2021年

Economy

Thursday, September 29 1921: Masatoshi Okochi was nominated as the new president of Riken.

1921 (Taisho 10) Thursday, September 29 Masatoshi Okochi was nominated as the new president of RIKEN. Recommended by the president of the University of Tokyo, Kenjiro YAMAKAWA. RIKEN developed rapidly under Okochi, and the commercialization of the research results occurred one after another. 76 enterprises rose to form RIKEN group, and it grew to a part of new Zaibatsu or new Financial clique. He was also not indicted for designating Class A war criminals after the war. 1952 (Showa 27) died at the age of 73. Actress Momoko KAWACHI is the grandson of Masatoshi OKOCHI, chairman of Riken Group. Her real name was Momoko OKOCHI. 1932: She was born as...
Social

Wednesday, September 28: Billionaire Zenjiro YASUDA was stabbed to death.

1921 (Taisho 10) Wednesday, September 28: Zenjiro YASUDA (82) was stabbed to death by Heigo Asahi (31) in Juraku-an, his second residence in Oiso-cho. The Asahi also committed suicide on the spot. He brought a zankanjo (document of zankan (conspiracy of an assassin)) to inflict punishment on a cunning man. Workers and supporters throughout the country treated the morning sun as a hero, which is said to have triggered the assassination of Takashi HARA two months later. Asahi was born in Saga Prefecture in 1890 (1890) and was 31 years old at the time. Zenjiro and I are 51 years apart in age. Since he was called Judo shodan (first...
Social

Monday, September 26 1921: A large typhoon passed through the Japanese Islands.

1921 (Taisho 10) Monday, September 26 A large typhoon passed through the Japanese Islands and caused extensive damage in various areas. 661 people were killed nationwide. Nagoya and Toyama were particularly severely damaged with many deaths, with 141 in Aichi Prefecture and 156 in Toyama Prefecture. In Aichi Prefecture alone, 5838 houses were completely destroyed. In addition, a train capsized in Toyama Prefecture and a steamship sank off the coast of Dairi in Moji, northern Kyushu. This large typhoon made landfall on the night of the 25th near Cape Shionomisaki at the southern tip of the Kii Peninsula. It recorded the strongest maximum wind speed of 33.6 m/second in the...
Birthday

September 23 1921: Takara Tomoko, a Latin singer, was born.

1921 (Taisho 10) Friday, September 23 Takara Tomoko, a Latin singer, was born in Fukuyama City, Hiroshima Prefecture. She joined Takarazuka Shojo Kagekidan (Takarazuka Girls Revue Company) at the age of 13 and played an active role as a star of the moon band. After the war, she debuted as a record player, recognized by the Tokyo Cuban Boys. Continuing Latin hits. In C’est Si Bon, sexy singing is controversial. He has participated in NHK Kohaku Utagassen four times. Takara Tomoko’s “C’est Si Bon” published in April 1954 was banned. This was because her sexual singing voice in the middle part of the song was regarded as problematic and many...
2021

The official circulation of the Mainichi Shimbun has fallen below 2 million. However, actual sales are much lower, rumored to be around 1 or 1.4 million copies.

As the circulation of newspapers continues to decline for a long time, the circulation of the morning edition of the Mainichi Shimbun, one of the 3 major newspapers, finally fell below 2 million in July. There was no record of the number falling to the 1 million s after World War II, and it was probably the first time since before or during the war. According to sources close to newspaper sellers, the actual number of copies sold is estimated to be around from 1 to 1.4 million, after subtracting the amount of paper that is discarded without being delivered to readers. According to a survey by the Japan ABC...
Birthday

Thursday, September 22 1921: Politician Miyazawa Hiroshi was born in Fukuyama City.

1921 (Taisho 10) Thursday, September 22 Politician Miyazawa Hiroshi was born in Fukuyama City, Hiroshima Prefecture. Hiroshi Miyazawa is the second son of three famous Miyazawa brothers in Hiroshima prefecture. My eldest son, who is two years older than me, became the 78th Prime Minister, Kiichi Miyazawa, and my second son, Hiroshi Miyazawa, served as Minister of Justice in the Cabinet of Tomiichi Murayama, serving as Governor of Hiroshima Prefecture and later as a member of the House of Councilors. His third son, Tai Miyazawa, was a diplomat and also a German ambassador. These three Miyazawa brothers and their father, Yutaka Miyazawa, are also members of the House of Representatives,...
Academic

Saturday, September 17 1921: Waseda won baseball game against UW.

1921 (Taisho 10) Saturday, September 17 Baseball interchange between Washington University and Waseda University. Tens of thousands of fans gather at the Totsuka baseball stadium of Waseda University. During the ceremonial first pitch, an airplane operated by Kotaro Oguri dropped six large rubber balls with the flags of Japan and the United States from the sky toward the center of the ground. The audience was very excited by the first production in Japan. Waseda won the game 1-0.
Social

Saturday, September 17 1921: Tadamichi SAKAI, a former Feudal lord, passed away.

1921 (Taisho 10) On Saturday, September 17, the 14th head of the Sakai family in the Shonai Clan of Dewa Province, Tadamichi SAKAI, passed away. He was 66 years old. He is the younger brother of the famous Tadazumi Sakai and Tadamichi Sakai brothers at the end of the Edo period. The Shonai Domain was based in today’s Tsuruoka City and was ruled by the Sakai clan, a fudai daimyo (a daimyo in hereditary vassal to the Tokugawa family), throughout the Edo period. Fudai daimyo are usually transferred frequently, or transferred to another province, in order to separate them from the resident landlord aspect, but the Sakai family of Shonai...
Politics

Friday, September 16 1921: Japanese Painter Manyou Ito was born, brother of Yukiji Asaoka.

1921 (Taisho 10) Friday, September 16 The second son Mitsuru was born to Shinsui ITO, a young Japanese-style painter and printmaker who was 23 years old at that time, and his wife Yoshiko. Shinsui participated in the new woodblock print movement at that time including Goyo Hashiguchi, and he energetically published his works. In 1922 (Taisho year 11), the year following the birth of Man, his work “Sashi” distinguished himself by winning a silver medal at the Peace Memorial Tokyo Exhibition. It became popular for its bijinga (beautiful women’s pictures) with the unique soft expression of Japanese-style painting, which succeeded the orthodoxy of Utagawa school Ukiyoe. She was the model...
Social

Saturday, September 10 1921: The Japan Football Association (JFA) was established.

1921 (Taisho 10) Saturday, September 10: The Japan Football Association (JFA) was established. The origin of soccer is said to be the football festival held in England in the middle ages. In the 19 century, the rules were improved and it is said that the first rules for football were established at Cambridge University in 1848. 15 years later, the Football Association was founded in London in 1863. The football association in England is the oldest football association in the world and is called The FA. In 1871, the first FA Cup was held and the Wonders Football Club in London won. Football has grown in popularity internationally, and in...