1977 in Japan
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Events in the year 1977 in Japan. It corresponds to Shōwa 52 (昭和52年) in the Japanese calendar.
Incumbents
- Emperor: Hirohito[1]
- Prime minister: Takeo Fukuda (Liberal Democratic)
- Chief Cabinet Secretary: Sunao Sonoda until November 28, Shintaro Abe
- Chief Justice of the Supreme Court: Ekizo Fujibayashi until August 25, Masao Okahara from August 26
- President of the House of Representatives: Shigeru Hori
- President of the House of Councillors: Kenzō Kōno until July 3, Ken Yasui from July 28
- Diet sessions: 80th (regular session opened in December 30, 1976, to June 9), 81st (extraordinary, July 27 to August 3), 82nd (extraordinary, September 29 to November 25), 83rd (extraordinary, December 7 to December 10), 84th (regular, December 19 to June 16, 1978)
Events
- January 4 - Poisoned cola is placed in a telephone booth near Shinagawa Station, killing two.
- June 15 - Outbreak of cholera in Arida, Wakayama prefecture.[2]
- August 7 - Mount Usu erupts.
- September 9 - Typhoon Babe strikes Okinoerabujima.
- September 19 - Yutaka Kume is abducted by North Korean agents in Noto Peninsula - beginning of North Korean abductions of Japanese citizens.
Births
- January 3 - Mayumi Iizuka, voice actress
- January 22 - Hidetoshi Nakata, footballer
- March 15 - Norifumi Yamamoto, mixed martial artist
- April 27 - Dai Fujikura, composer
- May 26 - Misaki Ito, actress
- June 22 - Ryōko Ono, voice actress
- June 25 - Naoya Tsukahara, gymnast
- June 26 - Tite Kubo, manga artist, creator of BLEACH
- August 13 - Miho Konishi, actress
- August 22 - Miho Kanno, actress and singer
- August 23 - Kenta Miyake, voice actor
- August 25 - Masumi Asano, voice actress
- August 30 - Sayori Ishizuka, voice actress
- September 6 - Kiyoshi Hikawa, enka singer
- September 15 - Angela Aki, singer-songwriter
- September 20 - Namie Amuro, singer
- December 6 - Miwa Yasuda, voice actress
Deaths
- March 21 - Kinuyo Tanaka, actress (b. 1909)
- March 31 - Yasuji Kamada, photographer (b. 1883)
- December 19 - Takeo Kurita, admiral (b. 1889)
See also
References
- ^ "Hirohito | Biography, Accomplishments, & Facts". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
- ^ "有田市を中心として発生したコレラ" [Outbreak of cholera around Arida] (in Japanese). Infectious Disease Surveillance Center. Archived from the original on 2011-04-18. Retrieved 21 January 2015.