List of events
Events from the year 1955 in Japan .
January 28 – Benesse Corporation was founded, as predecessor name was Fukutake Shoten.[citation needed ] February 17 - According to Japan Fire and Disaster Management Agency official confirmed report, Seibo no Sono (Our Lady's Garden) fire in Totsuka-ku, Yokohama , total 99 person were death.[page needed ] February 27 - 1955 Japanese general election April Unknown date – Bunka Shutter was founded, as predecessor name was Nippon Bunka Steel Door.[page needed ] April 7 - Radio Tokyo TV (now Tokyo Broadcasting System Television (TBS) ) begins broadcasting. April 16–17 - Abe coal mine debris collapse, due to heavy torrential rain hit in Sasebo , Nagasaki Prefecture , resulting tn 73 persons death, according to JFDMA official confirmed report.[2] April 21 - Opening of Gokō Station May 11 - Shiun Maru disaster May 14 - According to Japan National Police Agency official confirmed report, a charter bus plunged into the Kitakami River in Iwate Prefecture , resulting in twelve deaths and twenty-eight injured.[page needed ] July 28- According to JFDMA official confirmed report, 36 junior school students died when a high wave hit, during school swimming lesson in Nakakawara beach, Tsu , Mie Prefecture .[page needed ] September 3 - Yumiko-chan incident November 1 - According to JFDMA official confirmed report, Moshiri Coal mine gas explosion hit in Akabira, Hokkaido , official death toll number is 60, with 17 person were wounded.[page needed ] November 15 - Japan Liberal Party and Democratic Party of Japan were unified, ruling Liberal Democratic Party of Japan has started.[page needed ] Establishment of Akkeshi Prefectural Natural Park January 13 - Ran Itō , actress January 15 - Mayumi Tanaka , voice actress January 17 - Mami Koyama , voice actress January 20 - Hiromi Ōta , singer January 22 - Keiko Takahashi , actress January 28 - George Tokoro , television personality and singer-songwriter February 12 - Ai Satō , voice actress February 13 - Akiko Yano , singer-songwriter March 2 - Shoko Asahara , cult leader (Aum Shinrikyo ) (d. 2018 ) March 16 - Jiro Watanabe , boxer March 20 - Mariya Takeuchi , singer-songwriter April 5 - Akira Toriyama , Manga artist (d. 2024 )[3] April 7 - Akira Nishino , soccer player and manager April 13 - Hideki Saijo , singer and actor (d. 2018 ) April 15 - Ryūtarō Nakamura , Anime director (d. 2013 ) April 23 - Fumi Hirano , voice actress and essayist April 29 - Yūko Tanaka , actress May 9 – Masayuki Kakefu , former professional baseball player May 24 - Rumiko Ukai , voice actress May 25 - Suguru Egawa , baseball player May 26 - Masaharu Morimoto , chef May 30 - Nakamura Kanzaburō XVIII , Kabuki actor (d. 2012 ) June 1 - Chiyonofuji Mitsugu , sumo wrestler (58th Yokozuna grand champion) June 26 - Yoko Gushiken , boxer July 1 - Sanma Akashiya , comedian and actor August 20 - Agnes Chan , television personality August 30 - Mayumi Muroyama , Manga artist September 4 - Hiroshi Izawa , actor September 24 - Shinbo Nomura , Manga artist October 18 - Hiromi Go , singer October 19 - LaSalle Ishii , television personality October 21 - Yasukazu Hamada , politician October 29 - Etsuko Shihomi , actress November 3 - Yukihiko Tsutsumi , film director November 14 - Koichi Nakano , bicycle rider December 9 - Asashio Tarō IV , sumo wrestler December 16 - Chiharu Matsuyama , singer-songwriter December 24 - Mizuho Fukushima , politician