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Japan in 1960

Historical records for Japan in 1960, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.

12Records
10Events
6Named people
1Places
5Categories

Historical records

February

23 February 1960Birth of Naruhito HironomiyaHironomiya

House / House of Tokugawa

Birth of Naruhito Hironomiya, eldest son of Akihito

June

23 June 1960Treaty of Mutual Security & Cooperation with theNobusuke Kishi

Tokyo · Government / Liberal-Democratic Party Government

The Treaty of Mutual Security & Cooperation with the USA goes into effect

23 June 1960Treaty of SecurityNobusuke Kishi

Tokyo · Government / Liberal-Democratic Party Government

The Treaty of Mutual Security & Cooperation goes into effect

July

19 July 1960Prime Minister of JapanHayato Ikeda

Government / Liberal-Democratic Party Government

Appointed Prime Minister of Japan, 1st term

September

September 1960Economy of JapanHayato Ikeda

Government / Liberal-Democratic Party Government

Announces plans to double Japans income over the decade

December

8 December 1960Prime Minister of JapanHayato Ikeda

Government / Liberal-Democratic Party Government

Appointed Prime Minister of Japan, 2nd term

Other Events

1960A trip by Eisenhower to Japan is cancelled due to demonstrationsNobusuke Kishi

Tokyo · Government / Liberal-Democratic Party Government

A trip by Eisenhower to Japan is cancelled due to demonstrations

1960Democratic Socialist PartyNishio Suehiro

Politics / DSP

Founds Japans Democratic Socialist Party

1960DemonstrationsNobusuke Kishi

Tokyo · Government / Liberal-Democratic Party Government

A trip by Eisenhower to Japan is cancelled due to demonstrations

1960The Bad Sleep WellAkira Kurosawa

Arts / Cinema

Kurosawas The Bad Sleep Well

1960Treaty of SecurityNobusuke Kishi

Tokyo · Government / Liberal-Democratic Party Government

The Treaty causes demonstrations of up to 100,000. Japan & the USA sign the 2nd security Treaty, Treaty of Mutual Security & Cooperation. Allows the US to launch military operations from Japan, including nuclear weapons. 40 socialists leave the Japan Socialist Party & form the Democratic Socialist Party

1960Winner of the Cultural Merit awardHidetsugu Yoshikawa

Arts / Literature

Winner of the Cultural Merit award

Names involved

Akira KurosawaHayato IkedaHidetsugu YoshikawaHironomiyaNishio SuehiroNobusuke Kishi

Places involved

Tokyo

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.