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Saturday, July 16 1921: The 49th graduation ceremony of the Naval Academy was held.

1921 (Taisho 10) Saturday, July 16 The graduation ceremony of the Naval Academy was held. Recently, there has been a discussion in Japan about changing the September entrance/new term system in accordance with world standards, but from the Meiji period to the Taisho period, September entrance and July graduation were also common in Japan. The reason for the April enrollment system was that Tokyo Imperial University and other imperial universities changed the system to April enrollment, exactly 100 years ago in 1921 (1921). The Naval Academy was also changed to enter in April and graduate in March. The Naval Academy was a four-year school, but starting this year, new students...
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Friday, July 15 1921: Chinese tragic heroine, Sun Weishi was born.

1921 (Taisho 10) On Friday, July 15, Sūn Wéishì was born in Nanxi County, Sichuan Province. His father was a revolutionary, Sūn Bíangwén. Mother is Yǔ Rénruì. Around the time when Sūn Wéishì was born, her father was the chief of the Sichuan Mint in the Republic of China, but in September 1922 he returned to Germany together with Zhū dé. Zhū is the father of the People’s Liberation Army. They met with Zhōu ēnái in Germany, who was also studying in Europe, and joined the Communist Party of China in Berlin. In April 1927, Chiang Kai-shek’s father, Sūn Bíangwén, was assassinated in the so-called 4.12 coup d’etat in Shanghai....
Politics

Tuesday July 12 1921: Prince Hirohito arrived in Rome

1921 (Taisho 10) Tuesday, July 12 Prince Hirohito, who is visiting Europe, arrived in Rome, the capital of Italy, the third country after France and Belgium. The day before, the battleship Katori arrived in Naples on board the Crown Prince’s flight, and the morning train arrived at Termini Station in Rome. At the station, Vittorio Emanuele III, the emperor of Italy, greeted them. The crowd in the station square cheered. The Italian emperor and the Japanese crown prince took a carriage to Quirinale Palace for a luncheon. Many Roman citizens gathered in front of the palace and were greeted with great splendor. The photo shows Crown Prince Hirohito greeting citizens...
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Monday July 11 1921: Yamanouchi Akira was born

1921 (Taisho 10) On Monday, July 11, actor Yamanouchi Akira was born in Azabu, Tokyo. His father was Ichiro Yamano, born in what is now Tochio City, Niigata Prefecture, and his real name was Koichi Yamauchi. In 1942 (Showa 17), Akira YAMANOUCHI, who was the second son of Koichi, founded the theater company “Young Friends” while he was a student at Waseda University. While still a student, he signed a contract with Shochiku Uzumasa Studios, and the following year he was chosen for the lead role in the movie “Kaigun” (Navy), Masato Tani, which attracted attention. In the same year, he graduated from Waseda in advance as an exception during...
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Saturday, July 9 1921: Sadanori YAMANAKA was born.

1921 (Taisho 10) Saturday, July 9: Sadanori YAMANAKA, a statesman, was born. He was born in Soogun Sueyoshi Village, Kagoshima Prefecture (present Soo City). After graduating from former Miyakonojo Junior High School (present-day Miyazaki Prefectural Miyakonojo Izumigaoka High School), Oshima moved to Taiwan and attended Taipei Second Normal School. While studying at Taipei Second Normal School, he met Tomonao YARA, who was a teacher at the school and later became a politician from Okinawa, which later became Yamanaka’s major political asset. After graduating from the school, Yamanaka worked as a teacher at a national school in Takaosu, but after serving in the Pacific War, he left for the front, and...
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Friday, July 8 1921: Phantom record day of the world’s highest temperature

1921 (Taisho 10) Friday, July 8 It will be a phantom day with the world’s highest temperature. It was reported that the world’s highest temperature of 58.8 degrees Celsius was recorded in Basra, Iraq on this day. This record was strangely believed only in Japan for a long time. Even after World War II, it was mentioned in the “Dictionary of Meteorological Conditions” published by Tokyodo Publishing in 1954, and in the “Meteorological Year” in 1967. Some people over a certain age may have learned this Basra record in class. However, in reality, the world record of 56.7 degrees Celsius set in Death Valley, California in the United States on...
Politics

Thursday, July 7 1921: Crown Prince Hirohito be more casual, Imperial Ministry said.

1921 (Taisho 10) Thursday, July 7 The Imperial Household Ministry released a remarkable statement regarding Crown Prince Hirohito. It was reported that Prince Hirohito was very popular during his visit to Europe and went shopping in London and Paris, but the Ministry of the Imperial Household reported that Prince Hirohito plans to treat the people in a similar free style after returning to Japan. It was Hirokuni Ito, the deputy director of Shikibu of Viscount who was the heir of Hirobumi Ito. According to Ito, it’s better to wear a suit and go shopping in Ginza by train. At the time, it was customary for the Japanese Imperial Family, including...
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Sunday, July 3 1921: The first meeting of the Discipline Enforcement Committee was held

1921 (Taisho 10) Sunday, July 3 The first meeting of the Discipline Enforcement Committee was held in Shibaura reclaimed land by the opposition Kenseikai Party and the Kuomintang outsiders. In the morning, the event was threatened by heavy rain, but it cleared up around 10 o’clock and the event started at 13 o’clock. Masayoshi Oshikawa, Kanichi Otake, Monpei Yuasabonpei, and other active members of the opposition House of Representatives took the stage and criticized the government. According to the report, 10,000 people gathered on Shibaura reclaimed land. On the other hand, at around 15:30, there was an incident in which several extramural members of the ruling Seiyukai Party distributed hundreds...
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Saturday July 2 1921: Mizuho Matsuda, the founder of Yoshinoya, was born.

1921 (Taisho 10) Saturday, July 2: Mizuho Matsuda, the substantial founder of Yoshinoya, was born. He was a student at Chuo University’s Faculty of Law during World War II, but went to the front as a student. After the war, he was demobilized and took over the family business of beef bowl restaurant in Tsukiji Uogashi. It has rapidly expanded to a synonym of fast, easy and good. 1958 The Company became a joint-stock company and developed a nationwide chain using TV commercials. we aggressively expanded our business overseas, including in the United States. However, in order to rapidly expand the shops at that time, they used a lot of...
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Thursday, June 30: Li Shucheng received a request to lend his residence for the first Communist Party Congress.

1921 (Taisho 10) Thursday, June 30 Around this time, Li Shucheng, who lived in Shanghai, received a request to lend his residence for the first Communist Party Congress. It was from Li Hanjun, the younger brother of Li Shucheng, whom I met in the Communist Party. His brother Li Shucheng is a revolutionary soldier and an old friend of Sun Wen. Li Shucheng had studied in Japan before going to Tokyo to study at the Kobun Gakuin founded by Jigoro Kano. This school is in Ushigome Nishigoken-cho. He studied with Lu Xun and Hwang Heung. He met Sun Yat-sen in Tokyo and became one of the founders of the 1904...