1932 in Japan

Incumbents

• Emperor: Hirohito
• Prime Minister:
• *Inukai Tsuyoshi: until May 15
• *Takahashi Korekiyo: May 15 - May 26
• *Saitō Makoto: from May 26
• Foreign Minister:
• *Saitō Makoto: until July
• *Uchida Kosai
• Finance Minister: Takahashi Korekiyo

  Events

• January 9 - Sakuradamon Incident
• January 25 - Nippon Bakelight, later Sumitomo Bakelight was founded.
• January 25-February 4 - Defense of Harbin
• January 28-March 3 - January 28 Incident
• February 20 - 1932 Japanese general election
• May 15 - May 15 Incident
• July 15 - Takashimaya Department Store in Osaka Nanba was officially open.
• August 12 - Tokyo Takarazuka Cinema Production, as predecessor of Toho was founded.
• September 1 - Topcon was founded.
• September 15 - the Japan-Manchukuo Protocol is signed by Japan giving Japanese forces permission to station in Manchukuo
• December 16 - Shirokiya Department Store fire
• Winter - The Japanese Communist Party make a concerted effort to reestablish its central organization during a time of police repression
• Unknown date
• * Pharmacy retailer, Matsumoto Kiyoshi founded in Matsudo, Chiba Prefecture, as predecessor name was Matsumoto Pharmacy Shop.
• * Nanzan Secondary School, later Nanzan University was founded in Nagoya.

  Films

• Chûshingura - directed by Teinosuke Kinugasa
• First Steps Ashore - directed by Yasujirô Shimazu
• I Was Born, But... - directed by Yasujirō Ozu
• Kokushi muso - directed by Mansaku Itami
• Manmo kenkoku no reimei - directed by Kenji Mizoguchi
• Nasanunaka - directed by Mikio Naruse
• Spring Comes from the Ladies - directed by Yasujirô Ozu
• Until the Day We Meet Again - directed by Yasujirô Ozu
• Uzumaki - directed by Hiroshi Innami
• Where Now Are the Dreams of Youth - directed by Yasujirō Ozu

  Births

• March 7 - Momoko Kōchi, actress
• March 31 - Nagisa Oshima, film director and screenwriter
• April 3 - Ineko Arima, film actress
• April 4 - Meisei Goto, author
• June 25 - Ichiro Ogimura, table tennis player
• August 11 - Keiko Kishi, film actress and UNFPA Goodwill Ambassador
• September 10 - Yasuo Yamada, voice actor
• September 18 - Hisashi Owada, diplomat and law professor
• September 30 - Shintarō Ishihara, Japanese author and politician
• October 2 - Masanobu Deme, film director
• November 20
• *Umeko Ando, Ainu singer and musician
• *Yorozuya Kinnosuke, kabuki actor
• November 23 - Kunie Tanaka, film actor
• December 15 - Tatsuya Nakadai, film actor
• December 25 - Jun Etō, literary critic

  Deaths

• February 9 - Junnosuke Inoue, businessman and banker
• March 5 - Dan Takuma, businessman
• March 24 - Motojirō Kajii, writer
• March 26 - Kigoshi Yasutsuna, general
• May 15 - Inukai Tsuyoshi, politician and Prime Minister of Japan
• May 26 - Yoshinori Shirakawa, general,
• June 14 - Yamamoto Yaeko, nurse, wife of Joseph Hardy Neesima
• July 24 - Hidaka Sōnojō, admiral