1977 in Japan

← 1976 1975 1974 1977 in Japan → 1978 1979 1980
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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, 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:
• Akita Prefecture:
• Aomori Prefecture:
• Chiba Prefecture:
• Ehime Prefecture:
• Fukui Prefecture:
• Fukuoka Prefecture:
• Fukushima Prefecture:
• Gifu Prefecture: vacant (until 8 February); (starting 8 February)
• Gunna Prefecture:
• Hiroshima Prefecture: Hiroshi Miyazawa
• Hokkaido: Naohiro Dōgakinai
• Hyogo Prefecture:
• Ibaraki Prefecture:
• Ishikawa Prefecture: Yōichi Nakanishi
• Iwate Prefecture:
• Kagawa Prefecture:
• Kagoshima Prefecture: (until 3 February); (starting 3 March)
• 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: Koichi Taira
• 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:
• Yamanashi Prefecture:

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.
• 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
• 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
• 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. )
• December 19 - Takeo Kurita, admiral (b. )

See also[]

• 1977 in anime
• 1977 in Japanese television
• List of Japanese films of 1977

References[]