1952 in Japan
Events in the year 1952 in Japan.
Incumbents
- Emperor: Hirohito
- Prime Minister: Shigeru Yoshida
- Chief Cabinet Secretary:
- * Shigeru Hori
- * Taketora Ogata
- Chief Justice of the Supreme Court: Kōtarō Tanaka
- Speaker of the House of Representatives:
- *Jōji Hayashi
- *Banboku Ōno
- President of the House of Councillors: Naotake Satō
Governors
- Aichi Prefecture: Mikine Kuwahara
- Akita Prefecture: Tokuji Ikeda
- Aomori Prefecture: Bunji Tsushima
- Chiba Prefecture: Hitoshi Shibata
- Ehime Prefecture: Sadatake Hisamatsu
- Fukui Prefecture: Harukazu Obata
- Fukuoka Prefecture: Katsuji Sugimoto
- Fukushima Prefecture: Sakuma Ootake
- Gifu Prefecture: Kamon Muto
- Gunma Prefecture: Yoshio Iyoku ; Shigeo Kitano
- Hiroshima Prefecture: Hiroo Ōhara
- Hokkaido Prefecture: Toshifumi Tanaka
- Hyogo Prefecture: Yukio Kishida
- Ibaraki Prefecture: Yoji Tomosue
- Ishikawa Prefecture: Wakio Shibano
- Iwate Prefecture: Kenkichi Kokubun
- Kagawa Prefecture: Masanori Kaneko
- Kagoshima Prefecture: Kaku Shigenari
- Kanagawa Prefecture: Iwataro Uchiyama
- Kochi Prefecture: Wakaji Kawamura
- Kumamoto Prefecture: Saburō Sakurai
- Kyoto Prefecture: Atsushi Kimura
- Mie Prefecture: Masaru Aoki
- Miyagi Prefecture: Kazuji Sasaki ; Otogorō Miyagi
- Miyazaki Prefecture: Tadao Annaka
- Nagano Prefecture: Torao Hayashi
- Nagasaki Prefecture: Takejirō Nishioka
- Nara Prefecture: Ryozo Okuda
- Niigata Prefecture: Shohei Okada
- Oita Prefecture: Tokuju Hosoda
- Okayama Prefecture: Yukiharu Miki
- Osaka Prefecture: Bunzō Akama
- Saga Prefecture: Naotsugu Nabeshima
- Saitama Prefecture: Yuuichi Oosawa
- Shiga Prefecture: Iwakichi Hattori
- Shiname Prefecture: Yasuo Tsunematsu
- Shizuoka Prefecture: Toshio Saitō
- Tochigi Prefecture: Goro Abe
- Tokushima Prefecture: Kuniichi Abe
- Tokyo Prefecture: Seiichirō Yasui
- Tottori Prefecture: Aiji Nishio
- Toyama Prefecture: Kunitake Takatsuji
- Wakayama Prefecture: Shinji Ono
- Yamagata Prefecture: Michio Murayama
- Yamaguchi Prefecture: Tatsuo Tanaka
- Yamanashi Prefecture: Hisashi Amano
Events
- March 4 - A Richer Scale magnitude 8.1 earthquake with tsunami hit off coast Tokachi region, Hokkaido, according to Japanese government official report, 33 persons were fatalities with 287 persons wounded.
- March 6 - The Musashino Bank was established in Saitama Prefecture.
- March 7 - A Richer Scale magnitude 6.5 earthquake hit off coast Ishikawa Prefecture, seven persons died, eight persons were hurt, according to Japanese government official report.
- April 10 - According to Japan Transport Ministry official confirmed report, Japan Airlines Flight 301 crash into Izu Ōshima, all 37 passengers and crew were killed.
- April 17 - According to Japan Fire and Disaster Management Agency official confirmed report, a massive fire in Tottori City, resulting to 160 hectares, total 7,240 houses and building damage, kills two persons.
- April 28 - Treaty of San Francisco and 1952 U.S.-Japan security treaty goes into effect, ending the Allied occupation of Japan by the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers.
- July 18 - A Richer Scale magnitude 7.0 earthquake hit in Takatori, Nara Prefecture, nine persons were fatalities, with 139 persons hurt, according to Japanese government official report.
- September 23 - According to Japan Coast Guard official confirmed report, a Kaiyō-maru five entrained by the eruption into Myōjin-shō, all 31 crew were human fatalities.
- October 1 - 1952 Japanese general election
Films
Births
- January 2 - Makoto Nakajima, bureaucrat, Commissioner of Japan Patent Office
- January 17 - Ryuichi Sakamoto, musician, composer, producer, and actor
- January 28 - Tomokazu Miura, actor
- February 2 - Ryuji Mizuno, voice actor
- February 3 - Miyako Yamaguchi
- February 8 - Daisuke Gōri, voice actor
- February 19 - Ryū Murakami, novelist, short story writer, essayist and filmmaker
- February 23 - Miyuki Nakajima, singer
- March 30 - Kazuyo Saeki, manga artist
- April 10 - Masashi Sada, singer, lyricist, composer, novelist, actor, and a film producer
- May 2 - Mari Natsuki, singer, dancer and actress
- May 18 - Ryūzaburō Ōtomo, voice actor
- June 6 - Yukihiro Takahashi, musician and singer
- June 20 - Kōichi Mashimo, anime director
- July 2 - Rumiko Koyanagi, actress and singer
- July 10 – Yōko Asagami, voice actress
- July 14 – Yutaka Mizutani, actor and singer
- July 15 - Yuriko Koike, politician, cabinet minister, and governor of Tokyo.
- July 20 - Keiko Matsuzaka, actress
- September 8 - Takaya Hashi, voice actor
- November 16 - Shigeru Miyamoto, video game developer and designer
- December 6 - Shio Satō, manga artist
- Shinichi Nishimiya, diplomat, designated Ambassador to China in 2012.
Deaths
- April 21 - Isamu Yokoyama
- August 22 - Hiranuma Kiichirō
- October 7 - Keisuke Okada