1967 in Japan

1967 in Japan
Events from the year 1967 in Japan.
Incumbents
Emperor: Hirohito
Prime Minister: Eisaku Satō (Liberal Democratic)
Chief Cabinet Secretary: Kenji Fukunaga until June 22, Toshio Kimura
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court: Masatoshi Yokota
President of the House of Representatives: Mitsujirō Ishii from February 15
President of the House of Councillors: Yūzō Shigemune
Governors
Aichi Prefecture: Mikine Kuwahara
Akita Prefecture: Yūjirō Obata
Aomori Prefecture: Shunkichi Takeuchi
Chiba Prefecture: Taketo Tomonō
Ehime Prefecture: Sadatake Hisamatsu
Fukui Prefecture: Eizō Kita (until 22 April); Heidayū Nakagawa (starting 23 April)
Fukuoka Prefecture: Taichi Uzaki (until 22 April); Hikaru Kamei (starting 23 April)
Fukushima Prefecture: Morie Kimura
Gifu Prefecture: Saburō Hirano
Gunma Prefecture: Konroku Kanda
Hiroshima Prefecture: Iduo Nagano
Hokkaido: Kingo Machimura
Hyogo Prefecture: Motohiko Kanai
Ibaraki Prefecture: Nirō Iwakami
Ishikawa Prefecture: Yōichi Nakanishi
Iwate Prefecture: Tadashi Chida
Kagawa Prefecture: Masanori Kaneko
Kagoshima Prefecture: Katsushi Terazono (until 29 April); Saburō Kanemaru (starting 30 April)
Kanagawa Prefecture: Iwataro Uchiyama (until 22 April); Bunwa Tsuda (starting 23 April)
Kochi Prefecture: Masumi Mizobuchi
Kumamoto Prefecture: Kōsaku Teramoto
Kyoto Prefecture: Torazō Ninagawa
Mie Prefecture: Satoru Tanaka
Miyagi Prefecture: Shintaro Takahashi
Miyazaki Prefecture: Hiroshi Kuroki
Nagano Prefecture: Gon'ichirō Nishizawa
Nagasaki Prefecture: Katsuya Sato
Nara Prefecture: Ryozo Okuda
Niigata Prefecture: Shiro Watari
Oita Prefecture: Kaoru Kinoshita
Okayama Prefecture: Takenori Kato
Osaka Prefecture: Gisen Satō
Saga Prefecture: Sunao Ikeda
Saitama Prefecture: Hiroshi Kurihara
Shiga Prefecture: Kinichiro Nozaki
Shiname Prefecture: Choemon Tanabe
Shizuoka Prefecture: Toshio Saitō (until 7 January); Yūtarō Takeyama (starting 1 February)
Tochigi Prefecture: Nobuo Yokokawa
Tokushima Prefecture: Yasunobu Takeichi
Tokyo: Ryōtarō Azuma (until 22 April) Ryōkichi Minobe (starting 23 April)
Tottori Prefecture: Jirō Ishiba
Toyama Prefecture: Minoru Yoshida
Wakayama Prefecture: Shinji Ono (until 22 April); Masao Ohashi (starting 23 April)
Yamagata Prefecture: Tōkichi Abiko
Yamaguchi Prefecture: Masayuki Hashimoto
Yamanashi Prefecture: Hisashi Amano (until 16 February); Kunio Tanabe (starting 17 February)
Events
January 29 - General election of 1967 - Liberal Democratic Party win 277 out of 486 seats.
February 1 – Higashiosaka city start by three cities, Fuse (布施), Kawachi (河内) and Hiraoka (枚岡) mergered in Osaka Prefecture.
March 1 - City of Hatogaya, Saitama founded.
March 1 – Hankyū Senri Line, Osaka, Japan, opens.
March 24 – Tanimachi Line, Osaka, Japan, opens.
June 18 – A home-made bomb explodes on a Hyōgo-Himeji local commuter train at Shioya Station on the Sanyo Electric Railway Main Line, Kobe, Hyōgo, Japan. No one claims responsibility in this case, which kills two persons with 29 wounded.
July 10 - Heavy rain and landslides hit Kobe and Kure, kill at least 371.
August 29 - A heavy torrential rain and mudslide occur in Murakami, Shibata and Oguni area, part of Niigata Prefecture and Yamagata Prefecture, according to Fire and Disaster Management Agency of Japan confirmed report, 142 person lost to lives.
December unknown - Nitori Furniture Wholesale Center, as predecessor of furniture retailer Nitori was established in Kita-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido.
Births
January 1 - Nekojiru, manga artist (d. 1998)
January 25 - Nozomu Sasaki, voice actor
January 26 - Toshiyuki Morikawa, voice actor
February 6 - Izumi Sakai, singer (Zard) (d. 2007)
February 26 - Kazuyoshi Miura, footballer
March 14 - Yūta Mochizuki, actor of 1992 Super Sentai Kyoryu Sentai Zyuranger as Tyranno Ranger/Geki
March 15 - Naoko Takeuchi, artist
March 27 - Kenta Kobashi, professional wrestler
March 30 - Megumi Hayashibara, voice actress
April 22 - Mio Sugita, politician
May 4 - Akiko Yajima, voice actress
May 5 - Takehito Koyasu, voice actor
May 6 - Kenta Satou, actor of 1989 Super Sentai of First Heisei Series Kousoku Sentai Turboranger as Red Turbo/Riki Honoo as OP and ED Himself Performing.
May 10 - Nobuhiro Takeda, footballer and sportscaster
June 15 - Yūji Ueda, voice actor
June 23 - Yoko Minamino, idol, singer and actress
June 26 - Kaori Asoh, voice actress and singer
July 13 - Akira Hokuto, women's professional wrestler
July 28 - Taka Hirose, musician (Feeder)
July 31 - Minako Honda, singer and musical actress (d. 2005)
August 8 - Yūki Amami, actress
August 15 - Takashi Tachibana, politician
August 22 - Yukiko Okada, singer, actress, model (d. 1986)
August 28 - Masaaki Endoh, singer
September 5 - Koichi Morishita, long-distance runner
September 23 - Masashi Nakayama, footballer
October 26 - Masaru Yamashita, actor of 1990 Metal Hero Series Tokkei Winspector.
November 2 - Akira Ishida, voice actor
November 28 - Renhō, politician and journalist
December 8 - Kotono Mitsuishi, voice actress
December 13 - Yūji Oda, singer and actor
December 15 - Ami Kawai, actress
Deaths
July 13 – Hideo Yoshino, Tanka poet (b. 1902)
August 22 – Sanzo Wada, painter and costume designer, winner of 1954 Academy Award for Costume Design for Gate of Hell (b. 1883)
October 20 – Shigeru Yoshida, Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1878)
See also
1967 in Japanese television
List of Japanese films of 1967
References
1960s in Japan
1967 by country
Years of the 20th century in Japan
1967 in Asia