1973 in Japan

1973 in Japan
Events in the year 1973 in Japan. It corresponds to Shōwa 48 (昭和48年) in the Japanese calendar.
Incumbents
Emperor: Hirohito
Prime minister: Kakuei Tanaka (Liberal Democratic)
Chief Cabinet Secretary: Susumu Nikaido
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court: Kazuto Ishida until May 19, Tomokazu Murakami from May 21
President of the House of Representatives: Umekichi Nakamura until May 29, Shigesaburō Maeo
President of the House of Councillors: Kenzō Kōno
Diet sessions: 71st (extraordinary session opened on December 22, 1972, to September 27), 72nd (regular, December 1 to June 3, 1974)
Governors
Aichi Prefecture: Mikine Kuwahara
Akita Prefecture: Yūjirō Obata
Aomori Prefecture: Shunkichi Takeuchi
Chiba Prefecture: Taketo Tomonō
Ehime Prefecture: Haruki Shiraishi
Fukui Prefecture: Heidayū Nakagawa
Fukuoka Prefecture: Hikaru Kamei
Fukushima Prefecture: Morie Kimura
Gifu Prefecture: Saburō Hirano
Gunma Prefecture: Konroku Kanda
Hiroshima Prefecture: Iduo Nagano (until 10 November); Hiroshi Miyazawa (starting 16 December)
Hokkaido: Naohiro Dōgakinai
Hyogo Prefecture: Tokitada Sakai
Ibaraki Prefecture: Nirō Iwakami
Ishikawa Prefecture: Yōichi Nakanishi
Iwate Prefecture: Tadashi Chida
Kagawa Prefecture: Masanori Kaneko
Kagoshima Prefecture: Saburō Kanemaru
Kanagawa Prefecture: Bunwa Tsuda
Kochi Prefecture: Masumi Mizobuchi
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: Shiro Watari
Oita Prefecture: Masaru Taki
Okayama Prefecture: Shiro Nagano
Okinawa Prefecture: Chōbyō Yara
Osaka Prefecture: Ryōichi Kuroda
Saga Prefecture: Sunao Ikeda
Saitama Prefecture: Yawara Hata
Shiga Prefecture: Kinichiro Nozaki
Shiname Prefecture: Seiji Tsunematsu
Shizuoka Prefecture: Yūtarō Takeyama
Tochigi Prefecture: Nobuo Yokokawa
Tokushima Prefecture: Yasunobu Takeichi
Tokyo: Ryōkichi Minobe
Tottori Prefecture: Jirō Ishiba (until 22 February); Kōzō Hirabayashi (starting 27 March)
Toyama Prefecture: Kokichi Nakada
Wakayama Prefecture: Masao Ohashi
Yamagata Prefecture: Tōkichi Abiko (until 27 September); Seiichirō Itagaki (starting 17 October)
Yamaguchi Prefecture: Masayuki Hashimoto
Yamanashi Prefecture: Kunio Tanabe
Events
January 1 – Health care for those over 70 years of age is made free of charge
March 8 – According to Japan Fire and Disaster Management Agency official confirmed report, Yawata General Hospital fire in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, total 13 patients were fatalities.
March 19 – Konami is established.
July 23 – Nidec was founded, as predecessor name was Nippon Densan (Electric Industry) Corporation.
August 17 – Miyama Real Estate, as predecessor of Leopalace founded in Nakano, Tokyo.
September 25 – According to Fire and Disaster Management Agency official confirmed report, a caught fire at under construction for department store in Takatsuki, Osaka Prefecture, kill six construction workers, in an incident caused bx a security guardman has arson acting.
October 27 – A retailer CGC Group founded.
November 29 – Fire breaks out in Taiyo department store in Kumamoto City, killing over a hundred.
Births
January 2 – Michiyo Nakajima, actress, voice actress and former pop singer.
January 11 – Eri Fukatsu, actress
January 16 – Maki Miyamae, pop singer
January 18 – Shinobu Nakayama, singer and former pop singer
January 31 – Shingo Katayama, golfer
February 1 – Makiko Ohmoto, voice actress
February 7 – Mie Sonozaki, voice actress
February 9 – Yoshitomo Tani, former professional baseball player
February 11 – Haruhi Terada, voice actress
February 28 – Masato Tanaka, professional wrestler
March 6 – Rumi Ochiai, voice actress
March 7 – Eiji Takemoto, voice actor
March 24 – Sakura Tange, voice actress and singer
March 27 – Sayaka Aoki, comedian
April 6 – Rie Miyazawa, actress and singer
April 21 – Katsuyuki Konishi, voice actor
May 8 – Hiromu Arakawa, manga artist
May 16 – Kōsuke Toriumi, voice actor
May 18 – Kaz Hayashi, professional wrestler
May 29 – Tomoko Kaneda, voice actress and J-pop singer
June 12 – Mitsuki Saiga, voice actress
June 18 – Yumi Kakazu, voice actress
June 19 – Yuko Nakazawa, singer
June 29 – Kento Masuda, composer and recording artist
June 30 – Hidetada Yamagishi, bodybuilder
July 2 – Makoto Kosaka, former professional baseball player
July 4 – Gackt, singer-songwriter and actor
July 7 – Natsuki Takaya, manga artist
July 16 – Yoshihiko Hakamada, actor
July 17
Takeshi Kaneshiro, Taiwanese/Japanese actor
Daimaou Kosaka, comedian
August 13 – Ryōko Shinohara, actress
August 31 – Kaori Mizumori, enka singer
September 1 – Rieko Miura, actress and singer
September 9 – Kazuhisa Ishii, baseball player
September 18 – Ami Onuki, singer
October 11 – Daisuke Sakaguchi, voice actor
October 13 – Nanako Matsushima, actress and model
October 14 – Masato Sakai, actor
October 20 – Tomoka Shibasaki, writer
October 22 – Ichiro Suzuki, baseball player
October 26 – Taka Michinoku, professional wrestler
November 6 – Rumi Shishido, voice actress and singer
December 11 – Yūko Obuchi, politician and cabinet minister
December 19 – Takashi Sorimachi, actor and singer
December 25 – Daisuke Miura, professional baseball coach and former pitcher
Deaths
April 25 – Tanzan Ishibashi, journalist and politician (b. 1884)
May 2 – Akiko Seki, soprano (b. 1899)
September 15 – Saburō Matsukata, journalist, businessman and mountaineer (b. 1899)
September 18 – Ken Harada, first Japanese diplomat to the Holy See (b. 1893)
October 7 – Masayuki Mori, actor (b. 1911)
November 7 – Kiyohide Shima, admiral (b. 1890)
November 23 – Sesue Hayakawa, actor (b. 1886)
See also
1973 in Japanese television
List of Japanese films of 1973
References
1970s in Japan
1973 by country
Years of the 20th century in Japan
1973 in Asia