1950 in Japan
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Other events of 1950 List of years in Japan |
Incumbents
- Emperor: Hirohito
- Prime Minister: Shigeru Yoshida
- Chief Cabinet Secretary: Kaneshichi Masuda until May 6, Katsuo Okazaki
- Chief Justice of the Supreme Court: Tadahiko Mibuchi until March 2, Kōtarō Tanaka from March 3
- President of the House of Representatives: Kijūrō Shidehara
- President of the House of Councillors: Naotake Satō
Events
- July 7: Kinkaku-ji in Kyoto is burned to the ground by a 22-year-old novice monk.
- December 12: Hayato Ikeda, future Prime Minister of Japan, remarks in the National Diet that "the poor should eat barley".
Births
- February 20 - Ken Shimura, television performer and actor
- September 14 - Masami Kuwashima, race car driver
- September 27 - Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, actor
- October 12 - Kaga Takeshi, actor
Deaths
- January 17 - Seiichi Hatano, philosopher
- July 23 - Shigenori Tōgō
- November 3 - Kuniaki Koiso, Prime minister
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