Events from the year 1955 in Japan .
Incumbents
Governors
Events
January 28 – Benesse Corporation was founded, as predecessor name was Fukutake Shoten.[citation needed
February 17 - According to Japan Fire and Disaster Management Agency official confirmed report, Seibo no Sono (Our Lady's Garden) fire in Totsuka-ku, Yokohama , total 99 person were death.[page needed
February 27 - 1955 Japanese general election
April Unknown date – Bunka Shutter was founded, as predecessor name was Nippon Bunka Steel Door.[page needed
April 7 - Radio Tokyo TV (now Tokyo Broadcasting System Television (TBS) ) begins broadcasting.
April 16–17 - Abe coal mine debris collapse, due to heavy torrential rain hit in Sasebo , Nagasaki Prefecture , resulting tn 73 persons death, according to JFDMA official confirmed report.[ 2]
April 21 - Opening of Gokō Station
May 11 - Shiun Maru disaster
May 14 - According to Japan National Police Agency official confirmed report, a charter bus plunged into the Kitakami River in Iwate Prefecture , resulting in twelve deaths and twenty-eight injured.[page needed
July 28- According to JFDMA official confirmed report, 36 junior school students died when a high wave hit, during school swimming lesson in Nakakawara beach, Tsu , Mie Prefecture .[page needed
September 3 - Yumiko-chan incident
November 1 - According to JFDMA official confirmed report, Moshiri Coal mine gas explosion hit in Akabira, Hokkaido , official death toll number is 60, with 17 person were wounded.[page needed
November 15 - Japan Liberal Party and Democratic Party of Japan were unified, ruling Liberal Democratic Party of Japan has started.[page needed
Establishment of Akkeshi Prefectural Natural Park
Births
January 13 - Ran Itō , actress
January 15 - Mayumi Tanaka , voice actress
January 17 - Mami Koyama , voice actress
January 20 - Hiromi Ōta , singer
January 22 - Keiko Takahashi , actress
January 28 - George Tokoro , television personality and singer-songwriter
February 12 - Ai Satō , voice actress
February 13 - Akiko Yano , singer-songwriter
March 2 - Shoko Asahara , cult leader (Aum Shinrikyo ) (d. 2018 )
March 16 - Jiro Watanabe , boxer
March 20 - Mariya Takeuchi , singer-songwriter
April 5 - Akira Toriyama , Manga artist (d. 2024 )[ 3]
April 7 - Akira Nishino , soccer player and manager
April 13 - Hideki Saijo , singer and actor (d. 2018 )
April 15 - Ryūtarō Nakamura , Anime director (d. 2013 )
April 23 - Fumi Hirano , voice actress and essayist
April 29 - Yūko Tanaka , actress
May 9 – Masayuki Kakefu , former professional baseball player
May 24 - Rumiko Ukai , voice actress
May 25 - Suguru Egawa , baseball player
May 26 - Masaharu Morimoto , chef
May 30 - Nakamura Kanzaburō XVIII , Kabuki actor (d. 2012 )
June 1 - Chiyonofuji Mitsugu , sumo wrestler (58th Yokozuna grand champion)
June 26 - Yoko Gushiken , boxer
July 1 - Sanma Akashiya , comedian and actor
August 20 - Agnes Chan , television personality
August 30 - Mayumi Muroyama , Manga artist
September 4 - Hiroshi Izawa , actor
September 24 - Shinbo Nomura , Manga artist
October 18 - Hiromi Go , singer
October 19 - LaSalle Ishii , television personality
October 21 - Yasukazu Hamada , politician
October 29 - Etsuko Shihomi , actress
November 3 - Yukihiko Tsutsumi , film director
November 14 - Koichi Nakano , bicycle rider
December 9 - Asashio Tarō IV , sumo wrestler
December 16 - Chiharu Matsuyama , singer-songwriter
December 24 - Mizuho Fukushima , politician
Deaths
See also
References
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