1970s in Japan

none 1970年代の日本 May 2024 thumb|Kakuei Tanaka was inaugurated as Prime Minister on July 7, 1972. In Japan during the 1970s, the economy was hit by the oil shock and the Nixon shock. Energy consumption dropped and industrial production increased. During the 1970s energy crisis, Japan introduced energy-saving measures and became a hub of miniaturization. The women's liberation movement in Japan, known as ũman ribu, began to gain momentum with feminist groups starting to form in 1970.https://the-eye.eu/public/Books/Radical%20Feminist%20Literature/Shigematsu%2C%20Setsu/Scream%20from%20the%20Shadows%20(115)/Scream%20from%20the%20Shadows%20-%20Shigematsu%2C%20Setsu.pdf Scream From the Shadows: The Women's Liberation Movement in Japan Shigematsu Setsu University of Minnesota Press 2012 9780816667581 Minneapolis 3 https://web.archive.org/web/20180427223203/https://the-eye.eu/public/Books/Radical%20Feminist%20Literature/Shigematsu%2C%20Setsu/Scream%20from%20the%20Shadows%20(115)/Scream%20from%20the%20Shadows%20-%20Shigematsu%2C%20Setsu.pdf 2018-04-27 2018-05-07 liveShigematsu Setsu Routledge Handbook of Sexuality Studies in East Asia Routledge 2015 9781317685746 McLelland Mark London 175 en The Women's Liberation Movement and Sexuality in Japan Mackie Vera Vera Mackie https://books.google.com/books?id=oUGDBAAAQBAJ&q=%22iwatsuki+sumie%22&pg=PA178 In November 1973, a tissue shortage in Japan was reported by news agencies.https://priceonomics.com/the-great-toilet-paper-scare-of-1973/ The Great Toilet Paper Scare of 1973 9 July 2014 Culture Music J-pop#1970s: Development of "new music" Japanese idol#1960–1980: Post-war era and idol beginnings Kayōkyoku#1970s–1980s: Idol kayō era Enka#1960s–1970s: Commercial success Japanese rock#1970s to 1980s: Diversification List of best-selling albums of the 1970s (Japan) During the 1970s, Japan had the second largest music market in the world.Billboard. 19 December 1970, pp 12 & 52. 22 December 1979, p 14. 1970s Japanese music included kayōkyoku, idols, new music, rock and enka. Musical artists in the 1970s included, in particular, Momoe Yamaguchi, Saori Minami, the Candies, Pink Lady, Hiromi Go, Hideki Saijo, Yuming, Saki Kubota, Judy Ongg and Sachiko Kobayashi. The Best Ten began in 1978. References See also Don Maloney (author)