1935 in Japan
Events from the year 1935 in Japan.
Incumbents
Governors
- Aichi Prefecture: Eitaro Shinohara
- Akita Prefecture: Takabe Rokuzo
- Aomori Prefecture: Mitsumasa Kobayashi
- Ehime Prefecture: Jiro Ichinohe ; Jiro Kan Oba
- Fukui Prefecture: Shinsuke Kondo
- Fukushima Prefecture: Ito Takehiko
- Gifu Prefecture:
- * until 15 January: Umekichi Miyawaki
- * 15 January-31 May: Chi Sakamato
- * starting 31 May: Chiaki Saka
- Gunma Prefecture: Masao Kanazawa ; Seikichi Kimishima
- Hiroshima Prefecture: Michio Yuzawa ; Keiichi Suzuki
- Ibaraki Prefecture: Abe Kashichi ; Ando Kyoushirou
- Iwate Prefecture: Hidehiko Ishiguro
- Kagawa Prefecture: Yoshisuke Kinoshita ; Megumi Fujimo
- Kumamoto Prefecture: Keiichi Suzuki ; Sekiya Nobuyuke
- Kochi Prefecture: Yozora Takehamu ; Kobayashi Mitsumasa
- Kyoto Prefecture: Saito Munenori ; Shintaro Suzuki
- Mie Prefecture: Saburo Hayakawa ; Aijiro Tomita
- Miyagi Prefecture: Kiyoshi Nakarai ; Jiro Ino
- Miyazaki Prefecture: Seikuchi Kimishima ; Seiya Mishima
- Nagano Prefecture: Okoda Shuzo ; Seiichi Omora
- Niigata Prefecture: Chiba Ryo ; Miyawaki Umekichi
- Okinawa Prefecture: Jiro Ino ; Hisashi Kurashige
- Osaka Prefecture: Shinobu Agata
- Saga Prefecture: Shizuo Furukawa
- Saitama Prefecture: Kazume Iinuma ; Saito Juri
- Shiname Prefecture: Masaki Fukumura
- Tochigi Prefecture: Gunzo Kayaba
- Tokyo: Masayasu Kouksaka ; Sukenari Yokoya
- Toyama Prefecture: Saito Itsuki ; Ginjiro Toki
- Yamagata Prefecture: Taro Kanamori
Events
- January 8 - Battle of Khalkhyn Temple
- February 11 - Tosoh was founded in Tokuyama Yamaguchi Prefecture, as predecessor name was Toyo Soda.
- June - North Chahar Incident
- June 27 - Chin-Doihara Agreement
- July 5 - establishment of Ōtone Prefectural Natural Park.
- August 9 - establishment of Mineokasankei Prefectural Natural Park, Kujūkuri Prefectural Natural Park, Takagoyama Prefectural Natural Park and Yōrō Keikoku Okukiyosumi Prefectural Natural Park.
- September 27 - opening of Tōbu-Izumi Station.
- October 20 - opening of Musahiro-Tokiwa Station.
- Unknown date - Yakult founded in Fukuoka City.
- Establishment of Naoki Prize and Akutagawa Prize.
Films
- January 20 - Orizuru Osen
- November 21 - An Inn in Tokyo
- date unknown - ''Kodakara Sodo''
Births
- January 2 - Sumiko Iwao, psychologist and educator
- January 4 - Toru Terasawa, runner
- January 31 - Kenzaburō Ōe, Nobel Prize-winning Japanese writer
- February 2 - Junko Hori, Japanese voice actress
- February 6 - Yoshiomi Tamai, founder of Ashinaga
- February 22 - Hisako Kyōda, Japanese voice actress
- March 17 - Seiji Yokoyama, musician
- March 22 - Yūtokutaishi Akiyama, engraver and photographer
- April 9 - Motomu Kiyokawa, actor and voice actor
- April 17 - Masanori Hata, zoologist, essayist, and filmmaker
- May 10 - Ikujiro Nonaka, theorist and academician
- May 15 - Akihiro Miwa, singer, actor, author and drag queen
- June 2 - Keiko Hanagata, voice actress
- June 10 - Yoshihiro Tatsumi, Japanese manga artist
- June 26 - Sumiko Shirakawa, voice actress
- June 29 - Katsuya Nomura, baseball player and manager
- July 12 - Satoshi Ōmura, Nobel Prize-winning biochemist
- July 23 - Yukiji Asaoka, singer and actress
- August 9 - Kazuko Yoshiyuki, actress, voice actress, and essayist
- August 24 - Tsutomu Hata, 51st Prime Minister of Japan
- September 1 - Seiji Ozawa, composer and conductor
- September 14 - Fujio Akatsuka, Japanese cartoonist
- September 24 - Yuzuru Fujimoto, voice actor
- September 29 - Rieko Nakagawa, Japanese writer and lyricist
- October 2 - Noriko Ohara, actress, voice actress and narrator
- October 4 - Takao Iwami, political pundit
- October 8 - Yoshikazu Minami, photographer
- October 9 - Teruyoshi Nakano, special effects director
- October 10 - Yumiko Kurahashi, writer
- October 15 - Yukio Ninagawa, theater director
- October 29 - Isao Takahata, film director, screenwriter and producer
- November 15 - Kaneta Kimotsuki, voice actor
- November 17 – Masatoshi Sakai, Japanese record producer
- November 28 - Prince Masahito of Hitachi
- December 10 - Shūji Terayama, poet, writer, film director, and photographer
- December 19 - Taizo Nishimuro, businessman
- date unknown
- * Keizaburo Tejima, artist and author
Deaths
- January 17 - Ishikawa Chiyomatsu, biologist, zoologist, and ichthyologist
- February 28 - Tsubouchi Shōyō, author, critic and educator
- March 8 - Hachikō, a faithful Akita, on the spot where he had awaited his dead owner for nine years
- March 20 - Gyoshū Hayami, painter
- August 12 - Tetsuzan Nagata, general