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July 31 – Shimizu Shikin, novelist and women's rights activist (b. 1868) September 21 – Kenji Miyazawa, poet and author of children's books (b. 1896) October 15 – Inazō Nitobe, economist, author and educator (b. 1862) November 3 – Princess Nobuko Asaka, daughter of Emperor Meiji (b. 1891) November 8 – Uehara Yūsaku, field marshal (b ...
It was only on 23 December 1933, almost ten years after their wedding, that the young couple had a son, and gave Japan an heir, in the birth of Akihito (明仁). [2] There were nationwide celebrations across Japan following his birth, which was described by Nagako as "the happiest moment in my life".
The Empire of Japan, [c] also known as the Japanese Empire or Imperial Japan, was the Japanese nation-state [d] that existed from the Meiji Restoration on 3 January 1868 until the Constitution of Japan took effect on 3 May 1947. [8] From 1910 to 1945, it included the Japanese archipelago, the Kurils, Karafuto, Korea, and Taiwan.
For the first eight years of their marriage, the emperor and empress only had girls; as a result, the emperor's younger brother, Prince Chichibu, remained first in line and heir presumptive to the throne until the birth of Crown Prince Akihito in December 1933. As a career military officer and known nationalist with radical leanings, the prince ...
1933 in the Japanese colonial empire (2 C) / 1933 establishments in Japan (3 C, 31 P) A. 1933 anime (1 C) D. 1933 disasters in Japan (1 P) S. 1933 in Japanese sport (1 C)
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Population density map of the Empire of Japan (1920) Population density map of the Empire of Japan (1940) 1920 Commemorative stamp for 1st national census of the Empire of Japan Japanese policemen circa 1875 Jiichiro Matsumoto, a Japanese politician, leader of the Burakumin liberation movement Native Micronesian constables of Truk Island, circa 1930 Photograph of Atayal men in 1900
The Japanese Empire in 1939. Japan next clashed with Russia, which was expanding its power in Asia. The Battle of Yalu River was the first time in decades that an Asian power defeated a western power. [191] The Russo-Japanese War of 1904–05 ended with the dramatic Battle of Tsushima, which was another victory for Japan's new navy.