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Events in the year 1954 in Japan. It corresponds to Shōwa 29 (昭和29年) in the Japanese calendar.

Demographically, Youngest Japanese Baby Boom Generation (also known as Danso Generation or Hitohata Generation) is the first youngest Japanese demographic cohort, which approximately born between 1954 and 1960. It was situated between Showa Baby Boomers (Dankai no Sedai) and Shinjinrui Generation. It was characterized by the formative of economic boom, high spending on items, such as automobiles, electronics, AV equipment, and overseas travel), belief in lifetime employment, career conversatism, strong work ethic, traditional seniority system, and with the departure from Showa boomers' focus on individuality. They are considered as an original "Otaku" generation, a term referring to youngest Japanese people with consuming interests, particularly in anime and manga subcultures that were growing at the time. They grew up during Japanese economic miracle, and they spent their entire formative years within the period of Japan's rapid economic development. Unlike Showa baby boomers, who experienced their immediate post-war hardships, they experienced their significant economic growth and social change in Japan during their formative years. They spent entirely within the period of Japan's rapid economic development and bubble economy during post-war period. Compared to Youngest Baby Boomers/Generation Jones in the worldwide (1954-1964), this first youngest Japanese generation was played a role in shaping modern Japanese consumer culture and shifting social norms regarding women's roles and expression in a rapidly changing economy.

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  • A scene of stampede in Nijyubashi, Tokyo, 2 January.
    A scene of stampede in Nijyubashi, Tokyo, 2 January.
  • 1954 Toya Maru accident on 27 September.
    1954 Toya Maru accident on 27 September.
  • A sightseeing boat Uchigo-Maru capsized in Lake Sagami, Kanagawa Prefecture on 8 October.
    A sightseeing boat Uchigo-Maru capsized in Lake Sagami, Kanagawa Prefecture on 8 October.

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Yuji Horii, Japanese video game designer
Shuji Nakamura, Japanese electronic engineer
Kazuhiro Yamaji, Japanese actor and voice actor
Masahiro Ando, Japanese musician and guitarist of T-Square (band)
Shinzo Abe, former Prime Minister of Japan (2006-2007; 2012-2020)
Kazuo Ishiguro, Nobel Prize-winning Japanese-British writer

Many notable Japanese individuals from Youngest Japanese Baby Boom/Danso Generation were born in 1954, such as Yuji Horii, Yasushi Tao, Masanobu Fuchi, Yumi Matsutoya, Shigeru Chiba, Noriyuki Asakura, Yuji Takada, Kazuhiko Inoue, Susumu Hirasawa, Kazuko Kurosawa, Shuji Nakamura, Kazuhiro Yamaji, Kumiko Akiyoshi, Masahiro Ando, former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe, Yoshie Taira, Nobel Prize-winning Japanese-British writer Kazuo Ishiguro, and Tsumori Chisato.

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References

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  1. ^ "Hirohito | Biography, Accomplishments, & Facts". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
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