1984 in Japan

1984 in Japan
Events in the year 1984 in Japan.
Incumbents
Emperor: Hirohito (Emperor Shōwa)
Prime Minister: Yasuhiro Nakasone (L–Gunma, 2nd term)
Chief Cabinet Secretary: Takao Fujinami (L–Mie)
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court: Jirō Terata
President of the House of Representatives: Kenji Fukunaga (L–Saitama)
President of the House of Councillors: Mutsuo Kimura (L–Okayama)
Diet sessions: 101st (special session opened in December 1983, to August 8), 102nd (regular, December 1 through 1985, June 25)
Governors
Aichi Prefecture: Reiji Suzuki
Akita Prefecture: Kikuji Sasaki
Aomori Prefecture: Masaya Kitamura
Chiba Prefecture: Takeshi Numata
Ehime Prefecture: Haruki Shiraishi
Fukui Prefecture: Heidayū Nakagawa
Fukuoka Prefecture: Hachiji Okuda
Fukushima Prefecture: Isao Matsudaira
Gifu Prefecture: Yosuke Uematsu
Gunma Prefecture: Ichiro Shimizu
Hiroshima Prefecture: Toranosuke Takeshita
Hokkaido: Takahiro Yokomichi
Hyogo Prefecture: Tokitada Sakai
Ibaraki Prefecture: Fujio Takeuchi
Ishikawa Prefecture: Yōichi Nakanishi
Iwate Prefecture:
Kagawa Prefecture: Tadao Maekawa
Kagoshima Prefecture: Kaname Kamada
Kanagawa Prefecture: Kazuji Nagasu
Kochi Prefecture: Chikara Nakauchi
Kumamoto Prefecture: Morihiro Hosokawa
Kyoto Prefecture: Yukio Hayashida
Mie Prefecture: Ryōzō Tagawa
Miyagi Prefecture: Sōichirō Yamamoto
Miyazaki Prefecture: Suketaka Matsukata
Nagano Prefecture: Gorō Yoshimura
Nagasaki Prefecture: Isamu Takada
Nara Prefecture: Shigekiyo Ueda
Niigata Prefecture: Takeo Kimi
Oita Prefecture: Morihiko Hiramatsu
Okayama Prefecture: Shiro Nagano
Okinawa Prefecture: Junji Nishime
Osaka Prefecture: Sakae Kishi
Saga Prefecture: Kumao Katsuki
Saitama Prefecture: Yawara Hata
Shiga Prefecture: Masayoshi Takemura
Shiname Prefecture: Seiji Tsunematsu
Shizuoka Prefecture: Keizaburō Yamamoto
Tochigi Prefecture: Yuzuru Funada (until 8 December); Fumio Watanabe (starting 9 December)
Tokushima Prefecture: Shinzo Miki
Tokyo: Shun'ichi Suzuki
Tottori Prefecture: Yuji Nishio
Toyama Prefecture: Yutaka Nakaoki
Wakayama Prefecture: Shirō Kariya
Yamagata Prefecture: Seiichirō Itagaki
Yamaguchi Prefecture: Toru Hirai
Yamanashi Prefecture: Kōmei Mochizuki
Events
January to March - 1984 Heavy snowfall in Japan, according to Fire and Disaster Management Agency confirmed report, 131 person fatalities, 1,366 are injures.
January 18 - 83 are killed during an explosion at the Mitsui Miike coal mine in Ōmuta, Fukuoka.
Glico Morinaga case
Market Oriented Sector Selective talks
June to July - A food poisoning occurs due to the fact that mustard lotus root is infected with clostridium botulinum in Kumamoto, According to official confirmed report, resulting to 11 persons lives in this case.
September 13 – Otaki earthquake
October date unknown – Japan Telecom, as predecessor of SoftBank was founded.
Popular culture
Arts and entertainment
In film, The Funeral by Juzo Itami won the Best film award at the Japan Academy Prize and at the Hochi Film Awards, MacArthur's Children by Masahiro Shinoda won Best film at the Blue Ribbon Awards and Mahjong hōrōki by Makoto Wada won Best film at the Yokohama Film Festival. For a list of Japanese films released in 1984 see Japanese films of 1984.
In manga, the winners of the Shogakukan Manga Award were Human Crossing by Masao Yajima and Kenshi Hirokane (general), Futari Daka and Area 88 by Kaoru Shintani (shōnen), Yume no Ishibumi by Toshie Kihara (shōjo) and Kinnikuman by Yudetamago (children). X+Y by Moto Hagio won the Seiun Award for Best Comic of the Year. For a list of manga released in 1984 see :Category:1984 manga.
