1965 in Japan

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Events from the year 1965 in Japan.

Incumbents[]

  • Emperor: Hirohito[1]
  • Prime Minister: Eisaku Satō (Liberal Democratic)
  • Chief Cabinet Secretary:
  • Chief Justice of the Supreme Court: Kisaburo Yokota
  • President of the House of Representatives: Naka Funada until December 20, Kikuchirō Yamaguchi
  • President of the House of Councillors:

Events[]

  • February 14 - An All Nippon Airways Douglas DC-3 aircraft crashes into in Shizuoka Prefecture, killing both occupants of the plane.
  • February 22 - A gas explosion at a coal mine in Hokkaido kills 61.
  • June 1 - Coal mine explosion in Fukuoka Prefecture kills 237.
  • June 22 - Treaty on Basic Relations between Japan and the Republic of Korea signed in Tokyo.
  • August 1 - According to an official confirmed report from the Japan Coast Guard, the cruise ship Yasoshima Maru collided with a runaway tugboat and capsized in Osaka Bay, total 20 passenger and crew were lost to lives.[citation needed]
  • September 18 - Comet Ikeya–Seki first sighted by Japanese astronomers.
  • October 7 - Seven Japanese fishing boat capsized near Agrihan Island by Typhoon Carmen, According to an official confirmed report from the JCG, total 209 crew were fatalities.
  • October 15 - Meijō Line begins operations.
  • Unknown date – Kyoto Sangyo University was founded.[citation needed]

Births[]

  • January 5 - Rei Sakuma, voice actress
  • January 14 - Shouhei Kusaka (Born Hiroshi Tokoro), actor of 1989 Metal Hero Series Kidou Keiji Jiban.
  • February 18 – Masaki Saito, former professional baseball pitcher
  • March 20 - Taeko Kawata, voice actress
  • March 21 - Wakana Yamazaki, voice actress
  • April 15 - Sōichi Noguchi, astronaut
  • April 22 - Arihiro Hase, actor and voice actor (d. 1996)
  • May 2 - Aohisa Takayasu, actor of 1992 Super Sentai Series Kyoryu Sentai Zyuranger.
  • May 10 - Kiyoyuki Yanada, voice actor
  • May 13 - Hikari Ōta, comedian
  • May 23 - Kappei Yamaguchi, voice actor
  • May 24 - Shinichiro Watanabe, anime director
  • May 31 - Yōko Sōmi, voice actress
  • June 6 - Megumi Ogata, voice actress and singer
  • June 11 - Yasuko Sawaguchi, actress
  • July 3 - Shinya Hashimoto, professional wrestler (d. 2005)
  • July 13 - Akina Nakamori, pop singer and actress.
  • August 2 - Hisanobu Watanabe, baseball player and coach
  • August 18
  • August 28 - Satoshi Tajiri, video game designer, creator of Pokémon
  • September 27 - Robert Baldwin, actor
  • October 4 - Michiko Neya, voice actress
  • October 7 - Kumiko Watanabe, voice actress
  • November 20
    • Yoshiki Hayashi, rock composer, pianist and drummer (X Japan)
    • Takeshi Kusao, voice actor
  • November 21 - Yuriko Yamaguchi, voice actress
  • November 29 - Yutaka Ozaki, songwriter and rock star (d. 1992)
  • December 7 - Teruyuki Kagawa, actor
  • December 8 - Kotono Mitsuishi, voice actress
  • December 26 - Toshihide Wakamatsu, actor of 1991 Super Sentai Series Chojin Sentai Jetman.

Deaths[]

  • March 4 – Hachirō Arita, politician (b. 1884)
  • July 19 – Haruo Umezaki, writer (b. 1915)
  • July 28 – Rampo Edogawa, author and critic (b. 1894)
  • July 30 – Jun'ichirō Tanizaki, writer, novelist (b. 1886)
  • August 13 – Hayato Ikeda, Prime Minister (b. 1899)
  • December 27 – Morita Fukui, lawyer, prosecutor, politician and first Commissioner of baseball in Japan (b. 1885)
  • December 29 – Kosaku Yamada, composer and conductor (b. 1886)

See also[]

References[]

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