1972 in Japan
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Events in the year 1972 in Japan.
Incumbents
- Emperor: Hirohito
- Prime minister: Eisaku Satō (Liberal Democratic) until July 7, Kakuei Tanaka (Liberal Democratic)
- Chief Cabinet Secretary: Noboru Takeshita until July 7, Susumu Nikaido
- Chief Justice of the Supreme Court: Kazuto Ishida
- President of the House of Representatives: Naka Funada until November 13, Umekichi Nakamura from December 22
- President of the House of Councillors: Kenzō Kōno
Events
- February 3 - 13 - The 1972 Winter Olympics are held in Sapporo, Hokkaido.
- May 13 - A fire at the Sennichi Department Store in Osaka kills 118, injures 78.
- May 15 - Okinawa returned to Japan after being occupied by the United States military for 27 years.
- December 10 - General election of 1972 - Liberal Democratic Party win 271 out of 491 seats.
Births
- January 17 - Ken Hirai, singer-songwriter
- January 22 - Romi Park, voice actress
- February 2 - Hisashi Tonomura, musician
- February 5 - Koriki Chōshū, comedian
- February 17 - Yuki Isoya, singer
- March 10 - Takashi Fujii (Matthew Minami), television performer
- March 29 - Junichi Suwabe, voice actor
- April 5 - Junko Takeuchi, voice actress
- April 30 - Takako Tokiwa, voice actress
- May 6 - Naoko Takahashi, long-distance runner
- May 21 - Kaoru Fujino, voice actress
- July 14 - Masami Suzuki, voice actress
- July 27
- Takako Fuji, actress
- Takashi Shimizu, director
- August 14 - Takako Honda, voice actress
- September 8 - Tomokazu Seki, voice actor
- September 10 - Rio Tahara, snowboarder
- October 19 - Sayaka Aoki, voice actress
- October 21 - Masakazu Morita, voice actor
- October 29 - Takafumi Horie, entrepreneur
- November 1 - Naoki Yanagi, voice actor
- November 9 - Naomi Shindou, voice actor
- November 13 - Takuya Kimura, member of SMAP and actor
- December 4 - Yūko Miyamura, voice actress and singer
Deaths
- April 16 - Yasunari Kawabata, writer, Nobel Prize laureate
- August 26 - Goroku Amemiya, photographer
