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| Election Yoshida, Shigeru |  |
| Wins the election with an outright majority |
| Execution of Tojo Tojo, Hideki | |
| Executed as a war criminal |
| Film Kurosawa Kurosawa, Akira | |
| Kurosawa's Drunken Angel |
| Occupation Japan Yoshida, Shigeru | |
| 19th Dec Tokyo The USANational Security Council issues the 9-Point Program |
| Prime Minister Ashida, Hitoshi | |
| 10th Mar Tokyo Appointed Prime Minister of Japan |
| Prime Minister Yoshida, Shigeru | |
| 15th Oct Tokyo Appointed Prime Minister of Japan, 2nd term |
| Reform of Education Ashida, Hitoshi | |
| June Tokyo The Imperial Rescript on Education is annuled by the Diet |
| Resignation of Katayama Katayama, Tetsu | |
| 10th Feb Tokyo Resigns after the budget is rejected by the head of the budget committee in the Diet |
| Trial of Tojo Tojo, Hideki | |
| 12th Nov Sentenced to death for war crimes |
