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| 1936, Feb. 20 |
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The more liberal Minseit regained the leading position in the Diet, following elections. | 1 |
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| Feb. 26 |
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| Prime Minister Sait, Finance Minister Takahashi, and others were assassinated in an uprising of young army officers of the Imperial Way Faction in Tokyo, aiming at establishing a military dictatorship; this was subsequently known as the February 26th Incident. Seventeen of the rebellious officers were sentenced to death (July 7) by a military tribunal. | 2 |
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| March 9 |
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| Hirota became prime minister, forming a cabinet dominated by the military. The budget was greatly increased, and development of heavy industry was pushed. | 3 |
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| Nov. 25 |
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| The Japanese-German anti-Comintern pact was concluded, Japan having already abandoned the naval limitation agreements. | 4 |
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