1971 in Japan

none 1971 Japan Template:Year in Japan: Flag of Japan (1870–1999).svg 80px Other events of 1971 History of Japan Timeline Years Events in the year 1971 in Japan. It corresponds to Shōwa 46 (昭和46年) in the Japanese calendar. Incumbents Emperor: HirohitoHirohito Biography, Accomplishments, & Facts https://www.britannica.com/biography/Hirohito Encyclopedia Britannica 27 March 2019 en Prime minister: Eisaku Satō (Liberal Democratic) Chief Cabinet Secretary: Shigeru Hori until July 5, Noboru Takeshita Chief Justice of the Supreme Court: Kazuto Ishida President of the House of Representatives: Naka Funada President of the House of Councillors: Yūzō Shigemune until July 17, Kenzō Kōno Governors Aichi Prefecture: Mikine Kuwahara Akita Prefecture: Yūjirō Obata Aomori Prefecture: Shunkichi Takeuchi Chiba Prefecture: Taketo Tomonō Ehime Prefecture: Sadatake Hisamatsu (until 27 January); Haruki Shiraishi (starting 28 January) Fukui Prefecture: Heidayū Nakagawa Fukuoka Prefecture: Hikaru Kamei Fukushima Prefecture: Morie Kimura Gifu Prefecture: Saburō Hirano Gunma Prefecture: Konroku Kanda Hiroshima Prefecture: Iduo Nagano Hokkaido: Kingo Machimura (until 23 April); Naohiro Dōgakinai (starting 23 April) 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: Kōsaku Teramoto (until 10 February); Issei Sawada (starting 11 February) Kyoto Prefecture: Torazō Ninagawa Mie Prefecture: Satoru Tanaka 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: Kaoru Kinoshita (until 27 April); Masaru Taki (starting 28 April) Okayama Prefecture: Takenori Kato Osaka Prefecture: Gisen Satō (until 22 April); Ryōichi Kuroda (starting 23 April) Saga Prefecture: Sunao Ikeda Saitama Prefecture: Hiroshi Kurihara Shiga Prefecture: Kinichiro Nozaki Shiname Prefecture: Choemon Tanabe (until 29 April); Seiji Tsunematsu (starting 30 April) Shizuoka Prefecture: Yūtarō Takeyama Tochigi Prefecture: Nobuo Yokokawa Tokushima Prefecture: Yasunobu Takeichi Tokyo: Ryōkichi Minobe Tottori Prefecture: Jirō Ishiba Toyama Prefecture: Kokichi Nakada Wakayama Prefecture: Masao Ohashi Yamagata Prefecture: Tōkichi Abiko Yamaguchi Prefecture: Masayuki Hashimoto Yamanashi Prefecture: Kunio Tanabe Events January 2 – A ryokan fire in Wakayama kills 16 people and injures 15.ja http://www.bousaihaku.com/cgi-bin/hp/index.cgi?ac1=R101&ac2=R10102&ac3=1130&Page=hpd_view 8.昭和40年代の消防 8. 1965-era firefighting 消防防災博物館 May 24, 2017 2018-02-07 https://web.archive.org/web/20180207062715/http://www.bousaihaku.com/cgi-bin/hp/index.cgi?ac1=R101&ac2=R10102&ac3=1130&Page=hpd_view dead March Unknown date – Nagase Upbright Cram School, as predecessor of Nagase Brothers Group was founded in Mitaka, Tokyo.:ja:ナガセ#沿革 (Japanese language edition) Retrieved on 14 June 2020. March 4 – A Lake Kawaguchi to Otsuki local train collision with truck in Fujikyu Line, Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi Prefecture, according to Japan Transport Ministry official confirmed report, 17 person were lost to lives, with 69 person were wounded. April 1 – Apa Group founded, as predecessor name was Shinkin Developer in Komatsu, Ishikawa Prefecture.May 2020 April 27 – A massive forest fire in Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture, according to Fire and Disaster Management Agency confirmed report, 18 firefighter were lost their lives. July 3 – Toa Domestic Airlines Flight 63 crash into Mount Yokotsu, Hakodate, Hokkaido, according to Japan Transport Ministry official confirmed report, all 68 person were lost to lives. July 18 – A heavy torrential rain, wide range affective landslide, debris flow, bridge collapse around Aioi and Sayo, Hyogo Prefecture, 19 person were lost to lives, 26 persons were wounded, according to Japan Fire and Disaster Management Agency official confirmed report.November 2019 July 20 – A first McDonald's fast food outlet open in Japan at Ginza, Tokyo. July 30 – An All Nippon Airways Boeing 727 collides with a Japanese fighter jet, resulting in a loss of 162 lives. October 25 – Collision of two limited express trains on the Kintetsu Osaka Line in Hakusan (now Tsu) in Mie Prefecture. Casualties include 25 dead and 227 wounded. November 11 – A slope failure field site collapsed during an experimentJune 2017 in Tama-ku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture. According to a Japan Fire and Disaster Management Agency confirmed report, 15 persons lost their lives, 10 persons were wounded. Births right|thumb|150px|Tamayo