed arms and materials.

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Tadahiro Matsushita

was a Japanese politician and five-time member of the House of Representatives of Japan.

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Takako Shimazu

, born, is a former member of the Imperial House of Japan.

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Toki Ginjiro

Toki Ginjiro (土岐銀次郎) (1894 – April 1, 1976) was Governor of Toyama Prefecture (1935–1938) and Saitama Prefecture (1938–1941).

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Toshihiro Nikai

is a Japanese politician for the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and the leader of the LDP Shisuikai faction (informally called the Nikai faction), who served as the Secretary-General of the LDP from 2016 to 2021.

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Voice acting in Japan

Voice acting in Japan is an industry where actors provide voice-overs as characters or narrators in media including anime, video games, audio dramas, commercials, and dubbing for non-Japanese films and television programs.

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