1978 in Japan
Events in the year 1978 in Japan . It corresponds to Shōwa 53 (昭和53年) in the Japanese calendar .
Incumbents
Emperor : Hirohito [ 1]
Prime minister : Takeo Fukuda (Liberal Democratic ) until December 7, Masayoshi Ōhira (Liberal Democratic )
Chief Cabinet Secretary : Shintaro Abe until December 7, Rokusuke Tanaka
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court : Masao Okahara
President of the House of Representatives : Shigeru Hori
President of the House of Councillors : Ken Yasui
Diet sessions: 84th (regular session opened in December 19, 1977, to June 16), 85th (extraordinary, September 18 to October 21), 86th (extraordinary, December 6 to December 12), 87th (regular, December 22 to June 14, 1979)
Governors
Events
January 14 - According to Japan Fire and Disaster Management Agency confirmed report, total of 25 people were dead, 211 people were wounded, a Richer Scale 6.7 earthquake and aftershocks damaged in Izu Peninsula , Shizuoka Prefecture .[ 2]
March 26 - Protesters destroy much of equipment in the control tower of Narita Airport with Molotov cocktails , set to open in just four days.
April 6 – Sunshine 60 has officially open in Ikebukuro , Toshima , Tokyo, the tallest sky craper in Asia (Japan), until 63 Building in Seoul , South Korea on July 27, 1985.[citation needed ]
May 20, 1978 - Narita International Airport opened
June 12 - A large 7.7 magnitude earthquake hits offshore Miyagi Prefecture and causes 28 deaths and 1,325 injuries.[ 3]
July 30, 1978 - Okinawa Prefecture changed driving on the Right-hand traffic to Left-hand traffic (730 )
August 12 - The Treaty of Peace and Friendship between Japan and the People's Republic of China is concluded.[ 4]
December 16 - The Mystery of Mamo is released in cinemas.
Births
January–June
January 2 – Toyoguchi Megumi , voice actress
January 6 –
January 7 – Asami Imajuku , model, actress, and singer
January 9 – Hassei Takano , actor
January 10 – Kanako Mitsuhashi , voice actress
January 11 – Kyoko Hamaguchi , freestyle wrestler
January 15 – Vanilla Yamazaki , katsudō-benshi , voice actor, an actress
January 16 – Hisanori Ōiwa , actor, stunt performer and suit actor
January 17
January 24 – Tomokazu Myojin , football midfielder
January 26 – Atsuko Kurusu , actress
January 27 – Akiko Hinagata , actress and former gravure idol .
February 4 – Shingo Kawaguchi , actor
February 20 – Ken Takeuchi , voice actor
February 21 – Miki Sakai , actress and J-pop idol singer
February 23 – Yuka Motohashi , actress
February 25
February 28 – Rei Kikukawa , actress, model, and television presenter
March 1
March 8 – Genki Sudo , mixed martial artist and a kickboxer
March 9 – Ryosuke Sawai , baseball player
March 12 – Arina Tanemura , manga artist
March 15 – Takeru Kobayashi , competitive eater
March 18
March 20 – Hanako Oku , singer
March 24
March 29 – Hirotoki Onozawa , rugby union player
April 5 – Yumie Funayama , curler
April 8 – Daigo , e singer-songwriter, actor, talent, and voice actor
April 9
April 14 – Kaori Muraji , classical guitarist
April 18 – Ryōta Tsuzuki , football player
April 24 – Kazunari Okayama , football player
April 26
April 27 – Takahiro Suzuki , baseball player
May 1 – Sachie Hara , actress and model
May 3 – Dai Tamesue , hurdler athlete
May 4 – Daisuke Ono , voice actor
May 8 – Atsushi Sato , long-distance runner
May 10 – Daisuke Yamai , basketball pitcher
May 11 – Ushiomaru Motoyasu , sumo wrestler (d. 2019 )
October 2 – Ayumi Hamasaki , singer, songwriter, actress and model
May 12 – Masahiro Abe , baseball player
May 13 – Junji Majima , voice actor
May 15
May 17 – Norihiro Yamagishi , football player
May 18 – Toru Yano , wrestler
May 23 – Hideaki Kitajima , football player
June 1 – Ayako Ikeda , singer-songwriter
June 2 – Junko Yaginuma , announcer and model
June 5
June 12 – Yumiko Shaku , actress and model
June 13 – Mikako Ichikawa , actress and model
June 17 – Kumiko Asō , actress
June 24 – Shunsuke Nakamura , football player
June 25 – Miki Nakao , backstroke swimmer
July –December
Ayumi Hamasaki
Manami Konishi
Ringo Sheena
July 3 – Mizuki Noguchi , long-distance runner[ 5]
July 4 – Yusuke Murata manga artist
July 7
July 9 – Osamu Hamanaka , baseball player
July 10 – Kotaro Koizumi , actor
July 12 – Yoshihito Ishii , baseball player
July 19 – Atsushi Harada , actor
July 21 – Kyoko Iwasaki , swimmer
July 22 – Kyōko Hasegawa , actress and model
July 23 – Takashi Yamamoto , swimmer
July 24 – Sayo Aizawa , model
July 28 – Hitomi Yaida , pop/folk rock singer-songwriter and guitarist
August 4 – Satoshi Hino , voice actor
August 8
August 12
August 24 – Kentaro Sekimoto , baseball player
September 6
September 18 – Kaoru Mori , manga artist
October 2 – Ayumi Hamasaki , recording artist, actress, model, and entrepreneur
October 18
October 20 – Nora Hirano , comedian
October 21 – Mariko Ooe , newsroom announcer
October 25 – Maria Takagi , actress
October 25 – An Yong-hak , North Korean , football manager
October 27 – Manami Konishi , rapper, songwriter, record producer, and actress
October 31 – Mika Sugisaki , announcer, radio personality, entertainer, and actress
November 3 – Koshiro Take , jockey
November 4 – Akiko Abe , announcer and actress
November 7 – Tomoya Nagase , singer and actor
November 8 – Kensaku Kishida , actor
November 10 – Akemi Kanda , voice actress
November 25
November 26 – Fukuyama Jun voice actor
November 28 – Tomohiro Nagatsuka cyclist
December 5 – Michinao Yamamura , baseball player
December 7 – Yasue Sato , actress and model
December 9 – Chihiro Kusaka , voice actress
December 12 – Hiroki Konno , comedian
December 23 – Akiko Yada , actress
December 25 – Miyuki Takahashi , volleyball player
December 26 – Kaoru Sugayama , volleyball player
December 29 – Noriko Aoyama , actress and former model
Deaths
January 5 – Shōji Hamada , potter (b. 1894 )
February 7 – Keizō Komura , admiral (b. 1896 )
March 1 – Kiyoshi Oka , mathematician (b. 1901 )
March 5 – Toshiko Higashikuni , daughter of Emperor Meiji (b. 1896 )
April 29 – Yukihiko Yasuda , painter (b. 1884 )
May 15 – Kiku Amino , author and translator (b. 1900 )
May 30 – Tetsu Katayama , politician and 33rd Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1887 )
June 6 – Katué Kitasono , poet and photographer (b. 1902 )
July 10 – Takashi Suzuki , politician (b. 1882 )
July 25 – Masao Koga , composer (b. 1904 )
August 1 – Kōgorō Uemura , businessman (b. 1892 )
September 9 – Kaoru Abe , saxophonist (b. 1949 )
See also
References