1946 in Japan


Events in the year 1946 in Japan. It corresponds to Shōwa 21 in the Japanese calendar.
Demographically, Showa Baby Boom Generation is a post-Japanese war demographic cohort, which approximately born between 1946 and 1953. It was fueled by returning soldiers, economic recovery, and post-war psychological shift towards rebuilding nation and starting families' and friends' new living together after the Constitution of Japan and the Treaty of San Francisco. First Japanese Baby Boom Generation is the core of this cohort, which saw births exceed 2.6 million annually, peaking with nearly 2.7 million births, for a total of about 8 million children born in just three years. They grew up during post-war recovery and Japanese economic miracle, and they experienced both hardships of immediate post-war food shortages and later economic boom. As they came of age during post-war period, Japanese economy and society changed to accommodate them. Major life events for this old Showa baby boom cohort, such as entering education system, workforce, and retirement, have created unique social and economic pressures, and as well as [1964 Summer Olympics|1964 Governor of Tokyo|Tokyo Summer Olympic Games] and university campus protests. Many individuals, who went to university or college were involved in a student radicalism and campus protests of late 1960s. They entered the workforce during a period of hyper-employment and labor shortages, contributing significantly to Japan's high economic growth. They were largely corporate employees, often identifying strongly with their work and believing in the concept of lifetime employment. Japanese Showa baby boom was much shorter and more "peaked" than global baby boom, making the demographic shift to an aging population more sudden in Japan. By this definition, as of 2013, there were about 15 million Japanese Showa baby boomers, which accounted for 11.7% of total population, out of 128 million people in Japan.

Incumbents

Governors

  • Aichi Prefecture:
  • * until 25 January: Ryuichi Fukumoto
  • * 25 January-9 July: Saburo Hayakawa
  • * starting 9 July: Mikine Kuwahara
  • Akita Prefecture:
  • * until 25 January: Kinsaburo Ikeda
  • * 25 January-9 July: Iwao Isobe
  • * starting 9 July: Hasuika Kosaku
  • Aomori Prefecture: Motohiko Kanai ; Renichi Ono
  • Ehime Prefecture: Shotaro Toshima ; Juushin Aoki
  • Fukui Prefecture:
  • * until 25 May: Eminai Miyata
  • * 25 May-4 October: Saito Takeo
  • * starting 4 October: Harukazu Obata
  • Fukushima Prefecture: Masuda Kashinanatsu ; Kanichiro Ishihara
  • Gifu Prefecture: Yoshihira Nomura ; Naomi Momoi
  • Gunma Prefecture: Toshio Takahashi ; Shigeo Kitano
  • Hiroshima Prefecture: Tsunei Kusunose
  • Ibaraki Prefecture: Yoji Tomosue
  • Iwate Prefecture: Tamemasu Miyata ; Haruhiko Ichi
  • Kagawa Prefecture: Shogo Tanaka
  • Kochi Prefecture: Nagano Yoshitatsu
  • Kumamoto Prefecture:
  • * until 25 January: Hirai Fumi
  • * 25 January-9 July: Hiroshi Nagai
  • * starting 9 July: Saburo Sakurai
  • Kyoto Prefecture: Atsushi Kimura
  • Mie Prefecture: Kobayashi Chiaki
  • Miyagi Prefecture: Saburo Chiba
  • Miyazaki Prefecture: Tadao Annaka
  • Nagano Prefecture: Monobe Kaoruro
  • Niigata Prefecture:
  • * until 25 January: Hatada Masatomi
  • * 25 January-9 July: Sato Dodai
  • * starting 9 July: Hideo Aoki
  • Okinawa Prefecture: Koshin Shikiya
  • Saga Prefecture: Miyazaki Kenta ; Genichi Okimori
  • Saitama Prefecture: Sekigaiyo Otoko ; Jitzuzo Nishimura
  • Shiname Prefecture:
  • * until 25 January: Kiyoshi Ito
  • * 25 January-8 June: Mikio Suzuki
  • * starting 8 June: Muneo Tokanai
  • Tochigi Prefecture: Soma Toshio
  • Tokyo:
  • * until 15 January: Shohei Fujinuma
  • * 15 January-8 June: Haruo Matsui
  • * starting 8 June: Seiichiro Yasui
  • Toyama Prefecture:
  • * until 25 January: Keiichi Yoshitake
  • * 25 January-9 July: Keiichi Tanaki
  • * starting 9 July: Keiji Ishimura
  • Yamagata Prefecture: Michio Murayama ; Yoshio Miura

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