Marukawa right|thumb|150px|Hidetoshi Nishijima right|thumb|150px|Norika Fujiwara January 2 – Yutaka Takenouchi, actor January 4 Junichi Kakizaki, botanist and floral designer Hiroyuki Sato, professional baseball player Futoshi Yamabe, professional baseball player January 5 – Mayuko Takata, actress January 6 – Mitsuru Manaka, professional baseball player January 8 – Kenjiro Kawasaki, professional baseball player January 17 – Youki Kudo, actress January 18 – Junko Furuta, torture and murder victim (d. 1989) January 19 – Tamayo Marukawa, politician, cabinet minister, representative and former TV announcer January 20 – Masaru Hanada, sumo, 66th generation Yokozuna January 23 Kaori Kawamura, singer (d. 2009) Akira Ota, professional baseball player January 27 – Tomoefuji Toshihide, sumo, January 31 – Yasuo Manaka, soccer player February 2 – Kiyoshi Toyoda, former professional baseball pitcher February 14 Risa Hirako, model Noriko Sakai, pop singer and actress February 22 – Etsuko Kozakura, voice actress March 2 – Manami Toyota, professional wrestler March 4 – Satoshi Motoyama, professional racing driver March 6 – Maguro Fujita, manga artist March 10 Ryu Fujisaki, manga artist Tsubuyaki Shirō, comedian March 13 – Tsutomu Nishino, football player March 15 – Risa Junna, actress and singer March 16 – Tae Kimura, actress March 17 – Masataka Gōda, professional shogi player March 20 – Shinichiro Ohta, voice actor and TV announcer March 24 – Shinichi Hatori, free announcer, tarento, and TV presenter March 26 – Moyoco Anno, manga artist March 29 Shizuka Ishikawa, voice actress Hidetoshi Nishijima, actor April 2 Makoto Hasegawa, basketball player Cunning Takeyama comedian and actor. Zeebra, rapper April 5 Takami Itō, author Ayako Nishikawa, cosmetic surgeon April 8 – Yoshinobu Ohga, musician April 12 – Takako Katō, basketball player April 18 – Junya Ogawa, politician April 22 – Daisuke Enomoto, would-be first Japanese space tourist April 23 – Shigetoshi Hasebe, football player and manager April 26 – Naoki Tanaka, comedian, actor and presenter May 2 Musashimaru Kōyō, sumo wrestler Shu Takumi, creator of Ace Attorney May 3 – Ryo Kawano, baseball player May 9 – Hiroki Azuma, cultural critic, novelist, and philosopher May 11 – Tsutomu Iwamoto, former professional baseball pitcher May 12 Kayoko Okubo, comedian, tarento and actress Nao Nagasawa, voice actress May 14 – Takashi Kashiwada, baseball player May 20 – Yasuko Mitsuura, comedian May 21 – Yoshikazu Mera, countertenor May 24 – Taizō Mikazuki, politician and governor May 25 – Kōtarō Isaka, author May 26 – Takuro, musician May 28 – Miho Otani, JMSDF officer June 5 Miyuki Komatsu, actress Tomoko Nakajima, actress June 8 – Teru, musician and singer June 10 – Tadashi Nakamura, footballer June 11 – Kenjiro Tsuda, voice actor June 14 – Ken Maeda, comedian, impressionist, and actor June 18 – Yoshiyuki Shinoda, footballer and manager June 23 – Katsuhiro Maeda, baseball player June 24 – Toshihiro Noguchi, baseball player June 27 – Shizuka Ochi, actress June 28 – Norika Fujiwara, actress and television personality June 29 – Junko Noda, voice actress July 1 – Yusuke Torigoe, baseball player July 17 – Ritsuko Tanaka, actress and singer. July 19 – Naoki Soma, footballer July 23 – Noriko Mizoguchi, judoka July 24 – Tetsuji Nakamura, politician July 26 – Kazuki Sakuraba, author August 25 – Ayumi Miyazaki, singer September 2 – Fumie Hosokawa, actress September 7 – Tomomi Okazaki, speed skater September 10 – Tomo Sakurai, voice actress (d. 2025) September 12 – Atsuko Wakai, karateka October 1 – Tatsuya Ide, baseball player October 4 – Toshihisa Nishi, former professional baseball player October 6 – GaaSyy, businessman and politician October 8 – Hiroki Kokubo, baseball player October 25 – Midori Gotō, violinist November 12 – Yasuo Aiuchi, snowboarder November 29 – Naoko Mori, actress December 2 – Mine Yoshizaki, Manga artist December 28 – Machiko Toyoshima, voice actress December 30 – Daisuke Motoki, former professional baseball player Deaths February 26 – Yahei Miura, athlete (b. 1891) April 20 – Hyakken Uchida, author, writer and academic (b. 1889) October 6 – Hankyu Sasaki, admiral (b. 1896) October 21 – Naoya Shiga, novelist and short story writer (b. 1883) See also 1971 in Japanese football 1971 in Japanese television List of Japanese films of 1971 1971 in Japanese music References 1971 in Category:1970s in Japan Category:1971 by country Category:1971 in Asia