1951 in Japan
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Events in the year 1951 in Japan.
Incumbents
- Emperor: Hirohito
- Prime Minister: Shigeru Yoshida
- Chief Cabinet Secretary: Katsuo Okazaki until December 26, Shigeru Hori
- Chief Justice of the Supreme Court: Kōtarō Tanaka
- President of the House of Representatives: Kijūrō Shidehara until March 10, Jōji Hayashi from March 13
- President of the House of Councillors: Naotake Satō
Events
- April 24 - Sakuragichō train fire
Films
Births
- February 5 - Ryūsei Nakao, actor, singer and voice actor
- March 3 - Heizō Takenaka, economist
- March 4 - Linda Yamamoto, pop star
- May 14 - Jumbo Tsuruta, professional wrestler
- May 15 - Yoshifumi Hibako, general
- May 16 - Unshō Ishizuka, voice actor
- August 8 - Mamoru Oshii, film director
- August 11 - Katsumi Chō, voice actor
Deaths
- January 21 - Yuriko Miyamoto, novelist
- March 10 - Kijūrō Shidehara, Prime minister of Japan
- May 17 - Empress Teimei, Empress consort of Emperor Taishō
- June 11 - Takuma Nishimura
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