Year in Japan

1948 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 23 of the era)

What happened 出来事

Jun 28 1948 Fukui earthquake 福井地震 · Natural disaster — June 1948 earthquake in Japan

Reading the year 1948 in Japanese

Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 1948 corresponds to Shōwa era 昭和 (year 23 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 1948年 (1948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.