Year in Japan

1943 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 18 of the era)

What happened 出来事

Sep 10 1943 Tottori earthquake 鳥取地震 · Earthquake — earthquake struck Tottori prefecture, Japan on September 10, 1943 (local time)

Reading the year 1943 in Japanese

Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 1943 corresponds to Shōwa era 昭和 (year 18 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 1943年 (1943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.