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. March 3 – Japan Business Federation Attack Incident (経団連襲撃事件) 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 1977 in Japanese music == References ==