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{{Year in Japan|1938}}Events in the year 1938 in Japan. It corresponds to Shōwa 13 (昭和13年) in the Japanese calendar. Incumbents- Emperor: Hirohito[1]
- Prime Minister: Fumimaro Konoe
Events- January - Taihoku Air Strike
- January-June - Battle of Northern and Eastern Henan
- March 24 - National Mobilization Law
- March 24-April 7 - Battle of Taierzhuang
- March 24-May 1 - Battle of Xuzhou
- May - Battle of Lanfeng
- May 10-12 - Amoy Operation
- May 21 - Tsuyama massacre
- June 11-October 27 - Battle of Wuhan
- July 1 - Battle of Xinfeng
- July 29-August 11 - Battle of Lake Khasan
- October 1-11 - Battle of Wanjialing
- October-December - Canton Operation
Births- January 14 – Morihiro Hosokawa, politician and 50th Prime Minister of Japan
- January 23 – Giant Baba, professional wrestler (d. 1999)
- January 25 – Shotaro Ishinomori, author, manga artist, Father of "Henshin heroes" (d. 1998)
- February 4 – Isao Inokuma, judoka (d. 2001)
- March 30 – Chiyoko Shimakura, enka singer (d. 2013)
- April 22 – Issey Miyake, fashion designer
- June 28 – Yōko Sano, writer and illustrator (d. 2010)
- September 3 – Ryōji Noyori, chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
- September 8 – Kenichi Horie
- November 22 – Niro Shimada
- October 31 – Kei Tomiyama, actor, voice actor and narrator (d. 1995)
Deaths- February 2 – Momosuke Fukuzawa, businessman (b. 1868)
- May 4 – Kanō Jigorō, educator and founder of Judo (b. 1860)
- May 21 – Mutsuo Toi, spree killer (b. 1917)
- July 25 – Kōsaku Hamada, academic, archaeologist, author and President of Kyoto University (b. 1881)
- September 17 – Sadao Yamanaka, film director and screenwriter (b. 1909)
- October 5 – Chieko Takamura, artist (b. 1886)
- October 19 – Prince Fushimi Hiroyoshi (b. 1897)
- November 20 – Enzo Matsunaga, author (b. 1895)
See also- List of Japanese films of the 1930s
References 1. ^{{cite web |title=Hirohito {{!}} Biography, Accomplishments, & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Hirohito |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |accessdate=27 March 2019 |language=en}}
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