1976 in Japan

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See also:	Other events of 1976; History of Japan • Timeline • Years

Events in the year 1976 in Japan. It corresponds to Shōwa 51 (昭和51年) in the Japanese calendar.

Incumbents[]

Emperor: Hirohito^[1]
Prime minister: Takeo Miki (Liberal Democratic) until December 24, Takeo Fukuda (Liberal Democratic)
Chief Cabinet Secretary: Ichitaro Ide until December 24, Sunao Sonoda
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court: Tomokazu Murakami until May 24, Ekizo Fujibayashi from May 25
President of the House of Representatives: Shigesaburō Maeo until December 9, Shigeru Hori from December 24
President of the House of Councillors: Kenzō Kōno
Diet sessions: 77th (regular session opened in December 27, 1975, to May 24), 78th (extraordinary, September 16 to November 4), 79th (extraordinary, December 24 to December 28), 80th (regular, December 30 to June 9, 1977)

Aichi Prefecture:
Akita Prefecture:
Aomori Prefecture:
Chiba Prefecture:
Ehime Prefecture:
Fukui Prefecture:
Fukuoka Prefecture:
Fukushima Prefecture: (until 11 August); (starting 16 September)
Gifu Prefecture: (until 14 December); vacant thereafter (starting 14 December)
Gunna Prefecture: (until 1 August); (starting 2 August)
Hiroshima Prefecture: Hiroshi Miyazawa
Hokkaido: Naohiro Dōgakinai
Hyogo Prefecture:
Ibaraki Prefecture:
Ishikawa Prefecture: Yōichi Nakanishi
Iwate Prefecture:
Kagawa Prefecture:
Kagoshima Prefecture:
Kanagawa Prefecture:
Kochi Prefecture:
Kumamoto Prefecture:
Kyoto Prefecture:
Mie Prefecture:
Miyagi Prefecture: Sōichirō Yamamoto
Miyazaki Prefecture: Hiroshi Kuroki
Nagano Prefecture: Gon'ichirō Nishizawa
Nagasaki Prefecture:
Nara Prefecture:
Niigata Prefecture:
Oita Prefecture:
Okayama Prefecture:
Okinawa Prefecture: Chōbyō Yara (until 24 June); Koichi Taira (starting 25 June)
Osaka Prefecture: Ryōichi Kuroda
Saga Prefecture:
Saitama Prefecture: Yawara Hata
Shiga Prefecture: Masayoshi Takemura
Shiname Prefecture:
Shizuoka Prefecture:
Tochigi Prefecture:
Tokushima Prefecture:
Tokyo:
Tottori Prefecture:
Toyama Prefecture:
Wakayama Prefecture:
Yamagata Prefecture:
Yamaguchi Prefecture: (until 30 June); (starting 22 August)
Yamanashi Prefecture:

A levee collapse, following to massibie flood by Typhoon Fran, near Nagara River, Gifu Prefecture, on 12 September

March 2 – A time bomb goes off in the lobby of the Hokkaido Government Main Building in Sapporo, killing 2 and injuring 95.^[2]
May 15 – According to Japan National Police Agency official confirmed report, a riot by motorbike gang group (Bōsōzoku) attack to police officer in , the resulting to official, killed one journalist, twenty person policemen were injures.^[3]
June 26 – Muhammad Ali vs. Antonio Inoki was a controversial spectacle fight, held in Tokyo, between the boxing heavyweight champion, Ali, and Japanese professional wrestling champion, Inoki.
September 6 – Soviet Air Force pilot Lt. Viktor Belenko lands a MiG-25 jet fighter at Hakodate, Hokkaido, requests political asylum in the United States.
September 12 – Typhoon Fran, according to Fire and Management Disaster Agency of Japan confirmed report, 171 person were lost to lives, 537 were injures.^[4]
October 29 – A massive fire in Sakata, Yamagata Prefecture, according to Fire and Management Disaster Agency confirmed report, a person lives, 1,003 person injures, 1,774 house and building with 22.5 hectare (55.26 acre) were lost.^[5]
December 5 – General election of 1976 - The Liberal Democratic Party win 249 out of 511 seats but lose 22 seats, majority control over the House of Representatives owing to the Lockheed scandal.
December 24 – Prime Minister Takeo Miki resigns following poor results in the 1976 General election and is succeeded by Takeo Fukuda.

Mieko Kawakami

January 4 – Shiro Amano, manga artist/writer
January 5 – Shintarō Asanuma, voice actor
January 12 – Miki Nakatani, actress
January 28 – Emiko Kado, professional wrestler (d. 1999)
February 14 – Juju, jazz singer
February 16 – Kyo, rock musician
February 27 – Yukari Tamura, voice actress and songwriter
March 22 – Asako Toki, singer and songwriter
March 29 – Daisuke Namikawa, voice actor
March 30 – Ayako Kawasumi, voice actress
April 10
- Yoshino Kimura, actress
- Norihiro Akahoshi, former professional baseball player
April 17 – Taishi Mori, manga artist
May 4 – Anza, singer and actress
June 1 – Kōhei Murakami, actor
June 11 – Gran Naniwa, professional wrestler
June 29 – Haruka Igawa, actress
July 4 – Daijiro Kato, motorcycle racer
August 29 – Mieko Kawakami, singer and writer
September 20 – Yui Horie, voice actress
October 19 – Ryuji Imada, golfer
November 19 – Jun Shibata, singer and songwriter
December 18 – Koyuki, actress

January 2 – Kazuo Dan, novelist and poet (b. 1912)
January 19 – Hidetsugu Yagi, electrical engineer (b. 1886)
January 27 – Kaneko Daiei, Buddhist philosopher (b. )
May 30 – Mitsuo Fuchida, aviator, naval officer and Christian evangelist (b. 1902)
June 7 – Shigetarō Shimada, Imperial Japanese Navy admiral during World War II (b. )

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^ Kyodo (20 March 2007). "Retrial nixed for man condemned in '76 bombing". The Japan Times. Retrieved 4 September 2014.
^ ja:神戸まつり#神戸まつり事件 (Japanese language edition) Retrieve d date on 4 July, 2021.
^ ja:昭和51年台風第17号 (Japanese language) Retrieved on January 29, 2017.
^ ja:酒田大火 (Japanese language) Retrieved on January 29, 2017.