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	Cp	19th Century
	C	20th century
	Cf	21st century
	Yp1	1946
	Yp2	1947
	Yp3	1948
	Year	1949
	Ya1	1950
	Ya2	1951
	Ya3	1952
	Dp3	1910s
	Dp2	1920s
	Dp1	1930s
	D	1940s
	Da	0
	Dn1	1950s
	Dn2	1960s
	Dn3	1970s

1949 was the 24th year of the Showa Period in Japan and the fifth year of the Allied Occupation .

INCUMBENTS

EVENTS

May 16: Opening of Tokyo , Osaka and Nagoya Stock Exchanges.

May 25: Ministry Of International Trade And Industry formed.

June 1: Japanese National Railways become independent of the Ministry of Transportation.

September 15: First limited express trains begin operation on JNR lines.

October: Hideki Yukawa becomes the first Japanese winner of a Nobel Prize .

BIRTHS

January 12: Haruki Murakami , author

DEATHS

January 8: Yoshijiro Umezu , war leader

August 7: Shoen Uemura , artist

August 15: Kanji Ishiwara , war leader

November 3: Hidemitsu Tanaka , author

November 20: Reijiro Wakatsuki , former prime minister

STATISTICS

Yen value: US$1 = ¥360 (fixed)