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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:
  • 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 25 person were death, 211 person 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.
  • June 12 - A large 7.7 magnitude earthquake hits offshore Miyagi Prefecture and causes 28 deaths and 1,325 injuries.[3]
  • 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 –
    • Reina Miyauchi, J-pop singer
    • Ayano Tsuji, J-pop singer
  • 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
    • Takatoshi Kaneko, actor
    • Hiro Suzuhira, manga artist
  • 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
    • Noriyasu Agematsu, composer
    • Sakura Nogawa, voice actress
  • 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
    • Hiroshi Asai, musician and composer
    • Shinnosuke Tachibana, voice actor
  • 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 – , announcer and model
  • June 5
    • Yuka Inokuchi, voice actress
    • Takayuki Kondō, voice actor
    • Taro Suruga, musician
  • 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
Jun Fukuyama
  • July 3 – Mizuki Noguchi, long-distance runner[5]
  • July 4 – Yusuke Murata manga artist
  • July 7
    • Kayo Kitada, judoka
    • Misia, singer, songwriter, and record producer
  • 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
    • Homare Sawa, football player
    • Keigo Yamashita, Go player
  • September 18 – Kaoru Mori, manga artist
  • October 2 – Ayumi Hamasaki, recording artist, actress, model, and entrepreneur
  • October 18
    • Kotomi Kyono, actress
    • Minoru Shiraishi, voice actor
  • October 20 – Nora Hirano, comedian
  • October 21 – Mariko Ooe, newsroom announcer
  • October 25 – Maria Takagi, actress
  • 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
    • Ayumi Ogasawara, curler
    • Ringo Sheena, singer, songwriter and musician
  • 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)
  • 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[]

  1. ^ "Hirohito | Biography, Accomplishments, & Facts". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
  2. ^ [:ja:伊豆大島近海地震] (Japanese language edition) Retributed date on 3 February 2020.
  3. ^ "Significant Earthquakes of the World". Earthquake.usgs.gov. 2010-01-05. Archived from the original on 2010-01-23. Retrieved 2012-12-10.
  4. ^ "日本歴史地名大系：JapanKnowledge Select Series". Rekishi.jkn21.com. Archived from the original on 2007-08-25. Retrieved 2012-12-10.
  5. ^ "Mizuki NOGUCHI | Profile". www.worldathletics.org. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
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