- 1948 in Japan
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c=20th century
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yp2=1946
yp3=1947
year=1948
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ya2=1950
ya3=1951
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dn3=1970s1948 was the 23nd year of theShowa period inJapan and the fourth year of the Allied occupation.Incumbents
*Emperor:
Hirohito
*Prime Minister:Tetsu Katayama ,Hitoshi Ashida ,Shigeru Yoshida
*Supreme Commander Allied Powers :Douglas MacArthur Events
*March 10:
Hitoshi Ashida becomes prime minister
*May 1:Japan Coast Guard founded.
*September 24:Honda Motor Company founded.
*October 5: Ashida cabinet resigns.
*October 15:Shigeru Yoshida becomes prime minister for a second term.
*November 12:International Military Tribunal for the Far East hands down death sentences for 7 war criminals and imprisonment for 18 others.
*December 7: Ashida arrested in connection with theShowa Electric scandal .Births
*January 29:
Mamoru Mori , astronaut
*January 31:Muneo Suzuki , politicianDeaths
*April 17:
Kantaro Suzuki , admiral and former prime minister
*April 20:Mitsumasa Yonai , admiral and former prime minister
*June 13:Osamu Dazai , novelist
*December 23:Hideki Tojo ,Seishiro Itagaki ,Heitaro Kimura ,Kenji Doihara ,Koki Hirota ,Iwane Matsui andAkira Muto executed.
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