Year in Japan

1926 in Japanese History

1 recorded entry for this year. It falls in the Shōwa period (昭和時代, 1926 – 1989).

Era name: Shōwa era 昭和 (year 1 of the era)

What happened 出来事

Shōwa era 昭和 · Japanese era name — period of Japanese history within the 20th century CE (1926-1989)

Reading the year 1926 in Japanese

Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 1926 corresponds to Shōwa era 昭和 (year 1 of the era). Years are written with 年 (ねん, nen) — so 1600 appears as 慶長5年, "the fifth year of Keichō".

The year itself is read 1926年 (1926ねん) in modern Japanese. Browse the full timeline to see where this year sits in the wider arc, or the 20th century for its neighbours.