1974 in Japan

← 1973 1972 1971 1974 in Japan → 1975 1976 1977
Decades:	1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s
See also:	Other events of 1974 History of Japan  • Timeline  • Years

Events in the year 1974 in Japan.

Incumbents

• Emperor: Hirohito
• Prime minister: Kakuei Tanaka (Liberal Democratic) until December 9, Takeo Miki (Liberal Democratic)
• Chief Cabinet Secretary: Susumu Nikaido until November 11, Noboru Takeshita until December 9, Ichitaro Ide
• Chief Justice of the Supreme Court: Tomokazu Murakami
• President of the House of Representatives: Shigesaburō Maeo
• President of the House of Councillors: Kenzō Kōno
• Diet sessions: 72nd (regular session opened in December 1, 1973, to June 3), 73rd (extraordinary, July 24 to July 31), 74th (extraordinary, December 9 to December 25), 75th (regular, December 27 to July 4, 1975)

Events

• May 9 - A magnitude 6.9 earthquake strikes the Izu Peninsula, killing 30 and injuring 102.

Births

• February 7 - Jun Seba, aka Nujabes, hip-hop producer
• February 27 - Hiroyasu Shimizu, speed skater
• March 28 - Daisuke Kishio, voice actor
• March 30 - Miho Komatsu, pop singer and songwriter
• June 13 - Takahiro Sakurai, voice actor
• October 8 - Koji Murofushi, hammer thrower
• November 8 - Masashi Kishimoto, manga author
• December 4 - Tadahito Iguchi, baseball player
• December 27 - Fumiko Orikasa, voice actress and singer

Deaths

• December 24 - Sentarō Ōmori, admiral

See also

• 1974 in Japanese television
• List of Japanese films of 1974