# 1977 in Japan

Events in the year 1977 in Japan. It corresponds to Shōwa 52 (昭和52年) in the Japanese calendar.

## Incumbents

* Emperor: Hirohito
* 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, Ken Yasui 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: Yoshiaki Nakaya
* Akita Prefecture: Yūjirō Obata
* Aomori Prefecture: Shunkichi Takeuchi
* Chiba Prefecture: Kiichi Kawakami
* Ehime Prefecture: Haruki Shiraishi
* Fukui Prefecture: Heidayū Nakagawa
* Fukuoka Prefecture: Hikaru Kamei
* Fukushima Prefecture: Isao Matsudaira
* Gifu Prefecture: vacant (until 8 February); Yosuke Uematsu (starting 8 February)
* Gunma Prefecture: Ichiro Shimizu
* Hiroshima Prefecture: Hiroshi Miyazawa
* Hokkaido: Naohiro Dōgakinai
* Hyogo Prefecture: Tokitada Sakai
* Ibaraki Prefecture: Fujio Takeuchi
* Ishikawa Prefecture: Yōichi Nakanishi
* Iwate Prefecture: Tadashi Chida
* Kagawa Prefecture: Tadao Maekawa
* Kagoshima Prefecture: Saburō Kanemaru (until 3 February); Kaname Kamada (starting 3 March)
* Kanagawa Prefecture: Kazuji Nagasu
* Kochi Prefecture: Chikara Nakauchi
* Kumamoto Prefecture: Issei Sawada
* Kyoto Prefecture: Torazō Ninagawa
* Mie Prefecture: Ryōzō Tagawa
* Miyagi Prefecture: Sōichirō Yamamoto
* Miyazaki Prefecture: Hiroshi Kuroki
* Nagano Prefecture: Gon'ichirō Nishizawa
* Nagasaki Prefecture: Kan'ichi Kubo
* Nara Prefecture: Ryozo Okuda
* Niigata Prefecture: Takeo Kimi
* Oita Prefecture: Masaru Taki
* Okayama Prefecture: Shiro Nagano
* Okinawa Prefecture: Koichi Taira
* Osaka Prefecture: Ryōichi Kuroda
* Saga Prefecture: Sunao Ikeda
* Saitama Prefecture: Yawara Hata
* Shiga Prefecture: Masayoshi Takemura
* Shiname Prefecture: Seiji Tsunematsu
* Shizuoka Prefecture: Keizaburō Yamamoto
* Tochigi Prefecture: Yuzuru Funada
* Tokushima Prefecture: Yasunobu Takeichi
* Tokyo: Ryōkichi Minobe
* Tottori Prefecture: Kōzō Hirabayashi
* Toyama Prefecture: Kokichi Nakada
* Wakayama Prefecture: Shirō Kariya
* Yamagata Prefecture: Seiichirō Itagaki
* Yamaguchi Prefecture: Toru Hirai
* Yamanashi Prefecture: Kunio Tanabe

## 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.
* January 4 - Poisoned cola is placed in a telephone booth near Shinagawa Station, killing two.
* June 15 - Outbreak of cholera in Arida, Wakayama prefecture.
* 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
* February 10 – Morihiro Hashimoto, darts player (d. 2017)
* March 15 - Norifumi Yamamoto, mixed martial artist
* April 27 - Dai Fujikura, composer
* April 29 - Daisuke Amaya, indie game developer
* May 8 - Chiaki Takahashi, voice actress
* 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
* September 23 - Nozomi Momoi, Japanese AV idol, and murder victim (d. 2002)
* September 25 - Atsushi Aoki, Japanese professional wrestler (d. 2019)
* 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. 1883)
* December 19 - Takeo Kurita, admiral (b. 1889)