In music, the 35th Kōhaku Uta Gassen was won by the Red Team (women). Hiroshi Itsuki won the 26th Japan Record Awards, held on December 31, and the FNS Music Festival.
In television, see: 1984 in Japanese television.
Japan hosted the Miss International 1984 beauty pageant, won by Guatemalan Ilma Urrutia.
Sports
At the 1984 Summer Olympics Japan ranked 7th with 10 gold medals. At the Winter Olympics Japan ranked 14th with one silver medal.
In football (soccer), Japan hosted the 1984 Intercontinental Cup. Yomiuri won the Japan Soccer League. For the champions of the regional leagues see: 1984 Japanese Regional Leagues.
Births
January
January 1 – Hideki Asai, baseball player
January 30 – Yushi Aida, baseball player
February
February 1 – Risa Wataya, novelist
February 11 – Mai Demizu, announcer
February 19 – Masaru Akiba, football player
February 21 – Karina Nose, model, actress
March
March 2 – Jong Tae-se, North Korean, football manager
March 3 – Akiho Yoshizawa, adult video actress
March 4 – Ai Iwamura, actress
March 6 – Becky, singer, model, actress
March 8 – Eri Yamada, softball player
March 20 – Nomura Yuka, actress
April
April 6 – Takahiro Aoh, boxer
April 7 – Hiroko Shimabukuro, singer
April 21 – Taku Akahoshi, football player
May
May 1 - Keiichiro Koyama, singer
May 7 – Miyuki Kanbe, model and actress (died 2008)
May 17 – Sakurako Terada, curler
June
June 4 – Aoi, singer-songwriter
June 5 – Hiromi Matsunaga, bowling player
June 7
Shu Abe, football player
Eri Yanetani, snowboarder
June 12 – Kyoco, actress
June 13 – Kaori Icho, wrestler
June 13 – Ryuji Akiba, football player
June 16 – Emiri Miyasaka, model
June 23 – Takeshi Matsuda, swimmer
June 26 – Emi Tawata, singer
June 29 – Keiji Obiki, baseball player
July
July 4 – Jin Akanishi, actor, singer-songwriter
July 8 – Nobu Naruse, cross-country skier
July 16 – Hayanari Shimoda, race car driver
July 24 – Hajime Ohara, professional wrestler
July 25
Kenji Narisako, hurdler
Akie Uegaki, handball player
August
August 3 – Erika Araki, volleyball player
August 5 – Takamasa Anai, judoka
August 12 – Yua Aida, model and AV idol
August 19 – Ryota Aoki, football player
August 21 – Nonaka Emi, ice hockey player
August 27 – Miyuki Akiyama, volleyball player
September
September 8 – Kenta Abe, baseball player
September 13 – Junichi Sawayashiki, kickboxer
September 22 – Yukiya Arashiro, road bicycle racer
October
October 5 – Yutaro Abe, football player
October 7 – Toma Ikuta, actor
October 8 – Jun Ando, football player
October 9 – Ryunosuke Okamoto, football player
October 10 – Chiaki Kuriyama, actress, model
October 13 – Misono, singer-songwriter
October 22 – Takuya Asao, baseball player
October 24 – Kaela Kimura, singer, model
November
November 3 – Ryo Nishikido, actor, singer
November 10 – Moe Meguro, curler
November 21 – Masatomo Kuba, football player
November 28 – Sayuri Yoshii, speed skater
December
December 4 - Takayuki Kishi, professional baseball player
December 5 – Shuhei Aoyama, motorcycle racer
December 17 – Asuka Fukuda, J-pop singer
December 23 – Manabu Soya, professional wrestler
Unknown date
T-cophony, musician
Deaths
March 16 - Kayo Yamaguchi, painter (b. 1899)
April 5 – Keisuke Serizawa, textile designer (b. 1895)
April 6 - Kazuo Hasegawa, film actor (b. 1908)
April 9 - Masashi Amenomori, voice actor (b. 1930)
May 5 – Takayoshi Yoshioka, sprinter (b. 1909)
May 25 - Jūrō Gotō, Major-General in the Japanese Imperial Army (b. 1887)
June 15 – Michio Takeyama, writer, literary critic (b. 1903)
June 23 – Yatarō Kurokawa, actor (b. 1910)
July 25 – Akihiko Hirata, actor (b. 1927)
November 13 - Shizo Kanakuri, marathon runner (b. 1891)
November 21 - Kōsaku Takii, writer (b. 1894)
Unknown date
Hiroyuki Tajima, printmaker (b. 1911)
See also
1984 in Japanese television
List of Japanese films of 1984
References
1980s in Japan
1984 by country
Years of the 20th century in Japan
1984 in Asia