1977 in Japan

Decades:	1950s; 1960s; 1970s; 1980s; 1990s;
See also:	Other events of 1977; History of Japan • Timeline • Years

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 on 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)

Governors

Aichi Prefecture: Yoshiaki Nakaya
Akita Prefecture: Yūjirō Obata
Aomori Prefecture: Shunkichi Takeuchi
Chiba Prefecture: Kiichi Kawakami
Ehime Prefecture: Haruki Shiraishi
Fukui Prefecture: Heidayū Nakagawa
Fukuoka Prefecture: Hikaru Kamei
Fukushima Prefecture: Isao Matsudaira
Gifu Prefecture: vacant (until 8 February); Yosuke Uematsu (starting 8 February)
Gunma Prefecture: Ichiro Shimizu
Hiroshima Prefecture: Hiroshi Miyazawa
Hokkaido: Naohiro Dōgakinai
Hyogo Prefecture: Tokitada Sakai
Ibaraki Prefecture: Fujio Takeuchi
Ishikawa Prefecture: Yōichi Nakanishi
Iwate Prefecture: Tadashi Chida
Kagawa Prefecture: Tadao Maekawa
Kagoshima Prefecture: Saburō Kanemaru (until 3 February); Kaname Kamada (starting 3 March)
Kanagawa Prefecture: Kazuji Nagasu
Kochi Prefecture: Chikara Nakauchi
Kumamoto Prefecture: Issei Sawada
Kyoto Prefecture: Torazō Ninagawa
Mie Prefecture: Ryōzō Tagawa
Miyagi Prefecture: Sōichirō Yamamoto
Miyazaki Prefecture: Hiroshi Kuroki
Nagano Prefecture: Gon'ichirō Nishizawa
Nagasaki Prefecture: Kan'ichi Kubo
Nara Prefecture: Ryozo Okuda
Niigata Prefecture: Takeo Kimi
Oita Prefecture: Masaru Taki
Okayama Prefecture: Shiro Nagano
Okinawa Prefecture: Koichi Taira
Osaka Prefecture: Ryōichi Kuroda
Saga Prefecture: Sunao Ikeda
Saitama Prefecture: Yawara Hata
Shiga Prefecture: Masayoshi Takemura
Shiname Prefecture: Seiji Tsunematsu
Shizuoka Prefecture: Keizaburō Yamamoto
Tochigi Prefecture: Yuzuru Funada
Tokushima Prefecture: Yasunobu Takeichi
Tokyo: Ryōkichi Minobe
Tottori Prefecture: Kōzō Hirabayashi
Toyama Prefecture: Kokichi Nakada
Wakayama Prefecture: Shirō Kariya
Yamagata Prefecture: Seiichirō Itagaki
Yamaguchi Prefecture: Toru Hirai
Yamanashi Prefecture: Kunio Tanabe

Events

January to February – According to Japan Fire and Disaster Management Agency, a widely heavy snow and avalanche, affective winter storm hit around nationwide, resulting to official confirmed report, total 101 person were human fatalities and 834 persons were wounded.^[2]
January 4 - Poisoned cola is placed in a telephone booth near Shinagawa Station, killing two.
June 15 - Outbreak of cholera in Arida, Wakayama prefecture.^[3]
August 7 - Mount Usu erupts.^[4]
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
January 30 – Takahiro Arai, former professional baseball player
February 10 – Morihiro Hashimoto, darts player (d. 2017)
March 15 - Norifumi Yamamoto, mixed martial artist
April 27 - Dai Fujikura, composer
April 29 - Daisuke Amaya, indie game developer
May 8 - Chiaki Takahashi, voice actress
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^[5]
September 15 - Angela Aki, singer-songwriter
September 20 - Namie Amuro, singer
September 23 - Nozomi Momoi, Japanese AV idol, and murder victim (d. 2002)
September 25 - Atsushi Aoki, Japanese professional wrestler (d. 2019)
October 1 – Christel Takigawa, television presenter
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)

References

^ "Hirohito | Biography, Accomplishments, & Facts". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
^ ja:昭和52年豪雪 (Japanese language edition) Retrieved on October 17, 2021.
^ "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.
^ "The 1977–78 Eruptions at the Mountain Peak and Ground Deformation". Archived from the original on 2010-10-12. Retrieved 2010-10-28. Last access 28 October 2010.
^ Hikawa Kiyoshi: Profile. (in Japanese) Columbia Music Entertainment. Accessed May 6, 2008.

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

[2] :昭和52年豪雪 (Japanese language edition) Retrieved on October 17, 2021.

[3] "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.

[4] "The 1977–78 Eruptions at the Mountain Peak and Ground Deformation". Archived from the original on 2010-10-12. Retrieved 2010-10-28. Last access 28 October 2010.

[5] Hikawa Kiyoshi: Profile. (in Japanese) Columbia Music Entertainment. Accessed May 6, 2008.

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1977 in Japan

Incumbents

Governors

Events

Births

Deaths

See also

References