Year in Japan

1932 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 7 of the era)

What happened 出来事

Soviet–Japanese border conflicts 日ソ国境紛争 · War — armed conflict in the 1930s between the Soviets, Mongolians, and Japanese

Reading the year 1932 in Japanese

Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 1932 corresponds to Shōwa era 昭和 (year 7 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 1932年 (1932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.