Year in Japan

1951 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 26 of the era)

What happened 出来事

Sep 8 Security Treaty Between the United States and Japan 日本国とアメリカ合衆国との間の安全保障条約 · Treaty — Treaty signed in San Francisco dictating that Japan grant the United States the territorial means fo

Reading the year 1951 in Japanese

Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 1951 corresponds to Shōwa era 昭和 (year 26 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 1951年 (1951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.