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Japan in 1936

Historical records for Japan in 1936, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.

13Records
11Events
9Named people
2Places
5Categories

Historical records

February

20 February 1936ElectionOkada Keisuke

Government / Government of Japan

Diet elections, the liberal Minseito win 205 seats & the right Seiyukai win 174 seats

February 1936Japan Must Fight BritainTota Ishimaru

Warfare / Military

Publication of "Japan Must Fight Britain"

March

March 1936Prime Minister of JapanHirota Koki

Government / Government of Japan

Appointed Prime Minister of Japan

October

23 October 1936Anti-Comintern PactKintomo Mushakoji

Government / Government of Japan

The draft of the Anti-Comintern Pact is drawn up

November

25 November 1936Anti-Comintern PactKintomo Mushakoji

Government / Government of Japan

Signs the Anti-Comintern Pact on behalf of Japan

November 1936Alliance Japan and GermanyHirohito

House / House of Tokugawa

To "combat the subversive activities" of the Comintern. A Japanese-German Convention is signed in Berlin

November 1936CominternHirohito

House / House of Tokugawa

To "combat the subversive activities" of the Comintern

Other Events

1936AmbassadorShigeru Yoshida

London · Government / Government of Japan

Appointed Ambassador of Britain

1936Anti-Comintern PactHirohito

London · House / House of Tokugawa

The Anti-Comintern Pact was an anti-communist pact concluded between Nazi Germany and the Empire of Japan (later to be joined by other, mainly fascist, Governments) on November 25, 1936 and was directed against the 3rd (Communist) International

1936Conference of LondonHirohito

London · House / House of Tokugawa

Japan withdraws from the London Naval Conference in order to build without restriction

1936CoupTomoyuki Yamashita

Warfare / Military

Involved in thw "Imperial Way" coup

1936Eastern BuddhistDaisetsu Teitaro Suzuki

Humanities / Social Science

Publication of "Eastern Buddhist"

1936Manchuria PolicyHajime Sugiyama

Tokyo · Warfare / League of Nations

Military policy deepens Japan's separation from League diplomacy.

Names involved

Daisetsu Teitaro SuzukiHajime SugiyamaHirohitoHirota KokiKintomo MushakojiOkada KeisukeShigeru YoshidaTomoyuki YamashitaTota Ishimaru

Places involved

LondonTokyo

Provenance

This page is generated from stored World History Database records matching the exact country and year shown above. Exact duplicate display records are collapsed. Records without a month are listed after the monthly sections. Source provenance varies by record; formal academic citation should be checked against the relevant primary source, archive or specialist historical reference.