Events from the year 1925 in Japan . It corresponds to Taishō 14Japanese calendar .
Incumbents
Governors
Events
January 20 – Soviet–Japanese Basic Convention is signed between the Empire of Japan and the Soviet Union . Ratifications were exchanged in Beijing on February 26, 1925. The agreement was registered in the League of Nations Treaty Series on May 20, 1925.[ 2]
March 5 – Nippon Air Brake (Nabco) was founded in Kobe , as predecessor of Nabtesco .[citation needed
March 7 – The Public Security Preservation Law of 1925 (治安維持法, Chian Iji Hō) is passed in the diet. It forbade conspiracy and revolt, and it criminalized socialism and communism.[ 3]
March – A nation's first license radio station , NHK Radio One , an official broadcasting service start in Tokyo , following start on June 1 in Osaka and July 15 in Nagoya .[citation needed
April Unknown date – Sanki Engineering was founded.[citation needed
May 1 – Matsuya Department Store of Ginza was open in Tokyo.[citation needed
May 5 – The General Election Law (普通選挙法, Futsu Senkyo Hō) was passed, giving all men above age 25 the right to vote.
May 12 – The Public Security Preservation Law is enacted.
May 23 – 1925 Kita Tajima earthquake
November 13 – The University of Tokyo Earthquake Research Institute is founded.
Unknown date – Hokkaido Dairy Sales Association, as predecessor of Snow Brand Megmilk, founded in Hokkaido .[page needed
Births
January 11 – Kihachirō Kawamoto , film director, screenwriter and animator (d. 2010 )
January 14 – Yukio Mishima , author, poet, and playwright (d. 1970 )
January 28 – Yasuji Mori , animator (d. 1992 )
February 26 – Hitoshi Takagi , voice actor (d. 2004 )
February 27 – Shoichiro Toyoda , business executive (d. 2023 )
March 12 – Leo Esaki , physicist, Nobel laureate
May 10 – Norio Kijima , announcer and politician (d. 1990 )
July 12 – Yasushi Akutagawa , composer and conductor (d. 1989 )
August 13 – Asao Sano , actor (d. 2022 )
November 30 – Genshō Imanari , literature academic (d. 2020 )
December 6 – Shigeko, Princess Teru , later "Shigeko Higashikuni", eldest child of Emperor Shōwa (d. 1961 )
Deaths
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