1977 in Japan

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)
See also
1977 in anime
1977 in Japanese television
List of Japanese films of 1977
References
1970s in Japan
1977 by country
Years of the 20th century in Japan
1977 in Asia