1935 in Japan

Events from the year 1935 in Japan.

Incumbents

 * Emperor: Hirohito
 * Prime Minister: Keisuke Okada

Governors

 * Aichi Prefecture: Eitaro Shinohara
 * Akita Prefecture: Takabe Rokuzo
 * Aomori Prefecture: Mitsumasa Kobayashi
 * Ehime Prefecture: Jiro Ichinohe (until 15 January); Jiro Kan Oba (starting 15 January)
 * Fukui Prefecture: Shinsuke Kondo
 * Fukushima Prefecture: Ito Takehiko
 * Gifu Prefecture:
 * until 15 January: Umekichi Miyawaki
 * 15 January-31 May: Chi Sakamato
 * starting 31 May: Chiaki Saka
 * Gunma Prefecture: Masao Kanazawa (until 15 January); Seikichi Kimishima (starting 15 June)
 * Hiroshima Prefecture: Michio Yuzawa (until 15 January); Keiichi Suzuki (starting 15 January)
 * Ibaraki Prefecture: Abe Kashichi (until 15 January); Ando Kyoushirou (starting 15 January)
 * Iwate Prefecture: Hidehiko Ishiguro
 * Kagawa Prefecture: Yoshisuke Kinoshita (until 15 June); Megumi Fujimo (starting 15 June)
 * Kumamoto Prefecture: Keiichi Suzuki (until 15 January); Sekiya Nobuyuke (starting 15 January)
 * Kochi Prefecture: Yozora Takehamu (until 16 October); Kobayashi Mitsumasa (starting 16 October)
 * Kyoto Prefecture: Saito Munenori (until January); Shintaro Suzuki (starting January)
 * Mie Prefecture: Saburo Hayakawa (until 23 June); Aijiro Tomita (starting 23 June)
 * Miyagi Prefecture: Kiyoshi Nakarai (until 28 June); Jiro Ino (starting 28 June)
 * Miyazaki Prefecture: Seikuchi Kimishima (until 15 January); Seiya Mishima (starting 15 January)
 * Nagano Prefecture: Okoda Shuzo (until 15 January); Seiichi Omora (starting 15 January)
 * Niigata Prefecture: Chiba Ryo (until 15 June); Miyawaki Umekichi (starting 15 June)
 * Okinawa Prefecture: Jiro Ino (until 28 June); Hisashi Kurashige (starting 28 June)
 * Osaka Prefecture: Shinobu Agata (until month unknown)
 * Saga Prefecture: Shizuo Furukawa
 * Saitama Prefecture: Kazume Iinuma (until 25 May); Saito Juri (starting 25 May)
 * Shiname Prefecture: Masaki Fukumura
 * Tochigi Prefecture: Gunzo Kayaba
 * Tokyo: Masayasu Kouksaka (until 15 January); Sukenari Yokoya (starting 15 January)
 * Toyama Prefecture: Saito Itsuki (until 25 May); Ginjiro Toki (starting 25 May)
 * Yamagata Prefecture: Taro Kanamori

Events

 * January 8 - Battle of Khalkhyn Temple
 * February 11 – Tosoh was founded in Tokuyama (now Shunan) Yamaguchi Prefecture, as predecessor name was Toyo Soda.
 * June - North Chahar Incident
 * June 27 - Chin-Doihara Agreement
 * July 5 - establishment of Ōtone Prefectural Natural Park.
 * August 9 - establishment of Mineokasankei Prefectural Natural Park, Kujūkuri Prefectural Natural Park, Takagoyama Prefectural Natural Park and Yōrō Keikoku Okukiyosumi Prefectural Natural Park.
 * September 27 - opening of Tōbu-Izumi Station.
 * October 20 - opening of Musahiro-Tokiwa Station (now Tokiwadai Station (Tokyo)).
 * Unknown date – Yakult founded in Fukuoka City.
 * Establishment of Naoki Prize and Akutagawa Prize.

Films

 * January 20 - Orizuru Osen
 * November 21 - An Inn in Tokyo
 * date unknown - Kodakara Sodo

Births

 * January 4 – Toru Terasawa, runner
 * January 31 – Kenzaburō Ōe, writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2023)
 * February 22 – Hisako Kyōda, Japanese voice actress
 * March 17 – Seiji Yokoyama, musician (d. 2017)
 * April 17 – Masanori Hata, zoologist, essayist, and filmmaker (d. 2023)
 * May 15 – Akihiro Miwa, singer, actor, author and drag queen
 * June 10 – Yoshihiro Tatsumi, Japanese manga artist (d. 2015)
 * June 26 – Sumiko Shirakawa, voice actress (body discovered. 2015)
 * June 29 – Katsuya Nomura, baseball player and manager (d. 2020)
 * July 12 – Satoshi Ōmura, biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate
 * July 23 – Yukiji Asaoka, singer and actress (d. 2018)
 * August 24 – Tsutomu Hata, 51st Prime Minister of Japan (d. 2017)
 * September 1 – Seiji Ozawa, conductor (d. 2024)
 * September 14 – Fujio Akatsuka, Japanese cartoonist (d. 2008)
 * October 2 – Noriko Ohara, actress, voice actress and narrator
 * October 9 – Teruyoshi Nakano, special effects director
 * October 10 – Yumiko Kurahashi, writer (d. 2005)
 * October 15 – Yukio Ninagawa, theater director (d. 2016)
 * October 29 – Isao Takahata, film director, screenwriter and producer (d. 2018)
 * November 15 – Kaneta Kimotsuki, voice actor (d. 2016)
 * November 28 – Masahito, Prince Hitachi
 * December 10 – Shūji Terayama, poet, writer, film director, and photographer (d. 1983)
 * December 19 – Taizo Nishimuro, businessman (d. 2017)
 * date unknown - Keizaburo Tejima, artist and author

Deaths

 * January 17 – Ishikawa Chiyomatsu, biologist, zoologist, and ichthyologist (b. 1861)
 * February 28 – Tsubouchi Shōyō, author, critic and educator (b. 1859)
 * March 8 – Hachikō, a faithful Akita, on the spot where he had awaited his dead owner for nine years
 * March 20 – Gyoshū Hayami, painter (b. 1894)
 * August 12 – Tetsuzan Nagata, general (b. 1884)